the desk. i want to start with your view on the opening weeks of the trump administration. in the past several days we have the a federal crt block vetting order, the resignation of a national security adviser, yesterday the withdrawal of andrew puzder for labor nominee. you have been involved in federal politics, state politics for a long time. wh would your recommendation be to the trump administration righnow to try to stabilize things after the week they ve had? guest: don t forget you have had a number of groundbreaking executive orders and legislation that the president is calling on , now proceeding to the congress. a lot of very good things have been going on, too. these are turbulent times. there s an administration taking office with unprecedented hostility from the opposition party. you have an intelligence structure that has become a government unto itself, become highly politicized. these are very turbulent times. remember the old chinese curse, may you live in i
power and the family foundation. what a terrific day we are blessed to host such celebrated authors in trinity united methodist church today which has been made possible by the generosity of curt anderson, we like to stand special thanks to our literary members and individual owners who have made and continue to make the festival free. before we get started saturdays, i said sundays. to make saturday s free festival events possible. before i get started there are always housekeeping issues. immediately following the presentation, cassandra king will sign books. she will leave here and go directly there and it would be great if you would let her get there. we have a new policy. if you are planning to stay for the next author presentation please move forward in the church as the venue empties so that the ushers can accurately count available seats. in years past we ask you to leave, today we ask you to step forward. please take a minute to turn off your cell phones. i know you
compassionate be beyond human belief. and the entire book runs through him, through his brilliance, through his so that s what the new book s basically about. [laughter] and that was author pat conroy from 2015 talking about his writing process and a few idiosin rah says about the south as well. he died march 4th, 2016. this is booktv s live coverage of the savannah be book festival, now in its tenth year. we ve got several more authors coming up and several more call-in opportunities as well. up next, you re going to hear from the former editor of rolling stone and esquire and sport illustrated, terry mcdonnell, who has written a book called the accidental life. after that, former cia agent william doherty, in the shadow of the ayatollah, is the name of his book. he was in the cia and in iran in 1979 when the militants took over our embassy. after that fox business news anchor jerry willis will be talking about her book, rich is not a four-letter word. you ll have a
[inaudible conversations] good morning. we have a few coming in the back. there we go. my name is linda, and we are delighted to have you participate in the tenth annual savannah be book festival presented by georgia power and the sheehan family foundation. we are blessed to host such celebrated authors in the trinity united methodist church today which has been made possible by the generous generosity of kurt and linda anderson. we d like to extend a special thanks to our literatety members and individual donors who have made and continue to make saturday s free festival events possible. before we get started, there s always housekeeping. immediately following the presentation, terry mcdonnell will be signing festival-purchased copies of his book in the square. we have a new policy this year. if you re planning to stay for the next author presentation, please move forward into the venue so that the ushers can count the number of seats available for people coming in for i
questions later this afternoon you hear from william doherty, his book is in the shadow of the ayatollah. you also hear from how to survive obamacare, trump wall street, kick-start your retirement, and achieve financial success . dan slater, author of wolf boys: 2 american teenagers and mexico s most dangerous drug cartel . the others will be available for you to ask your questions and we will also bring you live video from outside the square to show you what the festival is like for us. for a complete schedule of booktv programming you can go to booktv.org and that is the exterior of trinity united methodist church. we are inside all day today bringing you authors. if you would like to see more behind-the-scenes pictures and videos you can call is follow us on facebook and also instagram at booktv and twitter@booktv. again we are live from the savannah book festival. at trinity united methodist church, he will be taking your calls on c-span2 in just a few minutes. a beautif