Look for these titles in bookstores is coming week and watch for the authors in the near future book tv and this is book tv live coverage of the 2016 Chicago Tribune printers row lit fest. Over the next seven hours you will hear from several authors including eric larson, Kenneth C Davis and brian burrow. We began todays coverage with a discussion on politics featuring former pres. Obama adviser David Axelrod, author of axelrod, author of believer, and nationally syndicated columnist Clarence Page, author of culture, lawyer. This is live coverage from chicago on book tv. [inaudible conversations] all right. Welcome to the 31st annual Chicago Tribune printers row lit fest. My name is tom for scholars. Before we get started i would like to send a special thank you to our sponsors. Todays program is being broadcast live on cspan2 book tv. At this time there will be a q a session and we ask that you line up in front of the microphone so that the home viewing audience can hear your question
Look for these titles in bookstores is coming week and watch for the authors in the near future book tv and this is book tv live coverage of the 2016 Chicago Tribune printers row lit fest. Over the next seven hours you will hear from several authors including eric larson, Kenneth C Davis and brian burrow. We began todays coverage with a discussion on politics featuring former pres. Obama adviser David Axelrod, author of axelrod, author of believer, and nationally syndicated columnist Clarence Page, author of culture, lawyer. This is live coverage from chicago on book tv. [inaudible conversations] all right. Welcome to the 31st annual Chicago Tribune printers row lit fest. My name is tom for scholars. Before we get started i would like to send a special thank you to our sponsors. Todays program is being broadcast live on cspan2 book tv. At this time there will be a q a session and we ask that you line up in front of the microphone so that the home viewing audience can hear your question
Spending was five or six years ago and the air force is run down, the average aircraft 27 years, navy the smallest, army is run down and equipment around the world. You look around the world, the world is falling apart. We have to do the rebuild and do it fast. David john, it sounds like an upgrade. No, we dont, the 54 billion is way too much. That would render the u. S. The 7th Largest Military end inspector in the world. We dont have a problem of spending too much on a military. Were spending too much on a military that has too much globally that is nothing to do with our national defense. Cut defense spending and defend the u. S. David rich, its true as a percent of gdp our military spending is nowhere near where it used to be and nowhere near other countries. Russia spends on the military and we spend half that, 3. 3 , what do you think . Yeah, and we dont even know what chinas is. Look, i agree with steve, that the threats in the world are changing and theyre becoming increasingly
Spending was five or six years ago and the air force is run down, the average aircraft 27 years, navy the smallest, army is run down and equipment around the world. You look around the world, the world is falling apart. We have to do the rebuild and do it fast. David john, it sounds like an upgrade. No, we dont, the 54 billion is way too much. That would render the u. S. The 7th Largest Military end inspector in the world. We dont have a problem of spending too much on a military. Were spending too much on a military that has too much globally that is nothing to do with our national defense. Cut defense spending and defend the u. S. David rich, its true as a percent of gdp our military spending is nowhere near where it used to be and nowhere near other countries. Russia spends on the military and we spend half that, 3. 3 , what do you think . Yeah, and we dont even know what chinas is. Look, i agree with steve, that the threats in the world are changing and theyre becoming increasingly
First, Iraqi Forces Say they are just two kilometers away from the city of mosul. The battle is far from over. A million civilians remain trapped in the city and the u. N. Says is lummis have been killing scores of people in recent days. The bodies of up to 70 people were found in their homes. The u. N. Is warning the iraqi forces and their kurdish allies against collective punishment. It claims dozens of sunni error families were forced to leave the city of kirkuk after an Islamic State attacked their last week. Jane has been with the troops in a small christian town and has this report. Village the christian. S 15 kilometers east of mosul inside there is fierce fighting between iraqi infantry in an estimated 15 jihadist. Im watching the enemy. When i see a jihadist, a. Schu him. Ive killed five since the beginning of the battle. When i see a jihadist, i shoot him. There is still sporadic gunfire inside. We will be entering with the army in a minute. A townr we discover damaged by hea