And we say good thursday morning to you and, of course, well start with pope francis. A busy day ahead. Traveling here to new york from the nations capital. His first full day in the u. S. Was filled with excitement and emotion, you can see it here as francis made his way to the altar of the nations largest cathedral, the faithful reaching out to touch him. Security guards trying to keep them out of the way. Some images from behind the scenes. Take a look. Pope francis and the president on the white house colonnade and the pope, president and first lady waving to the crowd from the blue room balcony and also inside take a look at this, the pope officially meeting the entire obama family greeted here by first dogs bo and sunny, these images posted by the white house official photographer. And we want to give you a live picture now of the Capitol Building where this morning francis will become the first pope to ever address a joint meeting of congress. Lots of excitement in washington, d
[inaudible conversations] youre watching booktv on cspan2 with top nonfiction books and authors every weekend. Booktv, television for serious readers. And on this threeday weekend of booktv on after words, pulitzer prizewinning journalist mei fong talks about chinas recently discontinued onechild policy. Also this weekend, David Bernstein argues the Obama Administration has undermined the constitution. Courtney young takes a look at the politics of breastfeeding, and we visit the literary sites of hartford, connecticut. Representative john lewis recalls his part in the civil rights movement. University of wisconsin Professor William p. Jones remembers the march on washington, and douglas wilder, the first africanamerican to be elected as governor, talks about his life and political career. For a complete television schedule, visit booktv. Org. Booktv, 48 hours and this weekend even more hours of nonfiction books and authors television for serious readers. Of this years president ial ca
Now were live with author and former active lady, lynne chaney. Nowl be from now until 3 00 eastern. Shes written several books easr yncluding the most recent a biography of James Madison. Lynne cheney, what was your name when you were secretary . Guest they picked a letter of the alphabet and every one who has unrelated to detail has a code name that starts with a letter they choose and ours was [inaudible] also offer seemed like a natural and i has been close angle or because his fishing habits. Host did your writing style change while you were in all their . Guest know that my subject matter did. Id been working on a book for education when suddenly he was chosen to be Vice President and it wasnt as though the book i was working on really contradicted anything that president bush was saying out on the campaign trail. E it just seems to just seemed seems to me inappropriate and o confusing to put out a book sitting setting forth my ideas on education since it was a hotc topic for pre
Books including her most recent, a biography of James Madison. It just was from a different angle and it just seemed to me inappropriate and confusing to put out a book setting forth my ideas. It was such a hot topic for president bush, so i started writing a Childrens Book and that was an amazing and gratifying thing to do. I love those books till today. Host you are a history buff. Is that fair to say . Guest yes i am. Host you in your book, telling the truth which came out in the late 90s you wrote is sometimes said that a negative slant to what we are teaching now is overreaction to the two positive slant of the past and it is true that in the past we sometimes present a laboratory in our schools. Guest we did theres no question about it but i do think the reaction to that has been extreme. Sometimes i think our young people, our children dont learn about the greatness of this country, dont learn about what makes us exceptional. Host the beginning of telling the truth you are chair
It just was from a different angle and it just seemed to me inappropriate and confusing to put out a book setting forth my ideas. It was such a hot topic for president bush, so i started writing a Childrens Book and that was an amazing and gratifying thing to do. I love those books till today. Host you are a history buff. Is that fair to say . Guest yes i am. Host you in your book, telling the truth which came out in the late 90s you wrote is sometimes said that a negative slant to what we are teaching now is overreaction to the two positive slant of the past and it is true that in the past we sometimes present a laboratory in our schools. Guest we did theres no question about it but i do think the reaction to that has been extreme. Sometimes i think our young people, our children dont learn about the greatness of this country, dont learn about what makes us exceptional. Host the beginning of telling the truth you are chairman of the National Endowment for the humanities. Guest yes, so