so i would go to every spa, state week and i would write a chapter about what they were really like inside. i thought, this is it. it's -- it sold 14 copies. my mother -- my mother bought 14 and that was it. but i remember when i went to one place, it was called the hot springs. i would arrive on sunday and stay for the whole week and put that in the chapter. i arrived, and the woman at the desk said sit down, please. we've had a problem here. we have some writer coming from washington, d.c. and we just had a death in the back to l.a. has just died. suggested down there and i will be with you in a moment. and i thought, someone died? the point of this book was that i was going to take part in every come everything they offered and i thought, no, i couldn't do them a bath. in the, that was the first book. and the next book was a biography. >> host: who is that on? >> guest: it was "jackie oh!" and the publisher would asked me if i would write a biography on jaclyn kenny for nasa's come and i said you're crazy. i have read everything written on the kennedys and on mrs. onassis. there's been

booktv's thank you the first sunday of every month on c-spa c-span2. >> the aspen institute hosted a roundtable discussion today on defense related topics including the iranian nuclear deal, budget negotiations and congress and the upcoming afghanistan withdrawal. among the speakers was michele e flournoy, former undersecretary of defense for policy on the president obama and philip -- philip zelikow who served as part of george h. to be bush's national \street/{-|}street council. this is about an hour and 20 minutes.i'm sorri'm >> thank you all for coming and i'm sorry i'm not nick, but her in and i'm pulling myself together. some going to get brirefly introduce michele and philip. i see a number of people in the audience who were after and can simply better weather last summer. soth michele flournoy is the 20 senior advisor from 2009-2000 o luscious undersecretary of defense for policy. she was the principal advisor tn the secretary of o defense and foreign relations of national securityty defense policy d operations and so forth. i interviewed her a number of times. she was very c

booktv's "in depth" the first sunday of every month on c-spa c-span2. >> harvard kennedy school of government hosted a discussion in september about rick died in the history of the effects of digital technology on journalism. we hear from john huey, one of the projects researchers and the from and to of "time" magazine.. this is about one hour 20 minutes. >> thank you, alex. and maybe a metaphor too farhan raising the veil on riptides. but i'll do my best. first of all i want to thank some people. also want to thank alex jonesmot for making the shortest in fellowship the best possible destination for a journalist saeking sanctuary, perspectivekg reinvigoration and greatirationt company. i think i'm speaking for both of my co-authors when i say that. u it's just a great place. r makino smoothly. nancy palmer, janel sims. it feels like a home away from home and all three of us are happy to be home. to explain riptide ever so briefly. three world where he executives watch up on the shores of harvard university, all looking for a nest on the ground and trying to avoid all the work that would be i

this is live coverage on c-spa c-span2. >> that's one of the reasons why the company is investing. >> order. questions to the prime minister. >> number one, mr. speaker. >> prime minister. >> thank you, mr. speaker. this morning i had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others, and in addition to my duties in this house, i shall have further such meetings later today. >> thank you, mr. speaker. this week launched cross quality camping with the support of the union. victims of blacklisting. we've written to all the companies involved and will read post the responses on a website. will the prime minister join me in this campaign to support hard-working people and stamp out the terrible disease of blacklisting? >> i'm very glad to join my honorable friend and i congratulate him on the work that he's done on this issue. blacklisting is illegal. blacklisting is wrong. this sort of intimidation is wrong. just as intimidation of nonstriking workers or indeed managers is also run. i'm happy to condemn both forms of intimidation and i hope others will as well. >> ed miliband. [shouting] >

this is live coverage on c-spa c-span2. >> i'm sitting alongside two of them here. could i urge my honorable friend to make sure that is a new, large prison? it can deal with all the different types of offenders it will have to address to have the best rehabilitative effect and make sure that our proper work facilities for prisoners. >> minister? >> i thank my honorable friend. last week i saw a great example of a large and diverse prison showing just how effectively different categories of prisoners can be brought together. we have exactly the same aspiration for the new prison in north wales. >> or do. questions to the prime minister. >> number one, mr. speaker. >> the prime minister. >> thank you, mr. speaker comes to the whole house will wish to join me in paying tribute to warrant officer ian fisher of the first the type who was killed on operations in afghanistan on tuesday the fifth of november. it is clear from the tributes paid he was a professional and well respected soldier who made a huge contribution to the army over many years on a number of operationa

this is live coverage on c-spa c-span2. >> i'm sitting alongside two of them here. could i urge my honorable friend to make sure that is a new, large prison? it can deal with all the different types of offenders it will have to address to have the best rehabilitative effect and make sure that our proper work facilities for prisoners. >> minister? >> i thank my honorable friend. last week i saw a great example of a large and diverse prison showing just how effectively different categories of prisoners can be brought together. we have exactly the same aspiration for the new prison in north wales.

this is live coverage on c-spa c-span2. >> commitment to a feasibility study on improvements north of newcastle. i'm not aware of any such commitment across borders from the scottish government. >> if minister want to give it a clear signal that england and scotland are better together, can we have some tangible evidence before the referendum vote that the road linking them is going to be do completely? >> thank you. and can i also add my condition for the quality of services given his constituents. people know we've already announced the feasibility study would suggest to him that demonstrates our commitment and i am more than happy to work with them and with the scottish government. >> order. questions for the prime minister. mr. steve baker. [shouting] >> number one. >> thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, with remember today, i'm sure the whole house will join me in remembering those who have given their lives in the service of our country. perhaps particularly with the president of the republic of korea we should remember those who fell in the conflict and all who serve many who

problem with overtime to plan the competence to begin with, but we're looking at helicopter rides and spa treatments. wouldn't that overtime have been better spent on employees were actually processing veterans claims of? >> absolutely right. that is extremely disturbing, and i would expect my leaders in the future to have and execute good, fiduciary responsibilities. >> earlier this year the house passed h.r. 313, the government spending and a candidate act of 2013 which caps non-military spending on conferences and requires a detailed itemized report on federal conference spending. that is designed to ensure that conferences are for training and work purposes rather than taxpayer-funded vacations. it also adds transparency's and measures to remove loopholes from the president's executive order 13589 entitled promoting effective spending. earlier this year i sponsored that bill and it was passed. unfortunately, it appears at least in this case, and this is before the bill, they va people lost sight of what the purposes of these conferences were for training. we have no itemized expense r