i went with a set of ngo from the tucson area to the border patrol central office here in tucson with some of the policy leadership from d.c., border patrol d.c., because the ngos had been effective raising the issue of migrants having their possessions taken. 25% of all the migrants have gone through detention, have their possessions taken. 34% lose their identification cards which are critical for how they work and survive in mexico after they are deported. and so ngos in the tucson area and some of the national organizations have very effectively raised this as an issue for the border patrol, and the border patrol said, okay, let's take a look. this is an issue, where is it happening in our organization. and i was invited in to present our findings on this border-long survey of over a thousand people that have gone through the detention, deportation process and present our findings to document the level of which people have lost possessions. and in the process, the questions then were given to me why, why would we believe your data? [laughter] as border patrol? these, this question

>> art del cueto is a border patrol agent and president of the tucson chapter of the largest border patrol union in the country. though his agency won't meet with us, he's agreed to talk to us off duty. >> we're the first line of defense for the country. if i wasn't an agent, and i did not work for the united states border patrol, i would want somebody out here that had a little bit of a rah-rah attitude, where he really truly took his job serious and wantedto defend the country. that's my view on it. >> so there's been a few officer-involved shootings at the border that have gotten a lot of attention lately 16 year old guy from the mexican side jose antonio and he was shot by a border patrol agent from the us side does that trouble you? >> well, we have several shootings, i can't freely speak about that one, because they're still looking into it. but what people don't understand when they say rocks the agents were rocked. i don't know what people's concept of a rock is, but it's huge rocks. it's not these little rocks. it's huge rocks. in, in areas that are populated, like closer to nogal

then we are going to do great things like the tucson streetcar. hope to see you there in july. >> thank you, appreciate it. am one hans reamer and i of the members of the montgomery council. we're members of the outfield here. we are very well served by public transportation. we are fortunate to have the washington metro transit authority. two branches of the red line coming into montgomery county. course state funding is critically important to our county. a fantastic bus system called ride on. we are breaking ground in all kinds of ways that i'm excited to talk to you about today. say, you can't avoid these big questions about why people are for transit or against transit. public transportation is like public education. it is like universal health care. it is a core public service that our government is here to do. it helps make this country and our community a better place to live for everyone. there is an essential element of social justice that is at the core public transportation. we like it for environmental reasons. we like it for economic

i want to thank you very much for attending the tucson festival oaks. this room is sponsored by the idea of tucson. i want to thank our two authors. this has been such a emulating conversation. [applause] [applause] >> a very unique presentation. i again want to think beyond the presentation, everyone was in the room who it according us, the tucson festival of books. thank you very much and we will see you next year. [applause] >> thank you guys. thank you so much. >> thank you so much. thank you a lot. >> yes, we get that a lot. [laughter] >> that concludes booktv coverage of the 2014th tucson festival of books. >> we are asking the same questions ultimately. >> c-span2 provides live coverage on c-span events and key public policy events. in every weekend, booktv. for 15 years, the only network devoted to nonfiction books and authors. these bantu is created by the cable tv industry and funded by your local cable or satellite provider. watch this, like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. more nonfiction authors and books is booktv continues. the ban

this room is sponsored by the city of tucson and rick engineering. anyone here from the city of tucson or rick engineering we should wave at? well, i guess it was sponsored by them. after the presentation today, there'll be a signing in the area, signing area number one, and instead of trying to rush up here if you want to with questions afterwards which a lot of people like to do, the two authors will be led, as it were, over to that signing area, and you can have books signed and questions then if you'd like. my name's frank me see ya. our two authors today are joshua millburn and ryan nicodemus. "all that remains" is their book, and it's a study of minimalism, so that's it. go ahead, guys. [laughter] >> i'm going to stand up. hello. thanks for coming out. wow, thank you. [laughter] my name is ryan nicodemus, and this is the joshua joshua millb, yeah, thanks so much for coming out out. josh is going to read from our new book. we are going to do some questions and answers, we've dot the mics there for it, but before we do that, i want to tell you guy

welcome to the tucson festival of books. i hosted arizona illustrated on pbs here 23 years and then in 2011 started mail business and by own radio show on each week day between noon and one for the boys -- and have a right to take you for coming out with this particular portion of our books sponsored by the city of tucson and that arizona daily star. think you for your support. this presentation will last about one hour we will carve out at least 20 minutes for questions so please hold your questions until the final portion per but the conclusion the authors will assign the area it to autograph the books with your fellow audience members turnoff yourself of. . .

(crowd of children) thank you. >> we're in the command center at the titan missile museum near tucson, arizona. chuck is running me through the complex procedure of launching a titan ii nuclear missile. >> so, nicole, i'm gonna ask you to have a seat in the commander's chair right there. >> okay. >> and we'll talk about how -- what's the process for actually launching the missile. first of all, the only person in the united states who can authorize the use of nuclear weapons is... >> the president. >> president. right. i knew you would know that. it's in all the movies, right? wherever the president goes, he's followed around by this guy with a briefcase, and they often refer to that as the football. >> if the president were to open the briefcase and send the message to launch, it'd set off a response like this at every missile silo around the country. [ alarm beeping ] >> alpha-2-3-charlie-hotel-mike. >> so, you and i are gonna grab our decoder books and start writing down the message in these notebooks. we're gonna write every letter and number that we hear down in the spaces provid

the tucson proposal highlights land within the city that has access to up road main lines in major interesthe city is also offering tax incentives on top of any offered by the state. >> thousands of people are still without power in north carolina this morning after a powerful winter storm dumped snow, sleet and ice last week. right now, more then 65 under customers do not have electricity. you could just see how treacherous roads were. crusaded that many did get everyone back on-line until wednesday night. >> here is a live look as storm tracker 4. we will break down this in detail coming up. >> the top stories on kron 4 right now. a powerful earthquake hit the north coast last month. a madman to 6.9 earthquake struck are from 915.at 9:15 p.m. for more information you can go out our web site kron4.com >> plus, there's still no sign of the missing malaysian plane that went missing two days ago. vietnam's official said that searchers on ships work drop in my. they cannot find a rectangle i did spotted sunday that was thought to be a door of the missing boeing 777. >> the radioactive water th

." >> coming up, i'll tell you how a hole in the tucson desert helped to keep our country safe from nuclear attack. >> nuclear weapons put an end to world war ii. the bombs dropped on hiroshima and nagasaki caused terrible destruction and the surrender of japan. nuclear weapons have never been used since, except as a threat to prevent further war, not with the japanese, but with the soviet russians. one of those threats was here in the arizona desert. it's now a fascinating museum. >> this site was built because it was in the 1960s during the cold war, where we were sort of at war with the former soviet union. >> so when the soviets aimed their nuclear missiles at the united states, we aimed missiles back at them, missiles called icbms. "icbm" stands for intercontinental ballistic missile. that means it could fly from our continent to another continent carrying a nuclear warhead. one kind of icbm was the titan ii. it was a giant rocket kept armed and ready to launch in an underground chamber called a silo. in all, there were 54 silos spread across uninhabited areas of the u.s. they're no lo

on march 15th and 16th, the tucson festival only books tapes on the campus of the university of arizona. you can watch our coverage of festival in the fear future. then from march 19th through the 23rd this 18th annual virginia festival of the book. book tiff will cover several author programs that will air the following weekend. on april 5th, booktv will be covering book festivals in anational miss and san antonio, and then out to the west coast where we're live from "the los angeles times" festival of books at the university of southern california on april 12th and 13th. let us know about book fairs and festivals in your area and we'll add them to our list, e-mail us at booktv@c-span2.org. >> cc pecknold sat down with book tv to talk about his book, christianity and politics. the irinterview was conduct owned the catholic university of america. part of booktv's college series. >> and now joining us on booktv is catholic university professor of theology, c.c. pecknold. what do you teach? >> guest: i teach catholic theology. a range of course, the course related to this book is called "

/mexico border from the 2014 tucson festival of books. this is about an hour. >> welcome to the sixth annual tucson festival of books. my name is javier duran, i'm director of the -- [inaudible] the moderator of this panel. we would like to thank the city of tucson for sponsoring this venue. we also thank pima county for sponsoring the conversation. the presentationing will last one hour including questions and answers, so please hold your questions to the end. at the conclusion, the authors will go to the signing area to meet you and autograph their book. out of respect for the authors and your fellow audience members, please turn off your cell phones right now. [laughter] i want to hear a click. thank you. so i will introduce the three authors immediately, and then we will begin in the order in which i'm introducing them their presentations, short presentations. and hopefully we have enough time for more commentary towards the end. professor anna ochoa o'leary codirects the national migration institute here at the university of arizona w

to the sixth annual tucson philosophy of books. i'm professor of spanish and border studies and director of the conference, and the mode rater of this panel. we reside like to thank the city of tucson for sponsoring this venue. also think pima county for sponsoring the session temp presentation will last one hour, including questions and answers so please hold your questions to the end. at the conclusion of the session, the authors will go to the signing area to meet you and autograph your book. out of respect for your authors and audience, please turn off your cell phones right now. i want to hear a click. thank you. so, i will introduce the three authors. immediately. and then we will begin in the order in which i'm going to introduce them for presentations. hopefully we'll have enough time for more commentary towards the end. professor larry is a professor in mexican american studies, national migration institute here at the university of arizona which carries out collaborative research into how border enforcement impacts communi

if you're a fan of the tucson festival as i hope you are, i hope you'll join this group come become a friend of the festival. if permission is available and outside as well as online. everyone is moving. i encourage you to move out. .. >> we'd like to thank the city of tucson for sponsoring this venue and also the university of arizona college of science for sponsoring this session. presentation will last about an hour, including a little bit of time, definitely, for q&a. so please hold your questions til the end, and at the conclusion of the session, lily will be at a signing area if you'd like to meet her and have her autograph one of her books. out of respect for the authors and everyone else here, please turn off your cell phones. and then we'll get started. so this is lily koppel. she actually joined me in escaping the polar vortex of new york city, so we're both super excited to be in tucson this weekend. she's the best selling author of "the red letter diary" which came out in 2008 as well as "astronaut wives club" which we're going to talk about today. she lives in new york ci

. >> welcome to the pima county medical center in tucson, arizona. e in the country for migrant deaths. >> the unidentified remains are here for as long as it takes to finish with our examinations and investigation. >> this is the end of a journey that begin about an hour south at the u.s./mexico border. >> and you can see a trail starting from the top of the hill and leading all the way down here. and you see backpacks. you can see water bottles. >> border patrol agents caught more than 120,000 migrant ts trying to make the trek last year. nearly 200 others died. >> this is the first time in four years that we've seen an increase in deaths. it really is due to the fact that the smugglers are pushing people out to more remote areas and taking more chances with lives of the people that are crossing. a lot of times when border patrol agents in the tucson sector encounter a dead body, they've died due to exposure to the elements. whether hypothermia or dehydration in the heat. extremely dangerous for anyone to be walking here. you physically can't carry

here in tucson, we accepted the president's challenge to try to end veteran homelessness by 2015. programs have been going for seven months. we have housed 500 formerly homeless veterans. that comes about as a partnership between our city of tucson housing department, where we streamlined some processes to get folks in faster. also came about because of the veterans administration also focusing, and then we have in this community -- just happen to have a community that is very supportive of veterans. we have, one, very large veteran population, and, two, a social service structure that has been attempting to help the homeless population for a long time, but the bringing together of all those forces is helpful, about i will tell you, we can do a lot more with some focused private assistance. >> you can take your story and change the names tucson with new york and add a zero and we have a similar story. we have come very close to reducing the rate of veteran homelessness to zero, and that was done entirely by coordinated efforts with the federal authorities, mostly city, and private

welcome to the tucson festival of books. i hosted arizona illustrated on channel six, pbs for 23 years. and in 2011 i started my own business and my own radio show and we are on each weekday. noon to one on the voice. and i would like to thank you all for coming out this particular portion of our festival. it is being sponsored by the city of tucson and arizona daily daughter. we thank them for their support. this presentation will last about one hour and we will have plenty of time as we carve out at least 20 minutes for all of your questions. and we will get some good answers to them. please hold your questions until we get into the final portion of our program. then the authors will be able to meet and greet you and find for their books and out of respect for your fellow fellow audience members we ask that you please turn off your cell phones and so i see some of the region to do that right now indeed. and today we want to welcome the co-authors of the best-selling book. it is called "empty mansions: the mysterious life o

if the tucson proposal highlights land within the city.looking to mold the team to its temporary location if he cannot extend this to your lease. he is considering an existing venue or constructing a temporary stadium. the oakland a's have been searching for new home for five years and major league baseball has turned down their proposal to build a new stadium. a judge tossed out the city of san jose's lawsuit claiming that mlb violated antitrust laws. >> stephen curry overcame a strained right squad to finish with 18 points and nine assists. the warriors held off the phoenix suns 113-107. david lee had 26 points and 9 rebounds. clay thompson scored 22 points for the warriors'. golden state has now won nine out of 11 games. they are 16 games over 0.500. there two games ahead of dallas for the 60 in the westhe sixth in t >> more details will be released today about plans to beef up security for this year's boston marathon. public safety officials from the eight communities that make up the marathon route have been meeting following last yea

it's the afternoon of february 5th, 2009, in tucson, arizona. a home surveillance camera captures a chrysler 300 driving leisurely along this quiet street, but the occupants of the vehicle are not out for a casual drive. they're out for something more sinister. detective e.j. gueron. >> you can see the suspect's car drive by the house, by the resident. >> instead of proceeding down the block, the car stops abruptly. >> you see it stop as if it's casing the place. the garage is open. it appears the suspect sees this and sees it as an opportunity to commit the crime. >> within an instant, the car screeches around the corner and pulls into the driveway. four men jump out and guns draw. >> they attempt to get into the house. the homeowner seeing them coming up the driveway with the guns. >> the homeowner's standing inside the garage and senses trouble, but instead of giving in, he decides to take matters into his own hands. >> he gets inside the house. he's able to keep them out. he does see the gun, gets in and gets access to a firearm and fire back

starting now on booktv. >> welcome to the sixth annual tucson festival only books. i am melly, and first we reside just like to begin by thanking the city of tucson for sponsoring the venue and the medical system for sponsoring this particular session. and of course i want to thank all of you for coming, and afterwards there will be a signing that will take alan to a signing area, which is actually right across from the union in the u of a book store tent and we'll reminds you at the en, too. so. >> we're lucky to have with is alan weisman who has wherein for "new york times," orion, mother jones, the best science writing of 2006, and besides his award-winning articles he has also won awards for several of his previous bangs, including a bill to reinvent the world, and the world without it, which was named top nonfiction book of the year by entertainment weekly and time magazine among

the tucson police pepper sprayed the rowdy people after fans got rowdy. the team lost in overtime in the ncaa tournament, so fans took to the streets letting out their frustration. police say the evening started out calmly enough but later fans started throwing beer bottles and firecrackers at officers. they had to bring in extra units with batons to get the people to disburse. no fans or officers were hurt, but 15 people have been arrested. >> the political fallout continues after the arrest of state senator leland yee. he is accused by the federal government of an elaborate conspiracy of illegal gun running and political corruption. he is scheduled to be back in court tomorrow. last night lawmakers joined in calling for his resignation. we have the details. >> reporter: lieutenant-governor gavin newsome added his voice to growing cores of state leaders calling for leland yee to step down. >> i think the senator should resign not only for the benefit of himself and focus on his own problems, but the entire institution. >> the institution is the californi

and on book tv, from arizona, the tucson festival of books. alan weisman on saving the planet.nd panels on the u.s. and mexico border. that is saturday starting at noon. theon american history tv, origins of the cell phone with the motorola researcher who led the team that invented the first cell phone in 1973. >> "washington journal" continues. >> here is the cover story from christian science monitor weekly. heroin's long reach. suburbs confront the scourge. kristina lindborg is the author and joins us now from boston. when did you get interested and why did you get interested in the story? about, it wascame last november. i was covering a panel discussion. this was another news organization that has a lot of local newspapers. i was covering a panel discussion. called with all sorts of town officials. the chief of police -- different people who were using community services. they were talking about what has come to her attention. there is this problem of heroin. needles in finding uncommon places, like on beaches or playgrounds. in a neighboring town, a woman was found uncons

organization the un appeal together with the united talent agency when north south war basin and the new tucsonhouse organize the event. this because i liked it. listening human rights choice and especially the issue of missing posts in the province there's an ongoing with the operation in the ditches it has intensified in iraq last few months in the last week and on all the holiday the young geez what killed and the novelty it alone. and now we are requesting that a massive community to hold on to precise focus of talks on its operations in the sun because of races that happening across her son. he gently two thousand the mosque is easy to scotland in the district office the quilt is done. its deep pockets on. as a serious case of a mass genocide taking place in buttons on the one endemic in congress who was raised last month that mass graves of fallen into it if was not called to check when hundred sixty seven. the history of dr disappeared but it's mutated decomposed bodies will find this as crimes against humanity and pakistan should be held accountable for these crimes is committing agains

. >> the response has been positive but he has been threatened with lawsuits. >>> fremont based tesla motors is courted by tucson, arizona. they want to be the place for the headquarters. the city is offering tax incentives on top of those offered by the state. tucson says a new factory would open up 6500 jobs. be sides arizona they are looking at nevada and new mexico for their factory. >>> california greenhouse reduction law could lead to a bit of a sticker shock. the law will force fuel distributors into the same cap and trade marketplace as utilities and major manufactures. the oil industry estimates that it could drive up the price of gas by about 4 cents a gallon. >>> a new survey shows a lot of renters are not too sure what their rights are. onlight zilo found half of renters were in the dark by the laws. landlords scored worse at 50%. we took the survey to the streets. >> i know that -- i know that i can not be kicked out right away. >> get the information to enter, i believe. >> yes. they have more rights than renters. >> those statements are true. they have a few more rights than others. if water rates

fourteenth international convention against the atrocities committed by successive governments the new tucson is focused on is not just buildings but also its list. the utg and it was an expired focused on twenty seven months. nineteen fourteen he has been delayed by a separatist insurgency in the stands. the focus on establishment has tried to post a blog or uprising. full credit to the economy and he did control over data sources but it was activists have accused the focus on yummy off on you thinking of you don't want to see through and the finger movement thousands have been killed and hundreds have been had he the detention centers by poppy songs mean intelligence agency the isi. the tortured bodies of the new rules could tell by the agency's i phoned our hostess this could lead to the winds are going to do it as too close in tuscany. a total thirteen thousand nine hundred and ninety people went missing between two thousand one hundred and eighteen the extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances have to come in and dfa in baluchistan the bill for one hundred and eighteen fourteen

'they saw in the tucson arizona shooting admittedly by a concealed holder out there. >> the logic fromeople defending this bill, although you make a good point about law enforcement, this allows an expanded law enforcement capacity and would apply to former law enforcement officials no longer wearing to badge and people with expired permit that's have been vetted and authorized. what do you say to those supporters? >> i think it's a fallacy that someone without any training or very little training will know what to do in an active shooter situation. law enforcement in those persons that we task with protecting our citizens and our neighborhoods and community train for hundreds of hours to learn how to savely carry a lethal weapon in public. they use judgment and muscle memory and much, much training that goes behind those persons wearing a badge and carrying a firearm in public. concealed weapon holders may have a few hours at the range. i would suggest they are not trained to deal with dangerous situations and i think we need to rely on law enforcement. campus police do a good job. co

the city of tucson presented a formal proposal to become the plant's headquarters that would include prime real estate and tax incentives. tesla is considering sites in nevada, new mexico and texas. >> amtrak announced a unique program for its trains that would set up residents on board. the company is seeking creative professionals who have a passion for train travel. they can write, block or work on any amtrak long-distance route. eat person will be given a private car with a desk, bed and window. >>> sunday's streets are back starting today with the 3.3 mime stretch along the embarcadero. the monthly event shuts down streets to cars so people can walk, skate, jog, or ride their bikes to betterrer and experience neighborhoods. next month sunday streets takes to the tenderloin. >> up next, is origami evolved? a look at the massive effort it took to put together this unique bay area sculpture. >>> meteorologist leigh glaser is coming up next with your forecast. find out when we might get some rain. >> a's second baseman eric sew guard -- sogard talks to us today. we love this kitchen

the city of tucson presented a formal proposal to become the plant's headquarters that would includerime real estate and tax incentives. tesla is considering sites in nevada, new mexico and texas. >> amtrak announced a unique program for its trains that would set up residents on board. the company is seeking creative professionals who have a passion for train travel. they can write, block or work on any amtrak long-distance route. eat person will be given a private car with a desk, bed and window. >>> sunday's streets are back starting today with the 3.3 mime stretch along the embarcadero. the monthly event shuts down streets to cars so people can walk, skate, jog, or ride their bikes to betterrer and experience neighborhoods. next month sunday streets takes to the tenderloin. >> up next, is origami evolved? a look at the massive effort it took to put together this unique bay area sculpture. >>> meteorologist leigh glaser is coming up next with your forecast. find out when we might get some rain. >> a's second baseman eric sew guard -- sogard talks to us today. [ sports announcer ] h

this was the scene in tucson a few hours ago at the height of the riot. police and students tangling in the streets. students reportedly taunted police and threw cans and bottles while police shot beanbags and eventually disperse it had crowd by using tear gas. it's an example of poor sportsmanship, i think it's safe to say. >> that would be one example. >> just one example. there's some more. >>> but this guy is always a sport. >> really? >> i don't know, you seem to be. aren't you? >> you should see me in the newsroom. i'm a poor sport. big time. >> never, henry. i have all the confidence in the world. >> when my teams lose i refuse to do sports on tv by the way. i go home early. >> as a cal fan that would be a problem for me. [ laughter ] >> we'd never see her. >> you would never work. you got the entire season off. >>> mother nature knocks out the final giants/a's spring game of the season but both teams make some very tough roster decisions. we've got the reaction straight ahead. plus, we'll update you on jim lincecum's status. why they have reason t

fiber so my wife won't give me any more flack ♪ ♪ i finally found the right snack ♪ ♪ >>> the streets of tucsonalcohol-fueled disturbance led to the arrest of many people overnight. they were disappointed over their team's loss in the ncaa tournament. one man was hit by pepper balls and then tackled by police. people threw bottles and firecrackers at officers. >>> a 28-year-old security guard is in stable but critical can in a florida hospital. she suffered a broken leg and severe brain hemorrhaging when a crowd pushed a chain-link fence gait on top of her, trying to get into miami's ultra fest. authorities say those trying to burst through the fence didn't have tickets to the event. >>> developing news in just a matter of hours the final film will be shown at san jose's century dome theater. the property owner is ready to still, but it's still possible one of the three theaters could be preserved. the state historical resources commission could step in at the last minute. the final showing tonight at 7:00 with a special screening of indiana jones and raiders of the lost ark. >> expect some cas

[applause] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> and now from the 2014 tucson festival books a panel on politics. >> something that is growing year after year. thank you all for being here. my name is andre attorney, presidents, formerly the chair of the democratic party. and we have a few democrats out there. [applause] did the -- we do well in this demographic. i would like to think this city of tucson which is the sponsor of this venue. thank the company's who are sponsoring this session. we are going to go about an hour three fantastic guests, as you well know and spend a little bit of time within conversation in an open up all of you as well. i know you have already heard the announcement, but with respect to the audience and, of course to all of our friends around the country on c-span watching shivering in the cold summer and wishing there were here please ounces of funds. let me introduce our three authors until you a little bit about their books. the end of this table, dan balz, author of collision 2012, obama verses romney in the future of elections in america

state law trumps municipal law. >> so if this had passed it would have wiped out the phoenix, the tucsonlag staff ordinances. >> can i say this too? you're right about public accommodations different than other things. but i read that statute. it's an extraordinarily broad statute. it doesn't only cover public accommodations. if a city's ordinance says you can't discrimination in hiring or whatever, anybody can simply say that's against my religion. and by the way, there's no -- here's an important part. under that law, if it had become law, anybody can simply say it's my religion and that basically trump any other right because you don't want the state to examine the validity of individual's religion. so it's kind of the civil rights equivalent of the stand your ground law. a simple decoration by somebody this is what i feel, then cuts course of everything else. and it would apparently if it's signed null fie the municipal ordinances. >> we'll pick it up with you representative in the next segment. i want to get into how you do balance this idea of religious freedom with the freedom as

. >> now coverage from the 2014 tucson festival of books. we start with a panel on money and politics focused by panels on the military as well as an alternative look at the american dream. that all starts now on booktv. >> hello? hello. let me welcome all of you here today to the panel on any quality. my name is john schwartz and i'm a faculty member and public policy at the university of arizona. and we have three wonderful authors here today. and i would like to introduce each of them to you from right to left and then have each of them talk in succession for ten to 12 minutes on a question that i will pose to them. and on my immediate left is a pioneer blogger and washington correspondent for the nation. and he's a disputed code contributing writer for the progressive and appears in newspapers across the country and he's a frequent commentator on msnbc and on the other radio and television venues. his latest book is an extremely thoughtful yet also quite troubling analysis of the demise of democracy in america today entitled dollarocracy

[inaudible conversations] >> that was today's coverage of the 2014 tucson fest -- festival of books. more from the campus of the university of arizona starts at 1 p.m. eastern tomorrow. >> i do recognize that us ramphobia -- islamphobia exists. if it's explained irrational fear of islam and, therefore, negative attitude towards a community, i am absolutely against it. it is part of xenophobia. islamphobia is nothing more than xenophobia versus one group. it's part of it. but what happened is that the islamists lobby, the brotherhood lobby and the iranian lobby have hijacked that notion and made it into a weapon. anybody who's criticizing a policy issue that has nothing to do with -- [inaudible] having to do with the fife pillars, okay? they have been accused of islamphobia, and i think this is very close to what the national socialists in germany would have been against the german race. and even at the international level this has become very dangerous. >> walid phares on u.s. policy in the middle east tonight at 10 eastern and tomorrow night at 9 on booktv's "after words." and on apr

so when they happened, we decided the best course of action is to try and bring the cat down. >> tucsons down the power, leaving more than 2,000 people without electricity. still, there's residual charge left in those lines. enough to make the operation dangerous. for kim at cat and her rescuers as well. >> it got really, really tense. everybody was just nervous and there was a lot of tension in the air. >> it was scary, because the cat started getting scared. she was scared of the two men. for kim the cat, it is a big decision. should she stay or should she go? >> i didn't know what was going to happen. i kept thinking it was going to get shocked. >> one of the onlookers on-site, provides the play by play. >> oh, jesus, joseph, mary, please. oh, god, oh, bod, oh, my god, oh, my god. can you let the boys take you? let the boys take you. oh, no. >> suddenly she jumps. oh, my god. ahhhhh! >> it looked kind of like slow motion. >> it was shock and awe. like a moment of sheer terror. you can hear it. everybody just gasped. >> a cat's physical make-up helps to t to brace for these kinds of f

our friend savannah guthrie after a nearly year-long engagement got married over the weekend near her hometown of tucsonand the surprises don't end there. she and her new husband mike feldman revealed they're expecting a baby in late summer. savannah was back on the "today" show set this morning. they'll take a honeymoon later on. our congratulations to the happy couple. >>> when we come back, making a difference. one woman's tireless effort to bridge a very important gap. >>> "making a difference" brought to you by pfizer. >> our "making a difference" report tonight deals with a tough subject, specifically poverty and hunger. new evidence out today shows some 20 million children in this country are on food stamps. getting their most basic needs met can be a daily struggle. but one new england woman is trying to change that and we get her story from nbc's ron mott. >> double word. >> reporter: when laurie argue and her husband hit a rough patch financially, feeding their three girls -- evelyn, abbie and celia -- became a nonstop heartache. >> my husband would be sick over it, not being able to provide f

on book tv, the tucson festival of books. alan wiseman on saving the planet. followed by a panel on the u.s.-mexico border and the future of politics. that is starting it noon on c-span2. tv, theamerican history origins of the cell phone. they will have the team who invented the first cell phone in 1983. that will be on c-span3. administrator,sa seated in front of the table testifies on the president's 2015 budget request for the billion with the .oal of sending an astronaut up this hearing is two hours. >> the subcommittee will come to order. welcome to the hearing entitled forview of the budget fiscal year 2013. in front of you are packets including the testimony for today's witness. i recognize myself for five minutes for an opening statement. i will begin my statement this morning when a sincere thank you for your leadership and the hard work of our men and women at nasa. well i do not always agree with the administration's decisions, i appreciate the good people of nasa and their service to our country. billion.t is $7.4 that was assigned by the president

the kitchen still going strong. sue from tucson today. the government notably the school two weeks equally futile for the kitchen. the ten years since then the number of elementary school in goal area stroll by hall. need to live in villages that awful from the new school. the old old thinks couldn't move the weekend of fall and into total. the court noted that it was too poor to make the long journey from the village through the balkans for the role using what little savings tree that grew into the room and the converted barn. i love studying. because there is no risk. she does her homework or bad. no no. and you know. i don't read yet she can be its goal is to see bolt. it t. this great lite cafe we going to last year they fulfilled for old money from relatives hayden's parents the elite or assistance. given that the finances to help. in chile to school recruit them to the geo group that provides affordable fortunate to go to school to see the pictures from our own to come. but true. the minister said so you move to town for your daughte

in the book tv, the tucson festival of books. on the order. -- border. on american history tv, the regions of the cell phone with the motorola researcher who led the team and invented the first cell phone in 1973. sunday at 6:30 p.m. eastern on c-span 3. new jersey governor chris christie holds a news conference with reporters regarding the george washington bridge closure controversy. on thursday, an internal review team hired by the christie administration to investigate the matter and released their report findings to the public. the attorney says the review shows that governor chris christie had no knowledge beforehand and played no role in the implementation of the lane closure. this is one hour. >> good afternoon. i received a report from the review team. on wednesday and thursday i reviewed the report. it was an exhaustive report that follows the mandate that i said that when we commissioned a review. toldhing was cleared -- i them to find the truth no matter where it led. turn over every rock they were able to get to to the bottom of what happene

the west is in the warm air. tucson arizona and vegas have their warmest winter ever recorded. word came in yesterday from the national weather service. extending up to alaska. 22 here in chicago. zero northwest of canada. warmer than it is right here. we're nine degrees warmer than yesterday. we are already above the 19 miso yesterday. we have a little wind. we have a windchill going. these are low as this morning. just single digits out and harvard. you can see the snow on the ground. plenty of that is still around. we might build on that snowpack because we have likanother small system. look at the ice and the gulf states. north of houston and into louisiana. here is the snowfall that comes later tonight is marching across the dakotas. it will not be here today. this is the forecast this evening. the clubs increase at midnight and here is the snow area in place by 7:00 tomorrow morning for the morning rush-hour. this depiction shrinks. there will proudly be periods of snow much of the day tomorrow in our chicago area. the big picture shows canadian high pressure way north wi

arizona,ok tv, from the tucson festival of books. alan wiseman on saving the on the following a panel u.s./mexico border and the future of u.s. politics. and, the origins of the cell phone. the motorola researchers invented the first cell phone in 1973. sunday on c-span 3. >> coming up in about 35 minutes, a look at u.s.-china relations over the last 35 years. that is live from the brookings institution at 2:00 p.m. eastern. until then, part of the conversation from "washington journal." here is the cover story from christian science monitor weekly. heroin's long reach. suburbs confront the scourge. kristina lindborg is the author and joins us now from boston. when did you get interested and why did you get interested in the story? about, it wascame last november. i was covering a panel discussion. this was another news organization that has a lot of local newspapers. i was covering a panel discussion. called with all sorts of town officials. the chief of police -- different people who were using community services. they were talking

tucson. they want to be the place for the new factory. it would open up 6500 new jobs, tucson is offering tax incentives on top of those offered by the state and considering cites in nevada, tex it tex and enemy enemy. >>> coming up, it -- in texas, and new mexico. >>> coming up, california democrats are taking a bold stand. a new platform they are supporting to get billions in state coffers. >>> all of the details in the forecast after a break in the strings of a skydiv's parachute. the 87-year old pilot was d a landing and take off mane in mulberry, florida yester wing got >>> an 87-year-old pilot was doing a landing and take off maneuver yesterday and you can see how the wing got caught in a parachute's swings ting the skydiver around in the air. the plane nosedived and the parachutest was slammed to the ground. believe it or not neither were seriously injured. the noo tpwrafer who took the picture said that was certainly's first. >> i thought -- the photographer who took the pictures said that was certainly the first. >> i thought i wi

it's a nice way to give a shoutouts to people around the country and tucson, it just so happens, is the our head writer alex baze. he's very excited. he's a big arizona wildcat fan. he's very excited about them being in the sweet 16. also, his mom is watching tonight. so i should take, since she's watching it on this affliate, where this mug is from, i just want to say to alex's mom he's doing great. [ laughter ] he's getting a lot of jokes on. everybody likes him a lot and you should not worry. and to my mom, i want to say don't worry that i'm not talking about somebody else's mom. it is not a mom competition. [ laughter ] i just can't talk about you. [ applause ] so everybody has a mom. we have to be nice to all the moms. we have such a great show for you tonight. from the fx series "justified," timothy olyphant is here. [ cheers and applause ] you've seen her in "the wolf of wall street" and "how i met your mother," cristin milioti. [ cheers and applause ] and we'll have music from a great band, bleachers. [ cheers and applause ] so this is interesting. i don't know if you guys have

thank you, paul. [ applause ] &%c1 >> and now from the 2014 tucson festival of book. today's coverage starting with alan wiseman talking about the population growth impact on the plant and then a panel on the mercury seven astronaut wives. i will like to thank to

>> tucson. [ laughter ] i could afford the city of tucson. >> seth: do you at least like your apartmentrtment. it is a 50 square foot studio inside -- inside the la guardia airport. [ laughter ] >> seth: why did you ever move in there? >> my broker talked me into it. she said it was a steal because it with a was a prewar post sandy. >> seth: what is prewar post sandy. >> it has brick and eight foot of water on the floor. >> seth: that really sounds awful. >> my landlord's the worst. he is always jacking up the rent and he told me legally i'm his wife now. >> seth: why are legally his wife now? >> because i didn't read the lease. who reads the lease? >> seth: you know what, maybe you're right. you know, maybe you should move back to tucson. new york's not for everybody. >> i know, seth. you know, sometimes i forget how magical this city can be. ♪ like a few nights ago, when it started snowing, and i turned the corner and a red light from a restaurant sign was making the falling snow look pink. pink snow. it was this beautiful scene that only i got to see. like a little gift from new york

from arizona, the tucson festival of books. alan wiseman on saving the planet.owed by panels on the west-mexican border. startingay on c-span2 at noon. on american history tv, the origins of the cell phone with the motorola researcher who led the team that invented the first cell phone in 1973. sunday on c-span3. washington journal continues. host: john as the vice president of telik medications and rod at fraud at the national consumer league. they havee target -- gotten a lot of attention. you get a sense at how often these types of cyber breaches are actually occurring. guest: they happen practically everyday. have noted atey least 4000 data breaches happening. at a rate of almost one per day. practically everybody has been a victim of a data breach. not everybody knows it. host: gore the ones that are causing these breaches? guest: there is a variety of ways that a breach can happen. it can be an employee taking a laptop that they weren't supposed to. the breaches we're are most concerned about our professional hackers. these are people who are most interest

municipal government develop a specialized industry like film and video industry for the southern port city of tucson and cultural content industry for the southwestern city of pungent. to foster cities with the specialized industry government pulled the speculations and provide tax benefits. the government added that it will provide support for business projects that were voluntarily proposed by fifty six regional blocs to develop new growth engines. among measures aimed at helping turning roll areas into economically vibrant spots is the lifting of development restrictions enforced in salads. that will allow the construction of commercial facilities and the so called green belt area as the only exception for such areas has been home construction. now the government expects the measures to boost investment in the regional economies by around fourteen trillion won or roughly thirteen billion us dollars it sets no effort will be spared to promote corporate investment which is the key to revitalizing the regional economy. the government emphasizes that while the central government has unilaterally wish

they went nuts after the launch in tucson. after the university public team's overtime defeat in the march madness tournament. they had to shoot pepper spray at several hundred students orphans that took to the streets throwing beer bottles and firecrackers at the officers. arizona lot of 64 to 63 to wisconsin in the west region final last night. the doctors will be in in a brand-new time. from now on, you can catch house call in less than two hours from now. 9:30 a.m. pacific after we bring you the latest news at 12:00 noon. back to sunday morning futures with maria. >>> with being back. higher insurance premiums and higher doctor bills and higher drug prices. i sat down with ken frazier, the ceo of merck and asked him straight out, how do we cut the cost of health care? >> let he start by saying with respect to prices, merck has committed to responsible pricing. we want to charge a price that is appropriate, but take into consideration the value of medicine. let me give you an example. according to the alzheimers association