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>> good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. im jim milngto its about 40 minutes. >> library of congress who enjog this extraordinary national book festival. [applause] >> we have involved more authors than at any time in the 12 year history of this festival, and its for them were especially thankful. your responses make the free public event possible, and one of them is the wells fargo, which has been the sponsor of this particular pavilion, history and biography. in a moment, i introduce...

putting an iraqi or afghan mask over the face and be recognized however inconveniently or embarrassingly as americans. >> up next on booktv, "after words" with guest host juan williams, columnist for dylan fox analyst. this week the winning journalist and team of donald barlett and james steele and their latest book, betrayal of the american dream detail the dismantling of the middle class in the reach of the decade through washington deregulation of wall street speculation. >> host: d...

the balance of the society. that is what it stands firm. not in a partisan belief. >> albright, donald barlett, james steele are the authors of this fascinating new book, "the betrayal of the american dream" and both journalists come extraordinary men. but your 70s now? >> guest: on most. >> host: but at the very top of american journalism and held up as a paragon, this is a truly book. i read it with great in the great interest. the book again is "the betrayal of the american dream." ...

deregulation, our criticisms are -- you see the fingerprints of both parties there. theres no doubt about that. you see an awful lot of democrats who bought into the free trade ideas, and by buying into it, i mean, without the kinds of restrictions, without some oversight to make sure that it was played properly. .. >> the way that we think that things have been in the past, that is what we are talking about. not in the other believe. >> host: donald barlett and james steele of the aut...

live in big cities. big cities and their suburbs. .. >> candidates will be coming here saying i have to win ohio to win the presidency. both of the candidates this year probably have to win ohio. they will go at it hammer and tongs in ohio, spend a lot of money and be here a lot. >> for more information on booktvs recent visit to columbus, ohio and other cities on c-spans local content vehicle tour, go to c-span.org/localcontent. up next, "after words" with juan williams. this week, ...

journalism held up as the investigative journalism. a book you cannot stop reading. "the betrayal of the american dream" donald barlett. james steele. thank you for joining us. >> in michigan school districts spend one quarter of the budget on retirement benefits. in wisconsin property-tax is what up every year over the past decade. why? two words. government unions. the use power to press government to put their interest first. with contracts unions insist of seniority based layoff gi...

>> host: donald bartlett and james steele are the others of this new book, "the betrayal of the american dream," and gentlemen, you are a team of investigative reporters that as honored as as in a., bob woodward my former colleague at the post, speaks highly of you. you have won two pulitzers, national magazine award, the pulitzer for outing the irs going after the house ways & means committee in terms of tax loopholes being given to big business. u. 16 george polk awards. you are in t...

financial writer talks about her recent bock ""the wizard of lies"." bernie this is about an hour. good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. thank you for being with us today. i would like to graduate you all on your wise decision to come in here to see dyne. youll know here in an hour when you feel smarter and more in control of the own financial future. diana henriques is the author of the "new york times" best seller wizard of lies. looks like this you can buy your own company right out...

capital closed a steel mill it caused the loss of a job and insurance and the death of his cancer-stricken wife. we had that ad on a radio show today. >> the various fact checkers look at these charges in the obama ads and they say that theyre wrong and inaccurate. yet he keep in the past when people point out something was inaccurate, campaigns even pull the ad. they were embarrassed. today they just blast ahead. >> where do even begin with all of this. first of all that ad is not a "...

gender. men prefer the president romney by six points while women gave the president a nine. point edge over his republican opponent. in colorado, where roadside bomb campaign the past two days has obama leading romney by eight points. mr. obama was in pueblo, colorado where he told supporters to get ready for an advertising onslaught boone on. >> obama: over the next three months youll see more negative ads more money spent than youve ever seen in your life. >> eliot: including the la...