. >> mitchell kaplan where are we? >> in the courtyard of books of books in beautiful on this beautiful night here in south florida. so we welcome you to our store. >> most book stores don't open in a front yard? >> no, what we did is this building was built in the 20s for karl it is very old. historic building. and the book shop runs around the courtyard cafe, and as you can see particular plenty of people who come and partake of this and we have in music on the weekends but we just think that flows beautifully with books. >> how many book event dos you do on a regular basis? >> on a yearly basis we do about 600 book epghts year. about 600 events often kids and adults and other kinds of things. but we're a very, very active school. >> when did you open? >> i opened books about 35 years ago. >> why? >> because, you know, the story is basically i was a failed law student english major in college an i didn't want to give up u the dream of being part of a literary culture so one quick way of doing that was getting into th

. >> mitchell kaplan, where are we? >> we are in beautiful coral gables. we welcome you to our store. no, they don't. what we did was this building was built in the 20's and for coral gables is very old. as you can see, there are plenty of people come and partake of im and we have wine and beer and music on the weekends but we just think that goes beautifully with books. >> how many book events you do d on a weekly basis? >> on a years basis we do 600 events. often they could be kids events, adult events, other kind of things but we are a very active store. >> when did you open the store? >> i opened books&books about 30 years ago. >> why? >> i didn't want to give up the dream of being part of a literary culture and so one quick way of doing that was to get into the book business, bookstores and i always loved bookstores. i hung out in bookstores. it seemed like natural to me. >> why coral gables? >> i'm originally from miami beach, when i moved back from where i was going to school, coral gables was a community that i didn't know very well and i explored

. >> mitchell kaplan where are we? >> in the courtyard of books of books in beautiful on this beautiful night here in south florida. so we welcome you to our store.

mitchell kaplan will join us along with -- and the author of 20 books including water to the angels, the man who invented christmas and last train to paradise. also books including in cuba i was a german shepherd. were opening up the phone lines and taking your comments on e-mail, twitter and facebook so you can be a part of the conversation. watch on saturday at 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's book tv. >> coming up on c-span to will hear from ron wyden. a former congressional budget office director and other experts on corporate tax policy. later some some highlights from last weekend's conservative political action conference in national harbor maryland. first capitol hill. floor votes on defense spending for this year. >> one of the headlines is help details emerge over secret drafts. kelly joins us who is a reporter for look at the health care bill. we might look at it is the wrong or because not many are getting a look at it. the republican plan to repeal and replace what can you tell us about the status and when will be committees be marketed up? >> they are revising this legisla

books and books owner mitchell kaplan will join us along with the director of the creative writing program at university of miami florida. also miami based author and column nust anna menendez whose books include in cuba i was a german shepherd, loving shea, and the last war. we are also taking comments on twitter, e-mail and facebook and taking phone calls so you can be part of the conversation. >>> now a panel looks at what is called the trump doctrine and how the campaign message resonated with certain voters. former senator and two-time republican presidential candidate rick santorum who authored the book "blue collar conservatives" was among the speakers. the tdiscussion is part of the political action conference or cpac. this is about an hour. >>> great, let's get started. perfect pan tell follow ami amity shlaes. many have forgotten the 1980 polsters were reporting more voters holding negative attitudes towards each presidential candidate that time than any campaign since polling began. of course last year, those records were busted. also in 1980, fewer polls polled by gallup report

books and books owner and miami book fair cofounder mitchell kaplan will join us along with west stand for, director of the writing creative program in miami and author of 20 books including water to the angels. >> this week in the c-span cities tour along with our comcast cable partners will explore the literate life and history of san jose, california. saturday at noon eastern on booktv here about silicon valley, hope to meet at the worlds largest tech corporation including google, facebook and apple. tech business reporter of the mercury news talks about the successes and challenges silicon valley has had on san jose and the region. >> silicon valley is booming. it is absolutely rampant, and that raises the possibility that things will go in the other direction as they have in the past. speeding if you know anything about california, among other things i'm a nativeborn californians and i've studied this state 50 years or more, you realize that this state is so topsy-turvy. it's like a roller coaster gone bad. it can be a boom state economically one year, they can be in the whole $30

mitchell kaplan will join us ith the director of the creative writing program at florida international program books including water to the angels, the man who in invented christmas and anna menendez menendez. we are also opening up the phone and taking viewer comments on e-mail, twitter and facebook the u can be part of conversation. watch live on saturday at 6:00 on c-span ly eastern 2's book tv. sunday in-depth will have a live barry.ation with david discussion we will take calls, tweets, e-mails and acebook questions on his literary career. > in 1986 i moved to miami and have been there ever since. place if you want to be a humor writer. an excellent place to go. > he's published over 30 books including dave barry shrefpt here, dave barry's greatest hits and best state ever a florida man defends his homeland. that is live sunday from noon to tv p.m. eastern from book on c-span 2. "washington journal" continues. host: we are back in open phones 8:30 a.m. eastern time this morning with your thoughts on any of the public and political debates happening. florida, golican in ahead. call

books and books owner in miami book fair cohen or mitchell kaplan will join us and the director of the creative writing program at florida international university in miami and the author of 20 books including water to the angels, the man who invented christmas. also miami-based father and columnist anna menendez's book includes in cuba i was a german shepherd, and the last war. we are also opening up the phone lines and taking viewer comments on email, twitter and facebook so you can be part of the conversation. that is today at 6:00 eastern on c-span2's booktv. >> thank you and good evening. boxer mike tyson once famously observed that everybody has a game plan until you punch them in the mouth. that pretty much sums up the reason donald trump inhabits the white house today. who could have predicted mike tyson would be such a perceptive political theorist or donald trump would ride that aggressive strategy all the way to the oval office? the herculean task of reversing the course of barack obama's failed presidency, they faced formidable opponents not only a determined left at a deep

mitchell kaplan will join us theg with the director of creative writing program at florida international university in miami and the author of 20 books including "water to the angels." also, miami-based author and columnist menendez. we are also opening up the phone lines as well as taking viewer comments on email, facebook and twitter so you can be part of the conversation. that is today at :00 p.m. eastern on c-span's to -- on c-span twos book tv. >> washington journal is next. at 10:00, a house hearing on the international doping system with michael phelps. and later, supreme court oral argument on racial gerrymandering that was sent back to the lower courts this week. coming up on today's washington journal, the american civil liberties union representative talking about the justice department's recent decision to reverse course on an obama administration plan that would phase out private prisons. and then john lott joins us to discuss the rollback of an obama during the rule on background checks. and later, a look at the data. topic ins about the the latest edition of democracy jour

books and books owner mitchell kaplan will join us along with the director of the creative writing program at university of miami florida. also miami based author and column nust anna menendez whose books include in cuba i was a german shepherd, loving shea, and the last war. we are also taking comments on twitter,

kaplan who owns this bookstore knew that we were going to read that scene and didn't tell us this but he hired a guy to bring in a snake, a snake wrangler. one of the great things about living in miami is if you need a snake, you know, a rental snake, it's like birthday clown but it's a snake. instead of entertaining the children, it could eat the children. [laughter] >> this guy came in and i don't know how careful mitchell vetted him -- [laughter] >> but he had an 80-pound, 9 or 10-foot long python. there's a room full of kids and puts it on our shoulders and walked away and he was tired of carrying and it's heavy, it is heavy. we did not know this was coming. i'm not a big snake guy to begin with and so we were standing there, there's a snake kids. we were really thinking, i hope we brought spare underwear to this meeting. that happened in this very room. that was one of the low points of writing for kids, other than that, it's been a lot of fun. >> you write about the ever -- everglades. we have an invasion of pythons in south florida, they are not supposed to be here, they are su

we were reading a scene from onm of our books that involved a gigantic snake and so mitchell kaplan who owns this bookstore,c knew that we were going the read that scene and didn't tell us this, but he hired a guy to bring in a snake. a snake rangler. if you need a snake, instead of entertaining the children, it could eat the children.dr this guy came in and i don't know how careful mitchell vetted him -- [laughter] >> but he had 80-pound, 9 ort or 10-foot python. he was tired of carrying it. it was heavy.av we did not know this was coming. i'm not a big snake guy to begin with. a snake kids, i hope we brought spare underwear to this reading. that happened in this very room. that was one of the low points of writing for kids. other than that, it's been a lot of fun. >> so you write about the everglades and best date ever and talk about the python population. >> yeah, we have an invasion of pythons going on here in south florida. they are not supposed to be here, they are supposed to be i, vermont. what happened people get them as pets. why do you want carnivorous and they let them go an

. >> mitchell kaplan, where are we? >> we are in beautiful coral gables. we welcome you to our store. no, they don't. what we did was this building was built in the 20's and for ra

books and books owner in miami book fair cohen or mitchell kaplan will join us and the director of the creative writing program at florida international university in miami and the author of 20 books including water to the angels, the man who invented christmas. also miami-based father and columnist anna menendez's book includes in cuba i was a german shepherd, and the last war. we are also opening up the phone lines and taking viewer comments on email, twitter and facebook so you can be part of the conversation. that is today at