[inaudible conversations] heres a look at upcoming book fairs and festivals happening in september. On september 18th the brooklyn book festival in brooklyn, new york. Later in the month the annual baltimore book festival in the inner harbor. On saturday, september 24th book tvs live from the National Book festival at the Washington Convention center in the Nations Capital including author talks from an at gordon reed and joey warwick as well as your phone call for authors john lewis and others. For more information about the book fairs, booktv will be covering watch previous festival coverage, the book fair tab on our website at booktv. Org. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] okay. Lets get started. I am albert teich, Research Professor for International Science and technology and policy at George Washington university and i want to welcome you on behalf of our center, and the center for science and democracy in the union of concerned scientists, they are cosponsoring
Colonialism. Host was William Shakespeare aware of the new world . Guest yes, he was, when he wrote the tempest he read a book about a ship wreck in bermuda and read stories. Never visited it. Probably had great information about it but when he uses a phrase like brave new world he is saying theres this place that we havent explored and what is overturning our expectations what human beings are like and what nature is like, and thats something that is just kind of firing his imagination. That was just a portion of the tour that booktv took of the library. You can watch the full tour online at booktv. Org. Now, booktv on cspan2 will be live from the Folger Shakespeare library at noon on saturday, april 23rd, this is to commemorate the 400th 400th anniversary of William Shakespeares death. Your new book, con job, who is being conned and who is do the conning. Guest democrats doing the conning, particularly of black americans, and women. I argue in my book, con job, because theyre kind of
Show. This is not a profit. Its a mass grave. Im only here to say one thing, that im incredibly sorry. In charleston, the prosecutor will go for a retrial. The man who shot walter scott to death. The Police Officer who shot him to death. Scotts family promises to continue their fight with a federal civil rights trial. Slated for next year. I dont care how it looks. Its not over. Plus, president elect trump makes quick remarks to reporters at trump tower. The latest on the trump transition and more speculation surrounding the secretary of state and what we could see play out regarding his nomination for secretary of defense. Lets get to the breaking news on the shooting death of former nfl player joe mcknight. We have live pictures for you out of Jefferson Parish. Were waiting for the sheriff to officially announce charges in this case. Records from the office show Ronald Gasser was booked yesterday on charge of manslaughter. Authorities say he and mcknight got into a traffic altercatio