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washington post which as a survival of the fittest by any measure. dave is here to talk about his relatively new book on top of a long list of great books. for those foowing what has been happening in detroit a book on michigan is a big thing. next, michael hilton has been forever in other places and forever at the los angeles. micha michael wrote about the affects of silence, technology and policy and his new book is titled big science and it is an incredible story of how science went from being important, valid and meaningful to very big with a lot of mown money. gilbert is last on the panel. he is long associated with a number of papers and wrote briefly for the washington post and new york times. brilliant work with the philadelphia inquirer. and the first work came from the cox field republican. when america goes big it is interesting. i want to begin with a quick note i think it is important. everything came from daily newspapers and this country has daily n ....
think they have against a person, and then the decision whether someone should be convicted of a crime or so the decision should be by the u.s. government do we want to prosecute that person. if the answer s now, you need to release them. if you think they have done something that s worthy of detention, then the u.s. government needs to bring them to court and try them. host: theresa duncan is the counsel for mohamedou slahi, author of guantanamo diary. thanks for your time. guest: thank you. host: and booktv s live coverage of the tucson book festival continues. now there s another author panel today. we re going to bring it to you live. it s entitled money and influence, and we ll let the moderator introduce the panelists. after the panel, gilbert gall, who has written about sports and money, will be joining usanothe. live coverage from tucson. .. i rate for the nation seen and we are live on. you can applaud when you hear things you like. you will also be ....
members. profit-taking could be a motive and remember oil rallied 27% in april. drug prices are under fire on capitol hill. as you well know, glak glak sew s an dry witty will be talking. jackie deangelus has a story from us from the nymex. good afternoon. closing under 45 dlp a barnlts. you mentioned opec. that s certainly the big story today. analysts sur vaved expected to see opec s production going up from march. traders tell me they re not surprised by that at all. if we do see some sort of a freeze or accord, of course, these producers want to freeze at record levels so they can continue to pup its economic for them. what s going to influence oil within the next month or so, certainly supply. the dollar we ve been discussing all day as well. that s another piece of it. the dollar index is support ivg of crude prices. it could take us higher, especially if the dove continues to be. i know you ve watched the gas prices closely. they re going up. consumers are ....
and the parting shot that wins it. oh! holy cow! weather can turn on a dime. that s what happened in this case. six fishermen now at sea stranded because of high winds and strong rains and rough seas. the boat, you can see there, next to another boat that looks like it s capsized. you won t get another boat to this. it s up to the air rescue teams to help them out. it s a delicate breed yoprocedu. the helicopter has to hoover as close as possible. gets the rescue diver near the fre fishermen. he tries to gain footing and stay connected while the boat is rising up-and-down. they would be the gold medallist in the rescue olympics. whether it s a kid stuffed between two walls or something like this. they know how to do it. they re bringing two of the six fishermen aboard the hem continuer. i have to get a small chuckle. it looks like they have brand new hats because of the rescue. they have the tag on them there. i m not sure, you know, it looks like the rescuer gave ....
the supposed murder weapon was never recovered, only adding to the mystery sound surrounding the case. the former lead defect on the case isn t ready, though, to jump to conclusions. i think you have to try to keep this in perspective. this knife apparently was recovered some 18 years ago, around the time where several other knives in and around the properties were recovered turned over by people. janine: forensic testifiesing could confirm whether the knife is or is not connected to case, but even if it is oj simpson who is currently in prison on unrelated charges is forever off the hook in this case.. we could not charge mr. simpson with the homicides that he s already been charged with because he s been acquitted. janine: that would be double jeopardy. simpson is serving a 33-year sentence for an unrelated case. victor, no doubt so much more e to come. victor: and our coverage will continue live from los angeles wheree the police department is now testing t ....