Philip millsteen family, roslyn p. Walter. Additional support is provided by and by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. From the tish wnet studios at Lincoln Center in new york. Good evening. Thanks for joining us. Senate majority leader harry reid and Senate Minority leader Mitch Mcconnell spoke again today in the latest efforts to avert a u. S. Government default, an event some warn could seriously damage the world which i. The deadline to increase the debt ceiling is now little more than 71 hours away. Today the head of the International Monetary fund issued a new warning about the dangers of a default. If theres that degree of disruption, that lack of certainty, that lack of trust in the u. S. Signature, it would mean massive disruption the world over. We would be at risk of tipping yet again into recession. Negotiations between president obama and House Republicans faltered yesterday, so the two Senate
Schieffer one of the things we all you a degree on here at face the nation is that we all love the news, but the other thing is, we tall really love a good book. Sometimes when the news is so bad we dont even like to talk about it. I advise people just read a good book. We thought wed gather some of our favorite authors today, all of whom have new books out this year, to talk about books and writing. Michael connelly has written 18 harry bosch mysteries. About the lincoln lawyer. Terry mcmillan how stella got her groove back has new one ought who asked you. George saunders writes short storiesi has new collection is the 10th of december. And its on the New York Times book review top ten list for 2013. Finally our old friend Rick Atkinson who i knew when you used to be just a reporter now he is a Pulitzer Prize winner, finished his liberation trilogy, the guns at last night which focuses on western europe and the end of world war ii. His series the army at dawn were honored to have all