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some of the topics include immigration, race in america, voting rights and t.j. stiles, pulitzer prize-winning historian, will also be talking about his most recent week about george custer -- recent book about george custer: go to our web site, booktv.org and get the full schedule. or you can follow us on twitter to get schedule updates all day long at twitter -- [laughter] >> when i tune into it on the weekends usually as authors sharing their new releases. >> watching the nonfiction authors on booktv is the best television for serious readers. >> they can have a longer conversation and delve into the subject. >> booktv weekends, they bring you author after author after author. >> i love booktv and i c-span fan. >> hello? evening everyone. thank you for joining us here at politics and prose for our monday evening event. before we get started just a few quick things. one, please take a moment to silence your cell phones or pagers if anyone uses so stupid or anyone that could possibly make a sound during our event. after his talk, mr. brady carlson has agreed to take qu

some of the topics include immigration, race in america, voting rights and t.j. stiles, pulitzer prize-winning historian, will also be talking about his most recent week about george custer -- recent book about george custer: go to our web site, booktv.org and get the full schedule. or you can follow us on twitter to get schedule updates all day long at twitter -- [laughter] @booktv is our twitter handle. thanks for being with us today. we'll see you tomorrow. everything you've seen today will re-air. that begins at midnight tonight, and our full day of coverage begins its re-air at midnight. >> you're watching booktv on c-span2, television for serious readers. here's a look at what's on prime time tonight. we kick off the evening with crystal wright who discusses her book, "con job: how democrats gave us crime, sanctuary cities, abortion profiteering and racial division." then at 8:30 edward langel reports on the financial papers of george washington. at ten, michael eric dyson discusses race and the obama presidency on booktv's "after words." and we finish up our prim

that is timothy egan and t.j. stiles. two of the authors will be talking about their books.aphics, politics and so if you go to booktv.org, you can find a whole schedule their end you will be able to see what you want to watch. .. is that people walk very long distances well west of where we are, the most -- the most crossings take place at the reservation which is very distant from here. they have what they call pedestrian barriers which keep vehicles but allow people to walk through. that's about a 5-day walk. you cannot carry enough water for a five-day walk and not keep you dehydrated. >> so the wall has been effective? >> in is sense that yes, it has pushed people farther into the will derness so that they go around it. the effect of the wall is to increase the rates of deaths and also to increase the profits of the coyote, smugglers because they can charge more. >> were you able to talk to any cayotes? >> i did not talk to cayotes. this focuses on the people already here in the united states. 11million undocumented. what happens to people that have been living in the u