." >> this week on "q&a," erik larson, best-selling author of "the devil in the white city" and "thunderstruck." he discusses his latest book "in the garden of beasts." it is a historical narrative following a family of america's first ambassador to enough fillers third reich. >> erik larson, author of "in the garden of beasts," i want to get your immediate reaction. >> that is hitler in one of his historic speeches. why is it in your book? >> i have very few photographs. we can talk about why. but i have that in a particular place in the book because it signals what is coming next. the madness is intensifying. >> would do learn about mr. hitler that you did not know before you started writing your book? >> it is not so much -- well, i learned that his favorite movie was "king kong." but it was what people thought about hitler in these early days that i found very striking. >> what do you see there? >> i see hitler and his onetime friend and ally/officer, ernst rohm, a day -- it is hard to describe their looks. the reason i included that in the book is because it captured their malignant thugg

the movement for black equality which has a pretty good run. and so it is a very turbulent moment in the city's history. >> the white city leaders are reaching outl former confederate officers. those of the people who are running the city. and when they put up a relief committee to help of the people in the city, even though the city is 60 percent black this point they put no black people on any of the committee's. the small town near here closer to the epicenter the charleston put black people on their relief committees. on charleston they did not even consider it, and there was really a strong effort, especially led by black ministers share to try to save we can reach the people who need to help better than you can. let us help you find them. this city leaders said no thanks. we do not need your help. labor was a very big thing. the whole city of charleston was being organized by the knights of labor, which was a labor organization that was active all around the country. they said we're in touch with laborers in charleston, they're the ones you're in it and use houses have been damaged. let us help you. the city told them, we don't need your h

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also, join us for a lecture featuring the best selling author of double in the white city, eric larsenhe will be discussing his new book, in the garden of peace, love, terror, and an american family in hitler's berlin. tonight's lecture is being recorded by c-span. check your local listings for the broadcast day. you can see it again. at this time of what like to ask you to please turn off all your cell phones or pagers, in the electronic devices that might disrupt our program, or as the delta airlines flight attendants says, turn off everything that doesn't keep you alive. delta air lines. cheeky. our other this evening is david nichols. he will speak for about 40 minutes and take questions. david nichols is a leading expert on the eisenhower presidency. this evening he will discuss his new book, "eisenhower 1956". the christian science monitor called it one of seven history books worth checking out in 2011. he is the author of a matter of justice, eisenhower and the beginning of the civil rights revolution and the lincoln and the indians. he holds a ph.d. and he currently resides in

also in may choice for a lecture featuring the best selling author of devil in the white city, erik larsen, who will be here. he would be discussing his new book in the garden of beef, love, care and american family and hitler's berlin. tonight's lecture is being recorded by c-span, and check your local listings for the broadcast date you can see it again. at this time out like to ask you to please turn off all your cell phones or pagers, any other electronic devices that might disrupt our program. or as a delta air lines flight attendant said, turn off everything that doesn't keep you alive. [laughter] delta airlines stewardesses are cheeky. our author this evening is david nichols will speak for about 40 minutes and we'll take your questions. david nichols is a leading expert on the eisenhower presidency. this evening he will discuss his new book, "eisenhower 1956: the president's year of crisis- suez and the brink of war." which the "christian science monitor" called one of seven history books worth checking out in 2011. he is the author of the matter of justice, eisenhower and the begi

also joining us for the featuring best-selling author of deval in the white city eric larsen who will be here. who will be discussing his new book in the garden of peace, love, terror and american family in hitler's berlin. tonight's lecture is being recorded by c-span and check your local listings for the broadcast state you can see it again. at this time i would like to ask you to please turn off all of yourself phones or pagers, any other electronic devices that might disrupt our program whereas the delta air lines flight attendant said turn off everything that doesn't keep you alive. [laughter] delta airline stewardesses are geeky. our author this evening is david nichols who will speak about 40 minutes and then take your questions. david is a leading expert on the eisenhower presidency. this evening he will discuss his new book eisenhower, 1956, the president's ear of crisis in the break of the war which the christian science monitor called one of seven history books worth checking out in 2011. he is the author of the matter of justice eisenhower and the beginning of the civil ri

>> devil devil in the white city author. >> i started looking for characters through whose eyes i could tell the story, actually outsiders are daily americans and that is when i stumbled upon the first ambassador of nazi germany. >> the story of politics and intrigue of nazi germany sunday night on q&a. >> nasa officials today said the next mars rover nicknamed curiosity will land near a mountain inside the 96-mile wide gale crater to search for evidence that the planet was once capable of supporting microbial life. the landing site was chosen after an extensive review of potential sites. the mission is expected to launch in november or december this year with a target landing date on mars of august 2012. this hour-long news conference took place at the smithsonian air and space museum in washington d.c.. >> i am delighted to welcome everyone here to the museum for this very special press conference by nasa and the national air and museum focusing on the next great adventure in planetary science and exploration. we are here this morning to announce the landing site for the mars science

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the canadian developer claims that the bidding process discriminates by companies owned by white men. the city accepted his bid back in 2009, but he was turned down for a state's slots license. >>> baltimore citys is looking to cut back on spending. today, mayor stephanie rawlings- blake, along with those from the lock raven community and the head of the transportation authority gathered to show off a new paving machine. it will show neighborhood streets. cuts have forced the city workers to work more and cutting down on the cost of what the contractors have done in the past. >> this is from the efforts of the maintenance division focus on being more effective and efficient. we're doing what families are doing. that's doing more with less. >>> and the mayor says that the city's doing 98% of work on baltimore city's main streets. >>> if you have a smart phone with a data plan, get ready for a change. coming up, very rising is -- verizon is changing how much you have to pay on the data plan. >>> how much do you pay on your pet? we have tips to save your money while pampering your pet. >>> and th

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>> devil in the white city investigates hitler in -- "devil in the white city" author investigates hitler in "in the garden of the beasts." erik larson's story of mystery and intrigue tonight on "q & a." >> it takes a behind the stacks look. the "l.a. times" calls it mystery. "the library of congress, behind-the-scenes of the world's largest library" sunday night at 9:00 eastern on c-span. >> david cameron in the house of commons. mr. colson was a former editor of news of the world and was arrested and questioned on his knowledge of phone hacking and police priberi -- bribery. the prime minister said with hindsight, he would not have chosen mr. coleson. this portion is just over an hour and begins with the speaker's statement beginning with an attack on rupert murdoch beginning the day before. >> i want to comment on what happened yet. it is wholly unacceptable for a member of the public to treat a witness in this way. it is all the more regrettable when this should happen when the work of this house and this committee has hurt its reputation. i have set in an investigation into what took

devil in the white city in his latest, in the garden of the beasts. >> i started to look for characterslie whose eyes i could tell the story. >> dodd's story of intrigue in natzi germany tonight. it takes a behind the stacks look. the l.a. times calls it required tv viewing and solves the mystery. behind the scenes of the world's largest library. behind the scenes on c-span. washington journal continues. >> the fund for peace. here to discuss a series of articles in the july/august 2011 edition. the titles of which include 2011 fail-state index. the state of change where countries have faced a decline. what exactsly is a failed state. can mean many things to many people. most can agree a failed state is one that cannot provide the most basic protections and services to its people. not just in terms of the state itself but a lack of cohesion and ability to function proper ly the first one is demo graphic pressures and refugees. talk to us about that. four of them social, two economic. the pressures and refugees are two of our social indicators. those focus on really the core of society i

the city. is going to unavoidable everywhere and you talk to people and again like you said i mean not only to black people. but city police and the white people don't care if the sheriff's department the sheriff's department and the city police don't trust each other the cops themselves. so there's. yeah there's a lot of racial animosity. down there and there's also. you can you know put on a sort of a sense of where as a variation. among the black people that we're serious there's this feeling that if you're black and you want to look where the country is that it expects you know that your mail your probably won't. but you're probably going to know a little something you could do just by living or living in this part of the country so there's there's a lot of fatalism there so it's unfortunate. yeah not something that we see a lot too but you know one of other things that we've covered a lot on this show the case of oscar grant where of course was a police officer that body was pulling out his taser and and of shooting a young man in the metro station and he served maybe eighteen months and here you have someone like may who was convi

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how much does the white house owe? the citydon filed a 10 pound congestion fee which was never paid now there's a 120 pound late fee. >> finally, this is vicious and involves two florida members of congress. debbie wasserman schultz and alan west. it started when she mentioned congressman west during a floor speech. >> it is crucial that the american people understand this plan would require even deeper cuts than un ryan republican plan we saw in april this means deeper cuts to investments in education, clean energy and increased costs for our seniors. president obama has vowed to veto this bill which ends the medicare guarantee and in with usly the gentleman from florida who represents -- thousands of medicare beneficiaries as do i, is supportive of this plan that would increase costs for medicare beneficiaries. unbelievable from a member from south florida. >> greta: representative west did not appreciate that shout out he fired off a nasty e-mail to representative wasserman shultz. he sent a sizzling e-mail to john boehner,