Your calls will senator bernie sanders, dana perino and former Florida Governor and senator, bob graham. Thats a look at author programs book tv is covering this week. Look for them to air in the near future on book tv on cspan2. Now a president ial history by eye byagographers and authors. This recorded prior to the president ial election on november 8. Host beginning, everyone. It is so nice see you all here in this great greenburg lounge of the new york law school. Im the director of the nyu center for the today of transformative lives, and over the past six years we have sponsored courses and Public Programs on people who have deeply affected our world for the good. Individuals like frederick douglass, margaret fuller, george okeefe, mart are Martin Luther king, jr. , pope francis, and many others always studied in context. Not all american president s are transformative. But some have been. As members of Tonights Panel know well. My own interest as focused on lincoln and his times
Volume on the presidency and the constitution, and here they are. The editor of the book is the 11th dean over the Duquesne University school of law and was just appointed president of Duquesne University. He will serve as duquesnes 13th president beginning july 1st. Barbara perry is professor of ethics and institutions at uvas miller center, where she directs president ial studies and cochair of the president ial oral history program, and we have a wonderful returning friend of the center, judge kenneth starr, the 14th 14th president of baylor university, former solicitor general of the United States, and judge on the u. S. Court of appeals for the d. C. Circuit, and this inspiring moderator here at the center for our Peter Jennings First Amendment program. Such a great for us. Moderating todays program is our resident, mikeat gear gerhart from usc school of law and i will now use my unamplified voice to say, ladies and gentlemen, please join me in welcoming our guests. [applause] jus
Created by americas top Cable Television companies and brought you as a Public Service by your cable or satellite provider. And now we are live on book tv with author and legal analyst Jeffery Toobin. He joins us on our indepth program for the next three hours to talk about his book and to answer your questions. Mister Jeffery Toobin is the author of many books including the old too close to call in his most recent, american heiress area. Toobin, welcome to cspan2s in depth. The authors of seven books and counting including your most recent book american heiress, wild side of the kidnapping, crimes and trial of patty hearst and i want to begin where you end the book. Youwrote this without her cooperation. I did quite how was that . Guest there were several things different about this book then my other book. This is the first book ive written that was really atthe border of journalism in history. All the other books that i wrote, i had sort of covered the underlying story in real time
Welcome to cspan2 in depth. The author of seven books and counting. Including the most recent, the kidnapping crimes and the trial of patty hearst. I want to begin where you ended the book. End of the book. You wrote this without her cooperation. I didthat . Guest there were several things that were different. This was the first book that was at the border of journalism and history. All the other books that i wrote i had sort of covered the underlining story in real time and then wrote about it. This is something i was alive in the 1970s but i was a kid. I didnt follow the stuff so it was starting from scratch in terms of my research. In particular theres 150 about the army and its trials that bill harris one of the survivors had and i managed to obtain access to that so i knew i had a great deal of material no one had seen before but obviously to answer your question, i would have liked to have talked to patty. She made clear through intermediaries and then indirectly she wanted no pa
Order to reach an agreement on how much to spend, why the disparity between what the president wants, what the senate has approved, and what the senate has oked o. This may 22, well be talking politics, t. S. A. Security, and u. S. Vietnam relations. The president in vietnam today for the start of a weeklong asia trip, but we want to begin with a discussion on the state of black america, based on a report issue this had past week that shows team economic disparity between whites and blacks in our country. Were dividing our phone lines as follows. For africanamericans, the number is 2027488000. Or all others, 2027488001. The president and c. E. O. Of the National Urban institute tweed out this as well, but well get to your tweets or join us on facebook. This is what the report looks like. Its Available Online from the National Urban league, and again, the president of that institution says, with every economic down turn, communities of color bore the brunt of the decline, black american