hum, yuk. slurp, hum... disgusting. i'm almost done. [laughter]. slurp, slurp. i gave up eating noodles. thank you, thank you. >> sometimes notable authors come to main stage and do more than read passages from their work. they sit in a live conversation with a reporter, playwright discusses the relevancy of his work with one of his theatre critics. as part of the yearly 1 city one book event. fields questions from sm scott chauffeur. >> before writing the book you want to louisiana and did a lot of research. what reception did you get there? what obstacles did you find? well -- it depends on which decade you are talking about. i did research, actually starting in from the time i was very small. and we went back every summer even though i was born here in berkeley, as a matter of fact we went back every summer to louisiana and i was always interested and did a lot of -- um -- both formal and informal research. starting in the 50's and the 60's. and i will tell you that when i first startd that research and a lot of the research i did in that time period was i wa

when barack obama tried to get the swing votes, he vowed to kill yukked. in 2009, the article says, the energy secretary said they did not feel this was a workable option. they terminated the jobs of several thousand federal workers and transferring truckloads of furniture and other things to local schools. the article states that the project dates back three decades. it goes on. it has not solved the problem of nuclear waste but has succeeded in keeping imported large numbers of litigators. is this the idea of job creation? the end result is a 5 mile long hole in the desert. it was meant to store america's nuclear waste, but instead, it stands as a monument to bureaucratic waste. the nuclear regulatory commission has not resolve this issue. during the opening remarks of the japan task force, the chairman who was here today stated, quote, i believe it is important that our safety review proceed systematically and methodically but with the appropriate sense of urgency given the appropriate issues. i do not believe that the actions of this a administration o

when the president was down in florida kwrubging it up with -- yukking it up with rich liberals, he seems oblivious to the fact that he could just send -- or should i say deliver these agreements to congress and have a trade-driven economic stimulus. if given a clean up-or-down vote, i am confident these agreements would pass. i have no doubt who will prevail if that debate were allowed to happen. but old habits die hard. the president's first mentality is cluttering up what should be a clean debate on the benefit of these three trade agreements for the american economy. rumors persist that the president may include a reauthorization of the expanded trade adjustment assistance bill into one or perhaps all of the bills implementing our trade agreements with colombia, panama and south korea. this would be a grave mistake. that tactic raises serious procedural concerns which could jeopardize approval of these job-creating agreements. it also raises serious concerns about the president's commitment to gaining approval of our long-stalled trade agreements with these important allies. it would