. >> tj stiles talked about custer's trials trials. his biography of general george armstrong custer. he is interviewed by paul andrew hutton in this one hour-long event. >> hello everyone. my name is paul andrew hutton. j i'm a professor at the university of new mexico, just to the east. welcome to the eighth annual tucson festival of the books. we want to especially thank c-span, book tv and cox communication for sponsoring this. this presentation will last an hour but i will talk for about 40 minutes and then we'll open it up for questions from the audience. please go to the microphone there on either side to do your question. immediately following, tj stiles will be autographing books in booth 153 booth 153 sponsored by the university of arizona bookstores. books are available for purchase you like people to buy your books, don't you tj. >> yes, it helps me write. >> because you are here, your tax deduction helps us offer a programming free of the public and support critical literary programs in the community.y. become a friend in

tonight, 2016 pulitzer prize finalist and winners including authors is annie jacobson, tj stiles, connie c coates and joby warrick. what book tv in prime time tonight at 8 pm eastern here on c-span two and this week, c-span's washington journal is live from the border in laredo texas where we've been examining a number of issues including illegal immigration, citizenship and deportation laws. here's a conversation we had with the chief us border patrol agent they are. >> we see people from all over the world in a laredo and primarily here in laredo in the middle of the 17,000+ apprehensions we've had so far this year are mexican nationals coming from mexico, who are trying to make the connection to the united states but we also see a number of people, about 30 percent of those apprehensions are people from south america we see folks from guatemala and honduras, el salvador. ecuador. we see folks from china and some other areas of the world so that really, it's not defined one particular global area but the folks we see generally are from mexico. >> how are they making the trip? >> most o

then the winner in that category , tj stiles and his biography of general custer, custards trials. the book between the world to me was nominated in the general nonfiction category. we will show you are interview with joby warrick's book won the general nonfiction price. >> any jacobson's book the pentagon brain is about barbara, the research project agency which develops new military technology, some of which has had important civilian uses including gps and the internet. the author was interviewed by international spy museum curator. welcome to thour. >> there should be a couple seats around. grab them if you can. welcome to the international spy museum. i am be curator here. on a rare friday night we are really appreciative of you coming out tonight and it has a lot to do with who we have here with us. we are pleased to have any jacobson here at the spy museum. she is in a castigated journalist and author about war and weapons and security and government secrecy. her 2011 nonfiction bestseller has been published in five languages as has her tile who for 2014 book about nazi scie

we'll hear from eddie jenkinson, tj stiles, townhouse he coats starting on c-span2. >> now an update from the campaign trail. >> in an open letter to california democratics governor jerry brown said this is no time for democrats to keep fighting. joining us on the phone is evan helper medical writer for the los angeles times. think you been with us. >> thank you for having me here today. >> how significance is this endorsement by the california governor to hillary clinton? >> it's significant because there is history there. jerry brown and the clintons have had a strain relations ship since 1992 when he ran against bill clinton and the democratic primary for president. >> one of those moments came to light march 1992, this is the next heard of a debate that is available on our website at c-span.org and exchange between jerry brown and bill clinton. >> i don't care what you say about me, i knew when pat told me what you're going to say that you're going to reinvent yourself and your going to be someone else's else's mouthpiece and you say anything. you ought to be ashamed of yourself

tonight 2016 pulitzer prize finalists and winners including authors annie jacobson, tj stiles and joe warrick. watch booktv in prime time tonight at 8:00 pm eastern on c-span2. >> c-span washington journal live every day with news and policy issues, on thursday we are live in texas on the us-mexico border to talk about trade issues affecting the region and the country. and discusses the flow and volume of trade across the laredo border. texas congressman henry cuellar joins us to talk about trade benefits for the country. bob cash, state director for texas fair trade coalition and a nafta critic looks how the job deal moved from southern texas to mexico and how that hurts mexicans as well. watch c-span washington journal live from laredo, texas beginning at 7 am eastern thursday. join the discussion. >> british defense secretary michael fallon at a parliamentary committee on efforts to combat isis and iraq and syria, joined by other military officials who spoke about ongoing strategies to stabilize the middle east and russia's role in the fight against isis. >> welcome. british milita