On and up to the caller and have my hair combed in all that. Now i dont have to do that anymore. What it means is i was always writing even when i was doing the news hour but i was writing plays as well as novels. Now i just have more space between offense. Im still writing. I have more space and more time to spend with my kids and my grandkids. I know thats a cliche but in my case it really is true. I am the happiest nonretired retiree i know. Jim lehrers most recent novel is top down a novel of the kennedy assassination. This is booktv on cspan2. Now and look at scientology with lawrence wright. This is about 40 minutes. [applause] well, good morning. Larry lets begin with a word in the title of the book, going clear scientology, hollywood and the prison of belief. Scientology devotes a lot of Organizational Energy to tap into the celebrity culture that is so prominent in the United States today. Talk to us about that. Talk to us about what you found and why he devoted so much attent
Cachet and influence and constructed their own strategy to be able to build a legislative proposal that would have a chance of succeeding acting on very swiftly. The third factor is coming into stark relief summer 2004. Senate Intelligence Committee came out faulting groups thinking and the cia was set a very low level of prestige at the time and you have to note of course, the presence of the battle of the families became quite to a powerful special Interest Group advocating for reform joined forces with the 11 commission a and was able to have tremendous influence over the process. And lastly having a National Counterterrorism center that the 11 Commission Recommended because of the key president ial election but breaking that is a little wrong for the reasons i stated that the looming president ial election and that the performance of george bush if he made the country safer were undoubtably and incredibly powerfully fact her powerful factors for them to take on intelligence reform
Same with narratives. I think its right that, for example, Frederick Douglass and harry jacobs did they really do stand out intrinsically a little more than i read some of these narratives. Theres a lot of thickness and energy and subversive energy in those two spectrums in particular and certain other works, were some of the others are very interesting and important in their own way, that may be lacking density a richness that you do find in Frederick Douglass. So anyway. Some texts are better than others. I am not [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] and however and dirt outside. The thing is kind of throw it out there and hope for the best. When i published a conviction back back in 81, price books back in. Its about 300 or 350, Something Like that. They can barely sell it to libraries. The price of the book as well. And yet, you have to publish a book. Its harder and harder to get reviews for University Press books. Even in scholarly journals, the whole thing is shifting, but part o
Jacksonville beach to where she is now off cape hatteras, shes been exploring the coast, going in and out, near a lot of estuaries and river mouth. Shes moved from charleston, to myrtle beach, rounded cape fear, cape lookout, now at cape hatteras. Really expecting her to turn back south. Its a little bit too early for a snow shark to be heading north. Well feel like shell head south again. No one knows, this is the first time weve been able to do this ever. He named her after his mom, too. How adorable is that . Thanks for watching, everyone. Newsroom international starts right now. Welcome to newsroom international. Im suzanne malveaux. Take you around the world in 60 minutes. An important part of the inaugural festivities under way. President obama, Vice President biden, families, dignitaries worshipping together at a National Prayer service. Its held at the Washington National cathedral. Its inaugural tradition that dates back to president George Washington. You see them there. Lets
Then they held a hearing. You know what . Taxpayers paid for all of this, people. Strangely, no one seems too angry about it. We know laws are important. They should not replace common sense. It feels like the world is becoming more and more lat ijous every day. You may laugh at a story like this. If you think about the bigger problem it represents, it really gets your goat. Anderson cooper 360 starts now. Good evening, everyone. Breaking news. No shortage of compelling stories. Unwitting, unknowing womans face being used in a con. Well talk to diane omeara and what it was like to have no connection to manti teo but be known as his fictitious girlfriend. First, we begin with breaking news. A military story that could seriously alter the political battlefield perhaps for decades to come. Cnn has learned that tomorrow defense secretary leon panetta will open the door to women serving in combat units. It wont happen all at once. There will be certain limitations. For the first time in lon