this month it is historian paul johnson who is joining us from london. we want to put the numbers on the screens are you can participate in this conversation. (202)737-0001 for those of you who live in the very slowly eased timezone or the central time zone. if you live in the mountain or pacific time zones, (202)737-0002 with a number for you to call. you can also send paul johnson and united booktv@booktv.board. or you can send a tweet that twitter.com/booktv. here are some of mr. johnson's books. as you can tell from the first 15 minutes we've covered and dipped into several different topics here at that sub one is about a thousand pages. "modern times" is another book. "churchill," this is his latest, a new bio on winston churchill. and then there's this trilogy of books that we will also talk with mr. johnson about. the creators, "intellectuals" and heroes. he has also written about george washington, history of christianity. and the quest for god. a lot of mr. johnson's writings are infused with different religious thought, which will also talk wit

sn >> and we are back live with paul johnson, historian, who is joining us from london. if you would like to call him we have about an hour and a half left to go in "in depth." you can also e-mail booktv at c-span.org or send us a tweet. you can all -- mr. johnson, who is karl popper? >> karl popper was an austrian who came to england, who taught in new zealand, philosophy, who then came to england, and who died here not so long ago at a great age. he did two very important things in his life. first of all, he wrote a book called the open society and its enemies, in which he identified the nature of totalitarianism and contrasted it with the nature of true democracy and republican government. that was one of the important things he did. and secondly, he wrote an excellent book on how science operates, and what is good science and what is bad science. and i think, really, he has had more influence on my thinking and writing than almost anyone else. and one of my proudest possessions is a wonderful letter he wrote to me when my book, "modern times," was published and he re

sn >> host: and we are back live with paul johnson, historian, who is joining us from london.ld like to call him, we've got about an hour and a half left to go in "in depth." 202 is our area. -- area code. you can also follow book tv updates throughout the week if you sign up there. mr. johnson, who is karl popper. >> guest: karl popper was an austrian who came to england -- who taught in new zealand philosophy. who then came to england and who died here not so long ago at a great age. he did two very important things in his life. first of all, he wrote a book called "the open society and its enemies" in which he identified the nature of totalitarianism. and contrasted it with the nature of true democracy and republican government. that was one of the important thing he did. secondly, he wrote an excellent book on how science operates and what is good science and what is bad science. and i think he had more influence on my thinking and writing than almost anyone else. and one of my proudest possessions is a wonderful letter he wrote to me when my book "modern times" was publis

from london, itn shows us how some british toyota owners are dealing with the recall and reacting to it. >> together we will do everything in our power to regain the confidence of our customers. >> reporter: another apology, another recall. toyota's president announced that 437,000 prius and other hybrids areaffected. 8,500,000 are here in britain. this breakdown was unrelated, but these scenes were not the kind of publicity toyota needs. some prius owners believe the response has been hopelessly inadequate. >> i think their communication has en appalling. it's wrong that all the information is c through the press and media. that can't be right. >> there is a false element here. i think toyota should have been more upfront and explained even the technical points to the general public. >> reporter: prius drivers say this affects in cold and bumpy situations. toyota are stressing that there have been no casualties. unless, of course, you count their reputation. toyota estimates the recalls will cost around 720 million pounds. they say sales could be hit by as much as 574 million pounds

london and southwest has cancelled all flights after 2:00 p.m. from dulles, bwi and philadelphia. again, when you can not be with us, you can check on your airport and your road conditions anytime by going to wusa9.com. and click the traffic heading on our home page topper and howard are coming up next. full details on the forecast. plus, of course, we will check the road conditions in virginia. when it comes to constipation relief... miralax is the one. it's the one. the one recommended by more doctors. only miralax is clinically proven to relieve constipation with no harsh side effects. miralax is the only one. restore your body's natural rhythm with miralax. >>> our severe weather coverage continues with a looked at packed home depot parking lot on georgia avenue in silver spring. shoppers rushed the shelves to pickup last-minute supplies like salt, shovels and snow blowers. and apparently weather is not an issue for some swimmers. taking a few laps in an outdoor swimming pool in silver spring. can you believe that? >> die hards. >> my goodness. this is not swimming weather, but it is a heated pool and they deci

london. we will talk about the summer games coming up. >> absolutely. >> elvis stojko, thanks so much from vancouver. thanks for being with usn closing the unemployment gap, some jobs training programs, targeting inner city neighborhoods and getting promising results. sed >>> jobs or lack thereof, another big concern in washington. lawmakers disagree on the best ways to created new jobs. the most recent unemployment numbers show the urgency real. especially for certain minority groups. sarah lee shows us how some programs are actually closing the unemployment gap. >> reporter: the lab technician says she wears her white lab coat with pride. not too long ago her outlook was not quite as bright. >> customers drink all day at the bar. 6:00 in the morning, opening the doors for people to get their wine. >> reporter: her paycheck, $6 an hour. it wasn't the future she wanted. with just a high school education to compete in a tough economy, her options were limited until a program supported by federal stimulus dollars convinced her to leave her job at the bar and go back to the books. >> i saw an ad in the paper. >> reporter: consi

use high speed you can reduce the distance between cities... from liege to patience you can go to one and a half hours. from liege to london bit more than two hours. you are competing with aplane without any doubt. >> rose: the next thing i want to see the samuel beckett bridge in dublin. >> there two bridges. sp. the this shows a bit how they are in the local culture. and, indeed, we wanted to provide functional testimonyty but in the other side significant ones. this is also a swing bridge. it can turn around and has an enormous span for the bridges around 300 feet. >> could you do this if you weren't an engineer. >> i think being an architect andn engineer i understood the importance of the bridges from a very early stage. you you caot imagine parties without the beautiful bridges. so i know dprus an my early work as an architect but also as an engineer the potential of bridges to requalify cities, to requalify places and imagine also new york without bridges, you see. it's much more difficult to circulate but also it will be... if you of images... >> rose: there's no more beautiful drive in new york than drive around t

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us. then stephen moore of "the wall street journal." >> in-depth look comes paul johnson, author of over 40 books. his latest is on winston churchill. join our three-hour conversation. it will be live from london on sunday at noon eastern. >> defense secretary robert gates and joint chiefs chairman robert mullen testified on the budget request for the pentagon. it is just over $700 billion. carl levin of michigan chairs the armed services committee. here is part of the hearing. the department of defense fiscal year 2011 budget request, and the the 2010 quadrennial defense review end of the 2010 ballistic missile defense review ballistic missel defense review. gentlemen, as always, we are thankful to you, for your families for your dedicated service to our nation, to the soldiers, sailors, airmen, marines at home and in harm's way around the globe and to their families. your commitment to the welfare of our troops and their family shines through all that you do. the american people are grateful for that. and we are grateful and eager to help whenever we can. the fiscal year 2011 budget request includes $549 billion for the base budget and $159 billion for the ongoing wars in iraq and afghanista

from london sunday at noon eastern on book tv's in depth on c-span2. >> now, for educators, c-span offers the new c-spanclassroom.org. we've redesigned the website to make it even more useful for teachers with the most current and timely c-span videos for use in your classroom. you can find the most watched video clips organized by subjects and topics. the latest in education news, plus the chance to connect with other c-span classroom teachers. and it's all free. sign up at the new c-span classroom.org. >> for more about the economic stimulus go online to c-span.org/stimulus. you'll find events like president obama's town hall meeting this week in nashua, new hampshire, where he announced his plan to use $30 billion repaid by wall street banks to help local banks provide more small business loans. plus, links to government and watchdog groups tracking stimulus spending. again, that's all at c-span.org/stimulus. >> limits on the banking industry. the plan announced by president obama would prevent commercial banks from behaving like hedge funds and other private financial firms. mr. volcker is chairman of the president's economic recovery advisory board. he's joined by dep