. >> host: tom friedman, condoleezza rice, booktv will be live. >> guest: michael lewis whose books have been made into very popular movies. that is something people should think about when they read a nonfiction book, who is going to be in the movie? >> what do you spend your day doing? are you a tourist at that point? >> guest: i will be opening the book festival and that will be something because people will be lined up and it will be great and i will be introducing some, participating in some workshops and a poetry slam and i get to be a judge. i will be all around and soaking it all in and getting a sense how much people enjoy because it is palpable. >> host: is this a creation of the library of congress? >> it is a partnership that started in a wonderful way. first lady laura bush, the librarian, started a texas book festival when she was first lady in texas and when she became first lady of the nation she approached the library of congress and other literacy partners to start a national book festival and it has been going ever since. >> host: does your predecessor have any involve

great tom friedman. [applause] >> thank you. thank you very much. [applause] wow, it is great to do a neighborhood concert. this is fantastic. marti, thank you. we are in a golden age of journalism at least regards to newspapers, "the new york times" and "washington post." we are going at it every day.pas [applause] one of the people essentially responsible for that golden age is marti baron. e it is an honor for me to be introduced by him. [applause] if you would silence your cell phones or put them on stun i will be forever grateful so. thank you for being late, an optimist's guide to the age of acceleration. people ask plea, where does come the title, thank you for being late? it comes from meeting people in washington, d.c. i live in bethesda for breakfast. i like not to waste breakfast downtown eating alone. i have organized business breakfast. every once in a while someone comes 10, 15 lates. tom, i'm really sorry, the weather, the traffic, the was ays, the doug ate my homework. the one of these da

a standout among them is tom friedman massachusetts you may -- now you may have noticed that there's a photo that purports to be tom freidman. tom spent his life getting out into the world doing thorough research and people to people in every station of walk and every walk of life and around the i planet. the result is something quite different from the cynicism and aggression acquired in universe. what we get instead is a pair of rarities and they are the products of reporting and reflection themselves all too rare. those qualities can be found in tom's press best-selling books and you can find them again in tom's latest, thank you for being late, optimist guy to thrive in anal of acceleration. when the former aide or the of economist wrote his review of tom's book for "the new york times" he rightly observed it is hard to think of any other journalist who has explained as many complicated subjects to so many people. among the central subjects tom explains the ever more exhausting technological change. there has to be many of you who like me wonder whether they can keep up with the n

later, david mccullough and tom friedman will do call-ins. you have a chance to hear from those two authors. michael lewis, his latest project. he has written "the big short," "moneyball." go to our website at booktv for the schedule. the schedule is over on the right-hand side of the page. you can click on it, look at it, print it out, do whatever you want. you been also follow us on social media as we do behind the scenes videos and pictures from here at the convention center as well as posting schedule information. @booktv is our twitter handle. if you're on twitter, give us a follow. we're also on facebook and instagram as well. that is some of the things that are going on here.ra let's hear from you now.w. what are you reading? tracy in hoboken, new jersey, you're first up, good morning to you. >> caller: good morning. a pleasure to be on this show. i love this show. i'm reading a book called, red. speeches. the selected writings and speeches by emma goldman, compiled and edited by alice kate schulman. emma goldman was an anarchist, with

>> book tv is live coverage of the 17th annual book festival continues, tom friedman will be down here later on our set taking your calls, that's coming up in an hour or so, two hours, you can go to booktv.org and get the full schedule but if you've been listening to mr. friedman, have any questions for him, call in when we have that segment, coming up next you'll hear from author michael lewis but in the meantime, pleased to be joined by one of 362 americans who has actually been in space and that is astronaut leland melvin and, mr. melvin, you write that your book is called chasing space and you write that it had all begun with a dropped pass. >> yeah, exactly. a dropped path, i -- pass. i block a lot and we were at a homecoming game. the ball was perfectly thrown in the game and i dropped a touchdown pass in my hands and the thing is a scout was there from the university of richmond looking to see if i could play football for the team. he walked out of the stadium, my coach green believed in me, this time i caught the ball, that one catch resulted in 180,000-dollar scholarship to th

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the next author at national book festival will beonal b "new york times" columnist, tom friedman. "thank you for being late." that is his latest book. we're pleased to be joined here at the washington convention center, historian, david mccullough. his most recent book "american spirit, who we are, what we stand for." if you live in the east and central time zones an want to talk to mr. mccullough, 202-748-2001. for those in the mountain and pacific time zones. you're familiar with his work. familiar with all his book. john adams, harry truman. johnson flood. the wright brothers. that is couple of the books hes. has written. "american in paris." the greater journey is the name of that book. you know what you want to ask him. we're here to to facilitate that conversation.at jenette in sarasota, florida, you're on booktv with historian david mccullough. >> caller: good morning, mr. mccullough. >> thank you. >> caller: you were in sarasota and i wanted you to autograph your john adams book, but i couldn't get a ticket. here is my question. when you were writing about abigail adams, b

[applause] >> host: there is a photo that purports to be thomas friedman. tom is younger but it looks like he is accelerating in reverse in that photo. tom spent his life getting out into the world. thorough research and speaking to people in every station of life, every walk of life and around the planet. the result is something quite different from the cynicism and snark integration we encounter so often in today's media universe. what we get instead is a pair of rarities, insight and wisdom. they are the product of real reporting and serious reflection. themselves all too rare. those qualities could be found in his previous best-selling books and you can find them in his latest, thank you for being -- "thank you for being late: an optimist's guide to thriving in the age of accelerations". when the editor-in-chief of bloomberg and former editor of the economist wrote his review of thomas friedman's book for the new york times he rightly observed it is hard to think of any other journalist who has explained as many collocated subjects to so many people. among

in washington dc, your chance to talk with pulitzer prize winning author's david mccullough and tom friedman you will hear from former secretary of state condoleezza rice, best-selling author michael lewis and many others. visit booktv.org for complete schedule. also this weekend, radio talkshow host mark levin argues against expansion of the federal government, joined in conversation by south carolina senator jim dement. booktv live on sunday for our in-depth program with. radio talkshow host eric metaxes, author of if you can keep it and many other books. he will discuss his life and career and answer your social media questions from noon to 3:00 eastern time. on monday, labor day, another full lineup of programs. watch re-airs of the national book festival and the mississippi book festival as well as an encore presentation of our recent program with just a physicist --

he will hear from condoleezza rice, pulitzer prize-winning columnist tom friedman, best-selling authors jd vance and michael lewis the master not leland melton and many others. for complete schedule visit booktv.org, follow us on social media for updates and behind-the-scenes videos. on facebook, facebook.com/booktv,@booktv is our twitter handle and on instagram we are at booktv. this year's festival kicks off with library of congress carla hayden making opening remarks followed by pulitzer prize-winning author and historian david mccullough. you are watching booktv on c-span2 live from the 17th annual national book festival. [applause] .. he will be followed they struck a chord in the national conversation about poverty in america. thomas freedom barely needs an introduction he is an internationally recognized writer on the foreign affairs and the environment. in michael lewis is famous for his books about finance such as liars poker but he is equally famous for his books about topics as diverse as adoption and baseball. the screen adaptations of the blindside in moneyball among others

tom friedman -- >> yeah. >> tom clancy.ou know i think that the attack surface these days is so massive. you look at what's happened -- >> before you go, one, two factor authentication. >> yeah. >> people are saying the texting version of it with the sms not enough >> not enough, that's right. >> not enough? >> can be intercepted. >> oh, god >> so the two factor -- >> so now what do we do? >> so what we do is we use two factors that don't use sms >> you can now get an app. >> we make one at symantec others make one at well. these things are nonsms based two factor authentication is essential in your defense. >> big deal, people. it's an important thing. people don't even know just in the past couple weeks it's become a big, big issue, because people are actually stealing -- calling up, pretending they're -- >> i know. >> pretending and then switching the phones, and then they're getting the sms. and then they take over your whole life >> yeah. it's a problem >> stealing phone numbers is a big problem. >> thank you for comin

later, david mccullough and tom friedman will do call-ins. you have a chance to hear from those two authors. michael lewis, his latest project. he has written "the big short," "moneyball." go to our website at booktv for the schedule. the schedule is over on the right-hand side of the page. you can click on it, look at it, print it out, do whateveu

were understood to head champion there is a tendency to be more tolerant of the procedural nicety tom friedman finding things admiral. about the decisive decision-making on this. if you're asking whether this is as applicable across the spectrum i think the answer is yes. in a way we are being invited to have that conversation about some free-market. the notion that they were indulgent on peter shea and other governments that compromise. whether it turns out to apply to buchanan after i don't see any reason why we don't have that conversation. these are those. the only thing i would like to add is i had been talking about they are not that interested in means and obviously some intellectuals are. they are idealistic and there are things that politicians just deal with trivial matters. and they disapprove of that. let's go to the back. and then well had time for a couple more. the cahill institute. question for gerard. the theme that the thesis is more broadly applicable. combine that with the utopian is a bit is not universal. or at least some of it like to believe it. i would ask does the the

you'll hear from former secretary of state condoleezza rice, pulitzer prize-winning columnist tom friedman, best selling authors j.d. vance and michael lewis, astronaut leland melvin and many others. now, for a complete schedule visit booktv.org, and you can follow us on social media for updates and behind-the-scenes videos. we're on facebook,visit facebook.com/booktv, @booktv is our twitter handle and on instagram, we're at book underscore tv.. this year's festival kicks off with librarian of congress carla haden making opening remarks, and she'll be followed immediately by author and historian david mccullough. you're watching booktv on c-span2 live from the 17th annual national book festival. [applause] >> wow, i was so worried -- [cheers and applause] i was so worried. it was raining -- [laughter] and i thought, book lovers are going to want to stay in bed concern. [laughter] and read. [laughter] well, here you are. thank you and good morning. [applause] >> and welcome to the 2017 national book festival. i'm carla hayden, and i'm so honored to be able to say i'm the 14th librarian of c

friedman. julie: it does not feel like a risk of the fed a less patient body especially as -- tom: that is a goodnt. choices. safe tom: we do have the patience in particular with the chair yellen who serves much in common with the vice-chairman. dan moss: it has been a very cohesive board and a long time -- a veryhave seen a long time. asis probably fair to say remarkable of a career as stan fischer has had, it has not been entirely flawless. i was a bureau chief in asia for bloomberg in the late 1990's. the prescriptions the iff made toro company goals -- to accompany did attract some criticisms for the austerity indonesia, a in company bind a number of bank foreclosures that were not forcing. yes, great career. a mind for the ages. but in a career of this size, you are going to have a few bald spots. is -- willwith us among us would is without flaws? thankene and dan moss, you for helping us interpreted this news. this is bloomberg. we will be right back. ♪ is the "european close." stocks finishing the session marginally higher and we were down earlier for of the third day and taking most of th