i'm a former member the gaithersburg city council and a proud supporter the gaithersburg book festival since it's inception if you joined us for the first 10 book festivals, well, welcome back and if this it's it is really great to be here in person this year after two years of virtual book festival, as you know, gaithersburg is a city that values and supports the arts and humanities and we're pleased to bring you this fabulous festival. thanks and part to the generous support of our sponsors and volunteers. our volunteers are wearing these bright orange shirts. so if you see them, make sure you say thank you and if you see our sponsors, they're the ones walking around with money falling out of their pockets say thank you to them, too. before i introduce our author michael dobbs, let me make a few announcements. please silence all of your electronic mobile devices for the latest updates about the book festival. make sure you're following the gaithersburg book festival on facebook and twitter and if you post about the festival if you're one of those people that social media savvy, pleas

i'm a former member the gaithersburg city council and a proud supporter the gaithersburg book festival since it's inception if you joined us for the first 10 book festivals, well, welcome back and if this it's it is really great to be here in person this year after two years of virtual book festival, as you know, gaithersburg is a city that values and supports the arts and humanities and we're pleased to bring you this fabulous festival. thanks and part to the generous support of our sponsors and volunteers. our volunteers are wearing these bright orange shirts. so if you see them, make sure you say thank you and if you see our sponsors, they're the ones walking around with money falling out of their pockets say thank you to them, too. before i introduce our author michael dobbs, let me make a few announcements. please silence all of your electronic mobile devices for the latest updates about the book festival. make sure you're following the gaithersburg book festival on facebook and twitter and if you post about the festival if you're one of those people that social media savvy, pleas

thanks for your call from gaithersburg, maryland. you imagine there is a lot of other things going on. there are members of congress who come to speak to state delegations. lobbyists are here in full force. lots of reporters and a lot of social life going on. many people leaving here go to parties all over the city after the convention is gone for the evening. last night we went along with one of those. this is one hosted by the maryland democratic party. it is harry carey's tavern headlined by congressman jamie raskin. >> we're going to have fun tonight. we're going to celebrate an extraordinary new spirit that has overtaken the united states of america ever since kamala harris became our nominee. we have a lot of surprises in store for you tonight. starting with the authentic jamie raskin mustard. made by my cousins who have the world's first and only mustard museum. we have two special guests with us tonight. one who helped -- on january 6. and also -- i never thought i would get to know this guy. he is a patriot and a strong pass

i'm a former member the gaithersburg city council and a proud supporter the gaithersburg book festival since it's inception if you joined

mentioned, american journalist evan goose could, which was among those released in the prisoner swap job in gaithersburg is the ceo of the committee to protect journalists. i asked her for her reaction. i was up to date tonight. we've been campaigning for evans release for more than a year. he's been in detention for 9500 days, much of that. and so the confinement of to has been prevented from leaving russia since may of last year. so this is a fantastic moment to see those pictures to see those images of evan analysis. you free and soon to be meeting that families. but of course it's such a sweet we know close to things individuals are in a sense, they committed no crimes. although the russians tried to accuse them of espionage, but the kind for the fact that they were john, unless you would then use this political hostages and they've been exchanged, unfortunately for convicted criminals, as you say, such as an assassin who was convicted in a german cools let's talk a little bit more about what you just said there actually. um, which is that many observers have set declaration of its arrest is essenti

new queen also into his continued his in gaithersburg with moscow, the spies west infections. what are they doing? i'm grateful for the attention you paid to the most acute problems, including trying to find ways to resolve the ukrainian crisis a peaceful way. first of all, i was happy that we both could share opinions on you green with an open mind and in detail. we respectful listen to each other in days, ready to provide support for the restoration of peace. i was very happy to listen to your opinions on it is i assure you, in the global community that in your favor space, after listening to my friend, president pushing, i'm hopeful for peace. all this to pay is against the backdrop of need to need is meeting in washington. read, came the narrative that russia is isolated when charles war and margie of national leaders meeting with zalesky. he's help it shows the reading from minister having president, poor thing, know soleski labels. this wizard, sliding from minnesota in law school is a she only disappointment to living there mean things, it's a ton of list asking defenda

new queen, also into his continued, it's in gaithersburg with law school, the spies west infections. what are they doing? i'm grateful for the attention you paid to the most acute problems, including trying to find ways to resolve the ukrainian crisis a peaceful way. first of all, i was happy that we both could share opinions on you green with an open mind and in detail. we respectful listen to each other in days, ready to provide support for the restoration of peace. i was very happy to listen to your opinions on a piece. i assure you, in the global community that in your favor space. after listening to my friend, president pushing, i'm hopeful for peace. all this to pay is against the back talk of need to need is meeting in washington. read, came the narrative that russia is isolated when charles war and margie of nasal need us meeting with zaleski. this hope it shows the reading didn't from minnesota . how the president, poor thing know soleski labels. this was an explanation going from minnesota last for the she only this appointment to live in the main things. it's a ton of list

or gaithersburg. anybody have any other questions?thank you for being here and sharing your stories. i am sure we all appreciate that. because you are an optimist and you covered the world, what world leader do you admire that we as a group wouldn't necessarily know of? >> guest: i look at leaders who use their voices for causes that don't get enough attention. dick durbin does a fantastic job of that. i have fondness for some british prime ministers. gordon brown has been working on girls education in sudan and so on. girls education is a way to transform countries, it has enormous impact and so i have admired that. chris hadden, likewise in britain, former governor of hong kong, head of the european union external affairs, fantastic. tony blair, i disagreed with on your rack. it was a disaster in air act but one important thing he did that people neither in britain nor the rest of the world know about, which is he vowed that he was going to cut child poverty in britain by half, this wasn't something voters cared about but he did it

well, i mean, if they had said yes, boy or gaithersburg. that's right. and anybody have other questions. yes. first of all, thank you for being here. and thank you for sharing your stories. i'm sure we all appreciate that because you're you're an optimist. i'm curious from and because you've covered the world, what world leader do you do you admire that we as a group wouldn't necessarily know of. so you know i look at leaders who use their voices for causes that don't get enough attention and i mean, in the in the u.s. senate, i think -- does a fantastic job of that. i've i had this fondness for some british prime ministers who gordon brown has been working girls education all over the world in the sudan and so on. and it's just i girls education is one of the one of the ways in which you transform countries. one of the things we know how to do has its enormous impact. and so i've admired that chris patten in britain, the former governor of hong kong, then he was head of the european union, external affairs, just you know, fantastic and you know, tony bl

they said it was the best attended event at the gaithersburg book festival ever. many people say that. >> soo hutchinson quotes the president as saying you know like get rid of the magnetometer , let my people in. they are not here to hurt me. and when i read that line i immediately thought where was the stress of that sentence? they are not here to hurt me? or they are not here to hurt me becauset those are two different senses, aren't they? they are not here to hurt me is benign. they are not here to hurter me. they are here to hurt somebody else so that's why even history with a running transcript can still be ambiguous. so there's no video this conversation but there's video hutchinson's own testimony to the committee so when you see that kind of neutral the way she says it may be a slight emphasis on the more benign interpretation which would be her than me but it's quoted two different ways once just the words written normally once with italics on me which is the more interpretation and ultimately i don't know which one it is sometimes it's the things people

this is the best attended event at the gaithersburg book festival ever. people are saying people are many people that so then with tears in their eyes, they to me sir yeah so so hutchinson i'm quotes the president as saying you know something like get rid of the magnetometers as you know let my people in they're not here to hurt me right. and i remember when when i read line, i immediately thought where was stress of that sentence? they're not here to hurt me or they're not here to hurt me. right. because those are two different sentences, aren't they? right. they're not here to hurt me. it's sort of benign, right? they're here to praise me and support me. it could be, you know, anything else. they're not here to hurt me means. i'm here to hurt somebody else. right. and that's why, you know, even even history with a running transcript can still be ambiguous, right? so i you know, there's no video of this conversation, but there's video of hutchinson's own testimony to the committee. so the when you see it, it's kind of neutral the way she says it. maybe a

this is the best attended event at the gaithersburg book festival ever.ple are saying people are many people that so then with tears in their eyes, they to me sir yeah so so hutchinson i'm quotes the president as saying you know something like get rid of the magnetometers as you know let my people in they're not here to hurt me right. and i remember when when i read line, i immediately thought where was stress of that sentence? they're not here to hurt me or they're not here to hurt me. right. because those are two different sentences, aren't they? right. they're not here to hurt me. it's sort of benign, right? they're here to praise me and support me. it could be, you know, anything else. they're not here to hurt me means. i'm here to hurt somebody else. right. and that's why, you know, even even history with a running transcript can still be ambiguous, right? so i you know, there's no video of this conversation, but there's video of hutchinson's own testimony to the committee. so the when you see it, it's kind of neutral the way she says it. maybe a sli

gaithersburg.aller: i was hoping we could go back, miss mimi, look up there was a lady who called. i'm a disabled veteran. she said that vice president jd vance did not serve. she said she got that information out of c-span, out of your archives and all of them. i look -- i don't look at your archives anymore -- caller: she said he didn't serve in combat, that he was a public affairs officer. he absolutely served in the military. caller: no, no, he served in combat. that's a small issue. it's not a small issue. host: i understand the difference in semantics. he was deployed to a war zone, but i think her point was that he wasn't in an active shooting situation. but he absolutely deployed to a war zone. caller: may i'll say -- you all do this -- host: go ahead, i just wanted to clarify. caller: no, you did not clarify, you confused. still on the democratic pup talking point that this man did not serve. you still got your wrong point across. i've been watching c-span for a very long time. host: ok, g