you know these people. david axelrod author of believer. [applause] kristin mcceery member of the chicago tribune editorial board. [applause] clarence paige is columnist and member of the tribune editorial board, author of culture warrior. my former, first knight city weekend editor at the chicago tribune? he is so youthful you wouldn t believe it. you too david. you are surrounded people still gainfully employed by the chicago tribune. unlike thefy who left 30 years ago. you have to be sitting there thinking what might have been. could have been asking myself these questions. he wouldn t take my advice. david, you have a great future in newspapers. well, i love my time at the tribune. i was really glad you cleared out to run the paul simon campaign. i got to cover the paul simon campaign. baptism much political coverage in the state. i do want to take a moment, before we talk all the politics of you just come from delaware. as we sit here the funeral mass being s
look for these titles in bookstores is coming week and watch for the authors in the near future book tv and this is book tv live coverage of the 2016 chicago tribune printers row lit fest. over the next seven hours you will hear from several authors including eric larson, kenneth c davis and brian burrow. we began today s coverage with a discussion on politics featuring former pres. obama adviser david axelrod, author of axelrod, author of believer, and nationally syndicated columnist clarence page, author of culture, lawyer. this is live coverage from chicago on book tv. [inaudible conversations] all right. welcome to the 31st annual chicago tribune printers row lit fest. my name is tom for scholars. before we get started i would like to send a special thank you to our sponsors. today s program is being broadcast live on c-span2 book tv. at this time there will be a q&a session and we ask that you line up in front of the microphone so that the home viewing audience can
guys on the block and i always wanted to be one sell i went to enlist to try to become a marine and the marine recruiter was out to lunch and in the strip mall all of a sudden you got these army recruiters and navy recruiter coming out trying to be snipers and take you off and get you to come to them. i talked to each of them and the navy recruiter sold me on being at seal. host: at that moment you knew you wanted to be seal? guest: everything he told me, the recruiter built it up to it is more of a jason bourne type thing but he sold me that the navy seals did this stuff you never hear about all this great adventure and you are going to be the most highly trained person out there, you will have all these skills shooting hand-to-hand, all right, that sounds great if they are the best and i want to be the best. host: what was your training like? guest: the initial boot camp to become a seal was basically like 7 months long standing there with your feet getting kicked i
while serving in iraq from 2003 to 2009 u.s. navy s.e.a.l. sniper chris kyle accumulated more officially confirmed kills than any other sniper in u.s. military history. in his best-selling autobiography, american sniper now a major motion picture, mr. kyle described his early career as a professional rodeo rider. the challenges he had to overcome become a s.e.a.l. and experiences in iraq. chris kyle died on february 2 2013 at the age of 38. this program is from 2012. it s about an hour. host: chris kyle why did you decide to join the navy? guest: actually i grew up thinking the marines were the biggest baddest guys on the block in my eyes wanted to be one so i went to enlist and try to become a marine and a marine recruiter was out to lunch and then in the strip mall all of a sudden there you ve got the army recruiter in the navy recruiter coming out to be snipers themselves and pick you up and get you to come to them. i talked to each one of them and the navy recruiter
dinelaris. this is the fifth nomination for alejandro g. inarritu and his first oscar win. cheers. wow. the journey of birdman start three years ago when i ask nico, armando and alexander to follow me in a crazy idea and because they are crazy, they did it and we wrote together birdman. and for that, i am all my life grateful and thank for to share this experience with them. we want to thank our incredible cast. emma naomi andrea amy, lindsay, mr. norton zach and the maestro of maestro, mr. michael keaton. we re making this film fly. without you guys we would not be here. james, the producer. i want to thank, obviously, the great support from new lee region sy region. all the people to thank. my kids my wife thank you very much for all. thank you. this award wait, wait. family time. my daughters are my reason. marianna, our dog larry. [ speaking foreign language ] announcer: please welcome oscar nominee oprah winfrey. before the crew is hired, before the actor