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he talks with nightline former host ted koppel. >> host: there is a story that is told about the elite american play rate of visiting a friend who had bought historic house somewhere in virginia, you know the story, and the house was beautiful but the estate was not that impressive and the friend had spent some considerable amount of money fixing it up, planting hundreds of trees and bushes and shrubs and so the friend was showing and none of the estate and said what do you think? and he said it's very nice. it's what god would have done if he had the money. i was thinking about that in reading your book, because in essence, this is what god would have done in terms of restructuring history if he had chosen to do that. you'd pick three interesting moments in history that could have gone one way and went to another and you then proceeded from that to create a sort of mind bending a piece of history. i read the book and i must say it's kind of a clunky title that then everything changed. was that the focus? it's good to have an editor. we could have done better than if anything changed t

he talks with "nightline"'s former host ted koppel. >> host: there is a story that is told about the late american playwright ross hard. he was is he a friend who had bought a historic house somewhere in virginia, if memory serves correct. you know this story. and the house was beautiful, the estate was not that impressive. and so the friend had spent some considerable amount of money fixing it up, planting hundreds of trees and bushes and shrubs, and so the friend was showing him around the estate and said to them, so what you think? and mossad said it is very nice but it is just what god would've done if he had had my money. i was thinking about that, jeff, in reading your book because in a sense this is, you know, what god would've done in terms of restructuring history if he had chosen to do that. you have picked three extraordinarily interesting moment in history that could have gone one way and went another. and you have been proceeded from there to create a sort of mindbending piece of history. i read the book, enjoyed it i must say, although i must say it's kind of a clunky t

if you write a ballot ted koppel instead of barack obama, i mean, so?hen it goes to the congress and the congress has to decide if that's a valid vote. i mean, it's a time bomb. >> host: you resolve it as i must say you resolve a couple of issues here with -- a questionable -- well, you bring someone in, and in this particular instance is dwight eisenhower who still has the grandeur, the clout, the capacity to be able to say whether he did it through his aide bryce harlow or in person, listen, fellows -- >> guest: you have to go back and imagine it's december of 1960. the president -- what we call the president elect has been blown to bits at a time when violence against public figures was far less common than it became. >> host: right. >> guest: and the notion of the elected leaders of the party, of the party, and the elected officials who had far more credibility than they do now, lord knows, saying we have got to come to find some way to resolve this quickly before we descend into chaos, i respectfully would say that's not it. that's as plausible as

if you are in your state capitol where the electors leading you fill out the ballot in right in ted koppel instead of iraq obama i mean, so? that it goes to the congress and the congress has to decide. i mean it is a time bomb. >> host: you resolve it, i must say you resolve a couple of issues here with a questionable questionable -- will you bring in this particular instance. dwight eisenhower, who still has the grandeur, the cloud, the capacity to be able to save his aid or in person, listen fellas. >> guest: you have to go back and imagine it is december of 1960. the president, what we call call the president-elect has been blown to bits at a time when violence against public figures was far less common that it became. and the notion of the elected leaders of the party, the parties in the elected officials had far more credibility than they do now, bart knows, saying we have got to find some way to resolve this quickly before we descend into chaos. i respectfully would say that is not the assessment. that is as plausible and if that is what has happened. >> host: only in that time. whic

he is interviewed by ted koppel. also this weekend, live coverage from the annapolis boat festival with panels on bork and the citizen scientists, race, and more. look for the complete schedule on booktv.org. >> policies ban on twitter. the fastest way to get programming updates as well as links to events. you can get links to our washington journal" guest. from book tv, american history, and more. get started at twitter.com/c span. host: in our last 20 minutes, we will get your thoughts on the congress in the white house avoiding a government shutdown. the numbers will be on your screen if you want to weigh in. you can send us an e-mail or a tweet. on the republican line, james you are a first. good morning. caller: i wanted to try to get in when he was on. he brought the point of taking out a picture of your family and thinking about what their future will be. within the next 10 years, they will be wearing silk and talking chinese. host: augusta, ga., a government worker. what do you do for the government? pauline,

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he is interviewed by former nightline anchor, ted koppel. after that, panels or more, scientist, race, and more. but for the full schedule at booktv.org. >> the first sign that a deal was near was at a meeting of the house a republican congress at about 9:45. john boehner, the speaker of the house, came out after the meeting to announce the deal to reporters. his comments are just under three minutes. >> good evening, everyone. i am pleased that senator reid and i have come to an agreement that will cut government spending and keep the government opened. the house will vote yes tonight on a short-term, continuing resolution into next week that will allow time for this agreement to be put together in legislative form and brought to the floor of the house and senate for a vote. we expect the final book for this to occur mid next week. i believe we will have a bridge resolution passed tonight to make sure the government is open. as you know, there has been a lot of discussion and a long fight. we fought to keep government spending down because

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gerald ford and subsequent defeat of ronald reagan to be interviewed by former nightline anchor ted koppel. also, live coverage from the annapolis boat festival with panels on war, citizen scientists, race, and more. for the complete schedule at book tv, and get our schedules in not directly to you. >> next, a hearing on evaluating the tsa passenger screening behavior detection program known as spa which began in 2003 funds behavior protection officers looking for unique facial expressions and body language to identify security threats. the government accountability office says the program needs across the board improvements. this is about two hours. >> the subcommittee on investigations and oversight will come to order. good morning. welcome to today's hearing entitled behavioral science and security. evaluating tsa spot program. you will find in front of you packages containing our witness panels written testimony, biographies and treat and testimony disclosures. before we get started, this being the first meeting of the investigation and oversight subcommittee for the 112th congress, at