. >> author and activist and transafrica founder, randall robinson takes your phone calls and e-mails and tweets wee hours on sunday on c-span2 on booktv. >> host: here on "the communicators" is consumer electronics show international. this is part of the convention floor that you are seeing. this is only about one fourth of what is available. the largest trade show in the world, about 100,000 people attend the show every day. today with us we have andrew thompson who is president and ceo of proteus digital health. what is proteus digital health. >> guest: it is the world's best digital medicine company. we created a platform that we call eight digital health system in the main and the main components of that art and ingestible sensor that turns on when you swallow and communicate to your body. it sends information to a wearable patch that you wear on your torso. and send information about the medicines that you swallow and your heart rate and respiration and a great deal. >> where is the sense are stored >> guest: it is not stored in the body. let me just spend a minute here and desc

. >> author, activist and transafrica founder randall robinson taking your calls, e-mails, facebook comments and tweets "in depth." three hours live sunday february 3rd, at noon eastern on booktv on c-span2. >> this week "the communicators" visits one of the biggest consumer electronic shows in the world, ces international, in las vegas. it's the first in a series looking at the latest trends in communications, technology tv and the policy issues that accompany them. >> host: so, gary shapiro give us a snapshot of ces international 2013. >> guest: this event has been phenomenal. we've had more companies and more spaces, more innovation and more excitement than ever i can recall. you know in these tough economic times it's nice of to have some positive news, and there's a lot out there from all sorts of companies. the big ones like intel and qualcomm and samsung, and the smallest one. we have this area of the show for start-ups with 150 companies with ideas and some people are coming back from there and saying these are really breakthrough technologies, these are great. but it's just the amer

we begin with rattle robinson, founder and past president of transafrica, a law professor at pennsylvania state university, most recent book "makada" said at the dawn of the civil rights era following a young man coming of age in segregated richmond, virginia. through his blind grandmother and her visions, he discovers her his race and africa. he came to our studios on the eve of dr. king's birthday to talk about his new novel. he lives now in st. kitts. >> when i was a child growing up in richmond, virginia, we were called negros. no one i knew we were called that. no one knew the province of that word. it had no connection to what we might have been before we were blocked from review by that lethal, opaque space of slavery. so we did not know anything about ourselves except we had been called this, but not by ourselves. it turns out is much like the case of the sardine. there is no such thing as a sardine as a fish living free in the ocean. it only becomes one when it is captured and put in a pan. and we were only called negros when we were leveled during slavery as that, as a way of se

. >> author, activist and transafrica founder randall robinson taking your calls, e-mails, facebook comments and tweets "in depth," three hours live sunday, february 3rd at noon eastern, on booktv on c-span c-span2. >> mother jones washington bureau chief david corn, his most recent book is called showdown: the inside story of how obama fought back against boehner, cantor and the tea party. is the showdown referring to any specific incident or just politics in general, mr. corn? >> guest: well, kind of both. the book is a behind-the-scenes account of what happened in the white house after the november 2010 election when the republicans and the tea party really knocked barack obama for a loop and took control of the house. and then everything that happened after that. the tax cut deal, the big fights over the budget and the dealt ceiling and deficit -- the debt ceiling, deficit reduction, also the bin laden raid and what happened in egypt and libya. and so i'm looking at how obama made the decisions he made and took -- why he took the actions he took in that very pear rillous time -- perilous

gratuitously spent author, ma activist and transafrica founder randall robinson taking your calls, e-mailsdepth, three hours live sunday february 3 at noon eastern on booktv on c-span2. >> and now joining us on booktv is an old washington hand, and that is ambassador stuart eizenstat. is also an author, "the future of the jews" is the name of the book. why are you writing a book about the future of the jews? >> we survived 3000 years of calamities, culminating in the holocaust in our own time. and yet we survived and thrived and contribute to society, even though it didn't want us. now we have a whole new set of 21st century challenges, and the question is, having survived those terrible times, can we now survive prosperity, success, and integration? and i look at this from two perspectives. i look at the global forces that affect america, american jews, ma and israel, everything from the shift of power from the united states and the west to china and east, the powers of globalization in the digital era, how to deal with the 1.6 billion muslims in the world, the threats of iranian nuclear

. >> author, act vus and transafrica founder randall robinson taking your calls, e-mails, facebook comments and tweets "in depth." three hours live next sunday at noon eastern on booktv on c-span2. >>> and now more from our visit to columbia university. booktv talked with professor helen benedict about her book "the lonely soldier." this is about 15 minutes. and our conversations with professors here at columbia university continue on booktv on c-span2, and now we're joined by helen benedict who is the author of "the lonely soldier." professor benedict, you start your book out with a quote by martha get horn: war happens to people one by one. what does that mean? >> guest: yes. i was struck by that quote because i was following the war home to the heart of every individual fighter, which is a phrase i'm quoting from d.h. lawrence. and war does effect every single individual involved in it whether they be soldiers or civilians. it has, it's a monster that reaches deep inside every single person and turns every life upside down. and i think it was a very apt quote. >> host: how many women ser

. >> author, activist, and transafrica founder randall robinson, taking your calls, e- mails, facebookomments and tweets. sunday at noon eastern on "book tv"on c-span2. [video clip] >> georgia o'keeffe was really the first well-known woman artist. even in the 1970's there was no one who could match her. she became a feminist icon. i grew up under that influence. my first recognition of her work was not as an art historian but as a budding feminist whose attention was drawn to the fabulous paintings. and i lived in colorado. people talk about this woman. it was the way she lived. from 1929 forward, she came to new mexico for months out of the year if the living apart from her husband in the 1930's and 1940's. she continued to do this for over 20 years until her husband died. then she moved to new mexico full-time. she likes of our imagination as an artist, because she was famous so long and so famous, so young. second, she lived the life she wanted. she was a very disciplined woman. i think that stands out as women made choices even prove to the 1970's they made choices that accommodate

a a gratuitously. >> author, activist and transafrica founder, randall robinson.g your calls, facebook comments, and tweeds sunday at noon eastern on "book tv"." host: every week we take a look at how your money is spent by government programs. this week we will look at diplomatic embassies and positions were on the world. we are joined by ronald neumann a former ambassador to the nation's about urea, bahrain, and afghanistan. the budget was $2.6 trillion in 2012. give us an idea of how that money gets distributed to something like 270 posts around the world. guest: you are talking about the security budget. host: yes, circuit -- yes, sir. guest: the money will be divided into construction and other kinds of security. most of the long term construction gets on a schedule, so they have to prioritize. then they have to buy into what changes have been around the world. the big construction projects will have been put on a prior -- priority list. the other decisions will be a mix of things they could understand it in the advance. the most important thing to say about

. >> author, activist and transafrica founder randall robinson taking your calls, e-mails, facebook comments and tweets "in depth," three hours live sunday at noon eastern on booktv on c-span2. >> next, remarks from the head of the u.s. africa command, general carter ham. the outgoing general spoke at howard university about security and counteror terrorism challenges in northern africa, including mali. president obama nominated general david rodriguez to replace general ham earlier this month. this is just over an hour. [inaudible conversations] >> good afternoon and welcome. it is, i'm harold scott, interim director of the ralph bunche international affairs center, and it's my pleasure to welcome general carter ham to howard university and the ralph bunche center on behalf of sydney our president and wayne frederick, our provost. general ham has had a very distinguished career in public service and in the military. general ham served as an enlisted infantryman in the 82nd airborne division before attending john carroll university in cleveland, ohio. he was commissioned in the infantry as a

. >> author and activist and transafrica founder, randall robinson. in depth, three hours live on "book tv" on c-span2. >> the senate yesterday confirmed john kerry to the secretary of state. governor deval patrick named his replacement for senator kerry. he named william cowan to the senate and will serve until june until there is a special election in june to fill the seat. >> welcome on what i think is a pretty exciting day. in this room and the office next door, i had a chance to watch governor patrick make some ethical decisions, decisions. surely this was a tough decision with lots of qualified candidates to make sure that he was going to pick the right one to represent the commonwealth in washington dc. it was a tough decision, but a great decision. for anyone who had the chance to work with mo cowan, you cannot find a better individual -- smart, strategic, tough. qualities that will lend itself well to representing the commonwealth over the next several months. lastly, he is cool. [laughter] tom brady, george clooney, james bond, and the presi

. >> author, and -- activist and transafrica founder, randall robinson taking your calls and tweets sundayt noon eastern on booktv on c-span2. >> "washington journal " continues. host: timesman john delaney is representing maryland's -- timesman john delaney is representing maryland's six district area -- six district. host: how do you give the of the work? guest: we have to this year, and to next year. and our job is to make sure people who want to get to know what the colleagues views are and work with our colleagues. there is four of us selling the works -- workload. host: you have never worked in congress. why start now? guest: i think i understand how the private sector works and what we need to do is a country to create jobs, and it is my time to make a difference, so i am excited to be here. host: you are the only member of congress that started to new york stock exchange listed companies before you turned 40. guest: i am an entrepreneur by background, starting to companies in the financial service industries. one is focused on providing loans to small and midsized healthcare compan

. >> author, activist, and transafrica founder randall robinson taking your calls, e- mails, facebookments, and tweets. "in depth" live on sunday at noon eastern on c-span2. >> of georgia o'keeffe was really the first well-known woman artist. even well-known in her life into the 1970's. there is nobody who could match her fame. she became a feminist icon, and i grew up under her influence. but first recognition of her work was not as a historian, but as a budding feminist goes attention was drawn to these fabulous paintings. i lived in colorado. people talked about this woman. it was the way she lived. the fact that from 1929 forward she came to new mexico four months out of the year, living apart from her husband, and in the 1930's and 1940's, she continued to do this for 20 years until her husband's death. and she moved to new mexico full-time. she lights up our imagination as an artist, because she was famous so young and so famous so young. secondly, she lived the life that she wanted to live. she was a very disciplined. -- disciplined woman. she made choices that accommodate fami

. >> author, activist, and transafrica founder randall robinson taking your call, e-mail, comments and tweets. three hours live at sunday noon eastern on booktv on c-span2. >>> next a look at efforts to decrees medicare cost without cutting benefits. this event hosted by national journal is just over two hours. [inaudible conversations] good morning. i'm i want to welcome you to the morning policy summit building a higher performing medicare system. the folks in the room i want to welcome the live stream video viewers. so we can have your full attention. i would ask you take a moment to silence your cell phone. we do want this to be a lively discussion. we want you to tell us what you're doing this comment. we welcome your comment and discussion. we will be coming around during the q & a portion of the event with the microphone. we ask you state your name and organization before asking the question. the policy summit would not be possibility without the support of the american medical association. here this morning we have dr. james who serves a executive vice president and ceo. prior

. >> author, activist, and transafrica founder randall robinson. >> a bipartisan group of senators isroposing changes to the immigration law, that would include a path to citizenship for most of the estimated 11 million illegal citizens in the u.s. they spoke to reporters for about 45 minutes. >> we want to thank everybody for joining us. and we're here to announce today that the five of us here today and eight of us in total, including senators mccain, rubio and bennett have come together on bipartisan principles for immigration reform legislation that we hope can pass the snot in overwhelming fashion. we still have a long way to go. but this bipartisan -- sorry, we still have a long way to go but this bipartisan blueprint is a major break through. it's our hope these principles can be turned into legislation by march and have a mark up by the committee with a goal of passage out of the senate by late spring or summer. senator durbin and i spoke to the president yesterday to update him on the group's progress. and he couldn't be more pleased. he strongly support this is effort. the k