the aforementioned jonathan allen back with me, as is jon meacham. that report goes on to say that fully half of all the benefits of this tax cut will go to the top 1%. fully 30%, almost a third of the entire benefit of this thing, will go to the top 0.1%. it's kind of hard to believe that the president continues to say this won't benefit the rich when it is -- if you have two eyes and a calculator, you can figure out that it absolutely will. >> right. i'm not exactly sure how the lower quintiles are going to be positively affected by the repeal of the estate tax. i can tell you the top 1% do very well with that. also the elimination of certain gift taxes. my sources told me this week that at a white house meeting with lawmakers, gary cohn pointed to steve mnuchin and told the lawmakers, we're not going to benefit from any of this. that was shocking to the lawmakers who know that they're worth ruffle $200 million and $3 billion respectively. the analysis isn't precise, because the proposal the president has laid out does not have all the details ther

meacham on andrew jackson. andrew jackson is the first person to hold my congressional seat, and in tennessee where i live, one is andrew jackson and the other is andrew john and, so those are folks i would like to read about this summer. >> send us your summer reading list at booktv or instead graham at booktv or post to the facebook page facebook.com/booktv. sebastian younger has written a series of books on the war and military personnel. one of those that the congressman mentioned his tribe. welcome to the 32nd annual "chicago tribune" printers row with fast. i want to give a special thank you to all of our sponsors. the theme of this year's festival is what is your story, and we encourage you to share the stories you hear thispe weekend on twitter, instead graham or facebook using the hash tag 16. you can keep that spiri the spig all year by downloading the app where you will find all of "the chicago tribune"'s premium book content, free and discounted books for subscribers and the complete schedule. downl

jon meacham reached that point. it's devoted to the american experiment of liberty and self-government. they each owned slaves but each was committed to the transparent idea. >> yeah. i think he's correct about that. there's a clear delineation between revering paem and other individuals. these people put them up to honor them for destroying the nation, not support the nation, to deny liberty and justice for everyone. that's not who we ever were if the city of new orleans. they did not reflect our values, and so i thought it was important they take them down. >> do you believe they should be replaced by other monuments an other ideas? >> i think the people in communities ought to use public places to lift people up, not tear them down and they have construct monuments or other pieces of art or green spaces to reflect us as a people and not in a hurting way. they were put up by the daughters of the confess rahcy. by the way, they were put up way after the husbaistorical war. >> one of the reasons the speech went so v

jon meacham reached that point. it's devoted to the american experiment of liberty and self-government. they each owned slaves but each was committed to the transparent idea. >> yeah. i think he's correct about that. there's a clear delineation between revering paem and other individuals. these people put them up to honor them for destroying the nation, not support the nation, to deny liberty and everyone. that's not who we ever were if the city of new orleans. they did not reflect our values, and so i thought it was important they take them down. >> do you believe they should be replaced by other monuments an other ideas? >> i think the people in communities ought to use public places to lift people up, not tear them down and they have construct monuments or other pieces of art or green spaces to reflect us as a people and not in a hurting way. they were put up by the daughters of the confess rahcy. by the way, they were put up way after the husbaistorical war. >> one of the reasons the speech went so viral, you cl

jon meacham should be here to take us back to the blitz, it's his favorite period. >> actually he would start with the french-indian war and somehow get to the red army. meacham is just fine where he is, but go ahead. >> so i think we saw in barcelona after the attacks in spain this summer that what was the message of the spaniards? we are going to carry on. we're going to carry on our daily lives. we will not let terrorism win by making us afraid to get out onto the streets and to carry on living. i think that's how europeans are feeling about this. if this is going to become part of european life, we want everything done possible to stop these attacks but we're not going to let terror win by stopping our lives, because that's what they want to do. >> willie, a lot of -- a lot of things going on in washington, d.c., yesterday, a lot of charges, a lot of countercharges. they were actually people that were shocked yesterday that donald trump didn't do exactly what he told them they were going to do during the campaign. i know you'll appreciate this. people like sean hannity and ann coult

meacham on andrew jackson. andrew jackson is the first person to hold my congressional seat, and in tennessee where i live, one is andrew jackson and the other is andrew john and, so those are folks i would like to read about this summer. >> send us your summer reading list at booktv or instead graham at booktv or post to the facebook page facebook.com/booktv.

also i am going to read jon meacham book on andrew jackson. the reason is because andrew jackson was the first to hold my congressional seat.and in tennessee where i live they were to folks that i would like to read about. >> booktv must know your reading. send us your summer reading list via twitter at twitter.com/booktv or facebook.com/booktv. booktv on c-span2, television for serious readers. >> now austin sebastian junger has written a series of books on moore. and one that was mentioned is "tribe: on homecoming and belonging" . >> there is conference to discuss the opioid crisis and discussed the latest programs. we will hear from the national institute on drug abuse and national drug control policy office. oxford health provides over 2000 independent living facilities for recovering addicts.live coverage starts friday at 8:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span2. you can also follow it live on c-span.org and with the c-span radio app. >> when you think about a one-day festival, the national book festival and you have over 100 authors. from child