>> author and white house correspondent, april ryan will be our guest set on in-depth, live at noon eastern on sunday march 1. here's a portion of one of her recent book to be appearances. >> there is an old negro spiritual when i think of freedom, oh freedom, oh freedom, oh freedom over me. and before i be a slave i be buried in my grave and if you all know the rest, and go home to the lord and be free. this is serious for me. this is so serious for me. because, if i am not allowed to ask questions you're not going to get the information that you need. if they are suppressing me they are going to suppress john and

everyone else in that room. the late senator john mccain was so right, i thank god for the words he said before he passed away, he talked about oppressing and suppressing the press, if you begin down that line you begin a dictatorship, who are we in 2018? what are we? fred time such as this i just think about that in these books that are out right now, it's not a coincidence about these books talking about the dysfunction god bless him, he has gone into the stratosphere because he has painted the picture that we already knew but he is putting something to it and he is giving you texturing contents and even amoroso with her takes, god bless her, i wish her well.

[laughter] and then you have me, we are all talking about the dysfunction, there is some kind of commonality that is true and bob woodward, how you gonna call bob woodward an idiot, bob woodward was part of that reporting team that uncovered what? watergate. uncovered what? watergate. and for many of you who were around at that time, you remember what it smelled like what it tasted like and what it felt like, president nixon tried to do what? discredit the reporters and look at what happened. and then in 2018 what is happening again? there's a threat and there's a reason for that, there's a reason for that, were still trying to find out, but there is a reason for that. so, i'll start off with chapter

one of my book. the chapter is called the rebuke and from i think about how, when donald trump decided to run, people thought it was a joke. stop it c-span is filled, be careful, behave. and then, even his own party the republican party, the republican party says was not going to happen i will never forget a cold night in washington, d.c. and listen to this this is in chapter one, going to paraphrase it because i want you to read it. [laughter] i didn't mean it the way it came out but yeah, it's a good idea.

i will never forget a cold night in washington, d.c. i was leaving the white house invited to the republican national committee and reince priebus at the time was the head of the rnc and year sean spicer with the consultant for the rnc. they had at some of the of the crop black reporters to parents because they were the black vote yes. they were on the dry thing this is what were going to do it is going to happen if it happened before i were going to clinch it because this is what we are going to do enemy and myself i'm always raising my hand i said, wait a minute, there's a candidate out there in this field of 25000, i said that is talking of vision and it's not about coming together are unifying to win.

and i will never forget how rights and sean were up against a wall like they're the kingmakers, like they knew what was going to happen. it's gonna happen this way. when i said, but you have a candidate who is dividing the nation on race and i said, how are you going to get him to conform to what you want? and he said well he's going to need our data. . . . . . . what we found from donald trump cold words, at events and these private rallies

addressed against the press and i think about how he galvanized people how he brought people together. we are like minded people in this church listening to something tonight. there is another side that uses the same formula but in a different manner. you have to think critically when you're watching the news. sometimes things just aren't rate. another tactic that trump used came to me in an aha moment in the summer of 2017 i took my kids to new york city to see the broadway musical wicked for the third time. see mac more importantly to see shirley brouse who played

madame marable. the headmistress of the school. my friend was the first black woman to play on broadway. they make the green which the wizard of oz. mind you wicked it was published in 1985 and the plate was a broadway musical in 2003. it was laid well before donald trump decided to make a condom -- common enemy. >> have a bring people together. find a common enemy. there was a lot of other stuff. and we see it now with the press. the press is a threat with the enemy of the people.

>> we are asking questions that make sense we are asking questions that help america. >> on sunday march 1 join our live conversation with the white house correspondent april ryan. they will talk about the books in career and answer your questions. >> this is the panhandle of texas and it's the only place you can watch her dog to run run away for two weeks. [music] the city sewer is on

the road exploring the american story this weekend we traveled to amarillo texas has been the center of the panhandle. we call ourselves the capital city of the texas panhandle. in the city of amarillo we think regionally. we will learn about the history and literary life of the city in the surrounding area. as we talk with local authors and visit historic sites. it's like a has been for thousands of years all the sudden you come across the huge drop in the earth. the second largest canyon in the united states. she was here twice. she wasn't amarillo.

she came back and got a faculty position here at west texas. sometimes they don't write. this letter book can teach us so much more about the artist. struggling with just the things you can imagine. it's just so relatable. it's not the grumpy anti- war figure. join us today on c-span two. as the city to her it takes takes you to amarillo texas. you're looking live at trinity united methodist church home of the savannah book festival we will be back with more author programs in just a few minutes.

while we wait for the next author event to begin we want to show you a portion of this weekend's afterwards program. specific research institutes. they offered their offer their thoughts on health care reform. >> you are from canada and you mention that a number of times. being a native you have seen it firsthand. i grew up under it. >> the federal government fully took over. in 1984. no a private coverage is allowed for anything considered medically necessary. a couple of things that aren't. all procedures were the same.

the government is not involved. in canada and 84 the government took it over. i worked at the fraser institute where we started a project in 1988. a guide to a hospital waiting lists. in 1983 the first year the average wait time you don't call your ob/gyn in canada. in 1983 that weight was 9.3 weeks. last year the average wait time have increased to 20.9 weeks. 608,000 canadians cross the border every year. orthopedic surgeries hip replacements. valve replacements. things like that. they feel like their health is too important to have to wait so long. where we can ago.

like doctors like tom price and others will be having to practice offshore. so we can continue to get the very best in medicine. the american people demand. >> it's a very wealthy country and my mom used to say they're not becoming one of those in place -- inpatient americans. you can't get an appointment. for eight months to a year. even though when you have a problem. a lot of people there just so polite and they don't know anything different. most people growing up had a growing up they started under that. they were all and in 1984. >> there are a number of proposals out there. is that what they head in canada the same as the sanders

policies. there is no apparent private coverage for anything considered necessary. you can get private insurance if you are canadian. what they pay would not cover any of the costs here. people get private coverage for traveling. for having a private room in the hospital. is not part of the system. bernie sanders plans. even more comprehensive. over five weeks weight for seeing a primary care dr.. the average weight in canada for neurosurgery is 33 weeks and for every 1 million people 16 mri machines versus 44 in the u.s. twenty-four in lithuania. they wanted to add a free eye care, free dental care.

when they said 30 to 40 trillion for ten years. and they agreed that would be the price until he didn't. he tore -- told norah o'donnell i just don't know how much my plans are going to cost. he knows it is going to be very expensive and as we decide today the increase in the federal deficit under the plan would go up $20 trillion over ten years. if you add more than canada. they tried to bring in the free free drugs several years ago. and they found out it was so expensive they just cannot afford to do it. bernie wants to make our system even more comprehensive no referral to a specialist. the demand for health care will fall or exceed the supply of healthcare that can be

given. it's probably on the low side. the two most prominent examples if you well. medicare for all systems. there are other countries that have it. in canada and in the united kingdom you still have an out-of-pocket expense. in an out-of-pocket responsibility as well as in denmark, norway and finland. there are some out-of-pocket risks expenses you have responsibility for. >> canada is one of the best examples of single-payer healthcare systems. they have what we call universal coverage system. the national health service asserted in 1971. it covers about 90%. they allow private coverage to run parallel and there is a

british policy. this is becoming more palace popular. there were over 4 million brits on a waiting list to get treatment. in the cancer treatment is not supposed to be delayed. more than 62 days. they have not met that standard for over five years. and more important under the world health organization study brits are the bottom of the run in most industrialized countries in all forms of cancer survival rates. with cancer under a government controlled system. >> you mentioned a few minutes ago and then obviously i be concerned how much is this can accost. >> the figure is

$32 trillion. not million or billion. they had costed that. that would even include if they have some reduced administrative costs. and that would be the increase in federal spending over ten years. it would be somewhere at 50 to $60 trillion over ten years. it won't be free. taxes well had to go up. they would have to be a new 4% income tax. that is very little income in this country. and it has hit a lot of people. there'd be a new 7.5% payroll tax. her plan would not increase taxes on anyone in the middle class. the people that pay the employer tax are the employees. and then there would be a new tax on the wealthy.

there would be new taxes on large financial institutions. >> if you doubled all of the corporate income tax in this country. it would not be enough to cover this plan. taxes would have to go up even further and as i said it won't be free. in terms of when you were in pain and can't work. and not been able to get access to timely care. [inaudible conversations] book tvs live coverage of the savannah savanna book festival continues now. they reflect on the childhood in puerto rico and miami and

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