. >> johns hopkins university political science professor you're watching book tv on teewun. >> we want to here from you. >> being called national redefined they buy a group. what is national redefined dates back. >> it is a day in january were all across america we are inviting readers to commit to spend the afternoon reading an e-book that they like and you can do it at home or in any of the many venues participating across the country which include libraries and bookstores in schools. >> wire you promoting this? >> that is a wonderful large, and complicated question. essentially our hope is to find different ways to foster a culture of reading in america and remind people of what the experience is like to sit and dedicate a nice, long swath of time to read it. the year feedback all the time. there's a real pleasure that comes from getting lost in the world of a book that is different than if you are checking your phone every few minutes or on the go between different venues. >> you were actually setting a time frame for this. >> that is exactly right. we agreed four hours was longer

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live coverage here on teewun and t3 on the 2015 state of the union.debbie wasserman schultz. >> i was really thrilled that the president took the opportunity to talk about the importance of american exceptionalism and not just internationally but how it is important that we focus here at home now that we are coming out of the recession, more opportunities to succeed. at the end of the speech he challenged us to set aside our differences to say to our basis, we we will take some risk and put some skin in the game and try to work together and focus on the things in which we can agree >> out of all the issues of the president addressed tonight, obviously the democrats control the house and the senate, but what other priorities in terms of democratic. >> well, making well, making sure that instead of the trickle-down economics that have been tried and failed that we focus on middle-class economics whether it is making higher education universal and affordable and they lose their jobs they lose their jobs that we no that pathway to the middle class and mak

keep watching for more here on teewun and watch any of our past programs online. >> well, well saturday january 24 is being called national redefined a playgroup him. what is? >> it is a day in january were all across america we are inviting readers to commit to spend the afternoon reading any book that they like, and you can do it at home or in any of the many venues participating across the country which include libraries and bookstores in schools. >> wire you promoting this?

. >> you're watching book tv on teewun. this weekend we're visiting west virginia. next we visit the ohio county public library and discuss some of there rare books and photos. >> known as gateway to the west. the suspension bridge is really a way to get to the west over the river. before that it was going around. as a transportation hub at a city full of creeks, streams, and rivers bridges were an important way to make commerce possible. part of our collection of photographs was the foundation of our collection that was donated to the library by wc brown. these showed various scenes from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. i chose to focus on some of the historic bridges. they still exist. this one was under construction in 1891, the main street stone arch bridge. the longest single span stone arch in the united states in 1892 when it was dedicated the stones were all locally quarried, and one of them fell on a construction worker was killed and drowned. his ghost is said thought the bridge to this day. the the bridge is still in use. the 2nd bridge over like t

keep watching for more here on teewun and watch any of our past programs online. >> well, well saturday january 24 is being called national redefined a playgroup him. what is? >> it is a day in january were all across america we are inviting readers to commit to spend the afternoon reading any book that they like, and you can do it at home or in any of the many venues participating across the country which include libraries and bookstores in schools. >> wire you promoting this? >> well, it is wonderful, large, and large and competent question. essentially our hope is to find different ways to foster a culture of reading in america and remind people of what the experience is like to sit and dedicate a nice, long swath of time to reading. we hear feedback all the time that people read books less because they feel they don't have time but there is pleasure a pleasure that comes from really getting lost in the world of a book that is different than if you are checking your phone every few minutes or on the go. we we wanted people to remember that experience and get a little off him. >> you