war with eduardo galeano and john dinges and a moment. >>> here is a look at upcoming book fares and festivals over the next few months. >>> "after words" with eduardo galeano and john dinges continues. >> host: i'm john dinges talking with eduardo galeano and we are talking about his book, "mirrors". eduardo is particularly important in latin america because he has captured the long history of repression and exploitation of immigration and conquests and has done this in a number of books, and that wasn't enough just to talk about latin america. he is now taking on the history of the world with his new book, "mirrors." as we broke we were talking about your way of putting these stories together. one of the people i guess there was an interview i read in which you were talking about your way of writing and you use the word [speaking in spanish] which is feeling thinking. >> guest: feel thinking. it is a language, feeling, thinking language able to express the mind and the heart. >> host: how do you collect your stories so that you actually have those vignettes of 30 or 40 lines? >> gu

dinges continues. >> host: i'm john dinges and i am talking with eduardo galeano and we are talking about his book "mirrors". he is particularly important in on america because he has captured a long history of repression and exploitation, immigration and and conquests and done this in a number of books and that wasn't enough just to talk about america. he is now taking on the history of the world with this new book "mirrors". and i want to as we've broke we were talking about your way of putting these stories together. one of the people that i guess it was an interview that i read in which you were talking about your way of writing and you use the word -- feeling thinking. >> guest: is a language, feeling thinking language they're expressing the mind and the heart. >> host: so how do you collect your stories so that you actually have those been gnats of 30 or 40 lines? >> guest: well, trying to unite the is is to the worst part of the mind and heart. and the horrors and the marble so why because i would be just a writer and a riding in about repression and death and the terrible li

. >>> "after words" with eduardo galeano and john dinges continues. >> host: ayaan john dinges and i am talking with eduardo galeano and we are talking about his book, "mirrors." edgardo is particularly important in latin america because he has captured the long history of repression and exploitation immigration and conquests and done this and a number of books and that wasn't enough just to talk about latin america. he's now taken on the history of the world with his new book, "mirrors." i wanted, as we broke we were talking about your way of putting these stories together. one of the people i guess it was an interview that i read in which you were talking about your way of writing and you use the word [inaudible] rich is feeling thinking. >> guest: it's a language, a feeling, thinking of the language. a language able to express the mind and the heart. >> host: how do you collect your stories so that you actually have those vignettes of 30 or 40 lines? >> trying to unite the mind and the heart and the horrors and marvels of life because if i would be just a writer writing about repr

and i'm john dinges, and i'm spinning with eduardo galeano, and we will init there thank you very much. >> guest: thank you. i forgot i was in a tv studio. i was nice talking conversation with a friend in a cav cafe. >> oo thank you. i enjoyed it. >> john talbot described as the oracle of the financial world exposes what he says are the biggest myths about the current recession. wall street's role it in and how to get out of it. barnes & noble in new york hosted this event. it's an hour. >> thank you all for coming. it's a rainy flight out there as i found out the hard way. i'm going to give you short opening remarks remarks remarksy of time for questions i would like to thank the folks at c-span for being here today and filming us. i just returned from an economics conference in italy. one of the sessions was a mock trial in which the economists of the world were put on trial, accused of completely missing the warning signs of the current crisis, not predicting it, doing nothing to prevent it, and thus far, doing little to help enact smart reforms to end it. i had to give a talk on my

columbia university professor, john dinges. our website has the entire schedule, and great new features, including streaming video, with simple ways to share your programs. >> the sec should be a model for transparency, openness, and fairness. >> monday, on," president obama's -- monday, on "the communicators," what the sec wouldn't look like under a new chairman. monday night, "the communicators." >> "washington journal" continues. host: we want to welcome jon- christopher bua, white house correspondent for british television. tony blankley is here for the summer. [laughter] what is next for iran? guest: this is a moment where the years of history are changing. where it will go into high gear, or out -- not to get lost in a metaphor, but i do not think that the iranian relationship to the people will be the same, even if the regime old son. -- holds on. this is potentially a transition moment for the iranian people. host: you posted on your blog, the world is watching. guest: these protests have gone from protesting election r

he's interviewed by john dinges journalism professor at columbia and author of how peter shea and his allies brought terrorism to three continents. >> host: hello, we are here with one of the authors that i have admired by whole life, eduardo galeano. he is born in paraguay. i mentioned to him just a minute ago i have had his books in my head for decades. one of the reasons i've become involved in latin america and latin american studies and writing as a journalist is because of your work. so it is a great pleasure for me to be here. >> guest: thank you. >> host: you have been in the states a while now. how long have you been -- >> guest: ten minutes, just arrived. [laughter] >> host: and i know you're going to new york. >> guest: yes, new york and other cities to help my new baby called "mirrors." help it to walk. it's a baby. >> host: this is the book, "mirrors" stories of almost everyone. of course i checked out the spanish title. [speaking in spanish] which is a little bit different. it means universal history almost. >> guest: almost because if you say universal history it sounds

galeano is into viewed by john dinges, a journalism professor at columbia and the author of a "the condor years: how pinochet and his allies brought terrorism to three continents". >> host: hello, we are here with a one of the authors that i have admired my whole life, eduardo galeano. eduardo galeano and was a born in uraguay. i mentioned to him just a minute ago that i have had his books in my head for decades. one of the reasons that i became involved in latin america and latin american studies and writing as a journalist about what america was because of your works, so it is really a great pleasure for me to be here with you. >> guest: thank you. >> host: you have been in the states for a while now, how long have you been? >> guest: dennis. >> host: just arrived and you're going to new york. >> guest: i have to help my new baby called narrow, help him to walk. >> host: this is the book, "mirrors: stories of almost everyone". but, of course, i checked out the spanish title. >> guest: [speaking spanish] >> host: which is a little bit different, it means universal history, almost. >> gue

he speaks with columbia professor john dinges. our website has the entire schedule and great features including streaming video and easy to search archives in simple ways to share your favorite programs. booktv.org. >> the sec should be a model for fairness. monday, on the communicators, a discussion on president obama's choice to lead the federal communications commission with andrew of broadband census.com and with this other guest of the news wires. monday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2. "washington journal" continues. host: we want to welcome tom davis. guest: banks. host: we would like you to respond to this piece from time magazine. he says that numbers do not lie unless republicans overhaul their message the losses will continue. what is your reaction? guest: that is right. he focused on hispanics in young people in terms of republicans losing market share with those groups. the real problem is more geographic. we have 18 states that the democrats have not carried in five straight elections. john mccain was not withi

he talks with columbia university professor john dinges. our website has the entire schedule and great new features. >> this past wednesday secretary of state hillary clinton met with the israeli foreign minister to discuss how to advance the israeli-palestinian peace process. they also spoke with reporters at the state department. secretary clinton responded to a question on the iranian elections. this is just over 15 minutes. >> good afternoon. it is my pleasure to welcome foreign minister leiberman to the state department for his first official visit to washington in his new role. it gave me the opportunity to reaffirm the united states' deep unshakable friendship and bond with israel. our commitment to israel's security is and will remain a cornerstone of our foreign policy. i was pleased to have this chance to express that personally to the foreign minister. the united states has no glare al al -- no greater ally in the middle east. because our countries are close friends we spoke honestly and openly about a range of issues, and we are

i am john dinges speaking with eduardo galeano and we will end there. thank you very much >> guest: thank you. i absolutely forgot i was in a tv studio. i was having a nice talking conversation with a friend. thank you. >> host: good. i enjoyed it. >>> simon schama, professor talks about religion and race and war and how these things have been echoed through the united states history. philadelphia free library hosted the event. it's one hour. >> many of you know what library we provide essential services to thousands of and vigils throughout the year including students, job-seekers and small-business owners. due to the economic downturn and 25% budget cut of the free library philadelphia we have had to stop ordering new books and february. yet we still need to fill shelves for the more than 60,000 philadelphia school children who participate in the summer reading program. i encourage you to join the 10,000 books for children drive by donating funds purchasing books from the amazon bought, wish list or by buying books from local retailers and dropping th

he talks with colombian university professor john dinges. there are lots more books and authors every weekend on booktv. our web site has the entire schedule and great new features including streaming video, archives that easy to search and simple ways to share your favorite programs. booktv.org. >> this summer booktv is asking, what are you reading? >> my summer reading, the first half of my summer reading is going to be to catch up. there are two books i haven't finished. one is the team of rivals, the abraham lincoln book by doris kearns goodwin and the other is by eight jon meacham, "american lion" which is sitting at home. to history books of a need to read, want to read and in one case need to finish. the third book i want to read is written by a friend of mine who used to work at dow jones, which owns the "wall street journal" and it is called a restless genius. it is the story of a famous and very influential american journalist, barney kilgore, who was the editor of my newspaper, the "wall street journal" for years and years and tre

john lannan goes back to work. he will face gomes, hernandez and jay bruce in the reds 4. >> rob: now, you were the original before casey casem on the top 40s. [laughter]. >> johnny: it hits gomes. jonny gomes on with a hit by pitch at fly ball. >> rob: did you know wolfman jack? [laughter]. >> johnny: he had a voice on him. he was tough. but casey and i were together -- not together. we were on opposite stations on cleveland before he really made it big and he is one of the nicest guys. reds have the lead-off batter on. >> rob: when you hear somebody's voice, can you tell right after who it is? >> johnny: just about. -- right off who it is? >> johnny: just about. >> rob: you you want to -- you want to give me one? >> rob: no. i have trouble of trouble with my voice. >> johnny: i'm interesting, the year you had arm surgery, you didn't play at all did you? >> rob: i was rehabbing in '94 in august when we went on strike. so, that was a bad year to get hurt. not that any year is a good year to get hurt. >> johnny: nob