then i stumbled upon william e. dodd, the first ambassador to germany. >> where did stumble upon him? >> i started reading as many personal memoirs and diaries of that era as i could. at some point, i came across the william e. dodd published diary. i read that and i liked it very much. i like dodd as an individual. i like his story that, out of the blue, he became the ambassador to nazi germany when, really, there was no good reason for him to be an ambassador. he had no diplomatic training, nothing. so i really liked that. i was not so enamored of him at that point that i wanted to hang an entire book on him. it was when i stumbled upon his daughter's memoir, probably soon after that, that i realized that these might be my characters. these might be the people want to follow into nazi germany. they both had such different orientations at first, but the undergo what i see as very compelling personal transformations. as you know, in fiction, you cannot write a good novel without having a character be transformed in one w

that's when i stumbled upon william e. dodd. >> this story of politics and intrigue in nazi germany tonight on "q &a." ." >> this morning, a political roundtable. roundtable.

. >> outsiders could tell the story, ideally americans and that's when i stumbled on william dodd. >>dodd's story of politics and intrigue in nazi germany, sunday night on c-span's q&a. >> the senate environmental subcommittee held a hearing this week on the government he's work concerning the exxon exxonmobil pipeline spill in yellowstone river and heard from the president of exxon pipeline company and an affected landowner affected by the spill. this runs two hours. i caught this turn today to shine a bright light on the dark event, the oil spill in the yell loan stone river july 1st. montana suffered two disasters at yell loan stone this year, -- at yellowstone this year, devastating floods an spilled oil. the evidence shows that they are related but there is no excuse for what happened on july 1st. as mon tannens, we love our state because of its rivers. the yellowstone is god's country and it has trout to prove it. i have seen people come visit montana and be transformed the first time they cast a fly into the yell loan stone and they raise families and feed them from this river.

and that's when i stumbled upon william e. dodd parliament has gone into its summer recess. the bbc parliament channel be kept the last several months in the house of commons in british politics in this one-hour record review program. some of the issues covered include the news corp. phone hacking scandal come in the royal wedding in president obama says it. >> hello and welcome to the special edition of the record review, when we look after an eventful summer term at parliament, he turns anything distinguished guests, rigorous questioning and much in the way of political drama. >> for the grandson of a kenyan who served as a cook and the british army to stand before you as president of the united states. >> this is a shocking mass. in fact, it's a scandal. >> have you ever received payment for any news? >> absolutely not. i can't believe he suggested that. >> the fact we do not have democratic legitimacy undermines our capacity to act as a check and balance. >> why disney know about these arguments? the house of commons is on this