tonight we welcome masha gessen and as i said, suzi weissman. masha has bravely chronicled her country's tradition and dissidents for the russian revolution into the present is that. doesn't she was even in the russian revolution, but her work covers that have time. she was born oscar and came to the united states when she was 14 and 10 years later she returned to russia where she became a prominent journalist covering the war in chechnya as well as becoming an outspoken advocate for lgbt rates. writing in russian and in others, she is covered every major development in russian politics and culture of the past two decades receiving numerous awards and fellowships in the process. she bought weekly for "the new york times" creatures with numerous publications and also edited several russian magazine. recently she's relocated back to the united states. she's the author of any books. among the bestseller, perfect ricker, a genius and mathematical breakthrough. she knows her mass. a biography of a brilliant young eccentric russian mathematician who s

to debate, i'm joined by the man hop won that case, businessman shaun mccutcheon and robert weissman, president of public citizen which argues for additional campaign finance limits. welcome to both of you. certainly a fascinating issue. here's my thing, mr. mccutcheon. as you look at this, here's a new reality. right? the american democracy for sale? how do you have candidates in the future now going to the wealthiest donors in the country and saying i want an unlimited amount of money? how does that is not at some-point lead to corruption? >> again, i think this is an issue about independent private people exercising free speech and regardless of economic status, all americans are entitled to free speech. so this is a first amendment guaranteed right under the constitute. all americans are entitled to -- >> and the supreme court agreed with you in a 5-4 decision and upheld that. if you sit back as a citizen and say i want to be politically involved and if i'm a person of great means and i've got all these candidates saying i want an unlimited amount of money, do you not worry that l

. >> elizabeth weissman and vince ryan met and vinny has a very rare and addressiv form of cancer that spread through his body didn't stop either of them. two were married because their families could make it to philadelphia for ceremony and that is where skype came in. >> i om hope one day that i can love like she casz. >> family members watched as the two tied the knot making it a day that they will never forget. >>> up next california's drought is making one river cleaner. we'll explain. plus, nasa captures a solar flare. how it may have an impact here on earth? >>> plus warm today warmer tomorrow, meteorologist mark tamayo shows us how high temperatures will get really... so our business can be on at&t's network for $175 dollars a month? yup. all five of you for $175. our clients need a lot of attention. there's unlimited talk and text. we're working deals all day. you get 10 gigabytes of data to share. what about expansion potential? add a line anytime for 15 bucks a month. low dues& great terms& let's close. our best ever value plans for business just got even better. now with fr

. >> elizabeth weissman and vince ryan met and vinny has a very rare and addressiv form of cancer that spread through his body didn't stop either of them. two were married because their families could make it to philadelphia for ceremony and that is where skype came in. >> i om hope one day that i can love like she casz. >> family members watched as the two tied the knot making it a day that they will never forget. >>> up next california's drought is making one river cleaner. we'll explain. plus, nasa captures a solar flare. how it . >>> in sacramento county low water levels in the american river actually helped with a massive river clean-up today. organizers say more than 600 people took part in the 2014 spring clean-up day. it's been canceled in the past because of high water, but this year the drought made it easier for volunteers to get around and pick up all the debris. organizers estimate they le moved more than 10,000 pounds trash area debris, scattered along a 23-mile stretch of the river. >>> and with the warm temperatures the snow pack in the sierra will begin to melt over ne

robert weissman and michael mullen o will be there. this week will have claire mccaskill and john carter of texas. at 2:00 p.m. fox news sunday will have mike mccall of the homeland security committee. also, michael hayden of the cia and the nsa. cnn's state of the union follows. at 4:00 p.m., we have faced the nation from cbs. we will have another appearance by mike mccall. the talk shows are on c-span radio and they are brought to you by the networks as a public service. 1:00 p.m., abc's this week. 3:00 p.m., cnn's a state of the union. 4:00 p.m. eastern rom a face the nation from cbs. across the country you can hear it on xm satellite radio on station at 120. you can download our free app for your smart phone or listen online at www.c-span.org. host: we roben farzad want to welcome back roben farzad -- we want to welcome back roben farzad. we want to talk about this new book by michael lewis that has been getting a lot of attention. this is what he said on a book tv yesterday. explain what this phenomenon is. guest: it is exploiting