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>> men who stood tall, did not flinch at gunfire. you know, who had a booming voice and a reassuring stature, and who could embody the kind of behavior that soldiers themselves were supposed to display. in the 20th century, because troops are so spread out, because they're often few other comrades, it was much less important and effective combat officer to stand up, to physically modeled the kind of courageous behavior. most soldiers understood that was suicidally reckless. and so there are very few examples of soldiers looking for some foremost to a leader. sort of follow me. in fac...

it's now time for a panel discussion comparing the two books from exploring their place in medical literature in their impact have moderated by david baldacci. we ventured is panel has appeared dalia litwack, contributing editor at "newsweek" and senior editor at slate where she writes this supreme court dispatch and jurisprudence that has been a guest columnist for "the new york times" op-ed page. and also, rosenbaum, the john wellen distinguished lecturer in law and director of the four mama, culture and society in law school in himself the author of several high regard novels. i'l...

>> it is a prized position. i have a place for it on the wall, and today i will add it next to this award here. now that i have two earlier, dean gave me another signed copy of "to kill a mockingbird." i have two kids, and i love to collect old books. and they're constantly wickerring about who gets -- bickering about who gets what. now i have two copies thanks to you. [laughter] thank you all for this award. [applause] >> thank you, john. appreciate your remarks very much. it's now time for a panel discussion comparing the two books, exploring their place in legal literature and the...

luther king jr.. for democrats, 202-737-0002. for republicans, 202-737-0001. for independents, 202-628-0205. if you have called us within the last 30 days, sent us an e-mail journal@c-span.org. or if you want to send us a twitter message, send it to a set twitter.com/c-spanwj -- send it to us at twitter.com/c- spanwj. which current leader most embodies the legacy of martin luther king jr.? "how would king calm the water" is an editorial from "the new york daily news." host: our first call is from detroit, michigan this morning. jerry, who most embodies his legacy in your mind? caller...

he had a lot of blood of u.k.'s soldiers on his hands. he said, i had to sit across the table from him. . . it is that the company commander level that this activity was taking place pitta you can see some of the people who were part of that. we need to impose limits as to the closer to there is specific circumstances and the kind of intelligence support that they needed that could tell them what did these guys are telling the truth in general or could be trusted and so forth. we have to go through that same process and afghanistan. frankly, because he did not same -- have not had th...