That photograph a lump immortalized with his own son did when he wrote the number one New York Times bestseller and so you know from his bestseller you know his father. You also know from the movie that was based on that number one bestseller in the movie flags of our fathers that Stephen Spielberg and clint eastward Clint Eastwood did. When do you might not know is 29 years after iwo jima his father approved james going to a university in tokyo the home of the previous enemy. I think thats an inspiring story. Since then James Bradley has written flyboys. A few nofly boys, another bestseller. He has written the imperial cruise and this is his fourth book the china mirage so please welcome James Bradley. [applause] thank you. [applause] hello dallas. Dallas, businessmen and dallas was key to beginning flags of our fathers off the ground in the first place. My dad raised the flag on iwo jima but he never talked about it. He would always change the subject. He died in 1994 and we found a
Thank you very much. [applause] you will be willing to sign books . Yes. [silence] welcome to booktv, 40 hours of nonfiction authors and books every weekend on cspan2. Here is a look at some of the programs you will see this weekend on booktv. Peter mansoor robert edsel author of the Monuments Men takes your emails for an hour live on booktv. Steven jimenez argues the killing of Matthew Shepard in 1998 was not an antigay hate crime bill was the result of a drugrelated robbery gone wrong. Phyllis says lawyer describes her experience as a jewish woman in afghanistan married to a muslim fundamentalist. Richard benjamin to talk about down to the crossroads civil rights, black power and the march against fear on booktvs afterwards. This and much more on booktv on cspan2. The full schedule is available at booktv. Org. Here is a look at the top 10 bestselling nonfiction books according to indy bounds. Number one on the list is everything i need to know i learned from a little golden book. Sec
Thrush of politico. Their new ebook focuses on the crucial final month of the president ial race between barack obama and mitt romney. Test. Barack obama didnt perform that well until late and romney didnt perform the campaign well. Campaign management is more important than an individual candidates performance. Woodruff from boston, Hari Sreenivasan reports on a city wide effort to keep kids engaged in education through meaningful work experiences. Were starting at the very early ages to try to help young people speak. That is a direct relationship to being successful in school and being successful in your life woodruff and we close out 2012 with two takes on history, first, a look at the emancipation proclamation on the eve of the 150th anniversary of president lincolns action to end slavery and the civil war. Woodruff plus Michael Beschloss and Richard Norton smith talk about potential historical turning points of the past year. Thats all ahead on tonights newshour. Moving our econo
Reporters he plans to visit georgia a week from today to rally support for republican candidates ahead of the two senate runoffs. But in the past few weeks are any indication hell likely be going to georgia to tout some debunked fraud conspiracies. Joining me now opinion columnist for the washington post, shauna thomas, msnbc political contributor, david jolly, former congressman and contributor, and latasha brown, cofounder of black votes matters. Thank you for joining me. Shauna, i want to start with you. You have followed a lot of these political campaigns and youre what i would call someone who gets into the weeds of political campaigning but also candidates, which what is donald trump right now thinking . There is a lot of telegraphing he wants to promptly announce his 2024 campaign. Is this the rabbit hole hes trying to go under . Well, i mean even in that presser that we saw after he thanked members of the troops on thanksgiving he didnt even really acknowledge the question of 2
Wiretapping in the United States. And professor hochman. Its a history goes back probably a lot further than most people would think. You began the book with the story of dc williams. Whos he . So williams was a stockbroker in the state of california who concocted somewhat elaborate scheme to. Listen to Corporate Communications and, make insider trades based on the intelligence that hed gathered. He turns out to be the First American ever for tapping a wire. And this was in the year 1864. And he was imprisoned or convicted a statute written in the state of california, 1862, which means that the practice of wiretap being and laws against it, prohibitions against it, date back all the way to the age of the telegraph. The age of the civil war. When i discovered this. Eight years ago, i was stunned. I didnt know wiretapping went back that far and the book that ive written traces that history all the way back to the age of the telegraph up until our own digital age today, dc williams was li