live coverage of the savannah book festival continues shortly. [inaudible conversations] >> booktv tapes hundreds of other programs throughout the country all year long. here's a look at some of the events covering this week. monday at politics and prose bookstore in washington dc, to hear lanny davis, former special counsel for president clinton share his thoughts on the outcome of the 2016 election. on tuesday we head to roosevelt house in new york city where former white house official and cabinet secretary will examine our democracy and share his views on how to bring back trustworthy systems of government. later that night at new york university, the presentation of the ten america literary award given annually since 1963 which recognize books in a range of categories from biography or science writing to essays and poetry. on wednesday at the green light extorting brooklyn investigative journalist vegas on white nationalism in america. thursday syracuse university professor daniel thompson will be at saint and from college in new hampshire to

watch live coverage of the savannah book festival saturday morning beginning at 9:00 eastern on c-span2's book tv. >> sunday night on q&a, michael faby on his book "crash back: the power clash between the u.s. and china in the pacific." >> there's a public shaming. china -- it's hard for westerners to get an idea of what that means to the asian culture, especially someone that is as big and proud, they lost face with that and came away with a never again mentality. so they start after that on this mindset, we will build up our navy and build up our missile defense forces in such a way we never lose face like this again. >> sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's q&a. >> earlier today, senate intelligence chair richrd byrd looked at biodefense issues and how we protect and ride rade yo logical or nuclear attack. this runs an hour and 0 minutes.

accept your donations to the savannah book festival. your generosity that we are able to keep the festival saturday free. please help us to continue. thank you for coming. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> that was for brian curtis on the 1942 rose bowl. in a few minutes we will be back with more live coverage of the savannah book festival. up next, arthur scott schapiro talking about the peace pact that outlawed war around the world. our live coverage will continue shortly. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> what i trace in here is what happened to this country in the 1960s. bobby kennedy was not the same person in 1968 that he was in 1961 and no one in the country was. there were segregationists in 1961 who were not segregationists in 1968. when you look at what happened to people's opinions and their view of the world, bobby kennedy changed an average amount for someone with their eyes open a

. >> a live coverage of the savannah book festival starts saturday morning at 9:00 eastern and includes robert latta with his book "future war: preparing for the new global battlefield." author >> watch live coverage of the savannah book festival saturday morning beginning at 9:00 eastern on c-span2's book tv. "" continues. costello, a republican, also on the energy and commerce committee. we start by talking about the shooting in florida. your initial thoughts. if there is a role for congress going forward? .uest: it is horrific i don't know what other word to use. the role of congress, if we go back to the church shooting in texas, when that happened i think that i was doing an interview that night and did not know what a bump stock was. upon learning that came to believe on the heels of las -- that the texas role of congress, if there is happenedive to what will be understanding what the facts are and ascertaining what ore of legislation, if any, in the atf regulatory environment, what could/should be done. i think the bump stocks should not be legal. if they are to be utilized, they

[inaudible conversations] >> and now it's the final author talk of the day from the savannah book festival, and it's ben blum on a robbery committed by his cousin and other army rangers. >> good afternoon. welcome to the final author presentation of what i i hope has been a very eventful and wonderful day for you so far at the savannah book festival. you're at the trinity united methodist church which has been our venn you all day long. -- venue all day long. we feel very fortunate to have this space. this venue has been made possible by the generosity of jack and mary romanos. my name is roger smith, and i have the great pleasure of serving as a volunteer for the book festival, and i am delighted with your participation. the savannah book festival is presented by georgia power, by david and nancy, by the sheehan family foundation and by mark and pat sue jn. we would also like to thank our wonderful literati members as well as donors whose contributions continue to make saturday at the savannah book festival a free and public event. in fact, 90% of the revenue for the book festival comes f

when the house burned down you moved to savannah. the winter of 1955 -- justice thomas: 1955. i was doing fine in 1995. [laughter] judge maggs: 1955, you were hungry without knowing when would you eat and cold without knowing when you would be warm. justice thomas: that's a horrible feeling. you know, today we kind of -- i just get worn down. i was with a young woman who happened to be black in kansas recently and she said something really interesting. she said, i'm really tired of having to play the role of being black. i just want to go to school. and i think we -- there's -- at some point we are going to be fatigued with everybody being a victim. when i was a kid, there were tons of people who were in really bad circumstances. my grandfather would not let us wallow in that, and as you could tell throughout this book, he's my hero. he is the single greatest human being i ever met. with nine months of education but he never saw himself as a victim. he used to say that he was a motherless child. he never knew his father. his mother died when he was 7 or 8 years old. of course

the world. and this is all in savannah, georgia. and remember, this is a world of segregation. it gave you this window to everything else. it gave you a window beyond georgia. and the nuns encouraged it. the librarians encouraged it. so i had an opportunity some years ago to go back and write and thank all the librarians. and most recently i ran into a lady in savannah, an elderly white lady because i was among the early kids who went to the savannah public libraries, desegregated and i was kind of a nuisance there because i kept showing up. was like i was "where's waldo?" , it's where's clarence. it's time to get away from my grandfather and it was this amazing world. and i ran into this elderly white lady and she he started crying. and she said, i helped you at the savannah public library. and i said, oh, my gosh. it was really kind of emotional because i remember how scared i was. you have to cross in those days a lot of lines, but going to the library was worth doing that. anyway, that's the library. judge maggs: tell me more about your catholic education and your decision t

my name is nancy lieb and i am delighted to welcome you to the 11th annual savannah book festival-presented by georgia power, david and nancy cintro, the sheehan family and mark and pat sun. many thanks to jack and mary romano, our sponsors, for this glorious venue, the trinity united methodist church. i want to extend thanks to our members and donors who have continued to make saturday's free festival event possible. 90% of revenues come from donors just like you. thank you. we are very excited to have savannah book festival app this year for your phone. please look in your program for information on downloading it. it well be helpful. i i have a couple of 0 housekeeping notes, immediately following the presentation, robert latiff will be signing festival purchased copies of his book just across the way in the square. if you're staying in this venue for in the next presentation, please move forward so u-ers can count available seats. please take a moment to turn off your cell phones. and we also ask that you do not use flash photography. during the question and answer portion, please raise

i am honored to serve as a volunteer for the 11th annual savannah book festival i'm so gladoo you all are participating in the festival. it is presented by georgia power, by david and nancy citroen, the sheehan family foundation and mark and pat. would like to thank our members as well as individual sponsors and donors who have made and continue to make saturday at the book festival a free event. 90% of the revenue comes from donors like you. we are excited to have a savannah book festival app available this year. please look in your program if you would like information on downloading the app to your telephone. before we get started, a couple housekeeping notes. immediately following this presentation our author will be signing festival purchase copies of her book. if you intend to stay in this venue for the presentation i will follow please move forward in the space so we make room for people who are coming in to the big front door. a couple technology announcements, we ask you take a minute right now to double check your cell phone is turned off or at least on silent mode so we won

live coverage of the savannah book festival continues shortly. [inaudible conversations] >> booktv tapes hundreds of other programs throughout the country all year long. here's a look at some of the events covering this week. monday at politics and prose bookstore in washington dc, to hear lanny davis, former special counsel for president clinton share his thoughts on the outcome of the 2016 election. on tuesday we head to roosevelt house in new york city where former white house official and cabinet secretary will examine our democracy and share his views on how to bring back trustworthy systems of government. later that night at new york university, the presentation of the ten america literary award given annually since 1963 which recognize books in a range of categories from biography or science writing to essays and poetry. on wednesday at the green light extorting brooklyn investigative journalist vegas on white nationalism in america. thursday syracuse university professor daniel thompson will be at saint and from college in new hampshire to

>> and that was deanne stillman live from the savannah book festival. now, in just a few minutes it's the final author of the day, ben blum, and he reports on the life of his cousin, alex blum, who was an army ranger who participated in an armed robbery before he was set to deploy to iraq. and we'll be right back with live coverage. [inaudible conversations] >> here's a look at some upcoming book fairs and festivals happening around the country. on march 10th and 11th, we'll be live from the university of arizona for the tucson festival of books with author talks and call-ins. this year's festival features msnbc's katie tur and charles sykes, max boot, investigative journalist david cay johnston and many other authors. later in march it's the virginia festival of the book in charlottesville and the national black writers conference in brooklyn, new york. in april we're headed to texas for the san antonio book festival, and we'll be live once again at the los angeles times festival of books. for more information about up coming book -- upcoming book fairs

to see honey badger's and the guy hadn't heard of honey badgers being by the fiercest animal on the savannah is the honey badger you know and of course the jolly mongers of the warren buffet's there's a good decision to mediate out of existence or they just croak. well they both have said they're like they're not long for the world well ok so wells fargo screws customers yet again now failing to make right and abuses elizabeth warren demands answers so wells fargo is getting get more deserved bad press great.

do you want to see honey badger's and the guy hadn't heard of being by the fiercest animal on the savannah is the honey badger you know and of course the jolly mongers of the warren buffet's there's a good distance a mediator out of existence or they just croak. when they both have said they're like they're not long for the world well ok so wells fargo screws customers yet again now failing to make right and abuses elizabeth warren demands answers so wells fargo is getting get more deserved bad press gretchen morgenson and emily glazer of the wall street journal reported that the bank was making a hash of the customer restitution at a promise to make in connection with his various scandals again i hate that they always call everything scandals or crimes like these are crimes they committed but even though the press firestorm last week was over the banks fake accounts the much bigger payments to customers and the ones it is messing up involve the forced placing of auto insurance which in over twenty thousand cases lead to car repossessions and charging unjustified fees in connection with mo

[inaudible conversations] >> and booktv's live coverage of the savannah book festival continues now. it's new york times finance editor david enrich talking about his book, "the spider network." [inaudible conversations] >> good afternoon. we are delighted that you are participating in the 11th annual savannah book festival presented by georgia power. david and nancy sin terror, the sheehan family foundation and mark and pat -- [inaudible] many thanks to jack and mary romanos for this glorious venue, the trinity baptist church. we'd also like to extend thanks to our individual donors who have made and continue to make saturday's free festival events possible. in fact, 90% of the revenue for the savannah book festival comes from donors just like you, so thank you. we are very excited to have a savannah book festival app available this year. please look in your program for information on downloading it to your phone. before we get started, please let me go over a couple of housekeeping notes. immediately following this presentation, our speaker, david enrich, will be signing festival-pu

and then, the panel comparing watergate to today. .he 2018 savannah book festival p.m., the pulitzer prize and national book award winner. on american history tv on cspan3, historians on world war i and the legacy of president woodrow wilson. six: 30 p.m., scholars explore the relationships 6:30en presidents -- at p.m., scholars explore the relationships between presidents and gorbachev. watch monday on the c-span networks. >> live coverage of the savannah book festival starts this morning and includes "future war." scott shapiro with how a radical plan to outlaw war we made the world. and celeste headley with her book on how to have conversations that matter. watch live coverage this morning beginning at 9:00 eastern on c-span's book tv. >> "washington journal" continues. host: we are taking your calls from republicans, democrats, and independents. some, a quick look at front pages from across the country courtesy of the museum -- newseum.

the weather certainly not helping. on opening ceremony, it will feel like 14 degrees. savannah? >> but it's a dry cold? miguel, thank you very much. by the way, a program note, lester is on his way. his live coverage from pyeongchang begins tomorrow night right here on "nightly." we hope you will join us. >>> today, we learned more schools are closing down because of the flu, this time in chicago. and hospitalizations are soaring. they're on pace to exceed the record set just four years ago. so why did fewer than half of americans usually even get the flu shot? tonight, nbc news medical correspondent dr. john torres digs into it and debunks some frequent myths about the vaccine. >> reporter: 38-year-old heather holland was a popular second grade teacher in texas. today parents and students are grieving her death from the flu. >> she was really nice to all the kids. >> reporter: the flu continues to claim lives, including 53 children across the country. and yet, one study showed that more than 53% of adults are not vaccinated. >> this year i didn't get my flu shot because i simply didn't make the time. >

in humans would be back with more live coverage of the savannah book festival. up next author scott shapiro talking about the 1928 leaseback outlawed war around the world. our live coverage will continue shortly. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> what i trace in here is, is what happened to this country in the 1960s. opportunity was not the same person in 1968 that he was in 1961 and no one in the country was. they are worthry segregationists in 1961 who were not segregationists in 1968. when you look at what happened to peoples opinions and their view of the world, bobby kennedy was someone who changed i would say an average amount for someone with their eyes open in that time. there were people who went through much more dramatic changes, much bigger pendulum swings in their lives and bobby kennedy did. and that something i get into in-depth about the '60s everyone. gene mccarthy and everyone else in the same except for one senator voted for the gulf of tonkin resolution. that was the resolution. gene mccarthy then, , i mean president johns

on february 17th, we head to georgia for the savannah book festival which will be live on booktv. and then on march 10th and 11th, we'll be live from the university of arizona for the tucson festival of books featuring msnbc's -- [inaudible] david cajon son and -- kay johnson and more. and later in march it's the virginia festival of the book in charlottesville and the national black writers conference in brooklyn, new york. for more information about upcoming book fairs and festivals and to watch previous coverage, click the book fathers tab on -- fairs tab on our web site at booktv.org. >> okay. i do double duty here. so i am welcoming steve villano who is next, and he is a native of brooklyn, new york, and is the former head of governor mario cuomo's new york city press office with decades of experience in public service, public education, public health and is the ceo of several national and nonprofit organizations. i'm just going to skip to the inhere. he has written quite a bit, there's a long list of things that he has written. he has authored major pieces on ethnic stereotyp

you want to see how do you badgers and the guy hadn't heard of being by the fiercest animal on the savannah is the honey badger you know and of course the jolly mongers of the warren buffet's there's a good distance a mediator out of existence or they just croak. when they both have said they're like they're not long for the world well ok so wells fargo screws customers yet again now failing to make right and abuses elizabeth warren demands answers so wells fargo is getting get more deserved bad press gretchen morgenson and emily glazer of the wall street journal reported that the bank was making a hash of the customer restitution at a promise to make in connection with his various scandals again i hate that they always call everything scandals or crimes like these are crimes they committed but even though the press firestorm last week was over the banks fake accounts the much bigger payments to customers and the ones it is messing up involve the force placing of auto insurance which in over twenty thousand cases lead to car repossessions and charging unjustified fees in connection with mor

accept your donations to the savannah book festival. your generosity that we are able to keep the festival saturday free. please help us to continue. thank you for coming. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> that was for brian curtis on the 1942 rose bowl. in a few minutes we will be back with more live coverage of the savannah book festival. up next, arthur scott schapiro talking about the peace pact that outlawed war around the world. our live coverage will continue shortly. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> what i trace in here is what happened to this country in the 1960s. bobby kennedy was not the same person in 1968 that he was in 1961 and no one in the country was. there were segregationists in 1961 who were not segregationists in 1968. when you look at what happened to people's opinions and their view of the world, bobby kennedy changed an average amount for someone with their eyes open a

>> live coverage of the savannah book festival starts saturday 9:00 a.m. and includes robert latiff, future war, robert shapiro, how a radical plan for the war. and watch live coverage of the savannah book festival beginning 9:00 a.m. eastern on c-span become tv. >>> the ranking member on the house armed services committee, adam smith talked current national security issues. talked yesterday at an event for the center for strategic and international studies looking at defense and national security oversight. this is an hour. >> today's event culminates ninth month research effort conducted by the international security program. over 60 u.s. government and military officials regional and functional security experts and leaders from the ngo and civil society communities were consulted for this project. we want to thank all of them for insights and perspectives. it was made possible by the sponsor open society center. tonight key note address is by adam smith give us a perspective on capitol hill. representative smith is washington state 9th district represent

the campus this morning. good morning to you. >> well good morning, savannah. the students and teachers are now on campus, the school day has begun. it was an intense security sweep that they all had to go through. these are new rules before they can get through the campus gates. the real challenge for students of course is just dealing with something new. even walking to campus, they say, with armed security makes everything different. this morning as students and staff returned to class, emotions are fragile. the new normal at marjory stoneman douglas high includes armed deputies, counselors and therapy dogs. still, there's an atmosphere of hope. >> i will get through this and so will the rest of my, eagles. >> for many, the nightmare is still very raw and returning to school -- uncertain. >> it's just something that's going to haunt me forever, i think. >> taryn says by the grace of god she left class early on valentine's day, before the gunman started his rampage. this was her classroom. she later learned a bullet tore through her desk and classmates on eith

our live coverage of the savannah book festival starts at saturday morning at 9:00 eastern. her scott shapiro with the internationalists with a radical plan to outlaw war and remake the world. watch live coverage of the savanna book festival saturday morning serving a 9:00 eastern on c-span's tv. ---book tv. sunday night q&a. there was a public shaming. china lost a lot of face. it is hard for westerners to get an idea of what that means to the asian culture. especially someone who is as big and crowd. -- proud. start setting themselves on this mindset, we will build up our navy and our missile defense forces. we never lose face like this again. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. senatordent trump and of south carolina met in the with municipal officials and business leaders to talk about taxes and economic

this is booktv's live coverage of the annual savannah book festival. we've got a few minutes before david enrich begins. his book is called "the spider network." it's a detailed look at the 2006 financial scam in which bankers, traders and brokers manipulated interest rates worldwide. and we will be back live in georgia in just a few minutes. [inaudible conversations] >> the saving -- the second clan claimed to be continuing the first clan, but it was different in a series of major ways. first of all, it was not secret. second of all, it was a mass movement having somewhere between three and five million members. third, it had women. fourth, it was in main nonviolent. and, fifth, its basic strategy was electoral, and i can talk about that later. and finally, perhaps the most important thing is it expanded what you might call the hate list. the first klan was entirely focused on keeping african-americans down and used lynching to not only punish individuals, but to intimidate the whole pop laughs. population. the second klan, its founders understanding t

the savannah native founded the group in 1912 and was a bridge builder. the girl scouts were open to all of america, and became integrated decades before much of the country. the lobbyists even gave out bribes-- girl scout cooks. sauyer stewart is 11. have you heard any lawmakers say no? >> yes, like, they're saying "no" straight up. they're just like, "no, you can't do this. you just can't do that." >> reporter: and what do you say to them? >> still, no is not a boundary. i can reach the skies. and if you are saying no, that just wants me to try harder. >> so i support it. i signed the legislation, and i will vote for it. >> thank you for your support. >> thank you so much. >> reporter: and with a lobbyist this cute it's almost not a fair fight. >> no, not a fair fight. i think that being a daddy and a grand daddy, it's hard to turn down your granddaughters and your daughters. ( applause ) >> reporter: georgia's girl scouts formed a political pac, as in "precious and convincing." >> it's a pleasure meeting you. >> reporter: mark strassmann, cbs news, atl

. >> a live coverage of the savannah book festival starts saturday morning at 9:00 eastern and includes robert latta with his book "future war: preparing for the new global battlefield." author >> watch live coverage of the savannah book festival saturday morning beginning at 9:00 east

. >> our live coverage of the savannah book festival starts sass morning at 9:00 eastern and includes robert latus with the book, future war, preparing at the global battlefield. >>> in the week he news briefings republic' and democratic leaders in the house discussed the school shooting in parkland, florida, and answered questions about how congress should respond to gun violence. >> 'll hear from nancy pelosi followed by house ser

our live coverage of the savannah book festival starts saturday morning at 9:00 eastern. includes the author of "future war." scott shapiro with "the internationalists." and the author of the book "we need to talk, how to have conversations that matter." beginning at 9:00 eastern on c-span twos book tv. this weekend on american history tv on c-span3, saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on lectures and history, former virginia governor, douglas wilder. word definition for politics. can anyone guess what that is? one word defines politics. money.

coal mine in freestate with disabled for thirty two hours after a storm caused a power outage the savannah stillwater mine company says the miners were given food and water supplies and will receive medical aid and counseling but mine unions are not happy that there was no backup evacuation plan i'm going to leave because. for about two hours of being on the ground without the defense so if the thing was not picking. brees saw i think. the management of peter the x. my. daughter must make sure that for the next time something like this must not have been. france and senegal and joining forces to get more children into school around the world but aiming to secure three point one billion dollars at a global partnership for education conference and to help the global push to have every child in school by twenty thirty while banks has more than two hundred sixteen million children don't go to school around the wild in south sudan seventy percent of children out of school choose the conflict that more than any other country morgan reports from juba. it's not class time but building says he wish

the kellogg-briand j pact? that is a lot of people. that is much more savannah, there he educated. [laughing] most people have never heard about it, and actually most law professors have never heard of it. and the people who have heard of it think it's among the most ridiculous things that diplomats have ever tried to do. the idea that youat get in or by signing a piece of paper strikes many people as the height of foolishness. and to tell you the truth, when my colleague and i taught international law at yale before we wrote thed book, we also treated it that way as a laughingstock and obviously i failed experiment in idealism. however, through the course of research on related topic, though at the time we didn't know it was related, the history ofof economic sanctions, we discovered something we really didn't expect, that is, far from being ridiculous, outlawing war turned out to be transformative. it represented, if you will, a hinge in history whereep one wod order ended and another began. in short, before 1928 war was the legitimate mechanism of statecraft. it was the way in wh

>> our live coverage of the savannah book festival starts sass morning at 9:00 eastern and includes robert latus with the book, future war, preparing at the global battlefield. >>> in the week he news briefings republic' and democratic leaders in the house discussed the school shooting in parkland, florida, and answered questions about how congress should respond to gun violence. >> 'll hear from nancy pelosi followed by house speaker paul ryan. this is 45 minutes. [inaudible conversations] >> good morning. good morning, everyone. once again come together very sadly. our hearts have been broken by the tragedy of gun violence, this time marjory stoneman douglas high school. marjory stoneman douglas high school. in florida. 17 pronounced dade. more wounded, innocent children, sending terrified texts and goodbyes to their parents. we thank god for the heroism of the teachers, school leaders and first responders going into harm's way to save lives. once again, we see the urgency of congress to take true common-sense action to prevent gun violence. everyone is saying we need more information, a

this is booktv's live coverage of the annual savannah book festival. we've got a few minutes before david enrich begins. his book is called "the spider network." it's a detailed look at the 2006 financial scam in which bankers, traders and brokers manipulated interest rates worldwide. and we will be back live in georgia in just a few minutes. [inaudible conversations] >> the saving -- the second clan claimed to be continuing the first clan, but it was different in a series of major ways. first of all, it was not secret. second of all, it was a mass movement having somewhere between three and five million members. third, it had women. fourth, it was in main nonviolent. and, fifth, its basic strategy was electoral, and i can talk about that later. and finally, perhaps the most important thing is it expanded what you might call the hate list. the first klan was entirely focused on keeping african-americans down and used lynching to not only punish individuals, but to intimidate the whole pop laughs. population. the second klan, its founders understanding t

now, it's savannah's turn to show her team is not messing around. i present to you, they thank you again for being my partner. >> it's going to be great. >> are you sure? something seems up. >> it's roger, federer. i'm just a little worried. >> we have to focus out there. you cannot let them get in your head. >> do not let him get in my head. >> you have to take that shirt off. >> got it. all right, jack. see you march 5th. do not let him get in my head. ♪ can't get you out of my head you're all that i think about ♪ >> do not let him get in my head. >> i can't get you out of my head ♪ ♪ it's more than i can bear to think about ♪ >> good evening. i'm lester -- >> do not let him get in my head. >> don't let him get in your head. >> don't let the rog get if your head. >> don't let him get in your head. >> roger federer, she can't get him out of her head. >> i hope you know who you can hit it to. >> you got the heart. you got the drive. >> savannah, you got this. >> savannah, you might be staring at two giants across from you. but you are the most giant of them all. >> your

it is important in savannah and most important for the irish. savannah has a large irish community and the st. patrick's parade is ag direct result of this impact. the first observance began in 1824 and it has 280 bands, all marching through the streets. a family affair. think own a roofing company. his father was the grand marshal in 1978. in past years the committee has chosen many candidates, but mr. kenny was the only person nominated in support of the support he maintains. he will do a great job. i look forward to the celebration. thank you, mr. speaker and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> permission to address the house for one minute and revise and stepped. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> congress has funded the bipartisan supplemental nutrition assistance program. for 32 million americans, snap provides the freedom to choose what you want to eat from fresh fruits and vegetables and ice cream sandwiches.

the hallways looking for supporters. at issue is this bridge that spans savannah harbor.rs eugene talmadge, former governor and white supremacist who died in 1946. girl scouts want lawmakers to name it instead for juliet gordon lowe, the savannah native founded the group in 1912 and was a bridge builder. the girl scouts were open to all of america and became integrated, decades before much of the country. the lobbyists even gave up bribes. girl scout cookies. sawyer stewart is 11. >> have you heard lawmakers say no? >> yes. like they're saying no straight up. they're just like, no. you can't do this. you just can't do that. tau a >> reporter: what do you say to them? >> no is not a boundary. i can reach the sky. if you say no, that just, that just, wants me to try harder. >> i support it. i signed the legislation. and i will vote for it. >> thank you for your support. >> thank you so much. >> with the lobbyist, is this cute. almost not a fair fight. >> not a fair fight, no. >> i think that, being a dad and grandaddy it is hard to turn down your granddaughters and your dau

. >>> good evening from the olympics in pyeongchang. i'm savannah guthrie in tonight for lester. tonight a stunner from the sheriff in florida about the response of the armed police officer on duty at the parkland high school that day. officials now say that deputy never went inside the school even as the gunshots rang out and students were massacred. tonight that officer has handed in his badge. he's off the force. and authorities are investigating. nbc's kerry sanders starts us off. >> devastated. sick to my stomach. >> reporter: after reviewing school security camera recordings, the broward sheriff says it's clear the stoneman douglas school resource officer scott peterson could have done more to stop the carnage. >> what i saw was a deputy arrive at the west side of building 12, take up a position and he never went in. >> reporter: scott pooterson, a veteran officer resign when told there was an internal affairs investigation into his failures. >> what should he have done? >> went in, addressed the killer, killed the killer. >> reporter: shocked raekzs from a mother who had tw

. >> our live coverage of the savannah book festival starts saturday morning at 9:00 eastern and includes robert latip with his book future war, preparing for the new global battlefield. scott shapiro with the internationalists, how a radical plan to outlaw war remade the world. and celeste headley with her book, we need to talk, how to have conversations that matter. watch live coverage saturday morning beginning at 9:00 eastern on c-span 2's book tv. c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies and today, we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and public policy events in washington, d.c. and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. >> health and human services secretary alex azar appeared before the house ways and means committee this week to discuss the president's 2019 budget request for the department. he talked with committee members about a range of issues including the opioid epidemic, the needs of rural hos

we won the war, for those of you who don't know. those of you in savannah, i hate to say it, but the north actually won the civil war as well. [laughter] the parts of the story that were great often overshadowed the sadness of not just the death, the suicides, the alcoholism, but stories like jack yoshohara. he was 2 years old when he came to america from japan with his mom. they settled in portland. he was raised in a public school in portland living a life in the small japanese community in downtown portland, going to public school, was a great athlete. picked up the game of football, was a great basketball player. matriculated to oregon state and made the football team under coach louis vuitton steiner -- lon steiner. and everybody loved him. the only thing that set jack apart was his japanese last name and where he was born, but for all intelligents and purposes, jack -- intents and purposes, jack was an american. so he played sparingly throughout theug 1942 season for the oregon state team, and everything was going well until december 7, 1941. and pear

. >> our live coverage of the savannah book festival starts saturday morning at 9:00 eastern. it includes author scott shapiro with "the internationalist: how a radical plan toout law war made the world" and celeste hadley with her book "we need to talk: how to have conversations that matter." watch live coverage beginning at 9:00 eastern on c-span 2's book v. >> today president trump responded to yesterday's school shooting in parkland, florida. 17 people died in the shooting around more than a doesen were injure. the president spoke directly to children across the country urging them to seek help if they feel lost, a i loan, condition fused or even scared.

, and congress had asked for them to be imposed last month, but still no action yet from the white house. savannah? >> kristen welker, thank you. just as we saw during the election, it appears russian bots are at it again, moving quickly to stir up chaos and anger over the gun debate in the u.s. and using social media. nbc's jo ling kent explains how you can spot russians meddling in your feed. >> reporter: within minutes of the school shooting, russian bots went to work, seizing the opportunity to spread inflammatory messages on social media. jonathan morgan tracks russia automated accounts. >> they're interested in sowing discord amongst americans. therefore peer weir not focused on putting a unified front out to adversaries. >> reporter: morgan says these tweets are an example of russian-backed posts. >> they're saying in response to the tragic attacks like the one we saw in florida, teachers should carry concealed handguns on campus. >> reporter: they also coopted th the #parklandshooting, the use by russian-linked bots is currently up 1900%. and they're latching on to topics like gun control,