the losing texas rangers, for them a full share is worth $246,000. players who took part in the postseason had a pool of $55 million to split. the ones who win it all get the most. >>> new questions tonight about that 19-year-old accused of trying to set off an explosion at a tree lighting ceremony. why some say he's a victim of entrapment. >>> also ahead, a horrific act caught on tape. coming up next, we'll tell you what happened in this crash. >>> the portland oregon teenager has been -- >> 19-year-old muhammad pled not guilty to an alleged plot to set off a car bomb at a christmas lighting ceremony on friday. >> one of the issues that will be coming up in this case involves whether and how he was directed in those actions by the government agents. >>> the fbi is trying to determine whether a fire at the islamic center where muhammad worships is arson. >> what's scary really is the way this whole thing has been played out. i'm not comfortable with the fact that the fbi who the community generally wants to trust is setting people up. >> reporter: th

two former greats candace and jane at maples to see the third ranked cardinal women host 16th ranked texas. the shot doesn't go but the follow there for 22 points. peterson added 19-12. an impressive one-handed put back. stanford ends the longhorns their first loss of the year. the cardinal are 5-0. >>> another example of the precise rules of golf riding up to bite a player today in the finals of the world championship in dubai. ian poulter. you won't see it but as he was about to place his ball on the green he accidentally moved his marker. intentional or not, that is a one stroke penalty. that meant he was putting for par rather than birdie. it might not have mattered because carlson was good on his birdie putt after knocking his approach within four feet. >>> and things shaken up a bit in the tennis hierarchy today at the atp event in london. roger federer in the near court and the world's former number one was a three sets winner over nadal. the numbers give momentum for federer to take into january's australia open. a win there and nadal would simultaneously be the winning champion of

there was one right here in texas. texas was a big state so she only had one one state and sometimes she worked in oklahoma. what i discovered in my grandmother's case, i had newspaper clippings of her work under the headline and jemima's coming to town. picture my grandmother and her description of her work. what she said as she would focus on children in these towns because she knew that this was the first time they would ever see a person of color and she wanted them to be left with a good impression. she would talk and a certain way to let them know she was educated in this was very true to me. i remember this very polished church woman in my life but that rang true because of the kid she was telling us, did you leave the g at the door? could you please finish the work? it is not i am going somewhere, it is i'm going somewhere. that rang true to me but what she did was she worked in her own way because by presenting this image of a hard-working woman, the kings english and when she worked with very different than t

cold spring, texas, please go ahead. >> caller: yes. i personally experienced post traumatic stress syndrome after my husband was district attorney in an eastern county, and what i found was i could not sleep for months and months and months, and i was just wondering since he refers to having post traumatic stress syndrome, did he have insomnia? .. between the war m i brac i would go home and have no idea where i was and that is probably the most terrifying thing, psychological effect that i suffered. so it sprang out of bed in a free in the morning at under darkness at home in columbia, south carolina and began sprinting around my apartment running into things because i had no idea where i was. w. that, i think my brain hadnd adapted doing that kind of workd and i don't suffer those kind of things anymore.. >> you know, they have some really good pastas in mogadishu, you quote yourself as saying, te sarenthe expression on your parents face is rather priceless. why ledid you conclude that?uese >> i came home from somalia in late 2007 an

but texas christian today took a big step towards wrapping up a spot in the rose bowl. ever wondered what a horned frog looks like. new mexico is offering another route. courtesy the quarterback from dalton to jimmy young. frogs go undefeated for the second straight season winning 56-17. >>> a game that benefited stanford as arkansas took on sixth ranked lsu. just before half time it is 14 all. rather than burn the final six seconds good choice. two defenders run into each other. hamilton makes the catch and 80 yards to the end-zone. end-zone. dark arkansas knocked off the tigers 34-23. >> compton hosted northwestern and turning another route. wattkins was picked off by aaron henry. that is returned 50 yards. 27-23. they are headed to the rose bowl if the standings are higher than two other big ten teams. >>> another rivalry another portion of the big ten picture ohio state led michigan. 10-7 in the second quarter. but the momentum changed on this kickoff return by hall. hall heads up the left sidelines and uses his blockers on the way to an 85-yard score. buckeyes got

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steven woodward is a professor at texas university. john mosier writes on military history. donald davis is author of lightning strike:the secret mission to kill admiral yamamoto and avenge pearl harbor. visit archives.gov. up next, booktv attended a reception for arianna huffington, for her recently published book third world america:how our politicians are abandoning the middle class and destroying the american dream. the party is posted at a private residence in washington d.c. and runs just over 30 minutes. >> how are you? [talking over each other] >> she was doing all this stuff. [inaudible conversations] >> i have been around the country and the huffington opposed -- people have been sending hundreds of stories of struggle and overcoming obstacles and most of that we share the long story. >> on want to talk to you for a second about we are less than a month away and a lot of talk the gop will take over the house. what are your thoughts about that happening? >> anything can change. that is the amazing thing. whatever we do now as two years

stephen woodworth is a history professor at texas christian university. john mosier writes on military history. donald davis is the author of lightning strike, the secret mission to kill admiral yamamoto and avenge pearl harbor. for more information, visit archive.gov. >> up next, but to be attended a reception for arianna puffing 10 for her recently published book, "third world america: how our politicians are abandoning the middle class and destroying the american dream" the party is hosted at a private residence in washington d.c. on the program runs just over 30 minutes. [inaudible conversations] >> how are you? >> time dylan ratigan. >> i have to warn everybody. >> she was doing all this stuff. >> is a lifestyle. >> but i think you almost have to warn people. >> you could wear a sign around your neck. because i'm wired and be careful because i'll put it on the front of the "huffington post." >> you are greek. >> yeah. >> thank you very much. >> i've been around the country and the "huffington post" has third world a fax. i've been telling those stori

now there are five reasons why a book would be damned if from the texas department of criminal justice. [laughter] the first reason is the publication contains contraband to read the second one is publication contains information regarding the manufacture of explosives, weapons or drugs. the fourth one is a specific factual determination has been made that the publication is detrimental to prisoners in rehabilitation because it would encourage devious criminal sexual behavior. and the last one, publication contains material on the setting up an operation of criminal schemes on how to avoid detection of criminal schemes by lawful authority charged with fun responsibility for detecting such illegal activity. and i skip the third one because that is the one that paradise is accused of. a publication contains material that a reasonable person would construe as written solely for the purpose of communicating information designed to achieve. [laughter] not just your average break down, but a breakdown of prisons through inmate disruption such as strikes or why it's this is february 28, reed

there was one right here in texas. so she only had one statement what i discovered in my grandmother's case i got lucky. i found newspaper clippings of her work come under the headline and jemima is coming to town. a picture of my grandmother and her description of her work. and what she said issue would focus on children in these towns because she knew this was the first time they would ever see a person of color. and she wanted them to be left with a good impression. she would talk in a certain way to know she was educated. in this ring true to me even i had a hard time imagining her as aunt jemima because i remember this very polished churchwomen of my life. i rang true because of the kids. she was always telling us to do that the g the door? could you please finish the word. it's not i'm going somewhere. i'm going somewhere. i rang true to me. she worked in their own way because by presenting this image of a hard-working woman who spoke the king's english and sane church songs when she worked was very different tha

he became fearful that the french were going to invade texas. there was a big diversion, and napoleon's famous remark, he said this would be a great plan to stop smugglers. and, you know, the prewar army had basically been treating like a police force, scattered these little packets all over the country. to a certain extent, institutionally, even when the civil war started they kept on doing that. but yeah, the focus in the absolute calm that grant had that he was, he saw the situation. he knew how to deal with it. he was going to deal with it, and he believed that he had the manpower to do it. he really put a lot of faith in his soldiers in -- soldiering. very realistically. like wellingtons famous remark when he saw his army, some of his men fleeing, running. he said, some is that running away. he said they will come back. they will be back. there are times in combat when everyone becomes afraid. and rightly so. and grant understood that. he planned, that with it accordingly, but it's fixed clarity of purpose, and is absolute calm, this image

and then the one that is nearer and dearer to people in texas because many people in texas know people in los angeles or other parts of california because there's this constant back and forth. and so i wanted to tell that story. -- that stream. i needed to find three people and i wanted each of them to have left in different decades. to give a sense of the breadth and scope of this migration. i also needed to have people with different classes because there's great differences, stratification even among -- even among people who had been in a caste system. there were castes within castes in the south and i wanted to reflect that. and i wanted great characters people who were very open and honest about themselves. you could read a page and you would know you were reading about ida mae or you could turn to another page and read about dr. foster which is pretty obvious. he became a gambler. he was a raconteur. he was a character unto himself and so you would know that who you were reading about just by turning the page so people who you could see yourself in and be engaged in. and some wil

and the texas book festival and austin, texas? [laughter] >> austin hippies spit you may live here, i don't leaders i don't know exactly what it means. we will talk about black reading habits though. african-americans, particularly african-american women are added readers and book buyers, and they are a hugely sought after demographic for publishers. so, i don't think that this really says that black folks aren't reading. it may have more to do with austin or -- i don't know, i don't know. i'm glad everybody who is here is here. >> thank you. [applause] >> thank you. >> with that, you know the old saying though, if you want to keep something to black people you have to hide it in a book. but we won't get to that today. but with that, we think you so much for being here, eugene robinson. this was a speed date. so next time we got to have him back, it will be a long date. thank you so much. next-door at the book signing. >> great, thank you, alberta. thanks everybody. [applause] >> this event was part of the 2010 texas book festival

[applause] for more information, visit texas book festival to work.org. up next, bill smoot talks about conversations of great teachers, to find out what makes them so affect taste. mr. smoot spoke at books inc. in berkeley california. >> thank you for coming. and i would like to thank books inc. for having me, independent bookstores are a very important part of every community, so come back often. i want to start by just saying a word about how i wrote this book. its origins go far back into the 70s when i was a graduate student in chicago and i discovered the works of studs terkel. how many of you have ever read any of studs terkel's books? great. as you know, use this wonderful old radio journalist who started doing books and interviews with people. and the one that i read first first division street. and soon after that his book, working, interviews people about their jobs. at some point over the decades i remembered linking, i wish he would do a book of interviews with teachers. i was a teacher, my mother was a teacher. and i thought it would make a

and the texas book festival in austin, texas? you may live here. i don't know. if you want to talk about black reading habits, particularly african-american women are avid readers and buyers. they are sought up demographic for publishers. so i don't think that necessarily says that black folks aren't reading. they have more to do with austin than -- i don't know. i don't know. i'm glad everybody who is here is here. >> thank you. [applause] [applause] >> thank you. [applause] [applause] >> with that,up the old saying, if you want to keep something from black people, you have to hide it in a book. [laughter] >> thank you for being here. eugene robinson, there was a speed date. [laughter] >> so next time we have him back, it's going to be a long date. thank you so much. next door at the book signing. >> okay. great. thank you, alberta. thank you. thank you. [applause] [applause] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> this event was part of the 2010 texas book festival held annually in austin. for more information on the festival, visit texasbookfes

. >> pulitzer prize winner appeared at the texas book festival in austin to talk about his book, "disintegrate" he talks about the african-american population in the u.s. has four communities

the former house majority leader was found guilty of funneling corporate money to candidates in texas in 2002. he is expected to be sentenced on december 20th and faces life in prison. >>> the man convicts of torturing a teenager in tracy tonight insists he is innocent anthony waiters talked about the charge of hitting the boy with a bat. >> a 300-pound man swinging a bat that many times, he is going to be [ inaudible ] dna is going to be left on the -- that bat. there wareporter: he says he do hate the teen. he was found guilty on nine counts and faces a possible life sentence. he is the only one of four defendants to stand trial. >>> social networking giant facebook is closer to trademarking face for online communities. the u.s. patent office is giving them a notice of allowance. that gives facebook six months to prove it uses the trademark. at this point there have been no objections. if granted the trademark only applies to telecommunication services such as chat rooms and bulletin boards. >>> the u.s. government has decided what fuel economy to put on the chevy volt. it will get

. >> defeat the world series gets nothing away from the sensational season the texas rangers josh hamilton had. hamilton declared as the al mvp. a man who has definitely known tough times. eight trips to rehab for drugs and alcohol dependency but on top of the baseball world today. >>> say this about the 49ers as long as they don't get near a football field. they can prove themselves mighty useful on occasion. for instance today, down in san jose many team members spent their day at what's called the worker in san jose. and the worker working to feed homeless families. foster willie caring his weight on this niners team. clearly a team player both on and off the field. >> it's important because we want them to know that we are here for them. just like they support us on sunday. we want them to know that when we're off the field we're just as normal as they are and we want to give back. >> that is the sports life for a tuesday night. and another must win for them no matter what good they are doing out in the community. >> at least the cardinals are only 3-7 too. >> thank you. >>> and be sur

midland, texas, you are on the air. texas, are you with us? hello? all right. you know what? until we get that phone situation straightened out, we'll hold off on calls. let's see if we can get that straighten back out in washington. edwidge danticat, what's your response to the u.s. response to the haitian earthquake last january? >> well, you had dr. paul here yesterday, and he, you know, was saying we've had something like half of u.s. households giving to that. that was an extraordinary response from individuals who opened their hearts, and a lot as i mentioned so many volunteers, so much warmth, and president obama who was responsive initially the, the first lady was responsive in the first stage was encouraging. gave and say what are you doing with my money from organizations like partners and health. these are things legacy and other grass-roots organizations, some that have been on the ground for a long time but i think people should now as we neared the anniversary of it should ask to hold accountable the people they gave and say what have you done with my money? wha

out in his very excellent beer, then another is cutting for stone, a texas book festival, i'm not sure if he has been a national book festival writer or not it is historical fiction also about to ethiopia during the time of fascinating story about twins. my twin -- my twins are reading it. jann know when to ethiopia with care on a trip there. she wanted to read that especially around her trip. >> what is the present rating? >> he is reading in excellent biography of of bon hopper that i am an anxious to get my hands on. >> we got that at booktv and will cover that at some point. .th . the national book festival and the author of "spoken from the heart". she was first lady for eight

i helped president bush when he was then governor of texas. i helped raise money and went to florida for the recount. i did what any hard working young person would do, give it your all, work 110% and hope you're given the opportunity to serve. i was given that privilege. it was the most amazing experiences in my life. >> host: yeah, it had to be hurtful. you were a senior adviser on capitol hill and the white house and a special assistant to president bush. what was that like? >> guest: fascinating. it was fascinating in looking at the two people in the world trying to steer the country. my mom asked what are you doing to help our people of color? mom, i'm just a policy guy. she said, no, you're not. you've been given a rare privilege regardless, make sure to track steps to do the right thing, and the stories that strike me is that very early in 2001, the vice president came to me and had given me a dear colleague letter, a letter written for communications from one member of congress to another. it was a letter from jon lose pressing for an

i mean, people are worried in el paso texas where my wife comes from and in topeka about whether they are going to get hit. no possibility. it's just not going to get happened. i think that we could have done something much more modest, much more targeted, much more effective and we would not have sent our national treasure basically overseas this way. so that would be what i would argue. i hear what you're saying, but that would be my argument. okay? >> if you don't mind a follow-up to -- >> no, of course. >> now that we have already started upon this path, what's happened has happened and there's nothing we can do about that. what would you prescribe for the future? >> no, i think there are things we could do about it. i would prescribe -- i do not think -- i've been focused on afghanistan here. i would say the same thing about iraq. i do not think we should be fighting these wars in distant countries. the full scale counterinsurgency wars. i just think it makes no sense. so my answer would be, i think we should in a perfectly reasonable way withdraw. we should do our best to make -

corpus christi, texas, you are on with susan hasler. >> beaumont, texas? >> host: go ahead, texas. >> caller: okay. susan, i haven't read your book yet, but i have a question. the movie "fair game" is coming out, and valerie plame's position in the cia. is it, how is it similar to the position you had and that you write about in your book and how is it different? >> guest: it's completely different. i was an analyst, i was an open employee, i didn't have to hide my cia affiliation. i wasn't -- you know, i didn't offer it voluntarily, but i didn't hide the fact that i was cia whereas valerie plame was -- her connections to the cia were covert, and she was an operative. she went out and did the really very difficult work of trying to get information on the ground. >> host: did you know her at all? >> guest: i didn't know her because she was a covert employee. she wouldn't be hanging around headquarters. >> host: were you covert? >> guest: no, i wasn't. >> host: so if somebody asked you, where do you work, you would have said the cia? >> guest: uh-huh. >> hos

. >> host: the texas book festival as well which you found as well. what does that say to you? >> guest: people do love to read. part of the demise of the publishing industry which i don't think is in the eyes. i think they will figure out a way to be around it. you can get all those books on your ipad or electronically. rather than buying from hard copy of a lot of book lot of people are downloading them because the good news is you can do that in 35 seconds. as a one someone recommend a book you can down load it on your ipad. because of that people will continue to read. they will continue to buy hardbacks or hard copies of books because they want to have them for their collection. there are certain books like our beautiful children books, so many beautiful children books that we are so fortunate to have in america. people will want to look at because the illustrations are so lovely and so much fun to look at. >> host: in september 8th, 2000, when you opened the first national book festival and now you are returning as an author published in may, spoken from the heart. i want

. >>> animal welfare advocates reduced video today that they say was shot at a texas farm operated by the largest egg producer in the u.s. cal main foods. we want to warn you the video you are about to see is disturbing. it shows dead and bloody animals. the humane society of the u.s. says it shot this video secretly over a month-long period last year. the video shows dead birds, birds stuck in their cages and what appears to be hens covered in feces. they released a statementing saying. >> a teenage employee with a gun to his head inside a chucky cheese restaurant. the surveillance tape police hope will lead them to the three men responsible. >>> but up first tensions escalate and a campus police officer draws a gun. the big mistake that one expert says was made today. [ music ] . >> closed captioning for the 10:00 news is brought to you by mancini sleepworld. . >>> questions are being raised tonight about whether a campus police officer went too far today when he pulled his gun on a crowd of angry demonstrators. it happened at ucsf during a protest over a new plan to raise tuition.

texas, tons of electoral votes that if democrats win texas, they can have a functioning electoral majority for a very long time. really smart to do. and i think they need to keep doing it. they need to keep campaigning in arkansas, keep campaigning in georgia, keep campaigning in idaho. maybe they will lose in 2010, maybe they will lose in 2012 but if they keep making an effort eventually some of those states will swing back to democrats. you will start to develop also some sort of progressive institutions there that can then get better democrats elected which i think some of the progressive coalition tried to do with the hall to raise. the final thing i would just talk about is what's going to happen in 2010. i don't really know, quite the i don't think anyone. i think democrats will hold the senate. i think it's unclear if they will hold the house. i think probably not but i'm not sure. the interesting thing is, okay, it's a good thing if obama loses the house was this is a question a lot more more democrats are talking about now, skip and i were talking about earlier. there's two possib

i wanted to do what i worked very hard i helped president bush when he was governor of texas i raise money and went to florida for their weekend and did what any person would do to give your all and working 110% hoping you are given the privilege to serve it was one of the most absolutely amazing experience is of my life. >> host: and disappointing. senior adviser at the white house special assistant to president george w. bush. what was that like? >> guest: fascinating looking at to the most powerful people in the world and the way that they tried to steer the country i remember vividly having a conversation with my mom and she said woody doing to help powerful san people of color? i said i am just policy guy. she said no. you have been given a rare privilege regardless of the administration make sure to take steps to do the right thing and very early 2001 the vice president came to me and head given paa letter a communication from one member of a congress to another from john the was pressing for the african american museum of culture and said what you think? i said it is something

i helped president bush when he was named governor of texas. i helped raise money, i went to florida for the recount and i did what many hard-working person would do which was given your all, work 110% and hope that you are given the opportunity and privilege to serve, and i was given that privilege and it was one of the most absolutely amazing experiences of my life. >> host: you were a senior adviser on capitol hill and at the white house and special assistant to president george w. bush to be it was like? >> guest: fascinating looking at two of the most powerful people in the world and the way in which they try to steer this country. i remember in a conversation with my mother because my mom said well what are you doing to help our folks in people's color? at that time i said mom i am just a policy gone and she said no you're not you're not just a policy gone you have been given a rare privilege regardless whether it is republican or democratic administration make sure to take steps to do the right thing. and the story that strikes me is tha

be a great drinking buddy vendor jackson also worked with sam houston for the first president of the texas republic. they were very close friends and there's this kind of masculine camaraderie that all circulates around the tavern that they shared. so i think his threat was a joke crowded by alcohol. >> and there are two questions here that are similar so i'm going to kind of combine them. one ask if you can elaborate on john wilkes booth service and the other one asks how do we know that john wilkes was dead since those records were burned? >> only answer that in two short parts. what i found in my research -- i mean, it's very tip go to document the doings of the secret organization, but when john went to new orleans to act at the st. charles theatre in the spring of 1864, he met individuals they are aware blockade runners for the south and who are under suspicion by federal authorities because new orleans was occupied by federal authorities at the time has been connected with the government in richmond. and so, theater managers and actors notice those relationships and noticed that john

. >>> and third ranked texas christian was another undefeated team that had to battle from behind. the horn frogs fell behind san diego state's 14-0 before andy dalton brought them back. to pull tc within the point. they exploded for 21 points in the second quarter. curly caught three touchdown passes to make it 24-13. tcu hangs on 40-35 and improves to 11-0. >> more tough luck for san jose which lost to utah state on the score with 34 seconds left. uc davis pulled out the win in the final 35 seconds. the warriors were playing for a winning five game road trip tonight as they wrapped up seven days of hotel living in milwaukee. golden state without david lee who today underwent surgery on his infected elbow. warriors score just 30 points in the first half on 29% shooting. ellice and the buzzer got them within 13. ellice is one of just two warriors in double figures. his loop here is part of a 24 point night. >> he is able to beat them and finish. >> the warriors made it a game in the fourth quarter when ellice drove and kicked as jeff adrian just a three point game with 1318 to play

in december of 1976 after his election he met with texas congressman jack brooks, chairman of the house committee on government operations, and told the congressman he intended to seek authority to reorganize the federal government with greater efficiency. the legislation that carter wanted that would give him this authority, presidents since harry truman received this from congress but in 1973 congress and for the first time refused to extend this measure because capitol hill was tired of richard nixon's continual efforts to circumvent the legislative process, opposed to any extension of executive power. president elect carter wanted data for any back and he justified the request in the post watergate rhetoric of the time. he wanted to cut federal agencies, combine federal agencies, reduce the number of civil servants and d. regulate certain areas of policy because he said most people found the bureaucracy too remote, too complex and intrusive. congressman brooks was not pleased with what he heard from carter. the chairman repeatedly interrupted carter during our conversation to say th

i helped president bush when they he was then-governor of texas. i went to florida for the recount, i did what any hard working young person would do which was give it your all, work 10% and hope that you're given the opportunity and the privilege to serve. and i was given that privilege, and it was one of the most absolutely amazing experiences of my life. >> host: yeah. it had to be hurtful and disappointing. you were a senior adviser on capitol hill and at the white house and a special assistant to president george w. bush. >> guest: uh-huh. i was. >> host: what was that like? >> guest: fascinating. it was fascinating looking at two of the most powerful people in the world and the way in which they try today steer this country. and i remember vividly, janet, in a conversation with my mom because my mom said what are you doing for people of color? and at the time i said, mom, you know, i'm just a policy guy. she said, oh, no, you're not. you're not just a policy guy. you been given such a rare privilege regardless of whether it's a republican or

on january 7th, he met with the new speaker of the house, tip o'neil and the majority leader of texas. to tell him if they stalled his proposals, he would use every ounce of the power to move bills around them. he singled out congressman brooks. without hesitation speaker o'neil looked at the president and said this would be the worst thing you can do, mr. president. particularly with a fellow like mr. brooks. jack doesn't get mad. you get even. you don't know your throat is cut until you turn your head. [laughter] >> that didn't scare carter. after his encounter with brooks, carter just reached out who were more disposed to the plan because it promised to reduce big government. carter then used the republican votes he had to win enough democratic votes and obtain a coalition to pass the measure. democrats were scared by that point of looking like opponents of government efficiency, so moore moved closer to carter's position. just one month after the election, congress passed the measure that carter wanted. even brooks went along with the bill with one minor concession that the admini

yet the vyshinsky, a historian at the university of texas some what can densely but relatively accurately describes what the argument is. fascism was a phenomenon of the raft. hitler was objectively defined. woodrow wilson was aware of the fascist dictator. he describes all that. then he says goldberg becomes less persuasive when he gets to fdr. well, some hundred and 30 pages and. at that point it's really just commentary. there was not a single substance of a bottle in any of my argument. the first hundred and 30 pages of the book. the new republic review was basically a hissy fit. the "washington post," if memory serves, was sort of equally insubstantial. it took two years for the history news network which is an online enterprise to really come after a. it was organized. at first did not invite anybody who liked the book. and it was a huge relief to me. one of the people who attacked the book was robert paxton who is the dean of. i found all of his criticisms, the vast majority were factually inaccurate or characterized things that he just misread. you read these reviews and realize,

other fleets have been sent to texas for dismantling. >>> it's unclear tonight exactly what was lost when a san carlos warehouse full of neil young's memorabilia caught on fire. damage is estimated as more than $1 million. guitars, paintings, vintage cars and other memorabilia was in the storage. 70% of what was in that warehouse was salvaged. >>> fire crews arrived about noon to say that the coffee roster had got so hot it started a fire. jeremiah pick says the fire was put out so quickly his business will not be affected. >>> after he admitted that he joined an online customer group critical of those controversial smart meters. after complaints from consumers groups saying he had used a fake online name. debro apologized. a pg & e spokesperson says that it does not come postseason what debro did and it has an ongoing investigation. >>> virgin america airline today reported it's first profit in the third quarter of 2010. that compares to a net loss of almost $6 million for the same quarter last year. the airline launched it's international service at san francisco airport. >>> and p

the giants outfit back in texas. >>> lots of positive signs for the warriors so far. a big road win tonight. that separates the men from the boys. speaking of boys, that's video of stephen curry when he was 11 hanging out on this same court in toronto. tonight, he's all growed up. a season-best 34 points and the warriors are on their way. monta ellis had a little something to do with tonight's victory on the road for the warriors. to the bucket. he had 28. however, kind of a sour note, late in the ball game, as you will see monta go down hard. he hit his back, and he will have x-rays. the results of which will be announced tomorrow. warriors do win it though. >>> they were one of the favorites to go to the super bowl. instead, those dallas cowboys are the first all right. first to fire their head coach this year. wade phillips has lost the reigns at 1-7 replaced by former dallas quarterback jason garret. not long a tom cable was on the hot seat himself, but now riding high. they closed in on kansas city in the afc west. you best believe he's sticking with jason campbe

. >> coming up next on c-span2, the communicators with texas congressman joe barton, senior republican on the energy and commerce committee. . . >> host: with the republicans in the majority in the 112th congress, legislative agendas will change as will

be in austin, texas. [applause] >> i'd like to welcome you to the texas book fair. i'm alberta phillips, editorial writer and columnist for the austin american -- thank you. [applause] >> i will be your moderator today. you might say that this is like a first date for me because it is the first time i have moderate for the texas book festival and, boy, did i luck out on my first day. [applause] >> i get to introduce a great journalist, a great writer, eugene robinson. so forgive me if i'm gushing and giddy. before i got to the intro, i have already taken care of the housekeeping duties. you know where to go after the conversation with eugene robinson is over. so with no further adieu, i'd like to introduce mr. eugene robinson. [applause] >> he was born and raised in orangeberg, south carolina. that's where my mom is from. and earned his ba at the university of michigan, where he was the first black student to be named co-ed did for in chief of the michigan daily. he began his journalism career at the san francisco chronicle, and joined the washington post in 1980. w

>> guest: absolutely because he was a man who was raised in the south and texas who hadn't shown any particular enthusiasm for civil rights but then took up that mantle of civil rights reform and basically ram it down the throats of congress and a certain politicians and who knew that it might be fatal for the chances of democratic candidates in the future and i think he should enormous courage in that sense. there is a wonderful moment i didn't come across before when in 1964 he was still on elected he simply assumed after the assassination with jfk. there's a moment when he drafts a letter of resignation to say he would not stand for the presidency at the national convention and people were so worried about senator goldwater and the republican right that he was almost pressed into service -- >> host: is that what he had in mind? >> guest: yes i think he may have had in mind but it's interesting that in a way if he had this to decide he would have to be in this book as one of the fifth greatest presidents because what he achieved in civil rights really was extraordinary. and he inhe

so show him some texas love. [applause] >> thank you. thank you, austin, and thank you, texas. all i can say is, ah, shucks. >> i read this book and there were a lot of surprises in this book for me. we decided to talk about this like a discussion and let him do most of the talking, and one of the things i won -- wondered about the title. pie disintegration. "don't ask, don't" tell us how h the title. >> i didn't. my wife came up with it. i give her full props on that. i like the title, and my editor and publisher liked it, everybody liked it because does have that ambiguity about it. integration, and it suggests something that has ups and downs, you know, in the context of what is happening to black america over the last 50 years, and it just seemed right, and we couldn't come up with a better one. so, we went with that. but it was precisely for that ambiguity, because we -- that's what we were trying to express. >> i think it works in so many ways, eugene. on page 4 of your book -- this it what really blew my mind. totally blew me away. you talk about -- you introduce the con

he will manage the texas rangers through the 2012. a very fine former oakland a's coach he was. >> be sure to join the morning news beginning at 5:00 a.m. they will have the latest on the sentencing of former bart police officer mehserle. have a good night.

. >> the spring training from the torture outside august all the way to texas, i mean the sea of black and orange out there was so awsome. so fun, exciting. it made it so much more comfortable for us to play in there. man, all i can say is thank you. and go san francisco. [ applause ] >> this day of celebration for the giants is also the day that former manager clyde king died. he managed the team in 1969 and part of 70. he was 86. >>> some moves by the as who exercised options to retain mark ellice and coco crisp. they did not do so for the often injured chavez. >>> the most recent image of guerrero. he was overmatched by giants pitching in the world series. creaky would be a complementary description of guerrero when it came to his play in the outfield. they chose not to exercise the $9 million option that would have kept guerrero in texas for another season. >>> the tennessee titans think they have some sort of ability in the near the vikings possess. that they are very desperate for a receiver. they claimed randy moss off the labor wire. released from minnesota four games after bei

. >> opponents said it was a measure written by two texas oil companies designed to kill the state's fight against global warming. supporters said it was needed to save jobs. >> san francisco mayor gavin newsom is attempting to move from the mayor's office to lieutenant governor. >> reporter: another one of the big statewide races. newsom is trying to take the office from maldonado who was appointed by governor arnold schwarzenegger. >> newsom has the edge at this very early point. once a gubernatorial candidate himself, newsom dropped out and set his eyes on lieutenant governor. again taking a look at these early reports. newsom ahead to able maldonado's 43%. this isn't that surprising. republicans account for 31% of registered voters here in the state. david stevenson is live in san francisco, just a few moments ago we heard from mayor newsom. >> he is talking to a number of his supporters, taking pictures with his supporters. his aides are trying to hustle him out of here to give him some breathing room so he can watch the numbers come in. and the close results we are seeing tonig

the traditional champane shower after defeating the texas rangers 4-1. good evening everyone i'm julie haener. >> and i'm frank somerville. never before has san francisco celebrated like it has celebrated tonight and why not, this is a night to remember. the first ever victory for your san francisco giants. we go to ken wayne who's live at civic center. >> reporter: hope you guys can hear me, but we have a group of very happy giant fans behind me. this party started early this afternoon when thousands of fans flooded city plaza to watch the jumbo tron. but the celebration couldn't begin until the final out. the celebration than began, champane bottles were popped at the civic center. >> reporter: one police captain estimated the crowd at 8,000 to 10,000. that's before more giant fans streamed into the plaza to watch the game in a giant 14 by 13-foot screen. the mood shifted in the 7th inning after a 3-run homer brought momentum to the fans. earlier, fans were tense. giant fans said they were convinced their team would provail. >> i have a magical feeling