The receiving line, hope it is not too chaotic, not everybody can make it through because there is a period of time to do this and he will not sign anything. If you will line up over there to the left, you have to line up against the wall to my left, thank you for coming this morning. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] every saturday night we feature author programs from our archives and tonight our focus is on former president s to have written books. Of next is president bill clinton who served in office from 1993 to 2001. His memoir my life was written in 2004 and sold over 1 million copies in its first week. He has since written four the books including thrillers with james patterson. From june of 2000 for president clinton talked about his over 900 page memoir, book expo which is the publishing industrys convention, here is president bill clinton. [inaudible con
Home to the house and senate since 1800. It is their home districts and states that send members to washington, d. C. Over the next 90 minutes, a look at pivotal u. S. Politicians as we travel the nation in search of their stories. Coming up first, former wisconsin governor and 1924 Progressive Party president ial bobdate, robert fighting lafalce. Hes the most important political figure in wisconsins history and one of the most important in the history of the 20th century in the United States. He was a reforming governor. He defined what progressivism is. He was one of the first to use the term to self identify. He was the United States senator. He was recognized by his peers in the 1950s as one of the five greatest senators in American History. He was an opponent of world war i. He stood his ground advocating for free speech. Above all, he was about the people. In the era after the civil war, america changed radically from a nation of small farmers, small producers, small manufacturer
It is a glorious service. The call comes to every citizen. It is an unending struggle to make and keep government representative. Bob lafollett is probably the most important political figure in Wisconsin History and one of the most important in the history of the 20th century of the United States. He was a reforming governor. He defined what progressivism is pretty was one of the first to use the term progressive to selfidentify. He was United States senator who is ready nice by his peers in the 1950s as one of the five greatest senators in American History. He was an opponent of world war i, stood his ground advocating for free speech. Above all Bob Lafollett was about the people. After the civil war america changed radically from a nation of Small Farmers and small producers and small manufacturers and by the 1870s and 1880s, 1890s we had concentrations of wealth. We had growing inequality and we had concerned about the influence of money in government. The United States senators we
But the next hour, a book tv exclusive. Our cities tour visits fayetteville arkansas to learn more about its unique history and literary life. For seven years now, we traveled to u. S. Cities, bringing the book seen to our viewers. You can see more at cspan. Org citiestour. Hi, we are standing here with jason, who will be providing us a driving tour of fayetteville. We are standing in front of the walkers stonehouse. We have a sculpture. That is one of the many public pieces of art we have here in fayetteville. What are we going to see today . , we are going to take a tour of the historic and entertainment district. We are going to head up to the university of arkansas. And we will also get a lovely view of the highest point in fayetteville. Are you ready to go . Lets get out of here. We are on our way. This is one of my favorite spots and all of fayetteville. It is a oneway street, pretty quaint. On either side we have gtx, we have we have boutiques, we have a few places for food. We
Opponents it wouldnt matter if it were 30 weeks or 21 weeks, or there is no week you can pass here. The other bill we should vote on that the house has passed is the born alive bill. There are people in the country today who actually oppose the born alive bill. When a baby in the abortion process is born alive, my understanding is you cannot step in and take the life of that living child, but you can all from the table where that baby is in front of you and let the baby die. So obviously, there is a point here when we are not going to be able to talk to each other in a way that apparently persuades anybody. Maybe hearts and minds wont change in the senate today, but as many of my colleagues have rented out, they are changing in the country. People realize there is a time when that child has every opportunity with a little help to live independently, and that surely would be too late to and that life in the minds of most people. , view that that life should be shaved saved than older pe