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foreman, have you reached a verdict? [inaudible conversations] they are -- they will, mark. im the judge today. [laughter] you can do it next year. theyre tallying the votes, ladies and gentlemen. it should be just a moment. [laughter] all right. will the defense rise. mr. foreman, have you reached a verdict? >> [inaudible] [laughter] >> i know the suspense is killing all of you. [laughter] these lights are killing me. [laughter] [inaudible conversations] >> we just need a majority, no...

alcohol. >> we cannot stop people from drinking. but we have too many liquor stores. alcohol creates problems. >> reporter: you can buy beer and wine here. the concern is that underaged kids are going to go through the self checkout lanes and buy alcohol. but store officials say they have a protocol in place to keep that from happening. >> approval needed. >> reporter: once beer or wine is scanned, the checkout scanner locks up. anyone buying alcohol has to go through an id check. >> i...

c-span2, 48 hours of nonfiction authors and books every weekend. >> john gibler talk about the drug war in mexico which has claimed the lives of 40,000 mexicans since 2006 and the involvement of the mexican army and police in the drug trade. he spoke at moes books in berkeley, calif.. >> thanks to moes books and thanks for coming out. in late march of 2010 a photographer in monterey, northern mexico got a call at 5:30 in the morning. his editor said there had been a shoot out. he gets ...

the two-time national book award nominee and berkeley professor emeritus is best done for his outspoken social commentary. his work includes mumbo jumbo, flight to canada and reckless eyeball. his most recent nonfiction is "mixing it up." >> host: in your book "writin is fightin," you write this, if i had to compare my writing style with anyone, it would probably be with that of larry holmes. i dont miss my words, nor do i pull any punches, though i delivered. >> guest: its pretty long...

>> guest: thats a long metaphor. i think thats what larry holmes objects to the reference of low blows. he hits above the waist most of the time, but, yeah, a number of people compared writing to fighting, and sphaft, i got the -- as a matter of fact, i got the term -- although i get the credit for it, the term comes from mohamed ali, and im writing about him right now that i started in 2003, so when he wrote a book called "the greatest" where it was ghosted by another person, someone ...

have compared writing to fighting. and as a matter of fact, i got the term -- i get the credit for it. the term comes from muhammad ali and im writing sort of a biography for him for crown. which i started in 19 -- excuse me, 2003. so when he wrote a book called "the greatest." it was ghosted by another person. he said writing is fighting. >> host: and you goes on to talk about african-americans and you write a black boxers career is a perfect metaphor for the career of a black male. >...

alcohol to be one of the most dangerous, particularly, abused -- and every drug, there is a difference between use and abuse, that often gets lost in the hyperbole. and alcohol can be used safely but when alcohol is abused, it can use many, many problems, from drunk driving to liver disease on down. and, many studies have attributed major social problems to alcohol abuse including domestic violence. so, i would agree on that point and, yeah from the veterans i interviewed, many actuall...