[inaudible conversations] and beginning now on booktv, heres mri pulitzer prizewinning author Lawrence Wright live from the texas book festival. [inaudible conversations] so it is wonderful to see a full house here, but if youll please take your seats, and well begin. Welcome to austin, texas, and the f x book festival texas book festival, the greatest book festival in the world. [cheers and applause] its terrific to see you here. My name is brian sweany, and i am the editor of Texas Monthly magazine, it is always a pleasure [applause] hey, thank you for that. Whoo hoo thank you for that. It is always a pleasure to be part of this festival. Its roots are so deep here in this city and in this state, and it is always a great honor to be part of it. I have to say today is very special because sitting to my right is a writer that i have long admired before i had the chance to become his friend but has produced some of the most important journalism in my lifetime for sure [applause] both in
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History tv . Visit our website, cspan. Org history. See our schedule or watch a recent program. American artifacts, lectures in history and more at cspan. Org history. Each week, american artifacts takes viewers into archives, makeups and history sites around the country. Next we tour some of the oldest rooms in the u. S. Capitol with senator mitch mcconnell. We hear about the Historic Events that occurred in what is now the Republican Leaders suite. The very rooms that early in the 19th century hosted the u. S. House of representatives, the u. S. Senate and library of congress. Senator mcconnell takes us into the Republican Leaders Conference Room and his private office. And he rawles his own political career and the historic moments in which he participated. We are in the United States capital in the senate wing and about to be given a tour of the Senate Majority leaders office. Thank you, senator mcconnell for opening up to us. Where are we in the capitol right now . We are actually