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mediacom. >> at mediacom we believe whether you are here or here or way out in the middle of anywhere, you should have access to fast and reliable internet. >> mediacom supports c-span as a public service along with the other television providers, giving you a front row seat to democracy. >> next on book tv's author interview program, afterwards, science journalist angela saini, on patriarchy. "afterwards" is a weekly program inrviewing top nonfiction authors about their latest work. it's terrific. be here with you today will just jump right right in. i was delighted to read the patriarch's i like your earlier books. my fir question really is, can you describe your path to getting to this book? because it's sort of a it pulls from all your other work. it does. and i think it was partly inspired by one of my previous books, inferior was a chapter in there on male dominated. and how is it that men came to rule and the question that i was constantly asked by readers was that if societies haven't always been male dominated, which think most anthropologists agree now they haven't been, the

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. >> at mediacom we believe whether you are here or here or out in the middle of anywhere you shouldaccess to fast, reliable internet. >> mediacom supports c-span as a public service along with thes other television providers, giving you a front row seat to democracy. >> now to u.s. secretary of state antony blinken's remarks from his end of the year conference. he discusses the impact of congress failing to approve a supplemental funding request, criticisms of israel and u.s. hostages around the world.

. >> at mediacom, we believe whether you're here, right here or way out in the middle of anywhere, youuld have access to fast, reliable internet. that's why we're leading the way in taking you. >> mediacom along with these television companies support c-span2 as a public service. >> heath hardage lee is an independent historicalion, and curator. potomac books, published winnie davis, daughter of the lost cause. and the book, league of why, untold story of the women who tooken the u.s. government to bring their husbands home from vietnam was pub published by st. martin press and from reese witherspoon's hello sunshine, for film. the next book is the book of the first lady and st. martin press in 2024. heath, welcome to history happy hour. >> thank you so much, rob, and thank you to the white house's historical association for hosting me tonight. i also wanted to thank the nixon foundation and the nixon library for all of their help facilitating my research and a special shutout to jason schwartz, the head archivist for the foundation for all of his help. so thank you all for that and i'

is their top pick, up eight points from october, according to a new nbc news des moines register mediacom poll, it's the largest lead ever in this poll, this close to a competitive republican caucus. trump's closest rivals ron desantis and nikki haley are both trailing him by more than 30 points their numbers have moved little in the past month, even with desantis spending considerable time and money here. >> i just keep hoping the polls are wrong. >> reporter: amanda wallace hopes the case against trump will disqualify him the 55-year-old preschool teacher says she's backing desantis. >> groceries are so much more expensive, gas, just everything is so much more expensive. >> reporter: how excited are you to caucus for desantis? >> i don't know if i'd say excited, but i'm willing to i'm not real excited to go all in for anybody. >> reporter: that lack of enthusiasm also reflected in the polls, 70% of trump supporters have made up their minds, more than double the haley and desantis supporters saying the same. >> he's a gift from god to answer many people's prayers. >> reporter: priscilla

.>> at mediacom, we believe you should have access to fast, reliable internet, that is why we are leading the way in taking you to 10 g. >> mediacom supports c-span 2 as a public service.>> traveling over the holidays? make c-span bookshelf podcast a part of your playlist, listen to all of the podcasts that feature nonfiction books in one place, c-span bookshelf features multiple episodes with critically acclaimed authors, discussing history, biographies, current events and culture and signature programs about books, book notes plus and q&a. listen to c-span's bookshelf podcast this holiday season, you can find it at all of our podcasts on the c-span now free mobile video app or wherever you get your podcast. and on our website, c-span .org. >> we will talk about the highbridge at farmville and he hails from maine and recently retired from a six-year stint as a consecutive director, also served as director of the history museum in georgia and the birmingham history center in alabama. he was a recipient of the tennessee association of museums award of excellence for four consecutive years

. >> mediacom supports c-span as a public service, along with these other television providers, giving you a front row seat to democracy. >> defense secretary lloyd austin took part in a press conference this week with israel's defense minister in tel aviv. they discussed the war between israel and hamas and answered questions on humanitarian aid in gaza, threats from iran, and freeing remaining hostages. >> good evening, everyone. the minister of defense you have galante and secretary of defense lloyd austin will now deliver remarks. please have your phones on silent if possible. starting with minister glanced -- gallant. min. gallant: secretary austin, the united states and israel have never been more determined and aligned in our shared values, our shared interests, and our shared goals. my friend general austin, you have shown the people of israel and the entire world what it means to be a leader and a partner. there is no greater projection of our intimate ties then sitting together with general brown and general levy, disgusting the most sensitive issues on the agenda -- discussi

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including mediacom. >> we believe that whether you are here or right here or way out in the middle ofou should have access to fast, reliable internet. that is why we are leading the way. >> mediacom supports c-span as a public service along with these other television providers, giving you a front row seat to democracy. ♪ >> this week, watch washington journal special holiday authors series, spending each morning with a new writer. on tuesday, david pepper discusses his book saving democracy: a user's manual for every american. watch washington journal live tuesday morning starting at 7:00 eastern with our special authors day weekend. ♪ >> king charles iii delivered his christmas address from buckingham palace. he reflects themes of service and caring for the earth. ♪ >> many of the festivals of the great religions are celebrated with a special meal, a chance for family and friends to come together across generations. the act of sharing food adding to conviviality and togetherness. for some, faith will be uppermost in their hearts. for others, it will be the joy of fellowship and the

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in the latest nbc news des moines register mediacom poll conducted earlier this month 42% of likely iowa caucus goers said trump's poisoning the blood remark made them more likely to support him. meanwhile 28% said those comments made them less likely to caucus for trump. and 29% said it had no bearing on their support. >>> turning now to weather, the severe weather on the west coast is causing air travel delays and cancellations with some 115 million people expected to travel over the christmas holiday. it's the most since 2019. nbc news correspondent tom costello has more. >> reporter: on the busiest pre-christmas air travel day, heavy volume in that california rain have led to 3,000 flight delays nationwide. ground delays in los angeles and dallas. on wednesday a midair emergency as smoke filled the cockpit of a southwest flight following a bird strike. the plane made a safe landing back in new orleans. in all nearly 2.7 million people are moving through tsa check points. >> this is nuts and it was before 6:00 a.m. >> reporter: this time of year every airport has its own challenges. c

. >>> mediacom, along with these companies support c-span 2 as a public service. >>> i'm just going to start by introducing each of our readers and the first will be alice. and i will just introduce her and she will talk a little bit about her book and read a bit and i will introduce lynn and she will do the same and i will at some questions. than i will open up to all of you if you have questions. if something is on your mind, feel that you hold onto it and i will open it up later. so i will start with alice. alice carriere is a graduate of columbia university. she is the author of the memoir, everything, nothing, someone which is wonderful. it was a "new york times" ne editor's choice and among real simple -- best books of 2023. her writing appeared in the new york magazine, opera daily and "new york times" and she lives in amagansett. did i say that? , and nashville, which is right here. >> thank you so much lydia for being here and lynn, i am excited to be up here with both of you. this is my memoir, everything, nothing, someone and i tell the story of being the daughter of two pro

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. >> mediacom supports c-span as a public service along with the other television providers, giving you a front row seat to democracy. >> next on book tv's author interview program, afterwards, science journalist angela saini, on patriarchy. "afterwards" is a weekly program inrviewing top nonfiction authors about their latest work. it's terrific. be here with you today will just jump right right in. i was delighted to read the patriarch's i like your earlier books. my fir question really is, can you describe your path to getting to this book? because it's sort of a it pulls from all your other work. it does. and i think it was partly inspired by one of my previous books, inferior was a chapter in there on male dominated. and how is it that men came to rule and the question that i was constantly asked by readers was that if societies haven't always been male dominated, which think most anthropologists agree now they haven't been, then how we get to this all over the world patriarchy, which is a very warped social when you think about it, it's so widespread and yet that question is so rar

. >> we are leading the way -- >> mediacom supports c-span as a public service, along with these other television providers, giving you a front row seat to democracy. >> on thursday, the house and television committee meets which allows the federal government to conduct surveillance on foreigners outside of the united states to prevent intentional terror threats. -- to prevent potential terrorist threats. live thursday on c-span3 or online at c-span.org. up next, a hearing to examine foreign governments -- >> even here on u.s. soil. we have seen disturbing allegations from bombing and attempting to assassinate a citizen of new york who is critical to the government. this is the involvement -- this includes the involvement of the sikh individual earlier in the year. modern technologies have expanded the government's reach like never before. where the most sophisticated global campaigns comes from the people's republic of china. of course, they deny this. they said that acquisitions have been made out of thin air. tell that to the olympics no sooner -- tell that to the olympic figure ska

. >> we are leading the way -- >> mediacom supports c-span as a public service, along with these other television providers, giving you a front row seat to democracy. >> on thursday, the house and television committee meets which allows the federal government to conduct surveillance on foreigners outside of the united states to prevent intentional terror threats. -- to prevent potential terrorist threats. live thursday on c-span3 or online at c-span.org.