what must be given to the possible online broadcast look for cd tom clancy. they will instantly shoot who's working. we should rule not to see he says with the use of a. judge's summing up is dictated by understood on plead. the russian system is different from many others cameras television cameras are allowed in many quarters but russia and russia many courts are they call them closed where there's no public no press and no cameras so do you think if this proposal goes i mean if we wept cameras in the courts this will provoke judges to to to make more and board trials closed if. it's possible i mean if. controversial decisions are made under a web camera that will immediately become the subject for debate online and as been clear for a few years in russia the blogosphere and the internet are more and more setting the agenda politically socially and in every respect so a judge would feel. some greater sense of responsibility or consequence by making decisions that are obviously corrupt political you in the united states absolutely prohibited to heaven. and y

tom clancy speak for 15 or 20 minutes and then he will take questions. if you have a question, please step up to the microphone that we have been the center. as you can tell, we have c-span this evening and would like to record all of our events to make them available on the website. so now please join me in welcoming thomas frank. [applause] >> the first thing i want to say i was very kind of practically all those things, but we have to also remember independent bookstores that politics & prose. speaking as an author, these places are absolutely essential to the literary life of this nation. and it is a great thing that brad is keeping this place going and let's hope it goes for a long, long, long time. water, awesome. i hope it isn't fizzy. let's get our cell phones off. and so, what i came near to talk about tonight was the confused era that we are living in. this time when americans are rising up against imaginary threats and rally to economic theories that they understand only and because he is turned. i am going to talk tonight about a country wher