i went with a set of ngo from the tucson area to the border patrol central office here in tucson with some of the policy leadership from d.c., border patrol d.c., because the ngos had been effective raising the issue of migrants having their possessions taken. 25% of all the migrants have gone through detention, have their possessions taken. 34% lose their identification cards which are critical for how they work and survive in mexico after they are deported. and so ngos in the tucson area and some of the national organizations have very effectively raised this as an issue for the border patrol, and the border patrol said, okay, let's take a look. this is an issue, where is it happening in our organization. and i was invited in to present our findings on this border-long survey of over a thousand people that have gone through the detention, deportation process and present our findings to document the level of which people have lost possessions. and in the process, the questions then were given to me why, why would we believe your data? [laughter] as border patrol? these, this question

welcome to tucson youth two. [applause] so the book actually was one of the finalists for the national book critics circle award so congratulations on that. can you tell us why you started following the story and give us a little bit of background on a? >> first of all shelley and i would like to thank everybody associated with the book festival for having us here. we have been here for 22 hours and have already fallen in love with this down. it must be fate but is 10 or 11 miles away from here right now in the penitentiary. we asked him if he wanted to attend but when the phone didn't ring we knew it was him. [laughter] shelley and i have covered, first of all shelley grew up in dorchester south of the bossed bossed -- boston line. my entire maternal side is from south so we would have grown up learning about holstered by osmosis. everybody that we were from knew he was a hoodlum and it gangster and a very dangerous guy. at approximately the same time different newspapers were really paying attention to him and

then we are going to do great things like the tucson streetcar. hope to see you there in july. >> thank you, appreciate it. am one hans reamer and i of the members of the montgomery council. we're members of the outfield here. we are very well served by public transportation. we are fortunate to have the washington metro transit authority. two branches of the red line coming into montgomery county. course state funding is critically important to our county. a fantastic bus system called ride on. we are breaking ground in all kinds of ways that i'm excited to talk to you about today. say, you can't avoid these big questions about why people are for transit or against transit. public transportation is like public education. it is like universal health care. it is a core public service that our government is here to do. it helps make this country and our community a better place to live for everyone. there is an essential element of social justice that is at the core public transportation. we like it for environmental reasons. we like it for economic

[applause] >> may i please make a pitch for a local tucson organization? >> i have to close because we have c-span, i can't -- you're going to have to wait a minute. i'm sorry. >> if i may, there is a local organization, the purple mountain institute, and you can find them at purplemountaininstitute.org. they offer free courses for veterans in mindfulness-based stress reduction. you may have heard about it. it's a form of meditation. mbsr. classes are free for vets and their families, and it's offered throughout the year through the community, and i highly recommend it. i'm a veteran, served three tours in iraq. i've taken the course four times, and it's finally starting to stick. so i encourage you if you are suffering to look at the purple mountain institute. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. >> i just want to -- hey, a big hand for our two authors, david finkel and ann jones. [applause] yeah. the authors will be autographing their books at the sales and signing rare number one at the ua bookstore tent. please don't ask them on the way out, because t

i'm going to move back to tucson. >> seth: okay, now you always say you're moving back to tucson. >>never do. >> this time i mean it. i can't believe what i'm paying in rent here. do you know what i could afford in tucson? >> seth: what? >> tucson. [ laughter ] i could afford the city of tucson. >> seth: do you at least like your apartment? >> no, of course i don't like my apartment. it is a 50 square foot studio inside -- inside the la guardia airport. [ laughter ] >> seth: why did you ever move in there? >> my broker talked me into it. she said it was a steal because it with a was a prewar post sandy. >> seth: what is prewar post sandy. >> it has brick and eight foot of water on the floor. >> seth: that really sounds awful. >> my landlord's the worst. he is always jacking up the rent and he told me legally i'm his wife now. >> seth: why are legally his wife now? >> because i didn't read the lease. who reads the lease? >> seth: you know what, maybe you're right. you know, maybe you should move back to tucson. new york's not for everybody. >> i know, seth. you know, sometimes i forge

welcome to the tucson festival of books. i hosted arizona illustrated on pbs here 23 years and then in 2011 started mail business and by own radio show on each week day between noon and one for the boys -- and have a right to take you for coming out with this particular portion of our books sponsored by the city of tucson and that arizona daily star. think you for your support. this presentation will last about one hour we will carve out at least 20 minutes for questions so please hold your questions until the final portion per but the conclusion the authors will assign the area it to autograph the books with your fellow audience members turnoff yourself of. . .

well, gentlemen, thank you for joining us in tucson. i know we kept you business -- busy this weekend. [applause] and both of them will be out in sales and signing area one at the u of a bookstore tent if you want to engage in some more conversation and, from their point of view, buy their book. i'm sure they'll sign it, so, thank you for coming. [inaudible conversations] >> next, a final panel from today's coverage of the tucson festival of books. authors joshua millburn and ryan nicodemus. they provide an alternative route to the american dream. this is about an hour. [inaudible conversations] >> we'll get started now. this is the, well, first of all, welcome to the tucson festival of books, although by this point i should say thanks for coming to the festival of books, because it's almost over. this is the minimalists, is the name of the program today. this room is sponsored by the city of tucson and rick engineering. anyone here from the city of tucson or rick engineering we should wave at? well, i guess it was sponsored by them. af

linei l line y se lleva a cabo en esta corte de tucson. tras ser deportados. >>> algunas veces, yo tengo mi familia, soy el Único que traba trabaja. mire la lÍnea, todos dicen la mifrm historia. >>> el violar las leyes migratorios es el crimen mÁs popular en corte federal, el 99% de los inmigrantes son sentenciados dice el reporte, joel mata uno de ellos. >>> asignan un abogado para cada persona, de ellos mismos, no hay otra que ser culpable. >>> cumpliÓ seis meses en prisiÓn por cruzar dos veces ilegalmente, segÚn cifras mÁs de 100.000 inmigrantes procesados en las cortes. >>> parte de la critica y el miedo es que se sentencian a inmigrante que pudiera solicitado asilo o tuviera defensa justa para permanecer en el paÍs. >>> los acusados son representados por abogados penalistas, la mayorÍa no conocen las leyes migratorios. >>> las personas tienen miedo de decir al juez. >>> segÚn cifras el 10% de los inmigrantes procesados bajo s line intentaron cruzar en el 2012. >>> vemos que es efectivo, si una persona no tiene consecuencias vemos que

to the sixth annual tucson philosophy of books. i'm professor of spanish and border studies and director of the conference, and the mode rater of this panel. we reside like to thank the city of tucson for sponsoring this venue. also think pima county for sponsoring the session temp presentation will last one hour, including questions and answers so please hold your questions to the end. at the conclusion of the session, the authors will go to the signing area to meet you and autograph your book. out of respect for your authors and audience, please turn off your cell phones right now. i want to hear a click. thank you. so, i will introduce the three authors. immediately. and then we will begin in the order in which i'm going to introduce them for presentations. hopefully we'll have enough time for more commentary towards the end. professor larry is a professor in mexican american studies, national migration institute here at the university of arizona which carries out collaborative research into how border enforcement impacts commun

/mexico border from the 2014 tucson festival of books. this is about an hour. >> welcome to the sixth annual tucson festival of books. my name is javier duran, i'm director of the -- [inaudible] the moderator of this panel. we would like to thank the city of tucson for sponsoring this venue. we also thank pima county for sponsoring the conversation. the presentationing will last one hour including questions and answers, so please hold your questions to the end. at the conclusion, the authors will go to the signing area to meet you and autograph their book. out of respect for the authors and your fellow audience members, please turn off your cell phones right now. [laughter] i want to hear a click. thank you. so i will introduce the three authors immediately, and then we will begin in the order in which i'm introducing them their presentations, short presentations. and hopefully we have enough time for more commentary towards the end. professor anna ochoa o'leary codirects the national migration institute here at the university of arizona

. >>> tessa motors is being wooed by tucson. they want to be the place for the new factory. it would open up 6500 new jobs, tucson is offering tax incentives on top of those offered by the state and considering cites in nevada, tex it tex and enemy enemy. >>> coming up, it -- in texas, and new mexico. >>> coming up, california democrats are taking a bold stand. a new platform they are supporting to get billions in state coffers. >>> all of the details in the forecast after a break in the strings of a skydiv's parachute. the 87-year old pilot was d a landing and take off mane in mulberry, florida yester wing got >>> an 87-year-old pilot was doing a landing and take off maneuver yesterday and you can see how the wing got caught in a parachute's swings ting the skydiver around in the air. the plane nosedived and the parachutest was slammed to the ground. believe it or not neither were seriously injured. the noo tpwrafer who took the picture said that was certainly's first. >> i thought -- the photographer who took the pictures said that was certainly the first. >> i thought i w

i want to thank you very much for attending the tucson festival oaks. this room is sponsored by the idea of tucson. i want to thank our two authors. this has been such a emulating conversation. [applause] [applause] >> a very unique presentation. i again want to think beyond the presentation, everyone was in the room who it according us, the tucson festival of books. thank you very much and we will see you next year. [applause] >> thank you guys. thank you so much. >> thank you so much. thank you a lot. >> yes, we get that a lot. [laughter] >> that concludes booktv coverage of the 2014th tucson festival of books. >> we are asking the same questions ultimately. >> c-span2 provides live coverage on c-span events and key public policy events. in every weekend, booktv. for 15 years, the only network devoted to nonfiction books and authors. these bantu is created by the cable tv industry and funded by your local cable or satellite provider. watch this, like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. more nonfiction authors and books is booktv continues. the ba

he was an agent for almost 10 years in the tucson sector. disturbed by what he described as a pattern of cruelty among his colleagues withholding food from migrants in custody, needless crowding, name-calling he started reporting abuses to his superiors. he says he was met with silence, framed, and eventually forced to resign. >> no one from the u.s. border patrol, office of inspector general, u.s. attorney's office, customs and border protection, dhs, congress has reached out to me. this a senior border patrol agent, one of their guys, reporting observed abuses of detained migrants. what do you think they're going to do when it's an outsider? >> do you feel as though allowing those less serious forms of abuses paves the way for the more lethal officer involved cases. >> when they see there is no consequence for misdeeds, they think, "if i get myself into a situation out in the field i can do whatever the hell i want.". and what you see is the delay tactic answers such as "the investigations are on-going" and "pending." and what eventually h

(crowd of children) thank you. >> we're in the command center at the titan missile museum near tucson, arizona. chuck is running me through the complex procedure of launching a titan ii nuclear missile. >> so, nicole, i'm gonna ask you to have a seat in the commander's chair right there. >> okay. >> and we'll talk about how -- what's the process for actually launching the missile. first of all, the only person in the united states who can authorize the use of nuclear weapons is... >> the president. >> president. right. i knew you would know that. it's in all the movies, right? wherever the president goes, he's followed around by this guy with a briefcase, and they often refer to that as the football. >> if the president were to open the briefcase and send the message to launch, it'd set off a response like this at every missile silo around the country. [ alarm beeping ] >> alpha-2-3-charlie-hotel-mike. >> so, you and i are gonna grab our decoder books and start writing down the message in these notebooks. we're gonna write every letter and number that we hear down in the spaces provid

tucson says a new factory would open up 6500 jobs. be sides arizona they are looking at nevada and new mexico for their factory. >>> california greenhouse reduction law could lead to a bit of a sticker shock. the law will force fuel distributors into the same cap and trade marketplace as utilities and major manufactures. the oil industry estimates that it could drive up the price of gas by about 4 cents a gallon. >>> a new survey shows a lot of renters are not too sure what their rights are. onlight zilo found half of renters were in the dark by the laws. landlords scored worse at 50%. we took the survey to the streets. >> i know that -- i know that i can not be kicked out right away. >> get the information to enter, i believe. >> yes. they have more rights than renters. >> those statements are true. they have a few more rights than others. if water rates go up the landlord is on the hook. >>> all right, we will have a look at kpix high doppler. take a look at the latest. the latest is almost exactly the way the situation looked at 7:

welcome to the tucson festival of books. i hosted arizona illustrated on channel six, pbs for 23 years. and in 2011 i started my own business and my own radio show and we are on each weekday. noon to one on the voice. and i would like to thank you all for coming out this particular portion of our festival. it is being sponsored by the city of tucson and arizona daily daughter. we thank them for their support. this presentation will last about one hour and we will have plenty of time as we carve out at least 20 minutes for all of your questions. and we will get some good answers to them. please hold your questions until we get into the final portion of our program. then the authors will be able to meet and greet you and find for their books and out of respect for your fellow fellow audience members we ask that you please turn off your cell phones and so i see some of the region to do that right now indeed. and today we want to welcome the co-authors of the best-selling book. it is called "empty mansions: the mysterious life o

." >> coming up, i'll tell you how a hole in the tucson desert helped to keep our country safe from nuclear attack. >> nuclear weapons put an end to world war ii. the bombs dropped on hiroshima and nagasaki caused terrible destruction and the surrender of japan. nuclear weapons have never been used since, except as a threat to prevent further war, not with the japanese, but with the soviet russians. one of those threats was here in the arizona desert. it's now a fascinating museum. >> this site was built because it was in the 1960s during the cold war, where we were sort of at war with the former soviet union. >> so when the soviets aimed their nuclear missiles at the united states, we aimed missiles back at them, missiles called icbms. "icbm" stands for intercontinental ballistic missile. that means it could fly from our continent to another continent carrying a nuclear warhead. one kind of icbm was the titan ii. it was a giant rocket kept armed and ready to launch in an underground chamber called a silo. in all, there were 54 silos spread across uninhabited areas of the u.s. they're no lo

some that have been in tucson and also in albuquerque and seattle and denver, kansas city, kansas. ann arbor, michigan, a college town no longer has a print daily newspaper. the fact of the matter is we have hollowed this thing out. the number of newspapers that have shut down the washington bureaus would blow your mind. at one point or cataloging it was happening at a week debate in state houses across this country. the number one complaint i get from politicians is not about the tea party and it's not about the labor movement. the number one complaint is no one is paying attention anymore. statehouse beers had to shut down and disappeared. city halls across this country are uncovered. we literally have a blank cell. it has gone dark and huge price of america. our media is failing to do the basic job of providing the information necessary for democracy. people say we have the internet now. the internet the fact of the matter is that people making it is absurdly small. it does not begin to keep up with a number of print of print journalists use to make basis. we are hollowing out j

. >> happening now, tucson officials are urging tesla to consider their city for the new mass of theactory. the 10 million square foot plant would employ 6500 people. the tucson proposal highlights land within the city that has access to up road main lines in major interest states. the city is also offering tax incentives on top of any offered by the state. >> thousands of people are still without power in north carolina this morning after a powerful winter storm dumped snow, sleet and ice last week. right now, more then 65 under customers do not have electricity. you could just see how treacherous roads were. crusaded that many did get everyone back on-line until wednesday night. >> here is a live look as storm tracker 4. we will break down this in detail coming up. >> the top stories on kron 4 right now. a powerful earthquake hit the north coast last month. a madman to 6.9 earthquake struck are from 915.at 9:15 p.m. for more information you can go out our web site kron4.com >> plus, there's still no sign of the missing malaysian plane that went missing two days ago. vietnam's offic

it's the afternoon of february 5th, 2009, in tucson, arizona. a home surveillance camera captures a chrysler 300 driving leisurely along this quiet street, but the occupants of the vehicle are not out for a casual drive. they're out for something more sinister. detective e.j. gueron. >> you can see the suspect's car drive by the house, by the resident. >> instead of proceeding down the block, the car stops abruptly. >> you see it stop as if it's casing the place. the garage is open. it appears the suspect sees this and sees it as an opportunity to commit the crime. >> within an instant, the car screeches around the corner and pulls into the driveway. four men jump out and guns draw. >> they attempt to get into the house. the homeowner seeing them coming up the driveway with the guns. >> the homeowner's standing inside the garage and senses trouble, but instead of giving in, he decides to take matters into his own hands. >> he gets inside the house. he's able to keep them out. he does see the gun, gets in and gets access to a firearm and fire bac

starting now on booktv. >> welcome to the sixth annual tucson festival only books. i am melly, and first we reside just like to begin by thanking the city of tucson for sponsoring the venue and the medical system for sponsoring this particular session. and of course i want to thank all of you for coming, and afterwards there will be a signing that will take alan to a signing area, which is actually right across from the union in the u of a book store tent and we'll reminds you at the en, too. so. >> we're lucky to have with is alan weisman who has wherein for "new york times," orion, mother jones, the best science writing of 2006, and besides his award-winning articles he has also won awards for several of his previous bangs, including a bill to reinvent the world, and the world without it, which was named top nonfiction book of the year by entertainment weekly and time magazine among

john, pat, and doug joining us via satellite from sunny tucson, swo arizona. doug, this is for you.u to go down the road with me and weigh in because you worked for president clinton. a good friend of hillary clinton is deciding maybe her friend should not run. her name is linda bloodworth thomson, says to the wall street journal or according to the wall street journal, i'm not in the political camp, i'm in the friends camp, and the friends camp definitely has concerned about her running, why? >> number of reasons. there's the personal, harris, because the presidential campaign is arduous and difficult. and the professional, the political bottom line with obamacare failing, hillary was the author, as i think everybody remembers, of hillary care in bill clinton's administration. there are questions, as we have raised about benghazi. there's the question about the reset with russia. hillary pressing a red button. obviously, that doesn't look so pressing now. there's all sorts of personal and political reasons why hillary might not run, though if i had to bet, harris, she'll be a candi

tonight we have an affiliate mug from tucson, arizona.have someone from tucson in house or someone who likes the names of the cities. [ laughter ] but when we first launched this show, we were going around and visiting different affliates and we were in charlotte and a guy named robby thomas who worked at wncn raleigh. i think i'm saying it right. raleigh? let's do just a bunch and then edited out the one. raleigh. rally. ra-lei. [ laughter ] ra-ley. [ laughter ] and then just fix, obviously fix all of this in post. none of this will be in right? okay good. [ laughter ] but he had the idea, he was like, you should have a different affiliate mug every night and so we've been doing it. and we really like it. it's a nice way to give a shoutouts to people around the country and tucson, it just so happens, is the home of our head writer alex baze. he's very excited. he's a big arizona wildcat fan. he's very excited about them being in the sweet 16. also, his mom is watching tonight. so i should take, since she's watching it on this affliate, w

if you're a fan of the tucson festival as i hope you are, i hope you'll join this group come become a friend of the festival. if permission is available and outside as well as online. everyone is moving. i encourage you to move out. .. >> we'd like to thank the city of tucson for sponsoring this venue and also the university of arizona college of science for sponsoring this session. presentation will last about an hour, including a little bit of time, definitely, for q&a. so please hold your questions til the end, and at the conclusion of the session, lily will be at a signing area if you'd like to meet her and have her autograph one of her books. out of respect for the authors and everyone else here, please turn off your cell phones. and then we'll get started. so this is lily koppel. she actually joined me in escaping the polar vortex of new york city, so we're both super excited to be in tucson this weekend. she's the best selling author of "the red letter diary" which came out in 2008 as well as "astronaut wives club" which we're going to talk about today. she lives in new york ci

. >> quite a mess in tucson after basketball fans went wild last night. the tucson police pepper sprayed the rowdy people after fans got rowdy. the team lost in overtime in the ncaa tournament, so fans took to the streets letting out their frustration. police say the evening started out calmly enough but later fans started throwing beer bottles and firecrackers at officers. they had to bring in extra units with batons to get the people to disburse. no fans or officers were hurt, but 15 people have been arrested. >> the political fallout continues after the arrest of state senator leland yee. he is accused by the federal government of an elaborate conspiracy of illegal gun running and political corruption. he is scheduled to be back in court tomorrow. last night lawmakers joined in calling for his resignation. we have the details. >> reporter: lieutenant-governor gavin newsome added his voice to growing cores of state leaders calling for leland yee to step down. >> i think the senator should resign not only for the benefit of himself and focus on his own p

all weekend we bring you coverage of last week's tucson festival of books.checkbook tv for -- check booktv for a complete schedule. walid phares, and the middle east. also michio kaku talks about the latest advances in brain science, and alan townly recounts the experience 06 american soldiers during the vietnam war. visit us at booktv.org. >> here's a look at some of the best selling nonfiction books according to national public radio: >> a look at some of the current best selling nonfiction books according to national public radio. >> i do recognize that islam phobia exists. i mean, if it's explained a rational poor of islam and, therefore, negative attitude towards a community, i am absolutely against it. it is part of xenophobia. islamphobia is nothing but xenophobia versus one group. it's part of it. but what happened is that the islamists lobby, the brotherhood lobby and the iranian lobby have hijacked that a notion and made it into a weapon. anybody who's criticizing a policy issue that has nothing to do with a religion, having to do with the five pil

. >> you were in tucson. right? basically around tucson. >> right. so we leave the hotel, 5:30 in the morning, guy's downstairs with the car. i said hi, i'm hoda. he goes, i know, come on. we're with my friend. he and i hop in the car and we drive the hour and 45 minutes to the airport. >> great. >> so we're there, and all of a sudden, unbeknownst to me, five minutes later, matt comes downstairs for his car. and they say, your car's not here. he says, where is it? and there's a car with my name on it. and he said is hoda still here? and they said yeah, she's still here. she hasn't come down. he waited for an hour and they wouldn't let him in my car and i was already gone in his car. >> and almost to the airport. >> almost to the airport. so we hopped in a rental car with jake tapper from cnn and had to drive an hour and 45 minutes with him and his wife all the way to the airport. and so -- >> then you get to the airport. >> i see matt -- >> but before that. >> oh. then he had to drop the rental car off and almost didn't make it to the flight. >> i lo

>> art del cueto is a border patrol agent and president of the tucson chapter of the largest border patrol union in the country. though his agency won't meet with us, he's agreed to talk to us off duty. >> we're the first line of defense for the country. if i wasn't an agent, and i did not work for the united states border patrol, i would want somebody out here that had a little bit of a rah-rah attitude, where he really truly took his job serious and wantedto defend the country. that's my view on it. >> so there's been a few officer-involved shootings at the border that have gotten a lot of attention lately 16 year old guy from the mexican side jose antonio and he was shot by a border patrol agent from the us side does that trouble you? >> well, we have several shootings, i can't freely speak about that one, because they're still looking into it. but what people don't understand when they say rocks the agents were rocked. i don't know what people's concept of a rock is, but it's huge rocks. it's not these little rocks. it's huge rocks. in, in areas that are populated, like closer to nogal

tucson arizona as well as lost a is have the warmest winter on record while we had the third coldest.hat a range in weather across the united states. but it is a gorgeous day. have the sun shine out. some puffy cumulus clouds that have been increasing. a few of these are producing snow showers. a popcorn look to these. they're producing little towers of clouds that might split a snow shower at you. you could see the line of snow that came through. spotty snow showers in our area. the big story in the country as far as stormy weather is on the east coast. both coasts have storms going. they will talk more about that one out east. they can really rip through eastern new england with blizzard and hurricane force one anwind. you see the other totals. half an inch to six tenths of an inch. this is kind of interesting. at midway airport which was the official station. the snout is now at 86.8 in. for the season. there's certainly a possibility. the latest reenforcing mass of cold canadian air to come in off with a big reservoir of chilly and that is shrinking and weakening. we are at 27 at

. >>> quite a mess in tucson this morning after basketball fans went wild last night. tucson police pepper sprayed hundreds of people of a fans of the university of arizona basketball team got rowdy. the team lost in overtime in the ncaa tournament so fans took to the streets letting out their frustration. police say the evening started out calmly enough but later fans started throwing beer bottles and firecrackers at officers. they had to bring in extra units with batons to get the people to disburse. no one was hurt but 15 people were arrested. >>> leland yee is accuse bid the federal government of an elaborate conspiracy of illegal gun running and criminal corruption. lawmakers have called for his resignation. we have the details. >> reporter: lieutenant-governor adam added his voice to the voices to ask him to step down. >> i think the senator should resign not only for the benefit of himself and focus on his own problems, but the entire institution. >> the sins substitution is the california state senate, which has been rattled by the high profile arrest of yee. c

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in tucson, arizona, another animal is stuck high on an electrical pole.cat who's been up there for three days. >> i just thought the cat might either slip and fall off or get into the power lines and get shocked and die. >> but kim, the cat, surprises everyone. >> on a monday, cameraman andrew brown heads out to cover the story. all day, phone lines had been buzzing in the newsroom. >> people were so upset about this cat being on this pole and them not being able to get it down. that i didn't know what to expect but i knew it was going to be kind of crazy. >> when andrew alives on the scene, a crowd formed. looking 30 feet up at one very confused cat. >> people heard about it. i came out this morning and i've been ever since. >> it's like, let's watch. >> the cat's been up there since saturday, 4:00 p.m. with no food, no water. as you can see, everybody is standing around. so, see how it turns out. >> live entertainment. >> also on the scene are kim's owner, amber fernandez, who's deaf, and her mother, lisa. >> we've had her for two years and now she is s

. >> welcome to the pima county medical center in tucson, arizona.ue in the country for migrant deaths. >> the unidentified remains are here for as long as it takes to finish with our examinations and investigation. >> this is the end of a journey that begin about an hour south at the u.s./mexico border. >> and you can see a trail starting from the top of the hill and leading all the way down here. and you see backpacks. you can see water bottles. >> border patrol agents caught more than 120,000 migrant ts trying to make the trek last year. nearly 200 others died. >> this is the first time in four years that we've seen an increase in deaths. it really is due to the fact that the smugglers are pushing people out to more remote areas and taking more chances with lives of the people that are crossing. a lot of times when border patrol agents in the tucson sector encounter a dead body, they've died due to exposure to the elements. whether hypothermia or dehydration in the heat. extremely dangerous for anyone to be walking here. you physically can't carry

tucson submitted a formal proposal to become the headquarters, prime real estate and tax incentives. tesla its considering, nevada, new mexico and texas. amtrak announce aid pd a progra trains that would set up residence on board. they can write, blog or work any craft on amtrak's long distance routes. each person will be given a private car, desk, bed, window if you want to apply we have details on abc7news.com. up next on abc 7 news at 9:00ai look at how many people gave the wheel a whirl to make it on america's favorite game show. and lee glaser and your forecast. find out when we might get some rain. >> and tonight, limited minutes with a sprained right quad. with a sprained right quad. 4 could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance.s everybody knows that. well, did you know that when a tree falls in the forest and no one's around, it does make a sound? ohhh...ugh. geico. little help here. i need>>that's my geico digital insurance id card - gots all my pertinents on it and such. works for me. turn to the camera. >>ah, actually i think my eyes might ha... next! digital

i would like to think this city of tucson which is the sponsor of this venue. thank the company's who are sponsoring this session. we are going to go about an hour three fantastic guests, as you well know and spend a little bit of time within conversation in an open up all of you as well. i know you have already heard the announcement, but with respect to the audience and, of course to all of our friends around the country on c-span watching shivering in the cold summer and wishing there were here please ounces of funds. let me introduce our three authors until you a little bit about their books. the end of this table, dan balz, author of collision 2012, obama verses romney in the future of elections in america. he is the chief correspondent of the "washington post", has been covering presidential campaigns for a few years. he told me his first convention that he covered was in 1968. so he is -- he has seen it all and is really not all that the dean of american political journalists but one of the most respected voices out there both in terms of this regular re

it's been great having you in tucson. >> thank you. [applause] >> thank you, all, for forgoing the game. immediately following this lily will be available to chat and sign books, and that book signing will be in the u of a bookstore or tent, and back boos will be available for purchase in that signing area as well. so thanks so much. have a great day, and i pretty much am still like dreaming of deviled eggs and ham loaf after reading -- [laughter] >> and moon cake. >> and moon cake, of course. >> thank you, beth. [inaudible conversations] >> that was today's coverage of the 2014 tucson fest -- festival of books. more from the campus of the university of arizona starts at 1 p.m. eastern tomorrow. >> i do recognize that us ramphobia -- islamphobia exists. if it's explained irrational fear of islam and, therefore, negative attitude towards a community, i am absolutely against it. it is part of xenophobia. islamphobia is nothing more than xenophobia versus one group. it's part of it. but what happened is that the islamists lobby, the broth

so my wife won't give me any more flack ♪ ♪ i finally found the right snack ♪ ♪ >>> the streets of tucsonalcohol-fueled disturbance led to the arrest of many people overnight. they were disappointed over their team's loss in the ncaa tournament. one man was hit by pepper balls and then tackled by police. people threw bottles and firecrackers at officers. >>> a 28-year-old security guard is in stable but critical can in a florida hospital. she suffered a broken leg and severe brain hemorrhaging when a crowd pushed a chain-link fence gait on top of her, trying to get into miami's ultra fest. authorities say those trying to burst through the fence didn't have tickets to the event. >>> developing news in just a matter of hours the final film will be shown at san jose's century dome theater. the property owner is ready to still, but it's still possible one of the three theaters could be preserved. the state historical resources commission could step in at the last minute. the final showing tonight at 7:00 with a special screening of indiana jones and raiders of the lost ark. >> expect some cas

as nicole reports, at the pima air & space museum in tucson, arizona, paper aviation history was made it all started with a contest to see who can make a paper airplane that would fly the furthest. >> we wanted to find a way to capture the imagination of the children so that they'd be more interested in aviation and potentially becoming engineers and scientists in the future. and we thought if we were doing something that kids already do, and adding the interest of building the great paper airplane, that that would be the thing to do. >> the winner is arturo valdenegro. please come up here. [ applause ] >> well, arturo valdenegro won our fly-off in january of 2012, and so he became our guest engineer, and he was able to name the plane. he named it arturo's desert eagle. >> a team of professional engineers took arturo's concept and created a 15-foot test model. >> hey, arturo? >> oh, hey. >> so, are you excited? >> yeah. >> you want to see it? >> yeah. >> we'll pull it out. >> the model was going to be tested over the desert. leading the team is art thompson. he explained that how the

the city of tucson presented a formal proposal to become the plant's headquarters that would include prime real estate and tax incentives. tesla is considering sites in nevada, new mexico and texas. >> amtrak announced a unique program for its trains that would set up residents on board. the company is seeking creative professionals who have a passion for train travel. they can write, block or work on any amtrak long-distance route. eat person will be given a private car with a desk, bed and window. >>> sunday's streets are back starting today with the 3.3 mime stretch along the embarcadero. the monthly event shuts down streets to cars so people can walk, skate, jog, or ride their bikes to betterrer and experience neighborhoods. next month sunday streets takes to the tenderloin. >> up next, is origami evolved? a look at the massive effort it took to put together this unique bay area sculpture. >>> meteorologist leigh glaser is coming up next with your forecast. find out when we might get some rain. >> a's second baseman eric sew guard -- sogard talks to us today. we love this kitchen

the city of tucson presented a formal proposal to become the plant's headquarters that would includerime real estate and tax incentives. tesla is considering sites in nevada, new mexico and texas. >> amtrak announced a unique program for its trains that would set up residents on board. the company is seeking creative professionals who have a passion for train travel. they can write, block or work on any amtrak long-distance route. eat person will be given a private car with a desk, bed and window. >>> sunday's streets are back starting today with the 3.3 mime stretch along the embarcadero. the monthly event shuts down streets to cars so people can walk, skate, jog, or ride their bikes to betterrer and experience neighborhoods. next month sunday streets takes to the tenderloin. >> up next, is origami evolved? a look at the massive effort it took to put together this unique bay area sculpture. >>> meteorologist leigh glaser is coming up next with your forecast. find out when we might get some rain. >> a's second baseman eric sew guard -- sogard talks to us today. [ sports announcer ] h

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and take an underground mine tour in tucson! rob: man, it is really cold here. elizabeth: yeah, it is really cold. it is an all new way to see this great big world, and i can not wait to show it to you! so take a deep breath and lets do it! jimmy: wait lizzy. i am scared. elizabeth: you are scared? let's hold hands. ashlee: wait, no one is holding my hand. rob: lower. i am leading the pack. elizabeth: welcome to

we received them from about six months after he got here in tucson to about, for about two and a half years continuing from that. and the reason you know when we would go into do any kind of paperwork or anything like that, we were almost looked at to the point of why are you here? you should make enough money. and it was that way until they decided to stop -- or decided to start surrounding our house an allowance of income. >> the community is in conversation here. growing families and reduced focus on vets equals increased need for assistance, #military. you are taken out of context. the average of $1500 a month housing allowance plus 200 and $ $400 allowance plus medical. conflicting numbers, $1 three '03 of food -- $103 million of food stamps. what's happening hear? are these families really in need, is it increasing, is it getting worse so far for them? >> all the guesses are right so far, debra and susan, since 2006 we saw the numbers quadruple, redeeming of snap benefits. what this is frequenting in part -- reflecting in part is the changing to all volunteer force. the sociolog

[applause] >> may i please make a pitch for a local tucson organization? >> i have to close because we have c-span, i can't -- you're going to have to wait a minute. i'm sorry. >> if i may, there is a local organization, the purple mountain institute, and you can find them at purplemountaininstitute.org. they offer free courses for veterans in mindfulness-based stress reduction. you may have heard about it. it's a form of meditation. mbsr. classes are free for vets and their families, and it's offered throughout the year through the community, and i highly recommend it. i'm a van

if the tucson proposal highlights land within the city.looking to mold the team to its temporary location if he cannot extend this to your lease. he is considering an existing venue or constructing a temporary stadium. the oakland a's have been searching for new home for five years and major league baseball has turned down their proposal to build a new stadium. a judge tossed out the city of san jose's lawsuit claiming that mlb violated antitrust laws. >> stephen curry overcame a strained right squad to finish with 18 points and nine assists. the warriors held off the phoenix suns 113-107. david lee had 26 points and 9 rebounds. clay thompson scored 22 points for the warriors'. golden state has now won nine out of 11 games. they are 16 games over 0.500. there two games ahead of dallas for the 60 in the westhe sixth in t >> more details will be released today about plans to beef up security for this year's boston marathon. public safety officials from the eight communities that make up the marathon route have been meeting following last yea

on march 15th and 16th, the tucson festival only books tapes on the campus of the university of arizona. you can watch our coverage of festival in the fear future. then from march 19th through the 23rd this 18th annual virginia festival of the book. book tiff will cover several author programs that will air the following weekend. on april 5th, booktv will be covering book festivals in anational miss and san antonio, and then out to the west coast where we're live from "the los angeles times" festival of books at the university of southern california on april 12th and 13th. let us know about book fairs and festivals in your area and we'll add them to our list, e-mail us at booktv@c-span2.org. >> cc pecknold sat down with book tv to talk about his book, christianity and politics. the irinterview was conduct owned the catholic university of america. part of booktv's college series. >> and now joining us on booktv is catholic university professor of theology, c.c. pecknold. what do you teach? >> guest: i teach catholic theology. a range of course, the course related to this book is called "

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