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only the second, since the end of the five-week shutdown brought on by the debt crisis. bank shares were pushed to the downward trading limit yesterday of 30%. one analyst said the bailout will not work if greek banks do not bounce back. the greek banking system is key to getting them back. they have to recapitalize the major banks quickly and they have major problems with their nonperforming. once you get the greek banks of an lending, there is no hope for the plan to succeed. erik: in the bleak financial picture, the central bank says almost $1.3 billion has flowed academic countries bank since reopened two weeks ago. scheier is making an offer in hopes of creating a biotech company focused on rare diseases. the price of the about the billion dollars and scheier says that represents premium of 36% and values the target company at more than $45 a share. no deal on the horizon right now and shire it spun off from baxter and they are not talking about the proposal. joh ....
after words at nine pm eastern, mitch mcconnell on his memoir, the long game with senator lamar alexander. then they talk about the energy crisis of the 1970s and the ban of oil to the u.s. in 1973. we wrap. we wrap up at prime time in 11 with 60 minutes correspondent leslie stahl. so talk about how baby boomers are changing the role of grand parents. that all happens on c-span2 book tv. next up, howard means. good evening. welcome to the hudson library and historical society. we are so happy you are here for this event. i am on the reference librarian here and tonight we are honored to work welcome howard means to discuss his new book 76 shots at kent state university. it is only 10 miles from here and he decided to have this program of national and local interest. he is a biographer and former editor at the washingtonian. he is the author and co-author of ten books and some of his other works include the avenger takes its place andrew johnson and the 45 days that ....
report on the leadership of russian president boris yelton and vladimir putin and nashville authored local authors to take in the city at literary sites. that is just some of what you will see this weekend on booktv. for complete television schedule go to booktv.org. booktv, 48 hours of nonfiction books and authors, television for serious readers. we kick off the weekend with a panel on the history of race in chicago. it is from last week s printers row lit fest. [inaudible conversations] welcome to the chicago tribune printers row lit fest. i want to give a special thank you, the theme of this year s festival is what is your story? we encourage you to share the stories you this weekend on twitter, instagram or facebook using hashtag p rl f 16. you can keep the spirit of lit fest going all year by downloading the printers row apps where you will find all the chicago tribune premium books contests, free and discounted e-books for subscribers and complete printers row l ....
good evening. we re happy you re here for this even. i ve one of the reference librarians here and we re here to listen to howard mean about his new book: 67 shots at kent state where the shooting take place, only ten miles from here. beer excited to have this program of national interest. mr. means a biographer and former editor at the washingtonian, business books include pakistan the ageneral jerry takes tis play. johnny appleseed, the man, the myth, and the american story. and also wrote the first biography on colin powell. join me in welcoming mr. mean. i also wrote 67 shots. i m going to talk about that tonight instead of 76. thank you, amanda. ammann to is also herself a very accomplished novelist, and mystery stories, won an agatha christie. everybody who was at kent state in 1970, stand up and raise your hand. okay, this is scary. this is really scary. i wanted to point out jerry back there. [applause] jerry was a great help to me in putting gettin ....
but that provoked visits from the fbi. my father who was a republican had his taxes audited so it really didn t take much. they were all over the place. let s not forget j. edgar hoover was in power. it was his own secret police. it infiltrated a lot of women s groups and they were considered dangerous to the country. thank you all for coming i would love to sign books. [applause] between the author of the newly released from action book and the interviewer who is a journalist, policymaker or legislator familiar and also with the opposing viewpoint. it airs every saturday at 10 p.m. eastern and we will take you across the country visiting book festivals offer even and look parties to talk about the latest books. the national network devoted exclusively to nonfiction books. book tv on c-span2, television for serious readers. booktv and primetime continues with books on global politics. at 8 p.m. on the less you know the better you sleep looking for russia. politics ....