>> guest: the folger shakespeare library was created in 1932 by henry folger and his wife, emily. they had a big idea that the sources of shakespeare and his world would be of value to everyone in perpetuity. so they collected those materials, and they put them here, two blocks east of the capitol, for the benefit of the world. this was truly a national and international asset. so in addition to putting this marvelous collection here, they created this remarkable building which has the first north american tudor theater, it has the beautiful great hall that we're in which is modeled on hampton court and then another beautiful, almost medieval reading room. >> host: who were the folgers? >> guest: mr. folger was president of standard oil, and he made his fortune as an oil man. he then, while he was running standard oil, very quietly acquired the greatest shakespeare collection in the world, bar none. including 82 copies of the 1623 first folio. >> host: okay. we're going to hear that term throughout this tour, first folio. >> guest: yes. >> host: what is that? >> guest: so the first

>> guest: anyone can come and see a first folio at the folger. we are free, and we are open to the public on holidays, but we were created in order to share this remarkable collection. and so that's what we do. >> host: and so do people come? how many people do you have come a year here? >> guest: so we have about 80,000 people come a year. and when you come here, you can see a first folio in the corner of our great hall. you can also see one of our exhibitions, you can see a shakespeare play performed in the first elizabethan theater in north america, and you can come into our reading rooms and request item withs from the hundreds of thousands -- items from the hundreds of thousands of items that we have in our rare collection downstairs. >> host: is the reading room restricted to scholars? >> guest: it's restricted to people who have a good reason to use the collection. so often that's scholars. but if you're not a professional scholar and you need to consult manager for a book you're writing -- something for a book you're writing, we would open

anyone can come and see a first folio at the folger. we are free and we are open to the public on holidays but we were created in order to share this remarkable collection. >> two people come? how many people, a year? >> we have about 80,000 people, year. when you come here you can see a first folio in the corner of our great hall. you can also see one of our exhibition. you can see a shakespeare play performed in the theater. and if you're a qualified reader, you have a recently in our collection can you can come into the reading rooms and request items from hundreds of thousands of items that we have in our rare collection. >> is the reading room restricted to scholars speak with it is restricted to people who have a good reason to use a. so often that scholars but if you're not a professional scholar at you need to consult something for a book you're writing, we would open our materials to you. >> is the folger collection online? >> about 60,000 items, we call them page openings from the the collection, or online in these beautiful hi

anyone can see the first folio of the folger. we are free and open to the public on holidays but we were created in order to share this remarkable collection so that's what we do. >> host: how many people of the upcoming hear? >> guest: we have about 80,000 people come here and when you come here you can see at first folio in the corner of our great hall. you can also see one of our shakespeare plays performed in the first theater north american if you are qualified reader and and -- you can commend her reading rooms in request items from the hundreds of thousands of items that we have in our collection downstairs. >> host: is the reading room restricted to scholars? >> guest: the reading room is restricted to people and have a good reason to use it. if you are not a professional scholar needed to consult something we would open our materials to you. >> host: is the folger collection on line? >> guest: about 60,000 items are what we call page openings on line in this beautiful high-quality digital images. so one of our missions is

jim, you're on booktv at the folger library. >> caller: thank you. m x i appreciate the attempt to universalize. but i'm afraid there was too much identity politics in the presentations given this afternoon and not enough on the universal quality. i think the supreme court justice breyer said it best when he talked about universal quality of -- [inaudible] and some of the other characters in the play and less about what were identity politics. so please emphasize universal qualities and less on the particular identities of the presenters and of the characters that were described. >> host: all right, we got the point, jim. michael witmore. >> guest: jim, your point is these plays speak to everybody, and when we take these plays up and make them our own, we bring our own perspective. i appreciate what you're saying because i do think shakespeare is a universal writer. and when we encounter his stories, we feel like shakespeare's describing us. so the fact that so many people have brought their own lives and, yeah, their own particular perspective to sha

the conversation. henry folgerhe president have standard oil company and a shakespeare buff so he and his wife spent many years and many dollars collecting shakespeare artifacts, documents, memorabilia. it's the world's largest collection of shakespeare-related documents. so join us on saturday, april 23rd, we'll we live beginning at noon from the folger library for 400 years of shakespeare on booktv. >> a live look at pennsylvania where hillary clinton is about to hold a campaign rally. this is just outside of scranton, which is where hillary clinton's father was born. scranton's mayor will be attending the recent along with pennsylvania senator bob casey and congressman matt cartright and it's possible they'll give e introductory remarks, again, this is live on c-span 2. ♪ ♪ [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome hillary for america organizer alex nesbeth. >> how are you today? if you don't know me by now i am the local grassroots organizer for hillary hillary clinton's c. lackawanna county. it is so,

i'm michael witmore, director of the folger shakespeare library, . d today, you are joining us on a very special day. we're broadcasting here from the historic pastor reading room. where for the past 80 years , scholars from around the globe have come to use the largest shakespeare collection in the world. i would like to extend a warm welcome to you today who joining us on c-span2. and those of you joining us forhe live feed, thanks making it possible for shakespeare fans to enjoy this special day. shakespeare's influence goes beyond the written word, your arrival was accompanied by the folger consort. ourfolger consort is in-house ensemble. if you are interested in their music, you can find it on itunes and have a look at the wonder of will room that has been created by itunes. apple has partnered with us so we collect shakespeare material for everyone who wants to celebrate. today, we are here to celebrate the legacy of the world's greatest storyteller. and what better way to do that than pay tribute with stories. people are celebrating shakespeare

>> booktv result of the two of the folger shakespeare library in washington, d.c. it holds the largest shakespeare collection in the world. here's a portion of that to her. >> this was published in 1623. it's the most complete single volume record of shakespeare's works and it's important his friends assembled a because they probably had a better idea of what shakespeare thought was important. they did a wonderful thing. they said he our the types of plays, comity, history tragedy. this is integrating that was part of the book missing from some copy tickets are available in an of itself but ben johnson who knew shakespeare says this is a likeness of that name. that's important because once again one of those person-to-person familiar connections to shakespeare. we would say this has real authority in the likeness of this writer. >> eighty-two folios in the shakespeare collection. direct? >> correct. >> how many worldwide? >> 233. >> if somebody wanted to buy one, what would it cost? >> that are very few first folio is in private hands. complete first folios can go b

not at the folger. our colleagues and britain have different documents. legal documents that have the signature. what you thinkyou think about that, there are only so many letters and someone signature and when you sign your name may not cited in the same way you were a letter because you do it often. that means that if you want to authenticate a whole page of writing and say was shakespeare's he really only have a couple ofa couple of letters to work with for your comparison and for that reason it is tough to establish that athe particular piece of writing is beyond a doubt by william shakespeare, but this is a suggested example. it is stylistically, stylistically, it looks a lot like shakespeare. we tend to think of it as one of those treasures. sir thomas moore was a humanist active in the 16th century. here is the book that we now call utopia. he thought about politics, war. he was someone the shakespeare knew from history, someone he wrote about. >> this is part of a play. the reason why the light is so low, for our own books in the books or lending p

the folger shakespeare library agreed to accept it on loan. re, scholars will be able to see it, touch it. and compare it to other books from the period. >> this is an extreme example of a dictionary that came out in 1572. >> it's got writing everywhere. >> yeah. >> as for koppelman and wexler. who ever heard of book sellers thrilled not to sell a book? >> if some one offered us a price, right now, said you have to -- find a way to cancel your loan agreement with the folger i will write you such and such a check. that would not work for us. >> we are confident the work we have done. we would like to see it validated. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: validation at best will be a kind of consensus. because 400 years after his death, shakespeare hasn't left us much. except of course, his words. >> the "cbs overnight news" will be right back. the worst thing about toilet they don't stay in the toilet. disinfect your bathroom with lysol bathroom trigger... ...lysol power foamer... ...and lysol toilet bowl cleaner. they're approved to kill 50% more types of germs th

c-span: how did the folger shakespeare library get there in the first place? >> it was built 1932 by industrialist named henry foster and his wife emily. they owned standard oil and fortunately he loved the book did he loved shakespeare be created the largest collection of shakespeare materials and when he died that i want to put it in washington d.c.. and that is important because he understood that americans and politicians have a connection for this writer in a loved having him apart in that neighborhood because if you look at the u.s. capitol the congress or the supreme court those represent the language arts the law that was about language. to be a part of that. i made out an application with the letter then to connect to the hundreds of people and then reduce three plays for your in the we have of beautiful exhibition right now how far east tour west they were when navigating. with the thousands of students are performing on the stage so that would have been hard to be qualified but i knew i was qualified to do a lot. >> i was an english professor. i tau

the congressional record it set the folgers created a institution is dedicated to the public.also says they are doing the work using the library of congress. we were born as an institution with its -- which serves the nation but what's interesting about us as we don't have federal funding. mrs. -- mr. and mrs. bolger created an endowment managed by amherst college but because we are we are not a college or in diversity we can't charge tuition and we don't get federal funds unless there's a grant so that means we have to be self-sustaining. half of our 19 million-dollar budget comes from the endowment, a little more and then we raised or kerned the rest of that budget so philanthropy continuing philanthropy is really important and gives us the ability to really be the public institution that we are created to be. we have 120 full-time employees. our building is probably created for a quarter of that so we really do have space needs and one of our challenges is how to keep this growing collection here and share with the public. >> host: michael witmore is the director of the fol

>> the folger shakespeare library was created by he and his wife emily folger. they had big idea, which is the original sources for shakespeare in his world would be of value to everyone in perpetuity. so they collected this material and put them here, two bucks in the u.s. capital as a gift to the nation. >> why washington d.c.? >> excel analyst r. m. this is really a truly national and international asset. in addition to putting the marvelous collection, they created a remarkable building which had the first theater, has beautiful great hall that we are in which is modeled and then another beautiful almost medieval. mr. folger was president of standard and who gave his fortune as an oilman could event was running standard will very quietly acquired a greater shakespeare collection in the world are non, including 82 copies of the 1623. >> we are going to hear that term throughout this to her. what is that? >> the first folio is a collection of 36 shakespeare plays that were published by two of shakespeare's friend who knew him. without that work published in 162

. >> host: michael whitmore, is the director of the folger shakespeare library. on april 23ered, saturday, join booktv live from the folger theater covering the anniversary of shakespeare's death and taking your calls on shakespeare. that is saturday, april 23rd. >> this is booktv on c-span2. television for serious readers. tonight, steve olsen recalls the eru erup eruption of saint mary's. and then at 10, jillian thomas on the impact title 70 the 1964 civil rights act had on working women. and we wrap up with a report on how the welfare system has failed the poor. that happens tonight on c-span2, booktv. >> how did you get started in speech writing? >> guest: that is an amazing story. where -- i was a high school debater and debated in college and doubled my major into communication studies and never thought of speech writing but just taught speech. at the university of virginia i was asked to give a guest lecture at the university of north carolina chapel hill. i went down and gave my lecture at 10 o'clock in the morning. president ford was speaking on the camp

offered us a price, right now, said you have to -- find a way to cancel your loan agreement with the folgeryou such and such a check. that would not work for us. >> we are confident the work we have done. we would like to see it validated. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: validation at best will be a kind of consensus. because 400 years after his death, shakespeare hasn't left us much. except of course, his words. (sounds of birds whistling) ♪ music ♪ introducing new k-y touch gel crème. for massage and intimacy. every touch, gently intensified. a little touch is all it takes. k-y touch. in an antiperspirant? it just has to work. dry is everything. have you tried dove advanced care? advanced care? 48 hours wow just give it a try! hehe feels nice oh my gosh ok this is very very smooth. i am not messing around it's soft. i did not know that antiperspirant can actually make my skin feel good. your antiperspirant should give you more than just protection try dove advanced care. for softer, smoother underarms. jill and kate use the same dishwasher. same detergent. but only jill ends up with wet, spotty glasses.

. >> booktv took a tour of the folger shakespeare library in washington, d.c. it holds the largest shakespeare collection in the world. here is a portion of that. >> this is the most complete volume of shakespeare work and it is important his friend assembled it because they had a better idea of what he liked. they said here is comedies, histories, and tragedies and helped us as literary critics. this engraving was part of the book. it is missing from some copies. it is very valuable in and of itself. ben johnson, who knew shakespeare, said this is the likeness of that man. and this is important because it is a person-to-person familiar connection to shakespeare. >> so if 82 folios in the shakespeare collection, correct? >> correct. >> how many worldwide? >> 233. >> if somebody wanted to buy one what would it cost? >> complete first folio's go for $5-$6 million dollars. >> you have them going around the country right now? >> we do. it matters when you come face to face with someone from shakespeare so we realized we could safely take one to all 50 states and the

>> that was just a portion of the two are the booktv took of the folger shakespeare library. you can watch the full to work online at booktv.org. tv on c-span2 will be live from the folger shakespeare library at noon on saturday april 23. this is commemorate the 400th anniversary of william shakespeare's death. .. >> guest: today those industries are themselves facing new insurgent challenges. so i think that's the changes taking place. >> host: so everybody yous up. we're, as you said, seeing a whole new crop of businesses in online video growing up. do you foresee a time when those new industries themselves become incumbent, and what does that look like when they do? >> guest: oh, golly, brian, my crystal ball is foggy in terms of what things look like. but i think you stated it correctly that everybody grows up. >> host: chairman wheeler, let me -- >> guest: let me go back for one second. steve case has a great new book out -- >> host: third wave. >> guest: third wave in which he talks about the technological steps, he's now saying that there's a third stage, and the third

. >> the folger shakespeare library recently marked the 400 anniversary of his death, through personaltories. later, there was a discussion on his life with shakespeare scholars. this is two hours and 15 minutes. ♪ michael: hello, and welcome to the wonder of will live. i'm michael witmore, director of

discussion] -- [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> booktv recently took tour of the folger shakespeare library in washington, dc. it holds the largest shakespeare collection in the world. here's a portion of that tour. >> this is published in 1623. it's the most complete single volume record of shakespeare's works, and it's important that his friends assembled it because they probably had a better idea of what shakespeare thought what important they dade wonderful thing. they said here's three types of plays, comedies, histories and tragedies, which helps us as literary critics. this is an engraving that was -- it's part of the book, it's missing from some copies and very valuable, but ben joynson, who knew shakespeare, says this is a likeness of the man and that's one of those person-to-person familiar connections to shakespeare, and so we would say that this has real authority as the likeness of this writer. >> host: so, if 82 folios in the shakespeare collection, correct? >> guest: correct. >> host: how many worldwide again? >> guest: 233. >> host: 233. somebody wanted t

. >> host: that was just a portion of the tour booktv took at the folger shakespeare library. you can watch the full tour online at booktv.org. now booktv on c-span2 will be live from the folger shakespeare library on saturday april 23ered to celebrate the 400th anniversary of william shakespeare -- comemerate -- death. >> j. -- >> host: j.c., it is great being here with you and getting to know you in the past. >> guest: thank you. when i saw you were doing the interview, i was delighted it was someone i had a little ba banglade bangladebac background with. congratulations on the new position of c-span. you will still have some of those issues that will intersect and overlap with each other but -- >> host: it will be interesting. >> guest: that is right. >> host: your book, "dig deep: 7 truths to finding strength within," i thought about the venture we had. the undefeated. because it is based on, you know, the name is based around a mya angela quote saying we may encounter many defeats but we will not be defeated. the sense of overcoming diversity and resilience and i found rea

now, booktv on c-span2 will be live from the folger shakespeare library at noon on saturday, april 23rd, this is to commemorate the 400th 400th anniversary of william shakespeare's death. >> your new book, con job, who is being conned and who is do the conning. >> guest: democrats doing the conning, particularly of black americans, and women. i argue in my book, con job, because they're kind of like -- the democratic party in any view over the last half century is like a used car salesman, pedestrianles all these promises and pledges to black americans. we'll make things better, since lbj and 1964. make your smatter, richer, more aid countied. fast afford to today, black americans are none of those things. talk be in con job how the head of the congressional black caucus last year said that blacks were in, quote, state of emergency, under the first black president, mind you. so, i look at the democratic party kind of like a used car salesman in that they say -- they're slickly dressed and want to sell you a great product and say, don't look under the hood you. might not actually get wha

. >> that was just a portion of the tour booktv took of the folger library. booktv on c-span 2 will be libe from the folger library on saturday april 23rd to remember the anniversary of shakespeare's death. >> "after words" is next. j.c. watts and here and spoke with editor and chief of -- officer of espn's "undefeated". >> host: jc, it is great being here. we haven't seen each other in a while. but we used to see each other on capitol hill. >> guest: when i saw you were doing the interview i was delighted it was someone i had background and history with. i found you to be professional in your work with the "washington post" and congrats on the new assignment on espn. going from politics and current apair -- affairs to sports. >> host: your book, with when i saw the title i thought about the venture we had. the undefeated because it is based on the name is based around a maya angelo quote of we may encounter many defeats but we will not be defeated and the sense of overcoming adversity and resilience and i found a lot of your lessons strike that cord when rea

. >> michael witmor, direct for of the folger, says the job of scholars is to continue dubious. >> you look at this book as opposed to anybody else. you're looking for bad news. >> we've always said, bring it on. that takes our best examples seriously. >> koppelman and wechsler at their own expense published a book detailing their evidence. they digitized the alvearie page by page and put it online so skeptics can study it. they can only trace its ownership back to the mid 1800s, there is no d.n.a., no csi magic to prove or disprove their claim. only databases that can be checked to see notes were common place phrases or unique to shakespeare. >> there it is. >> wedlock. >> but there is this. on notating this capital w. >> we see it elsewhere, we can see it with the s. >> we see it three times with the s five times with the w. with no other letter. >> w and s because it was william shakespeare's book? >> maybe it is. but i feel there's just too much there. >> going down into the vault, which is where we keep all of our books and manuscripts. >> soon, the alvearie will come through this

which has the largest collection -- folger library -- shakespeare's documents and memorabilia in the world will be hosting an event commemorating his life and its impact on our literature, our language, politics and our history. booktv will be covering the event live at noon eastern, and afterwards we'll have it large nationwide call-in with shakespeare scholars so you can join in the conversation as well. henry folger with the president of the standard oil company and a shakespeare buff, so he and his wife spent many years in many dollars collecting shakespeare artifacts, documents, memorabilia. it's the world's largest collection of shakespeare related documents. to join us on saturday april 23. we will be live beginning at noon from the folger library for 400 years of shakespeare on booktv. >> is sunday night on q. and a., historian ron charnock talks about the hit broadway musical hamilton spinning he said i was reading your book on vacation, mexico, and as i was reading it, a hip-hop song start devising off the page. then he started telling me, hamilton's life is a classic hip-h

so you can join in the conversation as well. henry folgeras the president of the standard oil company and a shakespeare buff. so he and his wife spent many years and many dollars collecting shakespeare artifacts, documents, memorabilia. it's the world's largest collection of shakespeare-related documents. so join us on saturday april 23rd. we'll be live beginning at noon from the folger library for 400 years of shakespeare on book tv. >> next a hearing on improving water supplies through new technology. the senate environment and public works committee hearing is 45 minutes. >>> our meeting will come to order. we apologize for being a few minutes late. we had a vote at 10:00. as i said, that's our daytime job and we have to do it. drought conditions is still -- well, they have and they still affect many regions of the country. california and oklahoma have been dramatically affected. this morning we have witnesses which represent orange county, california promising new technologies of desalination. and the u.s. army corps of engineers. for th

this saturday at noon eastern, book tv is live at the folger shakespeare library in washington, d.c. to mark the 400th anniversary of william shakespeare's death. the program. the program includes speakers in your phone calls. at ten, afterwards with sue cleave bold and the columbine shooting. in her book, a mother's reckoning. it traces her journey to understanding the junction between violence and mental illness. she is interviewed by mary,. >> if we look at a murder, suicide such as the combine tragedy murders, suicide is is a small subset of suicide. perhaps one - 2% of suicides will result in the killing of someone else. so my recommendation is that we focus very much on trying to understand suicide and trying to prevent suicide so that these things don't erupt into a terrible tragedy. >> on saturday afternoon at 130 string to be what air back to back programs of winners of this year's pulitzer prize. tj stiles, this year's history recipient recalls the life of general george armstrong custer in his book, custer's trial. jody takes look at isis in his book, black plague. go to bo

this saturday at noon eastern, book tv is live at the folger shakespeare library in washington, d.c. o mark the 400th anniversary of william shakespeare's death. the program. the program includes speakers in your phone calls. at ten, afterwards with sue cleave bold and the columbine shooting. in her book, a mother's reckoning. it traces her journey to understanding the junction between violence and mental illness. she is interviewed by mary,. >> if we look at a

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thank you, we want to thank the folger library in washington for their help in setting this up. everything we have aired today will air tonight at midnight eastern time, 9:00 pm on the west coast, thanks. booktv now continues, thank you. >> thank you all for being here today. we are the ones who were here when we did it. [applause] ♪ >> when i tune in on the weekends, usually authors sharing new releases. >> nonfiction others on booktv, the best television for serious readers. >> on c-span they can have a longer conversation and delve into their subject. >> booktv weekends bring you author after author after author that spotlight the work of fascinating people. >> i love booktv and i am a c-span fan. >> you look at current best-selling nonfiction books according to the boston globe. our look at best-selling nonfiction books according to the boston globe continues. that is a look at the current nonfiction bestsellers according to the boston globe. many of these authors have been on or will be appearing on booktv. you can watch them on our website booktv.org. >> james traub is a co

every year, the folger shakespeare's library throws a party in his honor. l events include the wonder of well, a series of events to celebrate shakespeare and his legacy and it starts at noon. the library is at 201 east capitol street in southeast. >>> why you shouldn't celebrate your tax refund that much. >>> i don't believe that big money can buy votes -- not in our district. and i won't claim to have single handily passed just about every bill in annapolis. we can't settle for the same old politics, not when our basic rights are being threatened by trump and cruz. i'll stand up to their bigotry and be a passionate voice for maryland women and families. in tv and in business, i built relationships. as a woman in the house, i'll do the same to get things done. i'm kathleen mathews and i approve this message. the nra and its campaign cash are what stands between us and gun reform. "searing tragedy struck in a place parents felt their children were safe" chris van hollen met with nra lobbyists to craft a loophole that would let the nra skirt a new campaign fi

. >> so that was just a portion of the tour that booktv took of the folgers shakespeare library. you can watch the full tour online at booktv.org. now book tv on c-span2 will be live from folgers shakespeare library at noon on saturday april 23rd, this is to commemorate the 400th anniversary of william shakespeare's death .or >> and joining us here on our set is radio talk show host and author of 7 books, dennis most recent book is called the ten commandments still the best moral code. what's on your mind? >> oh -- that's a very good openingnd question. and i'll answer you completely honestly what's on my mind -- an it's not totally germane but quite germane to the ten commandments, is what i believe is the undoing of the american revolution. u and the decline of my beloved country, the greatest experiment in liberty and a decency and human hrs., and i do belief that a big part of the reason is the radical speck of our societies. >> whereon did that come from ad come about? >> it came from -- really emanate from europe. after world war i and everyone somewhat had before but especi

we finish up our primetime programming at 1 1-with the tour of the folger shakespeare library in two weeks booktv will be live from the library with a program on the 400th 400th anniversary of william shakespeare's death. that all happens tonight on c-span2's booktv. >> welcome, everybody. my name is mort. i'm a retired reporter and i've covered or war on terror in iran and iraq, and i've been coming to this book festival i as an author and moderator and admirerrer and i can't remember a single event more crucial and timely than this one. mohamedou slahi's guantanamo diary is powerfully revealing nonfiction but also a mystery. when his handwritten manuscript was finally published after aa hard fight that terry duncan will tell you about. in some crucial places can even read between the lines. thick bands of blank ink over the text in 600 places. one point entire pages are blotted out. but what remains, answers that question that we have asked yourselves with fast go -- growing frequency since 2001, why do they hate us? despite its even handed and sometimes funny tone the book is about

at noon today booktv is live from the folger shakespeare library in washington d.c. that all begins at noon, and it's followed with your opportunity to talk with shakespeare scholar ellen mckay and folger library director michael witmore. also this weekend, sue klebold discusses her son, dylan, the columbine shooter. she traces her journey to understand the junction between violence and mental illness. some of the other books we're featuring this weekend on weeking tv -- booktv, why the rust belt is the next hot spot for global innovation. there's two new biographies which examine the lives of john quincy adams and louisa adams. plus, you'll hear about the life of missionary john birch, the namesake of the john birch society. for a complete it's schedule -- television schedule, go to booktv.org. booktv on c-span2, it's 48 hours of nonfiction books and authors, television for serious readers. [inaudible conversations] >> good evening. thanks for coming. i'm with the local amnesty international. i'd like to thank you for coming for this presentation tonight. the use of

we finish up at 11 with a tour of the folger shakespeare library. in two weeks booktv will be live from the library with a program on the 400th anniversary of william shakespeare's death. that all happens tonight on c-span2's booktv. >> on sunday, april 3rd, booktv is live with author and publisher of "forbes" magazine, steve forbes, on "in depth." mr. forbes has authored many books which focus on politics and economics. in his most recent book, "reviving america," he argues for a replacement of the current tack code and a repeal of the affordable care act. other recent titles include "power, ambition, glory," which compares great leaders of the ancient world with modern business leaders and "how capitalism will save us: why free people and free markets are the best answer in today's economy." in 2014 mr. forbes appeared on booktv discussing his book, "money." >> the topic of money is straight forward and simple even though it's shroud inside a lot of jargon, a lot of equations. the idea of money is very basic. we've gotten away from it, and our poli

justice stephen breyer, actor cow pen and journalist clarence page followed by your calls with the folger library director michael whitmore and shakespeare scholar ellen mckay. that is look at the other programs booktv is covering this week. if these events are open to the public look for them to air in the near future on booktv on c-span2. >> booktv live coverage of the annapolis book festival continues. starting now a panel on drone warfare. [inaudible conversations] >> good afternoon, everyone. welcome to the annapolis book festival. we will be getting started in just a minute. this is being broadcast on c-span booktv. we ask that you silence yourself and then remain quiet during the discussion. >> it is my distinct honor to share the stage with these tremendous authors. i'm going to start on my immediate right in introducing them. after my introductions, i'm going to let each of them talk for about ten minutes, then i'm going to take the power of the chair and ask a few questions and then open up to the audience for questions. on my immediate right is richard whittle. his book, "preda

on that date the folger library in washington d.c. hich has the largest collection of shakespeare documents and memorabilia in the world will be hosting an event commemorating his life and impact on our literature, language, politics and artistry. book tv will be covering that event live, it begins live at noon eastern time. afterwards will have a have a live nationwide call in with shakespeare scholars so you can join in the conversation as well. henry folger was the president of the standard oil company and a shakespeare buff. he and his his wife spent many years in many dollars collecting shakespeare artifacts, documents, memorabilia, is the, is the world's largest collection of shakespeare related documents. join us on saturday april 20 third, we'll we'll be live beginning at noon from the folger library, with 400 years of shakespearend book tv. >> president obama departed on a six-day trip starting in saudi arabia on wednesday. he will meet with the country's king and stay in riyadh. on thursday, mr. obama meets with leaders and d

at noon today booktv is live from the folger shakespeare library in washington, d.c. with performances and remarks from community. that all begins at noon. also this weekend on booktv on our "after words" program, sue collie bold traces her europeny to understand the junction between violence and mental illness. some of the other books we're featuring this weekend on booktv, why the rust belt is the next hot spot for global innovation. there's two few biographies which examine the lives of john quincy adams and first lady louisa adams and a panel of authors discuss their recent books on the supreme court. plus, you'll hear about the life of missionary john birch, the namesake of the john birch society. for a complete television schedule, go to booktv.org. booktv on c-span2, it's 48 hours of nonfiction books and authors, television for serious read ors. >> booktv tapes hundreds of author programs throughout the country all year long. here's a look at some of the events we'll be covering this week. : >> that's a look at some of the aur programs booktv is covering this w

live beginning at noon from the folger library for 400 years of shakespeare on book tv. >> president cameron held a joint news conference after holding meetings in london today. ne writes that the president made an impassioned the to britain to heed prime minister's call to stay and dismissed critics of accusing the president of meddling in british affairs. speaking at a press conference, president obama told reporters power isain's amplified by the membership and the 28 nation union, not diminished. here is that news conference that is just under an hour. president obama: prime minister cameron: good afternoon and welcome. it is great to welcome president obama on his fifth visit to the united kingdom. barack has been president for more than seven years. i have been prime minister for nearly six years. and our two countries have been working together through some of the most difficult and troubled global times. aftermath of the banking crisis, the need to revive growth and create jobs and our economies, new threats to our security of from russia in the east to the rise of islamic te

booktv took a four of the folger shakespeare library. >> this is the most completed volume of his works and it is important his friends' assembled it. and this is an engraving here that was part of the book. it is missing from some copies. it is very valuable. but ben johnson who knew shakespeare said this is the likeness of that man. that is important because it is one of those person-to-person familiar connections to shakespeare so we would say it has real authority of the likeness of the writer. >> 82 folios in the shakespeare collection, correct? >> correction. >> how many world wide? >> 233. >> if somebody wanted to buy one what would it cost? >> there are very few in private hands. complete first folios can go from $5-$6 million. >> you have them going around the country? >> we do. we realized it matters when you come face-to-face with sources of shakespeare. we realized we could take it safely to all 50 states and two territories and the response is tremendous. someone proposed marriage successf successfully on the first visit to oklahoma. there is a jazz funeral for shakespeare

the folger shakespeare library in washington, d.c. recently paid tribute to the famous playwright. you can watch that program tonight at 9:00 eastern on c-span. >>> it's known as one of washington's premier events, bringing together government officials, members of the press and hollywood stars. c-span has live coverage of the 2016 white house correspondents' dinner this saturday, starting at 6:00 p.m. eastern. our live coverage from the washington hilton hotel includes red carpet arrivals, background on the dinner and awards presentations. 2700 people are expected to attend this sold out dinner. larry wilmore, host of "the nightly show," will headline. this year president obama will give his final speech as commander in chief. join us beginning saturday at 6:00 p.m. eastern, live on c-span. >>> next, a discussion about government surveillance and the african-american community. part of an all-day symposium at georgetown university law center that ran about two and a half hours. >> ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to surveillance, government monitoring of the african-american com

we'll be live beginning at noon from the folger library for 400 years of shakespeare. >> arizona senator john mccain chairs the armed services committee. >> the hearing will come to order. we're here to receive testimony on research, diagnosis and treatment of posttraumatic stress and traumatic brain injury in the department of defense and department of veterans affairs. the committee meets this afternoon to receive testimony from department of defense and department of veterans affairs on research, diagnosis and treatment of posttraumatic stress and traumatic brain injury. this is an important hearing. we must do everything we can to help servicemen and women and veterans suffering from pts and tbi. we're fortunate to have a distinguished panel of witnesses joining us today. captain walter greenhalgh. director for national intrepid center of excellence at walter reed national medical center. captain colston, director of center for excellence for psychological health and traumatic brain injury. dr. amy street, national center for posttraumatic stress, department of veterans affairs. post

we'll be live beginning at noon from the folger library for 400 years of shakespeare on book tv. >> the senate armed services committee yesterday held a hearing on research and treatment of traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress. john mccain chairs the armed services committee. >> the hearing will come to order, we're hear to receive testimony on diagnosis and treatment of post-traumatic stress and trauma mattic brain injury. the committee meets to hear testimony from the dense of defense and veterans of fares of treatment of post traumatic stress and brain injury. we must do everything we can to help servicemen and women and set vans suffering from tps and tbi. we're fortunate to have a distinguished panel of witnesses, walt ter greenhaass and united states navy, director for the national intrepid center for excellence at walter reed and michael kol ston, center of excellence for psychological help and brain injury. and dr. amy streak, deputy director of the women's health division for post-traumatic stress veterans of foreign apairs. post-traumatic suppress and brain injury

this saturday at noon eastern, booktv is live at the folger shakespeare library to mark the anniversary of shakespeare's death. then at 10:00 afterwards with sue klebold. she discusses her son dylan klebold in the book "a mother's reckoning." >> if we look at a murder-suicide such as the columbine tragedy, murder-suicide is a small subset of suicidality. perhaps 1% of suicides will result in the killing of someone else. so it's my job to understand suicide and try to prevent suicide so these things do not erupt into a terrible tragedy. >> at 1:00 p.m. on sunday, they will announce this year's winners of the pulitzer prize. joby warrick takes lie look at isis in his book "black flags." >>> road to the white house continues saturday with senator bernie sanders. he'll be holding a campaign rally with senators in

we'll be live beginning at noon from the folger library for 400 years of shakespeare on "book tv." >> now, agriculture secretary tom vilsack, he sits down with us to talk about the issue of hunger and food insecurity that affects many american families. former iowa governor discusses the impact of hunger, child nutrition and the challenges facing rural communities. from the brookings institute, this is about an hour and 20 minutes. >> good morning. i'm bob ruben and my sole assignment is to welcome all of you. today's hamilton project discussion of food security. having said that, let me make two comments. number one, the hamilton project began about 10 years ago, and our purposes from the beginning would support policy development around the country and to promote purpose in policy dialogue. and i think those purposes, policy development and most particularly seriousness of purpose in policy dialogue, have become ever more important as the policy -- what goes for pie is i dialogue is descended ever more into ideology, into politics and into partisanship. and our commitment is to try