Age 11 what do want to be when you grow up . Found that time forward i said an astrophysicist because that shut them up. If you say that is did they walk away. So to this day i am little scarred for not knowing a night sky and tell lies saw in it in the Hayden Planetarium and to this day in the majestic sites that alike that the night sky in reminds me of the Hayden Planetarium. [applause] we will see you in january. Have a goodnight. For knox was the most impenetrable location lots of gold was already transferred there so the secretary of the treasury using a portion of the depository the original in grossed constitution reconstitution for sure. So he makes that decision and the magnet kurta fidel because this bill negative surprisingly hard foen
Youre watching booktv on cspan2, television for serious readers. Heres a look at whats on prime time tonight. We kick off the evening at 7 30 p. M. Eastern with the son of the late author and journalist hunter s. Thompson who remembers life with his father. Then at 8 30 former state Department Official talks about the growing influence of china and india. Michael peach, ceo of the publisher hachette book group, talks about his publishing career at 9 30 p. M. Eastern. And at 10 on boob tvs after words booktvs after words program, Mitch Mcconnell discusses his memoir, the long game, with senator lamar alexander. We finish up our prime time programming at 11 with neil bass couple who recalls the nazis race to build a nuclear bomb and the allies efforts plan to destroy their Nuclear Facility in norway. That all happens tonight on cspan2s booktv. And youre watching booktv on cspan2. Whenever we get the opportunity, we like to go to College Campuses and talk with professors who are also auth
Mortician. I would be glad to sign books if anyone has them. Thank you very much. I appreciate it. [applause] the book signing will be out here. [inaudible conversation] [inaudible conversation] now joining us on book tv is Melissa Warren runs the show there. So he moved to downtown vegas and allocated a bunch he was sort of joining a momentum that was building to make a downtown sector for native las vegas that wouldnt focus as much on the tour toist industry that the strip focuses on but also the local population. Writers block was opened by myself and my husband scott. Scott has more of the literary background than i do. He ran a hit area notforprofit in new york, he was the cofounder and executive director of 826nyc which is part of a National Network of not forfor profits notforprofits. We were told that they were interested in opening something similar to 826nyc where they would offer literacy education for students in the area. Vegas ranks between 49 and 50 most of the times in
The programs youll see on booktv this weekend. For a complete television schedule. Go to booktv. Org. Booktv, 48 hours of nonfiction books and authors. Television for serious readers. And now we kick off the weekend with Nathaniel Philbrick on the relationship between George Washington and Benedict Arnold. [inaudible conversations] good evening, everyone. Good evening. That was good. That was very good. [laughter] thank you all for being here. Im the president of George Washingtons mount ver. No we are delighted to have you for this installment of the ford evening book talks, and i begin by thank the Ford Motor Company for their Enduring Partnership with mount vernon. Theyve done a great deal for us including endowing this book talk series. I am personally pleased to welcome back Nathaniel Philbrick. Its his third time hes visited mount vernon in as many years. I asked to introduce him because whenever i do that, im struck by his bone fee bonafides as a true renaissance man. He has an
Featuring jon batiste and stay human. And now its time for the late show with Stephen Colbert cheers and applause stephen thank you, ladies and gentlemen. Hey hey, whats going on . Nice to see you. Hey thank you very much. Welcome. Welcome to the late show. Im Stephen Colbert. Weve got to get to the big story thats happening right now, might still be happening as i say this. Have you guys heard about this . Today in the house of representatives, democrats have staged a sitin to force action on gun control. cheers and applause join in. Why not . Why not, ill do that. Ill do that. After all, theyre fighting for two things 90 of americans are in favor of stopping terrorists from getting guns and sitting down. laughter we all like it. I dont know why i dont have a chair out here actually. This feels unnatural, unamerican, certainly, to stand for this long. Now in response and this is true republicans shut off cspans cameras, whic booing which really upset cspans viewer. applause laughter i