and so it is really a great privilege to have sylvia morris with us here tonight. born in england, she taught english literature before moving to the united states in 1968 with her husband the writer edmund morris who i'm also proud to have with us here in the evening, and she is also the author of a biography of former first lady edith kermit roosevelt. it also gives me great pleasure to introduce our moderator, the prolific writer and editor, james atlas. he is founding editor of the viking press live series of biographies and the author of "the life of an american poet" which was nominated for a national book award. in addition to his memoir, "my life in the middle ages," he has written for "the new york times," "vanity fair" and many other publications. and so please join me in welcoming sylvia morris and james atlas for what promises to be a fascinating conversation. thank you. [applause] >> so we must actually use these? i feel like a crooner like frank sinatra. [laughter] i, first of all forgive my, this gauche gesture, but my printer broke just before i came

. >> sylvia jukes morris recounts the late of the late conservative commonitator clare boothe luce who was elected to congress in 1942. this program last about an hour. >> i am the senior >>> i am the senior director of the program and chief operating officer here at roosevelt house. it is my great pleasure to welcome you to "price of fame: the honorable clare boothe luce" by sylvia jukes morris. price of fame is the second in her masterful volume on clare boothe luce was published 17 years ago. and both books are models of her art. researched and sophisticated and fair minded and compulsively readable. we are gathered in the former home of franklin and elenor roosevelt where i think it is safe to assume clare boothe luce wasn't a social visitor. her relationship with the roosevelts was what one might say complicated. she supported fdr earlier on but soon became one of his most outspoken critics and once accusing him of being the only american president who lied us into a war because he didn't have the nerve to lead us into it. he was in competition with ms. roosevelt for most poplar w

at 8:30, sylvia morris describes the life of claire lose booth. -- luce booth. and we wrap up the primetime programming at 11:00 with authors of "obama's enforcer: eric holder's justice department." >> representative james clyburn talks about his life from this early days in the jim crow south to a position as the third highest ranking democrat in the u.s. house of representatives. this hour-long program is next on booktv. >> good afternoon. >> good afternoon. >> i'm douglas slaughter, the executive chairman of the center for african-american from culture. i want to welcome alloff you here for this great occasion; it's a blessed experience. let's give the congressman a hand. [applause] >> we want to welcome you to a work in progress. this is the center for african-american for history, art, and culture. the late 1800s it was the first school that aken developed for the children of newly freed slaves, and since that time it's been a school for several generations and we are excited about the opportunity to turn this once again into a learning center. aikins has a

sylvia morris on her book. at 10:00 p.m., michael lewis discusses a hidden world of high-frequency trading. american artifacts look at declassified documents from the gulf of tonkin incident. moran harding's new really released lovewly letters. find our television schedule. let us know what you think about the programs you are watching by calling us. #.twitter, use the conversation.n like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. >> rob portman spoke to business leaders at the politics and eggs event. isis, the american workforce, and a lack of bipartisanship in congress. he is a potential candidate in 2016. >> thank you and good morning. welcomeleased to senator portman. this is a special time of year for us. listenhat if you closely, you can hear our athletes have made their way to campus. the new class arrives on friday and i told the senator that we of 25o have a class size more students than last year. in this environment, it is a good thing. you can make your way up the hill top and see the residence hall

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sylvia dukes morris on her book, "price of fame" about claire booth luce. and 10:00 p.m., arthur luis, uthor of flash boys discusses the world of high frequency stock trading. 3, american history tv. american artifacts looks at documents related to the 1964 gulf of on the kin incidents that led to the vietnam war. the at 8:00 p.m., president warren love gs' knewly released letters. 9:45, the life of nobel prize inning economist, milton friedman. find our television schedule at c-span.org and let us know what the programs t that you're watching. call us at 202-626-3400. #c123.tter, use the or e-mail us at comments@c-span.org. join the c-span conversation, us us on facebook, follow on twitter. continues.on journal host: on this labor day, a discussion of unions with the american progress. the project director of the project, hello guest: hello. how would you describe the state in the u.s. today? guest: they've been in decline. so there's been a long slow of decline. and then there's increasing sort of political fight where is they're feeling under attack. the

>>> sylvia jukes morris recounts the life of the late conservative commentator and congresswoman clare boothe luce. the author reports on luc's tenure as board to italy and her political and personal life. this program lasts about an hour. [inaudible conversations] >> i am the senior director of programs and chief operating officer here at roosevelt house, and it is my great pleasure to welcome you here to tonight's very special discussion of "price of fame: the honorable clare boothe luce," by sylvia jukes morris. "price of fame" is the second in a two-volume biography of ms. luce. the first volume was published 17 years ago, and as "the wall street journal" has written, both books are really models of a biographer's art, meticulously researched, sophisticated, fair-minded and compulsively readable. now, we are, of course, gathered for tonight's discussion here in the former home of franklin and eleanor roosevelt where i think it is probably safe to assume that clare boothe luce was not a regular social visitor. [laughter] mrs. luce's relationship with the roosevelts was, one might sa

at 8:30, sylvia jukes morris describes the life of clare boothe luce. then michael lewis talks about flash boys at 10 p.m. eastern, and we wrap up at 11 with the authors of "obama's enforcer: eric holder's justice department." that all happens tonight on c-span2's booktv. >> next on booktv, an interview from pepperdine university in malibu, california, part of booktv's college series. bruce herschensohn sat down with booktv to talk about his long political career and american foreign policy over the past half century. professor herschensohn also provided his take on president obama's foreign policy issues over the past five years. this is about 45 minutes. >> host: well, joining us now on booktv is bruce herschensohn, a professor here at pepperdine university. professor herschensohn, how long have you taught here, and what do you teach? >> guest: i teach u.s. foreign policy and started teaching here in the beginning of 1998. really when the school of public policy opened up for students. before that i sort of had an affiliation with pepperdine since the