We are marking 15 years of booktv on cspan2. Here are some programs to watch this weekend on booktv. All weekend we are live from the 2013 southern festival of books in nashville would some of the operas featured are kitty but the run end of light care, the removal of tennessee governor ray blanton in 1979. And the jfk association. See a complete schedule of the days events and also a look at a late alexander cockburns book a colossal wreck. Aero difficult political scandals and American Culture at 9 00 on sunday. A 00 p. M. Sunday your thoughts what does not apply here. Up next representative john lewis, a democrat from georgia. The 14 term congressman talks about his role in the Civil Rights Movement, Race Relations in the obama event political partisanship on capitol hill, he has written wind a memoir of the movement, across that bridge life lessons and a vision for change and march book 1. Congressman john lewis, who is elwin wilson . Guest id met him in 1961. I was part of the fre
Of peoples lies. Is not just true in foreign politics. The same is true with respect to the economy. This week we saw that balko over 12,000 points. If youre walking down wall street, the economy looks great but if you go to decatur illinois or galesburg illinois or peoria, illinois, the economy looks very different to the reason is because the top 1 have seen their incomes rise by 500 over the last decade and the average working stiff is seen their wages flat line. The top 1 is much more likely to participate politically than the other 99 . So weve had these distortions in terms of how decisions are made in washington. I dont have a magic solution to it the part of the reason i wrote this book was to suggest that there has to be ways for us to read engage the citizenry around the project of america, both domestically and internationally. Of the bestsellers in 2006 were culture warrior and Bob Woodwards statement in a. Watch all of the programs that have appeared on booktv over the pas
And this increase is a line with inflation to ensure that the level of funding will keep pace overtime. The reason i say these things is we stressed this morning the absolute criticality of a strong federal partnership, predictability of funding and significantly increased federal funding to help, to earn the tide to turn the tide on this. I want to make a clear we appreciate and respect at the local level we need to step up and do our part as well. So thats what you see on the part of our commonwealth. So what ill say is that things have certainly gotten much better but we, and were continuing but we are definitely in a great need of continued support by the federal government. On the side of, i want to take a little bit now, state of good repair, fix it first, commonsense must happen. But at the same time we cannot wind up only looking at the whole as i said, and that the donut. That means we also have to make new targeted investment for growth. For us the most notable of those proje
From an apple is maryland at 10 00 eastern on cspan. Later today, the council on Foreign Relations looks at technology, innovation, and policy making. Or of the topics will be the potential implications of driver list cars. Live coverage starts at 10 30 a. M. Eastern also on cspan. I focus on trying to stop waste and trying to catch people to date in the past, but to actually go out and figure it out and had it up, 50 , 30 , 20 , 60 . I think we are spending a lot of money. My staffs time can be better spent by trying to find, identify, and correct problems. It by sq, have the American People, and their moneys worth . Their full moneys worth . No, definitely not. There have been some good things done, a lot of good things done. We have a lot of hard working people at the state and the department of defense, department of agriculture, department of interior. The department of commerce. A lot of people have devoted their lives and energies over there. But have we gotten the biggest bang
Jewish experience to meet israeli and palestinian leaders on thursday to try and get top spec contract as many analysts predict this may be the last chance to reach a two state solution ersatz authorities from both sides have said that americans may soon offer a bridging proposals to bring the two sides closer together dangerous radioactive medical material taken the truck was stolen in mexico has been found in that surreal cobalt sixty was removed from its protective casing and an abandoned nearby. But the thieves may have been exposed to light during the radiation levels the material in the truck itself were found close to where they had been still near mexico city on monday Nuclear Security officials assured mexicans that the authorities that the situation under control and that it posed no threat to the local population or fired. Its the Radioactive Material was discovered about two kilometers from where the truck had been stolen. I knew the routine use of june more. To it eu. Joe