>> well, sylvia will say -- sylvia will say that she wasn't expelled, but she was actually expelled becauseg. >> when she left sylvia young, what was the moment for you that you realized this little girl of yours was going to be an international star? >> we were -- at sylvia young she met a guy called tyler james who was a great friend. he was in the house with her that night. and he introduced her to his management company, a company called 19. and they asked me to come down because she was under 18 and i had to sign the forms for her. so i went down there, and they said, you know, your daughter is absolutely fantastic. and they sent us some tracks. and i'd never heard her sing on a cd before. and they sent us some of the tracks that she'd done. and they were just brilliant. and at that point i remember saying to my wife, well, this is incredible. but really it was a question of when did this happen? just -- >> you hadn't seen it coming? >> not really, no. not really. i heard her sing. but i mean there's lots of kids that can sing. >> the thing about amy was it wasn't just the singing. she

of "winning the war for talent in emerging markets: why women are the solution," and sylvia, it is ae to welcome you. why are women the solution? >> well, let's just start with a couple of facts, dylan. >> please. >> take leadership. in brazil right now, 14% of ceos are female. in india, the figure is 11%. well, you know, back here in the u.s., it's just 3%. women really are surging in terms of not just getting into the workforce, but, you know, rising to the top. and what i do in this book is explore why. and what are the conditions? what makes that happen? >> what's the ecosystem that is releasing women's potential to its highest possibilities? >> right, right. well, first off, they're hugely credentialed. like here, there are about 60% of college grads these days. increasingly, they're more than half of the business school grads. that's true in the u.s. but one of the different things about these emerging markets is that women hang on to their ambition and aspiration through their lives. >> you're saying -- but you're saying a woman in brazil or india is more likely to hang on to

sylvia nasser and michael lewis. sylvia naser's coming out with grand pursuit: the story of economic genius. michael lewis, boomerang: travels in the third world. what can you tell us about these two books, bob? >> well, sylvia nasser is probably best known for her last book which is "a beautiful mind." it was a bestseller about a mathematician, john nash. it was helped by the fact that it became a movie with russell crowe, so she has a big following. i think what she's trying to do is take economics which has been called sort of the dismal science and add some humanity, personality to it. i just began, and she comes across -- this, to me, was a new idea that 150 years ago or so the idea that most people were doomed to live lives filled with poverty and despair was an accepted given. and she traces how that has changed over 200 years or 150 years. >> jason boog, what about michael lewis? >> i'm really looking forward to this book, actually. his last book, "the big short," looked at the economic meltdown and how the s

>> at sylvia young, she met a guy called tyler james, great friend, in the house with her that night.d me to come down, she was under 18. i had to sign the forms for her. i went down, they said your daughter is absolutely fantastic. they sent some tracks. i never heard her sing on a cd before. they sent us some of the tracks that she'd done. they were brilliant. at that point, i remember saying to my wife, this is incredible. but really, it's a question of when did this happen? >> you hasn't seen it coming? >> not really, no. not really. >> i heard her sing, a lot of kids could sing. >> it wasn't just singing, she wrote this stuff. she wrote some of the great songs in the last 25 years. where do you think she got that from? >> i'd like to say me, of course. but the truth is that janice, my ex-wife's family, they were professional musicians on that side too. we're all singers on our side. they're the musicians on janice's side. pretty good gene pool one way or the other. >> amy propelled to the stratosphere of music superstardom. the first album did brilliantly. the second one exploded

sylvia nasar, who was alfred marshall?>> guest: alfred marshall was the person who turned economics from the dismal science into the cheerful science because he discovered that, that there was a, that there was a mechanism that was going to drive the average living standard up, and that was productivity. that was, that was all these businesses, all these, um, these firms that were being driven by competition to become more efficient, to be able to produce more with the same resources. and that -- but his real contribution was to say that that is going to push up real wages. the same competition that makes businesses constantly look for ways to do more with less is also necessarily going to push up the average living standards. so for the first time, so the victorian economic miracle was for the first time in history the average living standards went up. why? because of this increase in productivity. and that was, and it's the same reason that now our incomes -- even after the current economic crisis -- are five times highe

this week sylvia nasar and her latest book, "grand pursuit: the story of an economic genius." and if the best-selling author of a beautiful mind takes readers through the history of economics, the city's most influential theorists and the intellectual pursuits that she believes have helped people all over the world. she talks with u.s. managing the trip of the financial times, gillian tett. >> host: sylvia, thank you for joining me to talk about your earliest book, absolutely fascinating covering the issues of economics and economic fallout over the last couple of hundred years. can i start by asking you why you decided to write a book about economics now? >> guest: well, i didn't decide now. i decided about ten years ago, and -- but now is actually a great time because when things are going really well, people outside the economics tend not to be as interested in in economics and so since this book is really aimed at people like i used to be which is someone who read novels but wanted to know what was happening in the world i think this is a good moment. it's also because of

sylvia toasty won for almost everyone we're going to say goodbye to summer and a strong of fashion fallon friday temperatures will cool. now traffic. we're not tracking any hotspots in our major delays fo. the drive time is still 12 minutes across the upper decks and san mateo bridge have a drive time is still 13 venice out of hayward where won a one and 92 connect is also a good ride and your ride on the golden gate bridge won a one southbound if coming out of the fog no problems here. this is a look for 101 begins to slow. let's check no delays off of '92 whe. >> >> transit officials are working to replace the cable blue it sends and receives data from the main train swarm they have had some bay bridge to the cable some and has weakened the entire system it is expected to take four months to repair the cable >> we will have a more in just a few minutes on this toasty day we have a little fog here at the golden gate bridge and the hottest cities are i. and we'll be right back [ male announcer ] when you come to new york from a place like detroit, no one expects you to influence the wor

we're breaking it down with sylvia longmeyer, former senior intelligence analyst in drug traffickingiolence for the state of california. she's author of "cartel: the coming invasion of mexico's drug wars." what is your -- what do you feel is the most important thing we have to understand? >> the most important thing americans need to know is that the drug war is not just limited to the border states. people who live in montana, rhode island, illinois, they believe the drug war might as well be in china, but it affects everyone in every state of the nation. >> how? >> because drugs are being pedaled on the streets in all of our communities. the last national drug intelligence report that just came out a couple of weeks ago says that the cartels are operating in 1,000 plus cities and communities. they're working with u.s.-based gangs to distribute those drugs, and it's happening right under our noses. >> what if we legalize marijuana. what would be the percentage reduction in criminality and what have we created the drug issue as a public health issue as opposed to a criminal issue? >>

tell him sylvia said thank you for the autograph. my nieces loved it.an't believe it. how is he doing? oh, much better. i was here when they brought him in. at first, he kept denying he was the frisco fly. really? yeah. modest and brave. if i wasn't married... [camera shutter clicks] look at me. i'm a hero sandwich! [laughter] you were telling us about the accident. the last thing i remember, i was almost at the top, which we call "the summit," and i lost my footing. i must've slipped. you had a parachute. why didn't you...? (harold) it happened so quick. i wasn't thinking. next time, i'll know better. so there will be a next time? i'd better not say. are there any cops in here? [laughter] (clarissa) oh, honey, look at this. it's from evel knievel. i--i--i--i still can't find my glasses. okay, i'll read it. it says "harold, you are the man. p.s. next time, check your damn parachute." [laughter] evel. what a character. [laughs] jimmy, how do you feel? are you proud of your dad? i am now. i used to be kind of embarrassed. i could hear him downstairs, cryi

a south bay girl on halloween night more than ten years ago. 50-year-old wilbur acherly strangled sylviaee in 1995. he met the girl at a light rail stop in san jose and took a taxi to a remote spot where he killed her and left her body in a creek. he's currently serving a 61-year sentence for unrelated crimes and will serve an additional 15 years for the murder. >>> a new twist in another cold case, the murder of dana ram almost 25 years ago. the person who is now supervising this case years later has ties to the victim. damian trujillo sat down with the family. >> reporter: it was on this lonely, windy road that construction workers made a disturbing discovery. lying near mile marker .84 was the nude body of dana ram, strangled by her killer. that was in 1986. >> the old saying, time heals old wounds. it doesn't heal them, but the searing pain reduces and dissipates. then it's kind o lingering sadness. and it's just always there. >> reporter: for 25 years, the family has listen beft with that sadness and an answers, who killed dana and why? >> this is a brutal murder, absolutely. it was

already on the wanted list up until two thousand and t two no special precautions to go into hiding sylvia's government had not even stripped him of his bodyguards. in the ninety's. in belgrade from the house where his son now has an office for his small firm. from two thousand on woods serbian police began regular round up some searches in the homes of not at his closest relatives they just still unclear where the general was at that time. i don't think i need to talk about my father's life even today it is the subject of too much speculation i will not say when i saw him last before his arrest i can only say that we stayed here together during the one thousand nine hundred ninety bombardment of belgrade i did see my father after his arrest but i am not allowed to talk with the media about anything relating to the hague tribunal got us from the perch. the syrian population was angered. and rest there were actions in support of the many cities and. demonstrators demanded to resign because they felt it was betraying the nation's heroes. in belgrade one such protest resulted in a clash with th

know new from movement held one of its regular protest actions in sylvia's capital belgrade. some still going for consider we are not out to vandalize buildings or the city this is a political act that would be normal anywhere else out there for the s.n.p. thirteen eighty nine supports and the fans are heroes of radical marriage and relevant heritage was the officer they defended the serbian people on their own soil on a lot of that so we founded our organization to help protect our heroes from the slander campaign of the hague tribunal. according to a public opinion poll more than half of the serb population were against refco knowledge being handed over to the hague tribunal. but nearly a quarter of the country's population accuse the government of deliberately dragging their feet of the search some of which. hungry for the full story we've got a first hand the biggest issues get the human voice face to face with the news makers. culture is that so much of the taxpayers' money from egypt a real measure of the time to write a new picture where for the euro as the single curr

who are expected to find a statue of lenin and be our tourists are flocking to a surprising relic sylvia. i want a passionate address palestinian president mahmoud abbas has vowed to seek a full state recognition at the un security council next week about some spite of a us promise to veto any such bit but also feels a blow to israel which may now have to give up its territories that occupied for decades some sutlers now accuse israeli government of using them as pawns in a land dispute here's our policy. spinny was once a commuter has here in one of israel's bustling cities he wants to talk but not in his own station and where he's seen as a troublemaker people they are afraid to talk because they're for a draw for me or for my drove pinney won't shut up he says he's tired of being used as a pawn by the government fifty years ago the state made it easy for him to buy a house he didn't have the money so they offered him a cheap one the only catch it was an away spent system and now years on he wants to leave but can't because his property has hard in value since he bought it so. going to

the most western tourists this morning meant is a testament to the failed sylvia conditions the town of barons work once a flourishing mining community is in is so as they. get behind this appealing facade one can also see a freshly painted the writing on the wall the russians on a living in fact their back. it's a russian birthright to be. the second summer in a row that we cough a span being on cheers bergen decorating his kindergarten if the fiction of russia as an arc is not to project an image of an unshakable state emerging from dire straits of history in a time that still experiences difficulties with running water and electricity this choice of priorities would have been questionable if it wasn't geo politically timely it was. a time when the soviet union was feared and respected you can't turn back time that russia should also position itself as a strong state people who visit there and should feel like they've stooped russian soil. technically that's already the case russian settlements and gergen have greener grass because of the several loads of black soil that was brough

swept the podium with kenyan vivian cheruiyot defending her title at 14:55.36... followed by teammate sylvia kibet and ethiopian meseret defar. the last event of the day was all about teamwork. team usa won the men's 4 by 400 meter relay, spurred by the last sprinter lashawn merritt... to mark 2 minutes and 59-point-3 -1 seconds. the south african team, with amputee oscar pistorius left out from the line-up, came in second... followed by the jamaican squad. and jamaica's usain bolt will be back on the track to defend his title saturday evening? yes, the world will be eyeing on bolt once again for the men's 200 meter final set at 9:20 pm. he proved himself well in shape friday evening, clocking just over 20-point-3 seconds in the semifinal. bolt will be sprinting in lane three next to american walter dix... the first runner up in the 100-meter final who also made the cut. we've got 8 other finals on the eighth day,... starting with men's 50 kilometer race walk in the morning. earlier in the evening, women's 4 by 400 meter relay and 100 meter hurdle will take place... as well as the men's 15-h

sylvia nasser comes out with grand pursuit and michael lewis, of boomerang troubles in the third-world. what can you tell us about these books bob minzesheimer? >> soviet is best known for her last book which is a beautiful mind which was the oxymoron in was helped by the fact that it became a movie with russell crowe. she has a big following. what she is trying to do is add some humanity and personality. this is a new idea that most people were doomed to live lives with poverty and despair was a given and traces how that has changed. >> host: what about michael lewis? >> i am really looking forward to this book. the big short looked at the economic meltdown how the stock market crash affected united states but next she goes around the world to look at your ups and others but it we are not the only ones suffering through the economic crisis and looking at the way of global commerce is an important into thing to do. >> also talk about the new third world there is a strict division between the developing countries and trying to get beyond that to show what easy credit did to a lot of the

. >> sylvia says the property values will rise as the per capita wealth increase buzz areas that aren't growing? manufacturing, construction and government job autos we have to be honest saying traditional middle class is being squeezed. >> the commerce department noted working class wages are not keeping up with price increases and kinds of jobs that built the american middle class aren't in san francisco's future. >> because we aren't growing manufacturing jobs. >> this is a troubling ases oomt construction is alive in the city. look at this whole mission bay. and then, the development. >> the mayor predicts construction jobs will help keep the city more diverse. the new head of jobs and business development told the audience high speed rail could be a tipping point. >> if we can get it right, impact on jobs, primary and secondary, and abimt to move is going to have a benefit for this state. >> and he is not only the governor's new jobs czar but the former vice president of bank of america and appointed to high-speed rail commission. how he plans to get it moving he didn't say and won

sylvia nasar's newest bestsellers "grand pursuit: the story of economic genius".n six hours she will take your calls and we will wrap up coverage of the national book festival with pulitzer prize winner isabel wilkerson who will talk about her pulitzer prize-winning book "the warmth of other suns: the epic story of america's great migration" about african-american migration to the north. after her talk booktv will join her in the tend to take audience questions, national phone calls, e-mails and tweets. that is our coverage plan for they 1 of the eleventh annual national book festival in washington d.c.. if you happen to be in the area come on down. the c-span bus is pecking out these bags. we will be between fourteenth and seventh streets in washington d.c.. joining us is jennifer gavin, project manager of the national book festival. start by giving us fact and figures about the national book festival. how many authors, what kind of events? >> thank you for having me. we expect to have 111 authors on these grounds over the next two days and we are excited about i

realize when you were in grade school i was on kron when you're in pigtails i was here saying that you sylviaan? so given old timer a break here. >> ok good evening everybody, i have the history from the yankees, mariana r. rivera as camel like to tell you has picked up his 602nd career save today he is the all-time record holder in that category and when you talk about all the great yankees, everybody from this era, that is the king right there. the greatest relief pitcher of all time. now the nfc west tonight sam bradford a really good quarterback for the rams cut cannot be he lineman and the giants, the rams want to run a play before the giants are ready, several giants from the ground they faked injuries. dion granting the most obvious that is our right it will make all the highlights. 2816 the rams are zero and two looked at that. that is spectacular. there it is, with the new york giants. the 49ers were taken away from a really great star. if you are two and zero you have everyone talking will scary about if saddam did not know how many of you were there but half the stadium was rooting

sylvia robinson behind the big hit from the 1970's. l tm ♪ remember that?delight by the sugar hill gang was rap first big main stream success. changed everything. she was a sink interher own right in the mane 1950s and one half of micky and sill have i a.she died today of heart failure. she was 76 years of age. >>> well even with sunglasses and baseball cap pulled down low an associated press photographer happened to notice the first lady diagnose some impromptu shopping. the photographer happened to be there when michelle obama went to the local target store in alexandria, virginia. obama communication director says it is not uncommon for the first lady to slip out and run an errand like this. michelle obama has proudly admitted to shopping at target in the past. and fashion people were quick to note this dress from the store during vacation in 2009. >>> concerns that oracle may tray to take over hewlett packard play big role in decision at h p. that's according to the silicon valley business journal tonight after firing if and hiring whitman. h p director

bay girl on halloween night more than a decade ago. 50-year-old wilbur atchley admits he strangled sylvia lee in 1995. he says he met the girl at a light rail stop in san jose and took a taxi to a spot near the park where he killed her and left her body in a creek. he is serving a 60-year sentence for unrelated crimes. he'll serve an additional 15 years for lee's murder. >>> the one-day strike by 23,000 registered nurses in northern and central california yesterday is becoming a larger demonstration than expected. registered nurses working at all sutter health care facilities and children's hospital oakland won't be allowed back on the job until a five-day contract with replacement workers expires. a spokesperson for the california nurses association says the hospitals are punishing the nurses who took part in yesterday's one-day strike. hospital officials deny the accusation and said they had to sign a five-day contract for the replacement nurses, even though they only needed them to cover the one day. >>> it's an anxious night for some parents in the east bay. oakland's school superinte

sylvia nasser and michael lewis. grand pursued, the story of economic genius and boomerang, travels in the third world. what can you tell us about these two books, bob minzesheimer? >> well, probably best known for her last book which was a beautiful mind, which was sort of an oxymoron. a best seller about a mathematician who was helped by the fact that it became a movie with russell crowe. so she has a big following. i think what she is trying to do is take economics which has been called the dismal science and at some humanity and personality to it. i just began. and she comes across. to me it was a new idea that 150 years or so ago the idea at that most people were doomed to live lives filled with poverty and despair was an accepted given. she traces how that has changed over 200 years or 150 years. >> jason boog, what about michael lewis. >> looking for to this book. his last book, the big short, looked at the economic meltdown and other stock-market crash affected our lives in the united states. his next book wi

. >> suarez: jonathon hymen's photographs are on exhibit at the sylvia walled and po kim gallery in lower until october 8. >> brown: again, the major developments of the day: house speaker john boehner offered his version of a jobs plan. he called again for tax reform, but no tax increases. stocks rallied after the federal reserve and other central banks offered loans to european banks in a bid to head off a new credit crunch. the dow jones industrial average gained nearly 190 points. and the swiss banking giant ubs announced that a rogue trader had cost the company $2 billion. and to hari sreenivasan for what's on the newshour online. hari. >> sreenivasan: we have a preview of our next story from the economist film project. it's a documentary called "the learning." and we'll have a live chat with the filmmaker, one of the teachers featured in the film and others. you can pose your questions tomorrow at 3:30 pm eastern. that's on the "rundown" blog. also there, watch all of speaker boehner's speech on job creation. and find more from our reporting team in cairo. last night, we posted view

. >> the best-selling author of "a beautiful mind" sylvia nasar is interviewed on c-span2's book tv. we will also continue our series on our war series, and michael moore recounts his life from the fifth grade. taking your phone calls october 2nd. get the complete schedule at booktv.org. >> in an election marred by moral scandal james g. blaine lost in 1884. but he changed political history. he's one of the 14 men featured in c-sman span's weekly series "the contenders" live from the blaine house in augusta, maine. learn more about this upsumming series at c-span.org/thecontenders. >> go to c-span "org/campaign2012. easy to use with twitter updates from the campaigns and the latest polling gatia. all at c-span.org/campaign 2012. >> "washington journal" continues. host: now joining us, a senior political columnist with "the daily beast" and a co-founder of "no labels." mr. adwan, let's start with the jobs proposal. the president is going on around the country saying pass this bill now, pass this bill now, speaker boehner's speech yesterday at the economic club of washington, and says

parents like sylvia carlson say the school is preparing the two kids she sent here to compete. >> that'suntry needs. so what better way to foster scientists, entrepreneurs, engineers, the thing that we need for our country to continue to climb that mountain and to stay on top. >> here, everyone has this common bond because everyone loves math or science, everybody understands the physics joke that you just told. it's a great environment. i felt that way. >> they're funny. >> that's the point. creating a space where young minds flourish. ed lavender a, cnn, dallas. >>> ed, thank you. still ahead, a major bank loses $2 billion. poof. gone. why? because of a so-called rogue trader. richard quest is joining me to explain whether it's fraud or what's called in the banking industry fat fingers. a week after president obama unveiled the plan, the republican leader john boehner has different ideas. wolf blitzer is standing by. he's next. this shrimp and i want to try this kind and this kind. they wait for this all year long. [ male announcer ] it's endless shrimp today at red lobster. your favor

. >> best-selling author of a beautiful mind, sylvia nasser, talks about her latest book on economics and the intellectual pursuits she believes that help people worldwide, interviewed by financial times editor on afterwards, one of the many nonfiction books and authors this weekend on c-span2 book tv. we will also continue our college series interviews as we talk with professors from george washington university about their latest books on voter suppression, military intervention, and modern afghanistan. michael more recounts his own life. he will also be our guest next month on in-depth, taking your phone calls october 2nd. get the complete we can schedule at booktv.org. >> that c-span networks providing coverage ofcog politics, public affairs, nonfiction books, and american history. this month, look for congress to continue federal spending into november, including funding for recent natural disasters. keep tabs on the deficit committee is to formulate a plan to lower the debt, and follow the president of candid it's. all available on television, radio, on line, and social media si

and to my classmates, secretary panetta, i want to say hello to you and to sylvia and wish you well. i want to thank all men and women in uniform as well as their families for all of their sacrifices. will face difficult decisions regarding our future in afghanistan and iraq. our soldiers, failures and -- our soldiers, sailors, and marines continue to serve with distinction. secretary panetta, the special inspector for afghanistan an audit.and nodde as we look to the future, what are some of the adjustments being made to increase our cost of billeted -- our accountability of these dollars. >> one of our concern is that we ought to be able to audit the books of defense. curley, we do not have an overall accountability -- currently, we do not have an overall accountability for the defense department. i think we have to be able to be auditable and accountable to the american people on how these dollars are being spent. i urge all the people in our budget shop to do everything necessary to try to speed up that process so we can track these dollars and make certain that the taxpayers are

silda n -- sylvia nasr will be previewed. next week and, live coverage from the national book festival being with us on "washington journal -- thanks for being with us on "washington journal." [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> we're covering a number of live events today. thomas donilon will be at the economic club of washington at 12:30 p.m. eastern. teresa may talks about united kingdom counter-terrorism strategy at what hot on c-span3. and richard rookhiser talks at 12 noon. >> in an election marred by political corruption, james g. blaine lost. he is one of the 14 men featured in the new weekly series "the contenders." tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern. learn more about the series at n.org/thecontenders. >> a soviet planner looking at the united states could not be assured of the outcome of an assault on a first strike on us. >> malcolm wallace served in the senate and was a leading conservative. he was an early suppo

to our country, and to my classmates, secretary panetta, i want to say hello to you, too, and to sylvia, and wish you well in your responsibilities. i want to thank all the men and women in uniform, as well as their families for all the sacrifices. we face difficult decisions regarding our future in iraq and afghanistan. however, the one thing that is not in doubt is the fact that our soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines continue to serve with honor and distinction, and we are proud of them. the special inspector general for afghanistan released an audit showing that efforts to track the billions of dollars in aid provided to afghanistan since 2002 has been hampered by numerous factors. as we look to the future, what are some of the adjustments being made to increase accountability of how these dollars are being spent? >> one of my concerns is technet i think we have to be able to audit the books of the defense department. while this is done now in each of the areas, we don't have an overall our ability for the defense department. the effort right now is on track for 2017 in order to c

. >> best-selling author of a beautiful line sylvia nasser talk about her latest book on economics andthe intellectual pursuit that helps people worldwide. she is interviewed by financial times editor julien cat on afterwards. is one of the many nonfiction authors this weekend on c-span2's booktv. we will continue our college series interview as we talk to professors from george washington university about her latest book on voter suppression. the ability intervention and modern afghanistan. and author, filmmaker and political activist michael more recounts his life from starting his own newspaper in the fourth grade to winning the academy award. michael more will be our guest next month on in-depth taking your phone calls october 2nd. get the complete weekend schedule at booktv.org. >> in an election marred by a moral scandal and political corruption james blaine lost in 1884 but he changed political history. he is one of the 14 men featured in c-span's weekly series the contenders live from the blaine house and agusta, main at 8:00 eastern. learn more about the series and upcoming pr