he joins booktv at the university of chicago. >> we'd like to hear from you. tweet us your feedback. twitter.com/booktv. >> university of chicago professor james t. sparrow, what did world war ii do to the size of the federal government? >> >> oh, it increased it by more than tenfold. >> how so? >> well, the economic mobilization required a drastic increase in the presence of the government within the economy. the armed forces grew drastically as well, over 16 million people served over the course of the war, and roughly half of the economy was absorbed by the mobilization. so it was an unprecedented expansion, the scope of the government. >> how did it compare to the 1930s during fdr's first terms? >> yeah. well, the '30s, of course, were a period of dramatic growth, but the government of the '30s even at its peak was just absolutely swamped by the warfare state that came out of the second world war. and years after the second world war was over and before the korean war had begun, the government was still dramatically larger than it had been at it height in t

author of "out of reach" place, poverty, and the new american welfare state" joins us at the university of chicago >> university of chicago professor james sparrow what did world war ii do to the size of the federal government? >> increased by more than tenfold. the economic mobilization required a increase within the economy and the armed force since grew drastically as well serving over the course of the war and roughly half of the economy was absorbed by the mobilization of president expansion. >> host: how did it compare to the 1930's during the fdr first-term? >> with 30 is was a period of dramatic growth but the government of the thirties even at its peak was swamped by the workers stay coming out second. years later before the korean war had been done that government was still dramatically larger than it had been at its height of the 1930's so that created an immensely larger government and more intrusive. >> give us an example how the budget of the 19431945? >> what federal spending increase by a factor of 10 who just under 9 billion to almost 100. so that is but increase of expenditures a

-- 48 hours of nonfiction authors and books every weekend. >> booktv is on location at the university of chicago where we are talking with several professors of the university who are also authors. and now we're pleased to be joined by david strauss who is the author of "the living constitution." he also teaches law at the university of chicago law school. david strauss, how do you define a living constitution? >> well, it's a good question, and the living constitution is an idea that is controversial, but it really shouldn't be controversial. it's the idea that the constitution as it was drafted in 1787 and has been amended a few times since then, that that constitution has to evolve over time in order to keep up with changing circumstances and changing ideas about how society should be run. >> what would you consider to be an evolution of the current constitution? >> well, there are several examples. here's one. um, throughout the first hundred or so years of the republic really up until the late is 19th century, the idea was that the federal government could be very small and that both the fe

several professors of university who were also authors now we're pleased to be joined by david straus, author of the living constitution and teaches law at the university of chicago law school. david strauss-kahn how do you define a living constitution? >> a good question. it is an idea that is controversial but it should be. is the idea of the constitution as it was drafted in 1787 and has been amended since then, it has said it evolves over time in order to keep up with changing circumstances and ideas about how society should be run. >> host: what do you consider a current evolution? >> guest: there are several examples but here is one. throat the first 100 years through the late 19th century, the idea was the federal government could be very small and federal and state governments could play a limited role to regulate the economy progress the country became a less agrarian those ideas changed of the state legislatures and congress started to play a more active role to regulate the economy. at first the supreme court did not like that has struck down as unconstitutional but came to see the laws were necessary and changed its view gradual lead to the constituti

the author is mark bradley of the university of chicago. >> you have been watching some of our interviews with professors here at the university. more next week. >> we asked what i you reading this summer. here is what you had to say. ♪ send us at tweet at book tv to let us know what you plan on reading. you can also e-mail us. >> now, women in hezbollah. that is one of the most interesting aspects of society. i would like to say that the woman of hezbollah are the cornerstone of the movement and our what has turned it into something that has such an enduring and resilience bedrock. each time there is a work. 1993 and '96. 2006. there are massive amounts of destruction. people's homes were destroyed every time. people's kids get killed. it happened once. anything can happen once. for people to be willing with good cheer and high energy technology again and again requires something, by end. the women in the household who were hard to reach and teach and to their view. these women become the bedrock of the ideas and of the willingness to fight for them. so i write about this in the book. th

professor robert gooding-williams teaches at the university of chicago. >> you're watching 48 hours of nonfiction authors and books on book tv. >> host: university of chicago professor john mearsheimer, who do politicians like to? >> guest: basically to two audiences. one, they lied to foreign audiences. other leaders and their publics. to, they lied to their own people. >> host: to him today tell the truth? >> guest: they rarely lied to foreign audiences and rarely lied to their own people. if you think about it it makes sense. it would not make any sense to live. lying is most effective when you don't do it very often. so therefore europe are in a position to catch people off guard. >> host: you put some examples on my leader's line about american presidents. some specific examples.

he used to be at the university of chicago. he was there when i arrived at the university of chicago in 1998. we've written a number of papers together, and we did this book together because we both found happiness literature quite interesting, and we wanted to explore its implications for law and policy. >> now, have you been at the university of chicago long enough to have a relationship with president obama? >> i don't have a relationship with them. i knew him slightly. i went to law school with him so i knew him a little bit there, although i didn't see him much mountain hallways, i ran across him on the playground, and so, you know, i talked to him every once in awhile, but, you know, we're not pals or anything like that, and i wish him well, but i haven't gotten a christmas card from him or anything like that. [laughter] >> well, martha e-mails into you and sandra day o'connor retired and looked at laws in other countries for certain cases before our supreme court. what is the stance of our present supreme court justices r

he was an academic at the university of chicago law school. he is well known for a variety of opinions on various things. in the legal world he is best known for introducing economics to the law. >> host: let's show you professor posner's book so you get an idea what he writes about. he published his first book in 2000 and that was "law and social norms". he has also written "the perils of global legalism" that came out in 2009. professor posner has co-authored several books including limits of international law," "new foundations of cost-benefit analysis," balance: security, liberty and the courts," "climate change justice," and "the executive unbound: after the madisonian republic". i want to start with that one. "the executive unbound: after the madisonian republic". in my reading of that book is it fair to say that you write that the separation of powers as established in the united states is not working? >> that is right. it is not working. it has eroded over the centuries. the result is the president has become much more powerful than the

speaking of the university of chicago president obama's says he is losing one of his most trusted risers and close friend to the school. austan goolsbee is leaving the white house to return to the university of chicago as an economics professor he has worked as the primary spokesman and chairman of the u.s. council of economic advisers for the past nine months he is stepping down at a time when the obama administration is dealing with rising unemployment and a stagnant economy. >>president obama and germany's chancellor are discussing debt and other issues at the white house today chancellor angela merkel praised the u.s. and germany partnership center 2 countries are united in stabilizing afghanistan and stopping iran from developing nuclear weapons tonight the president will award merkle the u.s. presidential medal of freedom during a dinner at the white house is the nation's highest civilian honor. eyewitnesses say that 400 tribal gunmen clashed with yemeni government forces earlier this morning and have mackay taken control of the yemen city tidies the fighting has intensified since

we're here at the university of chicago to talk with several of their professors about books they've written. we're going to show you some of those now. the name of the book is "democracy remix: black youth and the future of american politics" the author is university of chicago professor kathy cohen. professor cohen, is there an all yen nation -- alienation between black youth of today and the older black generations? >> well, i think that there is a generational divide, to say the least. um, we've heard it, for example, in the words of bill cosby who at times has ranted against parts of this generation for not doing, i think, what he perceives to be kind of the respectable, right thing to do to succeed in the society. there is a concern that we often hear from older members of black generations about, for example, even rap music. so i think that there is a kind of fundamental divide that sometimes happens across generations. i think the concern here when we talk about black communities is that often young black people feel alienated from a larger dominant or white society, and so w

. >> host: you are professor at university of chicago. those that have celebrated the 100 year one year ago we hope to train those over the course of a career and i teach courses on the history of the welfare state and also this spring in teaching a course for nonprofit to connect students to emerging strategies for more effective the program. >> would drew you to the social service sector? >> >> my dad lost his job and did not have a college degree it was hard for him to find work and i had social welfare policy and the content connected with me and i felt i could take a was interested in academically and turn it into people like my dad and it has been a privilege not only contributes to policy but the social good. >> host: who designed the cover and why is it that way? >> guest: it is

emigrateford iran to go to school in chicago, where he met my mother while he was attending the university of chicago. that's where i was born. after my parents had divorced, i spent most of my youth in the state of rhode island, southern rhode island, and then after i graduated high school, i went to undergraduate college in st. louis, missouri and then came out here for grad school, which fell in love with san francisco bay area. all of my plans changed and this became my home. i worked as an environmental analyst for a number of think tanks and then applied that trade in law enforcement, where i went to the san francisco police academy many, many years ago, graduated as a academy class, president of the class. trained in environmental forensics, both here locally, state and federally by the usepa in the training center in georgia and i worked for the district attorney's office in san francisco for nine years before becoming elected supervisor. >> and you spent most of your adult life in san francisco. >> yes. >> why did you make the choice to live in the city? >> oh, my god, i had never been west

we're here at the university of chicago to talk with several of their professors about books they've written. we're going to show you some of those now. professor scott allard, what's out of reach? >> well, this book was motivated by a concern about rising poverty rates in the u.s. over the last decade that occurred during a time when the way we helped poor people changed as well. what's out of reach now are the social service programs that compose a large share of how we help low-income americans, and the book is focused on where these programs are located and how difficult it might be for low income, poor families to access them. >> give us an example. >> typically, we think about welfare and food stamps, and those are really important, but we spend just as much money, if not more, on social service programs like job training, education, um, child care, housing assistance, mental health or substance abuse services that promote greater well being, help people find and keep a job, but i can't mail you job train, right? like i can a welfare check or a food stamp benefit. so it becomes

he gave his speech at the university of chicago. this is 45 minutes. >> thank you. thank you for the opportunity to be here. this university has some of the best economic programs. we need to implement some of the ideas that have been implemented and discussed in this institution over the decades. i want to start my remarks by asking you how you are enjoying your recovery summer? that is what the president said we were having but that was last year. now gases at $4 a gallon, our health care system is more expensive and less efficient. and employment is back over 9%. the national debt has skyrocketed. the budget deficit has grown worse. the jobs and manufacturing ports are grim. if that is our recovery, then our present needs to enter economic rehab. the addiction to spending has to be brought to a halt and we must have a president who has a growth agenda. the president thought the stimulus, the bailouts, and the takeovers were the solution. he said that they worked. they did not. the president is satisfied with a second-rate american economy produced by his third rat

the chief economist for the white house will return to his teaching position at the university of chicago in time for the start of the school year. so far, three of obama's top economic advisers aboard left the administration. a study published by the national bureau of economic research finds students tend to not do as well on tests in states with higher than average levels of unemployment. researchers say that's one reason is stressed out teachers tend to have students who perform poorly. and high unemployment and caused foreclosures and property values to fall. since most school districts get their money from property taxes lower revenues can cause schools to cut programs. the latest survey by real estate data firm says 40% of homeowners who took out a second mortgage to cover costs like medical bills and vacations are now under water on those loans. is nearly twice the rate of owners who did not take out second loans. michael jackson's thriller jacket is up for sale. more on that in my next report. live at bloomberg headquarters in new york, reporting for abc 7 news. >> you have to ge

we are here at the university of chicago to talk with several other professors about books they have itten. we would show you some of those now. in the shadow of two boy, published by the university of harvard press. the author is university of chicago professor robert gooding williams. professor gooding williams, why thisl

this is my daughter goes to the university of chicago. [applause] >> i live with him. [laughter] and he is wracked with itself out all the time. he works 4:00 38:00 a.m. and then worries the rest of the day. [laughter] >> that is enough. [laughter] [applause] >> that is true that the self doubt is something that i have to deal with all the time and it like to think that it drives me to hunt for stories that are the kind of thing that i will like and other people will like but i sure as hell wish caris one and elixir i could take that one was not afraid something would be a bomb. case in point* on the eve of the publication i was convinced that my career was over. because this was of book that had to narratives that never intersected. they do at one small point* but there you go. >> you ted shawn the anti-semitism and i was not aware the ambassador was a professor of history. i guess my question is did he have been a historical inkling of anti-semitism in germany? you go back to read martin luther and he doesn't have nice things to say about the jews but there is the hav

he is going back to teaching at the university of chicago this fall. ves tim geithner as the only original member of the economic team. goolsby has been one of the more visible spokesman on the academy. he thinks the recovery remains on track even after friday's dismal number. >>> sony taking the wraps off its portable gaming device, playstation vita. it will be available by the holiday shopping season. wi-fi only is $249. it seems like there's nothing this thing can't do. front and back cameras, touch screen, touch pad, motion sensors and gps capability. seeny, meantime, is apologizing for the hacker attacks that took down its online gaming network. about 90% of folks have come back. so they're back to 90% of the prelevels. if that does windows i'm buying two of them. >> can't keep up with all the different gaming devices. main it helps with homework too. >> that would be good. >> if it does windows you can't use your ipad. get ready for a royal visit today. prince henrick will be at the milltech company. it is a waste management and recycling company

he says he plans to return to his teaching job at the university of chicago. >>> tom president obama will discuss jobs and the economic recovery when he visits a local college. the president will visit the alexandria campus of northern virginia community college. the white house says strengthening and manufacturing will help the weak economy and reduce unemployment. >>> 5:36 our time. right now is problem police are running into trying to warn the public about a criminal. >>> why a local church is converting. >>> the start of a new heat today is not about finding the time to do your homework. it's not about logging on to this week's class. today is a celebration, a triumph of dedication, a victory for that little voice that urges us on. today is a day to recognize that ordinary people can do extraordinary things, and to prove that not all heroes wear a cape. some wear a cap and gown. congratulations to the strayer university graduates of 2011. >>> it is now 5:39. 69 degrees out there. hazy skies. and it's going to reflect the kind of weather we're going to have later today. it feels n

president obama's handling of the economy, and that was in the president's hometown of chicago where he lectured at the universityo law school. pawlenty argued the plan to combine lower tax rates with spending cuts is a better deal for america. and now is the plan of pawlenty substantially different from other republican presidential candidates? >> some of the tax cut packages are similar but he does ask for sunsetting of all federal regulations unless specifically preserved by congressional vote. and, check out this one, he says as president he would ask congress for the authority, emergency authority, to be able to freeze spending and set aside 5 percent of the federal budget just keeping it aside. so, those are radical departures but pawlenty says america deserves a pro growth president. >> the president wrongly thought the stimulus, the bailouts and the takeovers were the solution, he says they, withed. they did not. the president is satisfied with the second-rate american economy produced by his third-rate policies. i'm not. >>reporter: pawlenty is out in front first with an economic plan of the republican c

emigrated from iran to go to school in chicago where he met my mother when he was attending university of chicago. that is where i was born. my mother, growing up in that -- growing up for me in the 1960's and 1970's -- was very involved in the war movement and what often take me to protest and lectures. she was also involved in union labor, as her family had been for a couple of generations. my father was the director of ymca in chicago. with the sixth engagement, i think that all was in one variable or another, very influential on me. after my parents had divorced, i spent most of my youth in the state of rhode island. after i graduated high school, i went to the undergraduate college in st. louis, missouri, and came out here for grad school. fell in love with the san francisco bay area appeared all my plans changed, and this became my home. >> [inaudible] do we end up with a wells fargo here? another bank of america over there? what projects as going forward? supervisor mirkarimi: you read my mind. that is a perfect segue. i wanted to talk about rezoning, areas that fortified neighborhood inte

he's going back to teaching at the university of chicago. it leaves tim geithner as the only team member from the original economic team. he's been one of the most visible spokes people on the economy. >>> sony takes the wraps off the new gaming device. they call it play station vita. it's in time for the holiday shopping season. the wi-fi version is $249. the vita does everything, front and back cameras, touch screen, touch pad. sony, again, yesterday apologizing for the hacker attacks that took down the online play station gaming network for awhile. the company says all is almost forgiven. about 90% of players are back on psn network. so, there's still 10% that are holding out. that new play station vita sounds interesting. i'm hoping it does windows, too. >> i can see you sitting there playing during commercial breaks. >> wouldn't that be fun? >>> a man will face 21 months in jail. he scammed a new jersey investor out of $300,000 claiming he was promoting a series of mariah carey concerts in dubai. he will have to pay back nearly the full

thank you again for the hospitality of the university of chicago. may god continue to bless the united states of america. i will be happy to take your questions. thank you. the dean told me that many of you have final exams coming up and we have to be somewhat brief. do you want to moderate? do you want me to call on people? you are moderating. great. >> thank you very much, governor, for coming today to the university of chicago. we all appreciate a break from studying. today is an interesting day. it is interesting you are here to talk about the economy. i believe just last night, when you talked about the failed economic policies of the obama administration, that austin goolsbee, a professor here, has just resigned or is planning to resign. he has been in the white house for two years. perhaps two years from now you will be going into the white house. i was curious how you think the cbo should be reformed. we keep hearing and talking about how we are going to fix the deficit we can only get projections to a certain point in time. the only incorpor

chicago, as we said. he will call for an overhaul of the tax code, slam the president as "a champion practitioner of class warfare" at a speech at the universityeconomic focused trip to north carolina on monday that state's republican party is signaling it is prepared to fight to put the state back in the republican column. watch this ad. >> in 2008, we fell for his hope and change but all we got was broken promises. >> today, i'm pledging to cut the deficit we inher rid by half by the end of my first term in office. >> now, he is back, asking us to believe him again. >> i need you, north carolina. >> contribute today and help take back north carolina. >> i got to read all these titles and get the plugs in at the same time. but let me start with the biggest front page news today in politics and that is the abc/"washington post" poll, clarence page, anything in the poll surprise you? shows the president with an upside down job approval rating, disapproval on the economy at an all-time high and mitt romney actually leading obama in a head-to-head? >> that last part is probably the biggest surprise. but at the same too,le washington pundits for a

motivation so i went on and did get formal training in psycho therapy in counselling, carl rogers, university of chicago was my mentor, i went through all of that, and then decided at that time i have to say i was one of the few people who haddock tore real level training in counselling who was also a minister we were in demand to teach seminaries and all of that and i said no, my whole life has been in academia. >> no, meg had degrees in this. >> she did and she was the counselor making a living as counselling and i wanted to work in the pastor and that is what i did. >> y'all were married what year? >> 1952. september 18th i remember my anniversary. >> there you go. >> and children? >> yes, we have john, who is a lawyer, head of major program in southern california, in the area of communication actually, we have a daughter who is up in tampa and she graduated also from college and back east in colorado i should say and then our youngest is jed and some people may know him because he developed a view called blended values, it is a basis for looking at stocks you are going to buy, not just from their ec

austan goolsbee says he's leaving the white house to return to his teaching position at the university of chicagogoolsbee's announcement comes just a day after he appeared on the sunday talk shows, answering questions about the state of the economy's recovery. his departure marks the fourth high-profile member of president obama's economic team to step aside. others including former national economic council chair larry summers, peter orszag and christina romer. goolsbee lost his tenure at the university had he not returned for the coming school year. >>> still ahead on "way too early," a couple games ago, the vancouver canucks were biting, lit by biting the boston bruins. last night in game three of the stanley cup finals, they were knocking them out cold in the middle of the ice. this guy went to the hospital. highlights of this brawl ahead. >>> plus, jon stewart grapples with the anthony weiner press conference trying to balance mockery with sympathy for his friend. we'll show you stewart's take and get you to weather when we come right back. a vacation on a budget with expedia. make it work.

he will resign his post this summer to return to teaching at the university of chicago. s advised mr. obama on economic matters since 2004. >>> the eyes of the gaming world are on e-3, the electronic entertainment expo opened monday in los angeles. it's usually focused on unveiling the video games but sony took center stage to apologize for the recent security breach that compromised the personal information of 77 million users of the playstation network. the company also unveiled the ps-d, the next generation hand held gaming device. >>> if you haven't planned a weekend, ocean city, maryland might fit the bill. the city council will give away $100,000 of gas to draw tourists proposing a free gallon for each night spent in a local hotel. details are up in the air and critics have blasted the plan as a shameless gimmick. >>> and the jacket that launched the video revolution is hitting the auction block. the iconic red and black jacket michael jackson wore in "thriller" will be up for bid later this month in beverly hills. it will take deep pockets. organizers think it will

. >>> professor adam green of the university chicago, your book selling the race culture community ofblack chicago. 1940 to 1955 only? >> well, one of the fee is that people have really begun to do in terms of thinking of not only just african-american history of african-american history and its establishment of a sense of change in relation to the situation and circumstance of black folk many people have tried to move the way that we think about the history back from a the classic years in the civil rights era to think about change, a challenge from a different sense of community and the potential of people going back in many cases decades. sometimes the 30's, 20s, for example some years before i did my work studies on the harlem renaissance were trying to imagine the ways in which the initiative and cultural genius is something that had changed the fortunes of black people in new york and beyond it. i thought was interesting to look at one of course because the ways in which the federal government, the state is beginning to approach african-americans and their place within the polic

he says he plans to return to his teaching job at the university of chicago. >>> tomorrow president obama will discuss jobs and the economic recovery when he visits a local college. the president will visit alexandria campus of northern virginia community college. the white house says strengthening manufacturing will help the weak economy and reduce unemployment. >>> this morning hundreds of nurses will rally outside the white house to highlight what they call a broad decline in health because of the poor economy. nurses from 31 states, along with labor leaders, will rally at lafayette scare at 11:00 this morning. they will be joined by bernie sanders and barbara boxer for a rally. >>> angela merkel and her husband will visit the white house. they are to discuss unrest in the middle east, the war in afghanistan and the economy. merkel will be awarded the presidential medal of freedom. this is the first official visit by a german khaupbs lore since 1995. >>> sully sullenberger's plane is on its way to a an aviation museum in charlotte, north carolina. it will head back out on the road late

serous the university of chicago. >> i live with them, all the time. what he does is he works full 48 morning. then he worries the rest of the day. >> thank you. that's enough. [applause] >> it is true. that is, in fact, true. self-taught is something that i have to deal with all the time. i like to think that it drives me to really hunt for stories that other kind of thing that i'm going to like and that people, other people are actually going to like. i sure as hell wish there was some of which i could take that to give me one day while was not afraid that something was going to be a bomb. case in point, it's a step things. on the eve of the publication i was convinced, i was convinced that my career was over. because this was a book that had to narratives that never intersected, broke all the rules. they do intersect and one small point. and so there you go. there you go. i had similar fears for this one. there you go. >> you test a little bit of bonn anti-semitism. i was not aware that the ambassador was a professor of history. he was a professor of

of the system. >> host: is this your first book? >> guest: yes. >> host: published by oxford university press. he teaches at university of chicago. >> how much of this book will you not tell the audit-- the audience because of the plot? >> the same as the flap on and the jacket we don't want to say who shot who but there was a shooting in the murder trial but because it happened in the middle of the book there is one thing but books ought to have a little bit of suspense and minor and major suspense. >> and people see this it will be a couple weeks later but what printing is the book? >> right now is the 86 printing what they just do it all right away? it cost to store the book in a warehouse and random house has a down to a science how many they need for the next few weeks and every publisher has a code. you can tell because the first 10 printings have no letter. the teens have the bee and the 20s have a c then you take those to get what decade then soloist digit is the second number. that is the code and that is just random house. >> host: how many books was the first printing? >> guest: 25,000 it was going to be 30 but they c

advisers, austan goolsbee, announced last night he would be resigning to head back to the university of chicago to resume his teaching position there. so there will be some new faces certainly as they move forward to deal with this. tim geithner, the only remaining senior member of the original economic team here at the white house. so a lot of changes, but again they are trying to focus on that central question, is this just a blip or is this something longer, some larger trend that they need to be concerned about? >> what else can you tell us about this state dinner later this evening? >> reporter: well, they will be awarding chancellor merkel the medal of freedom, which is certainly a very large deal. she has expressed throughout the day how honored she is, but underlining this pomp and circumstance are some differences between the two nations, namely over libya. as you know, germany did not support the nato-led military efforts to libya. president obama and the chancellor certainly discussed that today. however, they put a bit of a positive spin on it. president obama saying that germany's

he's their severe weather expert, a university of chicago educated ph.d. and a man who helped formulate the fujita scale that rates tornadoes. here we are. i watched your coverage as this was happening yesterday. we're talking about a tornado that was ten miles high over the state of massachusetts. this isn't joplin or oklahoma city or even tuscaloosa. what is happening this time of year and why this year? >> yeah, you're absolutely right, brian. it was a big supercell rotation much like we get in central united states. in fact, it began eerily similar to the way the joplin tornado began. in joplin, we were looking at a storm initially going north of the city. same with springfield. in each case, a flanking storm developed down to the southwest and quickly rotated. that was the sudden thing about each of these tornadoes. usually, you have to wait about 45 minutes after the first rotation before a tornado drops out. in joplin and in springfield, massachusetts, the tornado came right out of the gun. that's really unusual. >>> dr. forbes, i read a memo you wr

unusual for people most of my colleague said that two or three jobs, but i have only been at the university of chicagoince my starting days as an assistant professor back in 1982. >> host: what courses are you teaching currently? >> guest: i'd teach a course on great power politics. i teach a course on liberalism and american foreign policy, and actually talk for the first time this past quarter a course on ryan is a man palestine because i've gotten very interested in the israeli-palestinian conflict and very interested in the history of zionism. >> host: what was the reaction is your last book? >> guest: as i'm sure you know, the reaction here in the united states was loud and almost normally-in the mainstream press. i don't think we get a single positive review and the estates. the most positive review we got was in israel. cover the book in three separate pieces including one major review. all three of the pieces were positive. we got a much better -- we get much better treatment in israel than in the united states. >> host: why do you think that is? >> guest: almost impossible in the united state

of the university? can that happen? >> i have no reporting of that, governor. >>> let me ask you kwae. the if the president from the university of chicago the united states and said will do you me a favor and let him sieve with me when america is at the worst state it's been like? >> the president falls like an accord on. >> exactly. these tenure stories cover up something else. >> yeah. i guess it beats "to spend more time with his family." we are snarky. we are snarky. >> i've done it. >> he's done it. >> this is what i meant. the presidents of those universities were a lot more inabout tame tim dated by you than the presidents of the universities at hartford and -- >> give me a break. john has absolutely no credibility now. let's duo back to the question we were asking before about the economy and the 2012 election. john seems to thing that nothing can beat something as long as that something, president obama, has 9% unemployment. do you believe with that? that a weak republican can beat a strong democrat? >> i think not for only one reasonful there's going to come a time during a presidential campaign where all of you know coverage

> the final speaker is richard epstein professor of law at new york university and director of the law and economics program at the university of chicago. professor epstein is a fellow of the cato institute and the author of numerous works on the freedom and the law. the impact of his writings on legal studies is enormous and he has been voted as one of the most influential american legal theorists in modern times. it is indeed a pleasure to welcome professor epstein. >> i'm going to try to speaker for the fan. technology seems to have failed the capito institution. and to try to talk about high-tech in the auditorium is a daunting task. we have all sorts of small and inconsistencies in his own life and in fact or as i do not think of as a dogmatic kind of market type but rather somebody who is trying to figure out how he could take his native to bush and as a social democrat and see how he could apply them to a whole variety phenomena dealing with the creation of property rights of the way through the financial markets. in order to do so i will pick up on some of the things mentioned here, and i'm going to do so mainly to stress my di

austin goolsbee was in danger of losing his professorship at the university of chicago. republicans say the departure is another sign that the administration does not have a clue on the economy. but goolsbee says the economy is on-track, despite recent setbacks. >>> gas prices are down another penny. the energy department says the average for a gallon of regular is $3.78. it's the fourth week in a row prices have dropped. gas is still $1 higher than this time last year. >>> the airline industry says its profits are likely to plummet this year because of natural disasters, and fuel prices. the industry will make a profit. business travel is holding up better than leisure travel. >>> overseas markets are mixed this morning after a down day in the u.s. tokyo's nikkei average was up more than 60 points today. hong kong's hang seng is losing ground. in london, the ftse opened very slightly higher. and on wall street, the dow dropped 61 points yesterday. the nasdaq index lost 30. >>> apple chairman, steve jobs, returned from his latest medical leave yesterday, to announce new

he's landed a second job maintaining campus rental bikes at the university of chicago.ood to have a job, i mean to be productive. >> it feels very good like to have, to have something else to do besides be on the street. >> reporter: for kevin and the other kids the good feeling is plain to see. >> i like the wind that comes in my face. it's a really cool feeling, especially on a hot day. it feels like i can go on forever and ever and ever. >> reporter: as we said, this is more than a bike shop. dean reynolds, cbs news, chicago. >>> coming up later on the "early" show, signs of a diplomatic breakthrough in peace talks with the taliban, but can they be trusted? >>> plus important new findings of the safety of a vaccine for a commonly sexually transmitted innex american women. >>> and gabby giffords' homecoming, the american congresswoman visits her family for the first time since the january shooting. all of that and more on the "early" show. that will do it for this monday morning edition of the "cbs morning news." appreciate you watching. i'm terrell brown. take care,

third being mayor of chicago the guy did a lot for the city for the environment universities for. the racial problems but mr daley thinks that he's biggest achievement is giving the kids a good education be ready for leadership and rise in a leadership be a spokesperson for education ok now one of your best pupils you have the personal best pupils was michelle obama was she yes this is were you the guy who advocated it to become or oh no the leadership. came from all she was you're you're you're you're going to your advisor or she plan in a garment she's she's a well educated woman and the brother in came from a wonderful family who parents began when they strive for education she was in the leaders of yes she worked in a measures artist and of course she was your assistant or it was because she was in the plane in a garden office and she was a wonderful ploy she had the passion and dedication about it and of course president obama was a former community organizer a state senator us senator and now we're very proud of him to be our president any thoughts america first african-amer

. >> he was a teacher at university of georgia's -- university of chicago's cool of business. he's been advising the president since 2004. >>> after an informal night in georgetown, president obama is rolling out the red carpet today. >>> this mlb former player is facing felony charges. he's facing two dozen charges after he tried to lease a car with bogus information. he's also facing drug possession charges. bail is set at half a million dollars. >>> the orioles get a pitching property with the fourth pick in the draft. the o's selected dylan bundty. he's one of the best pitchers in the country. his brother, bobby is one in the minor league. >>> as for the rest of the o's, they handed the a's their second loss. they got plenty of help from their own offense. the orioles win, 4-2. >>> and today, the plane from the miracle on the hudson is making its way to the final destination in mc-- north carolina. >>> it isn't every day you see a slight headed south on i-95. this trucker first caught a glimpse on his way to work. >> i've been lucky to be here, fortunately, to see this goi

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