i want to thank our distinguished panel, tom mann, christopher dodd, and bob kaiser. thank you all for coming. [applause] >> on your screen, author of "0 a long way gone "memoirs of a boy soldier. your sect book is coming out. why did you choose to make it a novel? >> well, the first of all i wanted to depart from the memoir, the nonfiction, and the second book is about a lot of people, from my experiences going back home after war, and there's a composite of a lot of things and i wanted to be able to have the freedom to play around with words and images more so that's why it's fictionalized. >> what kind of freedom does writing a novel give you rather than nonfiction? >> well, with a novel, for me particularly, there's a room to play with language more. and to actually maybe extend certain things, certain occurrences, and expand them a little bit more, maybe dramatize them a little bit more, and also tying things that are not necessarily related to the same time period but are still current. so in way, that's what i really wanted to do in this novel, where i'm talkin

and the second is, i love bob so much that it won't even replied to that last shot at tom mann in mebut we'll deal with it afterward. and i will still recommend that you buy the book. [laughter] that's loyalty. or foolishness on my part. i do want to read one paragraph before you go and buy the book. .. >> nonfiction author or book you'd like to see featured on booktv? send us an e-mail at booktv@cspan.org or tweet us at twitter.com/booktv. >> we asked, what are you reading this summer? here's what some of you had to say. >> we want to know what you are reading this summer. post a message on our facebook wall, tweet us or send us an; e-mail. >> even though gettysburg was the midpoint to have war and more people died after than before, why does it still loom so large in national memory? consider the statistics. three days of fighting, july 1st through 3rd, 1863. 7,000 killed. 33,000 wounded, some of whom later died. and 11,000 missing. staggering total of 50,000 casualties in one three-day period. >> the 150th anniversary of the battle of gettysburg. live all-day coverage from the ge

tom mann and norm ornstein in their book, i think, described many of the contours of this subject. and you can find, i think, many different reasons, you can allocate the hollowing out of the middle. when howard baker was there, there were usually about 30 senators representing both sides of the aisle that you could count on to try to work something out, and they could often influence the final and bring you to a successful final conclusion. a lot of that -- that number's dwinld led a great deal. you've got the redistricting problems in the house, various rules, you can go on and on with all the rules. but i also think it's partly a cultural issue and where we are as a country and the generational changes that have taken place in the country. i had the privilege of coming here when the world war ii generation was running things. mostly people that have come of age during the war. kennedy through bush sr. wore a military uniform. and they came back to washington believing that they were the civic general ration, that they were strong democrats or republicans, but first and foremost,

tom mann and norm orie stevan described the contours of the subject and you can find i think many different reasons you can allocate to the middle. when howard baker was there there are usually about 30 senators representing both sides of the aisle that you could count on to try to work something out and they could often influence the final. the number dwindled and you have the redistricting in the house. it's partly a cultural issue and the general has taken place. i had the privilege of coming to when the world war ii generation was running things. people come of age during the war we had seven presidents in a row from kennedy through bush senior who was a world war ii president. all seven were in military uniform. they came back to washington believing that they were thus of a generation that they were strong democrats or republicans but at the forefront the or strong americans and they worked together and that has been lost since that generation has left the stage. i don't think it is hopeless. what i do think is we need to be electing people like fred and the spirit he represents and t

mann men with them. there are not apprentices on the job by themselves. somewhat depending upon where they're in their training and skills. but mr. tom said we - i don't see how we can pit sanctions on the jobs to keep employees on your jobs and that might include jobs. we want to find a difference. we expect contracts to hire apprenticess and keeping them beyond the time they need them >> i release appreciate the internship part especially for kids after graduation. i was wondering as part of those internships will they be paid are is it just for experience and a i'm not really the person you have to direct the question to i have no control over the apprenticeship program >> so commissioner i can address that. historically they pay the auto mechanics and the bio techs there's a rate it's fixed by our academic group and there's the ones who pit together the plan and administer it. we'll fold it into our construction effort but i think historically all interims receive payment. i wanted to know a speaker said that there were only 3 jobs on the 2011 bond on the revenue bond how many are under one million >> there are a variety of proje

in foreign policy magazine a couple of weeks ago by jim mann where there were a few quotes in there from the new chief of staff who had been tom donelan's deputy, where he sort of damned top by saying praise, saying he performed value to the foreign policy and got along as well as two irish men could get along. and as soon as you saw that from the new chief of staff, you knew that something was going to happen. but it is a surprise as of now. >> rose: so when you look at what this means for foreign policy, does susan rice bring different skills that will impact on presidential decisions? >> yes. and that is what i have tried to think about, talked to people about today, susan rice, first of all is very close personally to the president. it is almost like his kid sister was being appointed marble security advisor. i almost think when i see her, she is so voluble, so direct and frank that she is saying the things that barack obama would say if he was less reticent man, if he was more open and more of an extrovert so i think it is going to be useful to have somebody who really knows the president's mind and can speak for him, bot

manns and ms. king for inviting me to speak. >> congratulations opini congra. >>> 20 minutes after 6:00. want to get a look at our forecast. a sticky start and maybe rain later. >> tomierein is tracking your forecast now. good morning to you. >> here in the storm team 4 weather center, the radar picking up a cluster of showers and thundershowers now rolling out of west virginia and getting closer to virginia. and as you see those areas on the left of your screen in the orange and yellow, that's where they're getting thunder and lightning with some of the heavier downpours but it's way far away from washington. it's still probably a good seven hours away from arriving. right now the leading edge of this in the form of some sprinkles now around charlottesville. that may advance over toward fredericksburg, culpepper over the next hour. but elsewhere we should stay dry for the morning hours. just a lot of cloudiness around and a lot of humidity, too. dress for a steamy morning. we're in the upper 60s to near 70 now. most of the region. but later today ought to be getting into the low 80s by midafternoon. and by then, we'll likely have showers and thundershowers rolling