Look for these titles in bookstores is coming week and watch for the authors in the near future book tv and this is book tv live coverage of the 2016 Chicago Tribune printers row lit fest. Over the next seven hours you will hear from several authors including eric larson, Kenneth C Davis and brian burrow. We began todays coverage with a discussion on politics featuring former pres. Obama adviser David Axelrod, author of axelrod, author of believer, and nationally syndicated columnist Clarence Page, author of culture, lawyer. This is live coverage from chicago on book tv. [inaudible conversations] all right. Welcome to the 31st annual Chicago Tribune printers row lit fest. My name is tom for scholars. Before we get started i would like to send a special thank you to our sponsors. Todays program is being broadcast live on cspan2 book tv. At this time there will be a q a session and we ask that you line up in front of the microphone so that the home viewing audience can hear your question
Her life and career. And we spoke with mike huckabee. He talked about politics and culture. Wes moore was here for his book the work sharing the quest to find meaning in his life. And booktv talked about his book, gateway to freedom, detailing the history of the underground rail road. And cornel west talked about his book the radical king a collection of speeches by Martin Luther king junior. And tax reform was the discussion from the book end the irs before it ends us. And appearing recently was the author of be safe love mom talking about being a mother to four military officers serving in a war zone. And we looked at the life of the first lady through childhood up to the whitehouse. Afterwards airs every saturday at 10 p. M. And sunday at 9 p. M. You can watch all episodes on our website. You are watching booktv on cspan2. Live coverage of the Chicago Tribune printers row lit fest held every year in Downtown Chicago. Scott simon is the next author. He will be talking about his book.
Her life and career. And we spoke with mike huckabee. He talked about politics and culture. Wes moore was here for his book the work sharing the quest to find meaning in his life. And booktv talked about his book, gateway to freedom, detailing the history of the underground rail road. And cornel west talked about his book the radical king a collection of speeches by Martin Luther king junior. And tax reform was the discussion from the book end the irs before it ends us. And appearing recently was the author of be safe love mom talking about being a mother to four military officers serving in a war zone. And we looked at the life of the first lady through childhood up to the whitehouse. Afterwards airs every saturday at 10 p. M. And sunday at 9 p. M. You can watch all episodes on our website. You are watching booktv on cspan2. Live coverage of the Chicago Tribune printers row lit fest held every year in Downtown Chicago. Scott simon is the next author. He will be talking about his book.
In honduras, and Bernie Sanders critique. Then to vulture funds in argentina. Ive never had anybody be angry. [indiscernible] amy journalist greg palast will join us to talk about how billion Republican Party donor paul singer has just made billions of dollars by profiting off argentinas economic crisis. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Japan is marking the fifth anniversary of the meltdown of the Fukushima Nuclear plant. On march 11, 2011, a massive earthquake and tsunami hit the northeast coast of japan, killing 20,0000 people. Another 160,000 then fled the radiation in fukushima. It was the worlds Worst Nuclear Disaster since chernobyl. At least 100,000 people from the region have yet to return to their homes. A full cleanup of the site is expected to take at least 40 years. A representative of the families of the victims spoke during fridays Memorial Ceremony in tokyo. For those who remain, we are
Amy what is your response to Linda Sarsour singh the head of the gop should be condemning what donald trump says about muslims . Understand the condemnation thing, technique, sometimes it is more effective than others. As an american muslim, i want effectiveness more than, frankly, making me feel comfortable. And right now if rains prebus was to condemn, condemn, condemn every silly statement that has come out of weather trump or other candidates over the past eight months, it would actually end up empowering those individuals in the party and weakening the more moderate and balanced more sophisticated nuance voices. Lindathe trum supporrs, i kn you hav expresd yourore afra of hisupporte than yo some of his statements, what is your sense of what is happening in terms of the ang and the fury he is unable to marshal at many of his rallies . Youre watching people cheer on an american fascist. He has asked people to pledge to him. We have seen this publicly. I dont think there are rallies,