what's the status, alexander hamilton, harriet tubman, andrew jackson? >> let me comment first on currency. i do think the long-term trends are going to be to less physical cash. i think you know we're very happy with it, the irs, the number of electronic returns we have now. i think as it relates to government payments the number of payments that we make to social security holders and others through aca electronically as opposed to physical checks. so i think the trend towards how we can move away from paper checks and hard currency. i think there's a lot of efficiencies in the economy. i think i am surprised as others are in how there still is big demand for physical cash. so when you look at the numbers -- and even though we have many, many, many more electronic transactions, the cash in circulation, the physical cash in circulation hasn't declined at the rates that we may have expected. i can comment. i'm integrally involved in all of the hurricane issues. for the last two days we've been very involved in figuring out how to get major amounts of cash

cash for the foreseeable future, physical cash is not going away. >> harriet tubman and andrew jackson. >> what i said before the number one reason why we look at making currency changes is counterfeiting and we look at changes, three or four parts, some of which are public and some of which aren't. that is what i'm focused on. any change won't be, 2028, these changes are far in the future. i am focused on how to protect the currency and technology changes. >> thanks, give it up for treasury secretary steve mnuchin. [applause] .. here to lead the conversation please welcome margaret carlson. >> here we are all -- andrea mitchell is getting an award last night in new york for her wonderful work and she said we are the eyes and ears of the people. the audience can decide. katie, you're plucked out of the press pen, given anything as if if you were a candidate, little katie. trump treated you like one to give a number two "new york times" bestseller. which takes us from the campaign -- [applause] >> i like the smattering of applause. >> unbelievable. it's an unbelievable good read i want

if you go to the magnificent museum there's harriet tubman shaw, there's nat turner's bible. so we have the remnants from other sort of famous displaced people and we don't really have anything in the material of culture that can be produced. this made it happen, without the material culture piece, there's definitely an engagement with ona judge and she's represented, but hopefully, that will make it into that grand building in d.c. >> well, erica, thank you so much. >> thank you. >> let's give a round of applause. [applaus [applause]. >> thanks. that was really fantastic. and you're not allowed to go yet. we're going to require her to stay and sign everybody's books and you're going to buy multiple copies. and i appreciate what you said about the exhibit here because you know, when we have the slavery conference, it had opened a week and curious to see how the scholars respond to it. and would you like to say anything? and one is here. >> i opened the show, and the conference, it's a stunning exhibit visually and a lot packed in and i think sort of signals a moment from mt.

and what's the status -- alexander hamilton, harriet tubman, andrew jackson [ laughter ] >> sure. alexander hamilton was the first treasury secretary. let me comment first on currency. i do think the long-term trends are going to be to less physical cash. and i think even -- you know -- i mean, we're very happy with the irs, the number of electronic returns we have now. i think as it relates to government payments, the number of payments that we make to social security holders and others through ach electronically, as opposed to physical checks. so i think the trend towards how we can move away from paper checks and hard currency, i think there is a lot of efficiencies in the economy. i think i am surprised, as others are, in how there still is big demand for physical cash. so when you look at the numbers, and even though we have many, many, many more electronic transactions, the cash in circulation -- the physical cash in circulation, hasn't declined at the rates that we may have expected. and i can comment, you know, on integrally involved in all of the hurricane issues as it re

back to jack johnson and harriet tubman.hemselves on the line to make change not for themselves, they don't anticipate change immediately, but they want change for their kids. my father would not go to the first world war and think i would fight with race relations. here i am 80 years later and i'm fighting for the same thing he fought for. these individuals are making statements to say my career is a fine situation. god blessed me with this talent. it goes beyond what god gave me. i'm concerned about the talents that are being lost and the cure for cancer or heart disease. these individuals right now are stepping up. we are setting the tide now because it's not for us that we make these statements. it's for our kids to make sure we have a better opportunity. we play on an equal playing field. the president with his rhetoric constantly, you see racism running rampant throughout the nation. you go to every college campus or see a kkk sign. this is running all over the nation based on his demise and putting this out in the nat

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i want her name to become one of those household names like frederick douglass, like harriet tubman because runs away decades before. so the title, i will give you a quick story about the title. this is actually one of my first choices for the title of the book and i presented it to the people at the publishers and they hated it. they said you're giving away the story erica. i said gatto but so does 12 years a slave. honestly we understand the 12 years has got to end at some point. this is really a history of how a woman who was a fugitive never found freedom. she was never free. she simply was never caught and i think it's a big dissension and one that i wanted to make especially as i was trying to dismantle what we think about slavery in the south and the north at this moment where the nation is new. i think that's one of the other things i was really trying to do with this book was to allow us to see what the early days of this new country look like through the eyes of the enslaved and ona's life gives us that opportunity to look at virginia, new york, pennsylvania and new hampshire and

[applause] and i start the book with harriet tubman, keep going with who's been a favorite of yours, this book is in some ways a collection of your favorite sources of inspiration, quotes and i thought that first of all, thank you for not going quietly into the night. >>. >> i wanted to, >>. [applause] i wanted to say that none of us, none of us can afford to go quietly away . we need our voices, we need our energy. and yes, i really do believe it takes a village or in this case it takes a country to get us back on the right track area and its very consistent with my belief that we have to bring people together to work together and to, this children's version of it takes a village which is intended to say you know what? we all have to work together and maybe you think it's politically correct, i think it is america at its best you. >> so we're not going to go anywhere, we're still going to be here and still fighting and still moving. >> and let me just add end with a couple of quotes, by using your voice, by writing this book, by beingwho you are, supporting onward together , you are