so stop down at the ucla and say hi. joining us here and are sent from outside of himself on the campus of ucla is radio talkshow host and author, tammy bruce. tammy bruce, have you ever been invited to do the only times festival interestingly no. my books have done while a and i've never been invited to be on a panel. >> why do you think that is? >> i was the president of los angeles now through the 90's and the most part and i think when there is a transition like i have made in a city that is liberal you tended to become like an apostate if you will but it's important as an author that there's a lot of the news we can talk about our books but i have been here anyway courtesy of c-span2 see the festival and at one point introduced her for the speech so it is something i take in stride and it's not surprising but you better change and they will see. >> and she is a friend of yours. she did before word to your book. >> interestingly in my transition from being a liberal to in independent conservative it was her experienc

morris in the sixth, a tight end from louisiana tech and in the seventh round, terrence austin from ucla was chosen as was offensive guard eric cook out of new mexico as well as selvish capers, an offensive tackle from west virginia. nationals hosting the dodgers. the gnats had a chance to win it in extra innings but pudge rodriguez thrown out at home plate. still have a .500 record at 9-9. that's your sports minute. i'm lindsay czarniak. have a great day. >> it's 9:06 right now on this sunday morning. still ahead, new details about the allegations against goldman sachs. the information some of its investors might not have known that would end up costing them big bucks. >> and tayshaun could be gone but could another little panda so >>> another rally is set today to protest one of the tough quest state laws against undocumented immigrants in our country. on friday, the arizona governor signed a law requiring police to question individuals about their immigration status. it allows police to ask for identification if they suspect someone is in the country illegally. the law also toughens r

held up the campus of ucla. you can see a lot of activity here at the festival of books sponsored by the los angeles times. 130,000 people are expected to be here over the next two days and coming up in half an hour is the next panel the history and struggle for a better tomorrow. a lot of activity going on in we thought we would take a few minutes to talk to you about books you would like to see on booktv. what you think of our programming, who you like to see, nine fiction authors in the east and central time zones 585385. if you the donato and pacific time, 585386. go ahead and dial in. we will be talking with different folks during this 20 minutes or so and start here. at one of one of the booths it is operated by the rand corporation and also a publisher of books. this is the director of strategy and out reached for the rand corporation. what kind of books do publish? >> we are a nonprofit physician we went to improve decision-making three research and analysis and publish 1,000 titles per year they are ava

on the campus of ucla. and as you can see a lot of activity here at the festival of books.los angeles times." about 130,000 people expected to be here over the next two days coming up in about half hour is the next panel which is history, the struggle for a better tomorrow. a lot of activity going on. we thought we would spend a few minutes talking to you about what you would like to see on book tv. this is your chance to call and tell us what you think about the programming, or you would like to see nonfiction authors. 202 is the area code if you live in the east and central time zones 585385. if you the donato and pacific time, 585386. go ahead and dial in. we will be talking with different folks during this 20 minutes or so and start here. at one of the booths operated by the william corporation in fact and they also are a publisher of books. and this is jim, the director of strategy and outreach for the rand corporation. what kind of books do you publish? >> rand is a nonprofit institution. our mission is to improve policy and decision making through research and analys

. >> led by a former ucla star, at least 11 x college athletes are part of a lawsuit wanting to forcec.a.a. to pay royalties to former players. >> they have been arriving significant income from rebroadcasts and sales relating to those athletes' performances while they were students. >> the n.c.a.a. says the lawsuit and the attention has led to rapid this group -- rapid misrepresentations of the facts. the extent of what the licenses of its copyrighted works such as broadcast and photos -- officials are pointing to examples of a former student athletes signing lucrative endorsement deals before turning pro, including tim tebow. likenesses in video games sparked this initially. sales of tv rights and other merchandise based on the players has also fueled this. athletes want to get their fair share since they are no longer amateurs. the final score of this game could mean millions. nbc news. >> 48 degrees on tv of. here is a look ahead to the next hour. >> the police department says its strategy is working regarding homicide in annapolis. >> president obama hits the road to push the job

rivalry, is only second to the ucla-u.s.c. rivalry. and i say it's tough living in my household having those battles. it takes exceptional skill and diplomacy to successfully represent both ends of tobacco road, skills that my colleague from north carolina possesses in abundance. i urge my colleagues to join me in congratulating congressman price and in terms of the resolution next year, i'm willing to wager a bet. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from washington is recognized. mrs. mcmorris rodgers: thank you, madam speaker. i would like to yield to the gentleman from indiana, mr. burton. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from indiana is recognized. mr. burton: i'd say i am a great admirer of duke university. i lean a little bit more toward butler since i'm from indianapolis, indiana. i thought duke played a great game. and i want you to know there is no truth to the rumor that butler intentionally missed that last basketball shot because they didn't want to hurt duke's feelings. are y

. >>> this is book tv live coverage of the "los angeles times" book festival held on the campus of ucla in the west word area of los angeles. it's the largest public literary festival in the country. now in its 15th year the l.a. times book festival is expected to attract over 130,000 people over the next two days. and book tv will be here for the next two days life covering author panels and bringing offers on the panel for sex. here's the lineup for today. we will kick off with an author kawlija with presidential historian tim naftali the author of several books and serves as the director of the richard nixon library in nearby yorba linda. he will be followed in about 30 minutes by nomi prince about the 2008 financial crisis. she is also based in california and is a scholar with the demos think tank. then the first author panel of today is called quote polk history rising above oppression." offers the attorney, richard ressa and jeffrey robinson will be participating. and during the short break after that panel, we will ask you what he would like to see on book tv. then at about 3:30

a study by ucla found patients at a chinese clinic often developed spinal meningitis. there's rarely any mention of risk on the web sites that offer false hope for dozens of afflictions, ranging from down syndrome to cancer. >> sipp: one of the different things now is the power of the internet now gives just tremendous global reach to people who, in the past, would be kind of the local quack. >> pelley: so, instead of the snake oil salesman standing in the back of a pickup truck, he can now reach every a.l.s. patient on earth. >> sipp: and say, "come to me, and i'll help you out in mexico, or in russia, or in thailand." >> pelley: what we see here, essentially, is stowe on an industrial scale. >> goldstein: stowe on steroids. >> sipp: yeah, you could say that. >> goldstein: he might as well be sticking his hands into the pockets of those people and taking the money out without even talking to them. that's how bad i think it is. >> pelley: i wonder what you think when the top people in the field that you pretend to work in call you a "snake oil salesman." >> stowe: come

boo-yah from ucla, usc, claremont, pomona, and all the rest of them. >> caller: there you go. jim, i have a question today about some really bad press that came out over the weekend about clean energy. "barron's" and it was on the wires, i check every day, made smin frances some inference to an article by t. boone pickens and some of the officers of the country have large stock options that the inference from the article was it could be up for a 30% hit. i don't understand what they're talking about. could you give me a clarification? >> i don't read "barron's" frankly. i did see a news summary of the story, and it did seem to me as if it was a classic cheap shot. i mean, it's not like there's going to be a -- oh. >> merger. >> that's my bot. >> it's not like there's going to be a merger overnight or something, but here's the deal. cne. boone pickens going to be coming on "squawk box" later this week, we'll hear his defense i'm sure. andrew littlefair's been on the show a bunch of times. we've made a lot of money suggesting you own the stock. here's what's really important. if

and it explains why walking around ucla researchers have had bob threats and why children have been threatened they have received videos of their kids playing at the school saying we know where your kids go to school. i talked to one researcher who love this field doing research on monkeys because he believed he could restore sight to human beings that lost their vision by implanting a chip in the brain hooking up to a very tiny optical camera to put it on glasses and if you could stimulate the optical nerve you might be restore some measure of vision and is using monkeys to try to prove that because if you went too deep you could cause seizures are not deep enough it did not work. and his family was threatened. he was so scared he left his research. who knows what is suffering might not be alleviated because of that. uc santa cruz one year-ago one house was firebombed and children had to escape down 82nd story latter because the house was filled with smoke and one researchers said i am just trying to find of a cure for breast cancer with lab rats and i am doing the work he mainly buy they car

he decided to go to ucla. how much was that his and his family's decision?w much were you involved in that? >> i believe his mother was in education, the assistant principal for about 15 years. they have an academic background. he are i think -- i think he felt depending on where he was going to be drafted that would be an option. since he was so good in the classroom it was a good avenue. there were other things he needed to work on. he pitched a little bit and played third base, and outfield. >> jim: ground ball towards third. two quick outs. the high school baseball coach of garrett atkins nice enough to join us tonight. you have a guy that comes out of the program in california, there are so many baseball players that graduate from the programs. how much is an inspiration is garrett to some of the players since then that you can honestly say you have a guy in the big leagues? >> there's another player that played in the big leagues about 13-14 years. i guess our school produces a lot of third baseman or infielders. garrett worked hard and had a great wor

and eugene volokh, professor of constitutional law at ucla law school, and publisher of the conservativekh conspiracy." >> ifill: welcome to you all. emma jordan. the president used the word "confident" like four times. he is confident in the supreme court con fint in the and senate. does he have reason to be? >> i think he has to be. justice soniaç sotomayor's nomination went relatively smoothly with no real surprises or areas of distraction. and, more importantly, he has a health care law. so the supreme court nomination is not in the same category of politics as the health care law is. but, certainly that success is something that would be in his mind as he goes forward to count the votes. and the issue will be counting the votes for the democrats. can he haveswhom all of the dems in the senate are going to be happy. >> ifill: gene volokh, let's step back and talk about the issues on the table here. we know this is a different circumstances than when justice stevens was confirmed, and even different from when justice sonia sotomayor was confirmed. how is that? >> it is really about t

from the numbers you threw up there, heck, that rivals john wooten's teams at ucla. >> right. ever.men. >> thanks, contessa. >>> the republican national committee is trying to stop the hemorrhaging in the wake of one dismissal and two resignations after revelations about a wild spending at a bondage themed strip club in west hollywood. it prompted calls for rnc chairman michael steele to step down with over six months until the mid-term elections. but it may not be over for steele. chris cillizza is here to tell us how steele may be able to hold up under the heat and pressure and keep his job. chris is the author of "the fix" on washington post.com he joins us from the nation's capital. chris, good to see you. >> thanks for having me. >> you bet. give us the comeback plan here. >> sure. >> what do you think michael steele has to do? >> let me give you a couple points. the first one, any time i can quote al davis the owner of the oakland raiders i try to. his famous credo, just win, baby. that is what michael steele needs to do. in some ways, ed, i think michael steele is in this job

he was a first baseman at ucla.the position he really wanted to play. >> jim: we'll talk tonight with his high school baseball coach out in california. 2-2 on longoria who homered in each game in this series. three for his last eight holds the count 3-2. gold glove last year, silver slugger award last year. foul behind third. >> rob: 473-foot home run the other night. that was the third longest here at the field. he hit this to the upper deck. >> jim: 24 years old in his third season facing brian matusz. another 3-2 bounced foul. there's no doubt about it, as valuable and as important as crawford and upton might be to the rays, this is longoria's team. there's no doubt about it. third year, last year just monster numbers. 33 home runs, 113 rbis, 44 doubles. leadoff single. >> rob: tampa bay for the first time, leadoff plan on. >> jim: sunday orioles host the blue jays at camden yards. first 1000 fans receive the plush towel. sunday it's the orioles junior dugout. parents be sure to register your child. bring your bo

times book fair here at ucla.on the middle east, facing the realities. reza aslan, ilan berman and roxana saberi who after this panel will be on to take your calls. here's the next panel from haines hall. >> okay, welcome. this panel, yeah, exactly. what city are we in tonight? this panel's unhelpfully called the middle east, facing the realities which is more than a little bit broad. i think we're going to try to discuss iran as much as possible, but we will entertain questions from elsewhere. before we start, there are a couple of announcements that i'm supposed to make, cell phones off, please. there will be signings following the session, the signing for this panel is located in the north signing area that'll be marked haines 39. .. followed by violence in the streets. the roots of the agreement reformist movement turned into something larger and political. all of this is superimposed upon the ongoing debate about iran's nuclear program and whether there are a temps to weapon negative the program, and if so, w

ten hours of live coverage of the "los angeles times" festival of books 2010 here on the campus of ucla. thank you all very much for being with us and thanks to everybody who participated and we have a lot of folks at c-span who've been working on this project and we think that as well. as you can see it is a beautiful summer day. it is midafternoon in los angeles and everything we've shown you will be free air tonight at 1 a.m. eastern time, 10 p.m. on the west coast so all five and half hours of today's coverage will be air. thanks for being with us. up next on booktv is a taped program that we take a couple of weeks ago. simon johnson, his book is quote code 13 bankers the wall street takeover and the next financial meltdown." trip is simon johnson. a former chief economist with the international monetary fund talks about the power of wall street banks since the 2008 financial collapse. simon johnson argues the banks which are still too big to fail continue to take excessive risk and could lead into another collapse. the center for strategic and international studies in washington, d

my role as academic not as a partner of at stroock, stroock and lavan i'm an adjunct professor of ucla graduate & der son business school. i'm a author of book called the biz, financing of film industry and the taxation of the film industry. plead guilty starting this entire concept in article i wrote seven years ago about this precise concept, about, structuring investment based on box-office results. it is my belief, that this is an absolutely standard, run-of-the-mill, necessary technique for film financing. it is the next step in a long evolution. and i think the first thing to, i want to just get out of the way is, every investment in film is gambling. studios gamble. investors gamble. that's the industry. we all accept that. it is legal. that's just film is gambling. so we sudden put that beyond this. second, the studios have hedged film risk for 30 years. that is what i do as a living. coproductions. split right transactions. presales. slate financing. the last eight years alone has been over $10 billion of slate financing. and every single one is a way for the studio to get off

screening i am talking about breast cancer in this instance the women part of our study was directed at ucla under dr. love by the time when our two years past all of them were dead. i was struck that there is something in good dna among african-americans that causes cancer at an earlier age and i am recognizing that because i carried the bill for the first screening on prostate cancer among black males. i think you might have answered this it may have to be individual but i do see african americans more prone to prostate and breast cancer than other groups what will we have to do and how much time will it take us to come up with some decisions? >> unfortunately we have lost a lot of time because we started to advocate screening in the early 90's in the towel we lose time is saying everybody should get screened to figure out a screening works and things like the steady just reported was five years late because of the slow accrual why would you go into the steady when all of these advertisements say screening saves lives? that is how we slowed down. once we got people understanding this is a

screening i am talking about breast cancer in this instance the women part of our study was directed at ucla under dr. love time when our two years past all of them were dead. i was struck that there is something in good dna among african-americans that causes cancer at an earlier age and i am recognizing that because i carried the bill for the first screening on prostate cancer among black males. i think you might have answered this it may have to be individual but i do see african americans more prone to prostate and breast cancer than other groups what will we have to do and how much time will it take us to come up with some decisions? >> unfortunately we have lost a lot of time because we started to advocate screening in the early 90's in the towel we lose time is saying everybody should get screened to figure out a screening works and things like the steady just reported was five years late because of the slow accrual why would you go into the steady when all of these advertisements say screening saves lives? that is how we slowed down.

next to him we have jody who will be donating this week and paying it forward to ucla for a strangerr. david holtz, director of the kidney transplant program at loyola. >> steve: that's an amazing line - up. dr. milner, you've been in the medical business for a very long time and traditionally, people will come forward and say, i would like to donate my kidney to my brother or my sister or my father to save a life. but the fact that these people come forward and are donating kidneys to people they have never met, that's got to make you feel so good that you are in this business to make this happen. >> this is an incredible feeling and it's really exciting coming here every day when i get to work with people like these people right here behind me and beside me. it's very wonderful. >> steve: tina, you have donated your kidney to rob seated between you and the doctor. for people out there who are thinking about this, why should they consider it? >> it's a good feeling, it's the right thing to do, honestly. it's hard to explain. having to see somebody go through dialysis and being sick

they are now only nine wins short of catching the record by the ucla men's basketball team led by coach wooden back in the 1960's. i'm proud to represent the district where the university of connecticut is located, who are confident that we are actually going to see that milestone fall sometime during next year's basketball season. because of the amazing talent that has been assembled at the university of connecticut campus but also the system that coach ariemma has put together over the last number of years. inve ge through chapter and verse in terms of the incredible season which the uconn women accomplished. they won the national title. there was tremendous pressure every single game to see if their winning streak would actually come to an end. every team that played them was pumped up and psyched as any game on their schedule because they saw it as an opportunity to make history. and the pressure on the uconn women huskies was extraordinary. the national media focused as the program again advanced its amazing record from one game to another. again, was something that niece young wom

having won 10 ncaa championships as a player and a coach and a graduate of ucla. . .nk you for that generous introduction. i am honored by the presence of the members of the state government, university and law school communities, and all of the other distinguished guests. i am especially honored by professor white, for whom the lecture work is named. -- for whom the lecture is named. he has been the guiding force in improving the nation's law schools. i am sure the students come here from a wide range of undergraduate experience. i was a history major and found that a basic knowledge of history, including of our legal institutions, is vital to legal education. i would like to draw on both history and firsthand experience by offering a perspective on some of the changes that the supreme court has experienced over the past century. change is, of course, inevitable, even if progress is sometimes a matter of debate. the supreme court is not immune. like other government institutions, the court changes over time, adapting its practices and procedures. the court evolves mo

never even knew that the man stalking her really had existed when she was in high school and went to uclashe was running on campus. she was participating in sports. she did not know that this individual who she had never met had become obsessed with her and would take it upon himself over the next 10 years to follow her and stalk her relentlessly and threaten her and attempt to abduct her. and it is phenomenal that it took legislation to actually prevent this crime of stalking. but that's where the concept came from, from this case and the case of four young women in my county of orange county who all died within a span of six weeks. everyone had gone to law enforcement and had been told there is nothing we can do despite you being stalked until you're attacked physically. so we passed the anti-stalker law with her testifying at the state level and later she came back here and helped us with the federal law as well. why was it federal law? because the first thing we tell victims is get away from your stalker. and when he gets out or slips, in the case of her stalker, he caught off his ank