walter cronkite iv and maurice isserman present a collection of letters that walter cronkite sent to his wife during world war ii in "cronkite's war: his world war ii letters home." in "big -- being poppy," kramer profiles george w. bush. george h.w. bush. andre lankov in "the real north korea: life and politics in the failed stalinist utopia." in "keep it pithy," bill o'reilly. margaret coyle, chief washington correspondent for the national law journal examines the supreme court under chief justice john roberts now in its seventh year in "the roberts court." look for these titles in bookstores this coming week and watch for the authors in the near future on booktv. booktv.org. >> you're watching c-span2, with politics and public affairs. weekdays featuring live coverage of the u.s. senate. on weeknights watch key public policy events and every weekend the latest in nonfiction authors and books on booktv. you can see past programs and get our schedules at our web site, and you can join in the conversation on social media sites. >> now on booktv, we sat down with eric deggans to discus

rachel maddow can't have the impact of a walter cronkite, because that is one third of one percent. msnbc being roughly one third. cronkite would raise issues and congress would hold hearings. that is both positive and negative. pushing a story to get those who care about it and pick it up also galvanizes the opposition. an issue resonates with millions of people who see it on the tv news. now it is gone unless it is covered by everyone. the alternative media has some effect on the corporate media. torture led to some hearings, but it never became central on the public agenda. drones are becoming a big issue. not because we are illegally killing people in other countries off the battlefield, but because a paper was leaked that indicates the government may kill u.s. citizens on u.s. soil. because the bush administration and now the obama administration, through the n so successful in terrorizing the american public about the so- called threat of terrorism, most people don't care about foreigners being killed. much of the terrorism propaganda is fueled by racism. of the 366 u.s. drone

that's what's important he gains an audience he gets one step closer to that you know its own call walter cronkite or edward r. murrow you know who who practice this really downstream he's practicing it upstream because the mainstream media is already down here so he has to climb up so he attains that credibility and that aura that he is the heir apparent to c.b.s. giants of c.b.s. like morrow and like cronkite and you know on and on and i'm not trying to be cynical in terms of his motivations but i think that it operates in that direction and i think that's good for him on all counts and press we've had you on here multiple times talking about the way the mainstream media is going this. you're a journalism professor we are in an unprecedented age where there is twitter and facebook and anything that you can possibly think of we are in an age of the over abundance of and from a great so how can these news organizations change their ways to both be credible and accurate but also to compete in a twenty first century where the information comes from every angle possible well i think that you have to

rachel maddow can't have the impact of a walter cronkite, because that is one third of one percent. ing roughly one third. cronkite would raise issues and congress would hold hearings. that is both positive and negative. pushing a story to get those who care about it and pick it up also galvanizes the opposition. resonates with millions of people who see it on the tv news. now it is gone unless it is covered by everyone. has somenative media effect on the corporate media. torture led to some hearings, but it never became central on the public agenda. .rones are becoming a big issue not because we are illegally killing people in other countries off the battlefield, but because a paper was leaked that indicates the government may kill u.s. citizens on u.s. soil. because the bush administration and now the obama administration, through the corporate media, has been so successful in terrorizing the american public about the so- called threat of terrorism, most people don't care about foreigners being killed. much of the terrorism propaganda is fueled by racism. of the 366 u.s. drone atta

so hot that pierce from m*a s*h -- hawkeye pierce and walter cronkite. the most trusted man in america at one point. one of the things it was interesting about m*a s*h for her, till recently it was the most-watched episode on television, the finale, for this show. reportedly according to the myth and legend, whenever the commercials came on for the finale episode, the water table in new york went down. people were in the bathroom. that was before you could dvr stuff and possible live television and all that stuff but i was trying to explain the student was like to watch television when you didn't have a vcr to tape it. i felt like i was talking about the stone age's. so this is old media. what i felt is if you want to know why 95% of things happen in media, figure out who's making money, or who is losing money. who is making money or who is losing money. so old media is to make money by getting together thi these big audiences and then they would sell advertisers access to the big audiences. that's how they made money. if you want to get together a big a

. >> there is this video of walter cronkite announcing your name. >> with the sanction of being the lastmander. >> were you aat the moment you were the last guy? >> no, i would not expect it would gather the attention that it did. it still amazes me. >> reporter: unlike many soldiers, these p.o.w.s were treated lie heroes. >> the american public was looking for something positive and we were it. >> reporter: everett alvarez was the first american shot down in vietnam. he spent 8 and a half years in captivity. john was locked up with him. they were both tortured. >> we maintained that we wouldn't give anything for free so the thing was do the best you can. make them hurt you and hurt you. make them bend you but don't break. >> it was a nation weary of war and protests. >> you were not expected to be welcomed as a hero. >> oh, god, no. the instant celebrity spotlight. we were ready for that and then dinner at the white house. a giant tent was installed on the south lawn. president nixon invited every vietnam p.o.w. it remains the largest dinner ever held at the white house. >> never has th

started out as a writer for walter cronkite about 60 years ago. held just about every big job and done just about every big interview since then. >> she's a true trailblazer in television. and so much more. a pioneer who made a path for so many of us. a momentous day for her and for us. can't wait to honor her in a little bit. >>> let's get to the latest on the two brothers of cleveland kidnapping suspect ariel castro. alex perez has the latest from cleveland. good morning, alex. >> reporter: good morning, robin. this is the first time we're hearing from the castro brothers. until now we had not heard from them. they say in many ways they feel like they are victims and after a number of death threats, they feel like they're being hunted. this morning for the first time, we are hearing from the two men closest to ariel castro, his brothers. >> i could never think of doing anything like that. if i knew that my brother was doing this, in a minute i would have called the cops. >> reporter: in an interview with cnn, the two men, who were arrested along

rachel maddow can't have the impact of a walter cronkite, because that is 1/3 of 1%. c being roughly 1/3. cronkite would raise issues and congress would hold hearings. that is both positive and negative. pushing a story to get those who care about it and pick it up also galvanizes the opposition. an issue resonates with millions of people who see it on the tv news. now it is gone unless it is covered by everyone. the alternative media has some effect on the corporate media. torture led to some hearings, but it never became central on the public agenda. drones are becoming a big issue. not because we are illegally killing people in other countries off the battlefield, but because a paper was leaked that indicates the government may kill u.s. citizens on u.s. soil. because the bush administration and now the obama administration, through the corporate media, have been so successful in terrorizing the american public about the so- called threat of terrorism, most people don't care about foreigners being killed. much of the terrorism propaganda is fueled by racism. of the

. >> there is this video of walter cronkite announcing your name. >> a distinction being the last among mullen, south carolina. >> reporter: were you aware at that moment that you were the last guy? >> no, i did not expect it would gather the attention it did. it still amazes me. >> reporter: unlike many soldiers who returned earlier from vietnam, these p.o.w.s were treated like heroes. >> the american public was looking for something positive. and we were it. >> reporter: everett alvarez was the first american shot down in vietnam. he spent 8 1/2 years in captivity. john borling was locked up with him in the hanoi hilton. they were both tortured. >> we maintained that we wouldn't give anything for free. so the thing was do the best you can. make them hurt you and hurt you bad and then bend but don't break. >> reporter: their homecoming created a frenzy in a nation weary of war and protest. and you were not expected to be welcomed as a hero. >> oh, god, no. the instant celebrity status, into the spotlight. we weren't ready for that. >> and then these wild rumors started circulating that

rachel maddow can't have the impact of a walter cronkite, because we're talking about one-third of 1%. msnbc generally roughly being one-third of 1%. cronkite would raise issues, and congress would hold hearings. that's both positive and negative, because pushing a story to get those who care about it to pick it up also galvanizes the opposition. an issue resonates with millions of people who see it on the tv news. now it's gone unless it's covered by everyone. the alternative media has some effect on the corporate media. for example, torture led to some hearings, but it never became central on the public agenda. now, as has been mentioned, drones are becoming a big issue not because we're illegally killing people in other countries off the battlefield, but because a white paper was leaked that indicates the government may kill u.s. citizens on u.s. soil. because the bush administration and now the obama administration through the corporate media have been so successful in terrorizing the american public about the so-called threat of terrorism, most people don't care about foreigners

don't know if it's a walter cronkite moment for the liberal movement against eric holder.eep your ears peeled if you see more folks from obama's camp and the far left for holder to go as well. >> peter alexander, the president will stand by eric holder until the bitter, end, will he not? >> he was asked yesterday in the news conference, be reporters try to squeeze five questions in when they get one and one included eric holder. that was the thing that the president forget. and about mr. holder -- >> that's what i want to hit. i want to make it very clear i have complete confidence in eric holder. those questions are going to continue to swirl around him especially as you see him answer nor questions. >> like the sprinklers behind you they will swirl. >> we have a leaf blower in the distance today. yesterday the lawn mower, today the leaf blower. we have you covered. the greens look nice at the white house. >> the greens are looking nice. bring your putter next time, peter. >> patrick gavin, thank you very much. peter thank you as well. coming up, the brainiac box. how sho