gordon reed. host: the next call for annette gordon-reed, go ahead. hi, i read the trim is part of the program i hope i'm not reading the program for professor gordon reed i'm a retired maryland public school teacher and i'm upset about the controversy of 1619 project in the pew organization offering $5000 to underpaid school teachers to teach, whatever that is supposed to be. i'm really quite upset about it and i would like her knowledge or her opinion. host: thank you martha. guest: i know this is a controversial subject for people, i don't know about paying people or that program or what she's referring to, i think it's a point of discussion, is a point of discussion 1619 from what i read as a number of essays not just one essay i know the lead essay was one that cause problems for a number of people and other people thought it was problematic for one reason or another i think it should be discussed and i think there are other parts of it that i think would be illuminating to students and could be useful if there's opposing viewpoints then that cou

jim in caliente, california, you are first up with annette gordon-reed. >> caller: thank you very much for taking my call. and, professor reed, i've been fascinated listening to you. it's been wonderful. my question is about sally hemings and thomas jefferson. what do we know about the relationship? obviously, he owned her. a horrible thing to say, but he owned her. was there love there? was there just she was e handy? there were many women, i'm sure, who would have been more than happy to be his companion. i understand that he had promised his wife he would not remarry. but what do we know about the interpersonal as much as we can know about that this. >> host: thank you, jim. >> guest: well, we don't know anything specific about the nature of their connection. there are people who say that it could only be, you know, rape because he owned her, as you mentioned, he owned her. his -- sally hemings' grandchildren, a couple great grandchildren, i'm trying to get the precise number here right. they talked about how jefferson felt about her, that he loved her. mr. jefferson loved her dearl

host: 30 minutes left in our conversation with professor annette gordon-reed. next call is from maryland. >>caller: hello doctor gordon reed. why do you think the leaders ofhe the confederacy did not take more seriously the economic failure of the republic of texas where only cotton is a crop? one crop economy? >> and also those that were reluctant to trade with them because they were the slaveholders republic so this tries to hide slavery but the texas constitution is explicit about all of this. people are stubborn and also the plan indicates there were people who always wanted texas to become a part of the united states a plan was to leave mexico hoping for annexation by the united states and then statehood. for those that wanted just the republic those that thought it would be part of the united states that they word even out by those protections of mexico o to join the larger economy and go forward as part of the united states of america. for lots of people that was the plan all along so the failures of the republic may not have been surprising because the

annette gordon reed has been a guest on book tv for the past two hours. very much appreciate your time. >> guest: thank you for inviting me. >> annette gordon reads books the patriots originally published on juneteenth are available in the c-span shop. every c-span shop percepts help support nonprofit operations including our programming, community outreach efforts and educational programs. pick up a copy of annette gordon reads books today page cspanshop.org. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> during a virtual event at the reagan presidential library, fox news martha mccown discovered world war ii battle of your achievement with fellow host dana perino. here's a portion of the program. >> is ashley grateful to the editor from start atonement writing a book i started telling him this story about being a little girl and going up into my grandfather's attic and finding these letters that had been written by my mother's first cousin harry gray who was killed at iwo jima when he was 15. from a young age out breed these letters they move me too tears. i thought, if i'm

qr and annette gordon-reed. we just had her bestseller in juneteenth and we have another look on the front page of their times american on fire. jack davis won a pulitzer for his book called the gulf. he goes all over the gambit. >> host: other names include transportation secretary pete buttigieg, edward o. wilson the naturalist and paul mccartney. what was it like to publish mr. mccartney? >> guest: i can't answer that because i published him in 2001 but his life's work as we see it is coming in november. it's called the lyrics. i've known paul for 20 years and this will be in lieu of an autobiography. it's two volumes and it deals with 154 songs. he does commentary on how they came about and the stories behind them and what involved the lyrics. there are over 700 images and over half we have never seen before. we think it will be one of the biggest books of all and paul has done so much collaboration. paul is a sweet and wonderful man but he likes to be creative and he likes to be energetic. he does not lay b

for the state of race in america, i want to talk to annette gordon-reed. a pulitzer prize-winning historian. her new book is "on juneteenth." annette gordon-reed, welcome to the show. >> glad to be here. >> i know this is an impossibly large question, but if somebody were to ask you, what is the state of american race relations today, how would you answer? >> well, i think it's like a river. there is a surface and a deep part of it that could be going with crosscurrents. i think we're sort of at an interesting time because we see the growth in white nationalism, we see a growth in efforts to suppress the vote, which, in many instances, means suppressing the black vote. on the other hand, we go through our daily lives and we seem to get along. there is not a race war going on, but there seem to be people who wish to foment one. >> let me tell you how i look at it and tell me if i'm wrong. i do think there has been an enormous amount of progress made. blacks are more integrated into every echelon of american society, whether college, grad school, professiona

we have the book on the revolution coming this fall with the malcolm x biography, annette gordon reed. we had our best seller and another book with "the new york times" america on fire, the book on the golf. it goes all over. >> some others include transportation secretary, edward wilson the naturalist and paul mccartney. what was it like to purchase paul mccartney? >> i can't answer that because i published them in 2001. but his life's work as we see it is coming in november. i've known paul for 20 years. this will be in lieu of an autobiography with two volumes. it deals with 154 and commentary how they came about. there's over 700 images. we think it will be one of the biggest books of the fall. so much collaboration. a sweet man but he liked to be creative and energetic. he does not lay back and just [inaudible] >> you were quoted a couple of years ago saying, quote, being an editor is like being in show business. what does that mean? >> being in the show business is because you never know. you could spend ten years on a book, it could be tremendous and then bombs in the first wee

on in-depth, join our to hour conversation with pulitzer prize-winning author and historian annette gordon reed as she talks about american presidents, slavery, and emancipation. her prize-winning books include the hemmingses of monticello. she will be taking your calls, comments, emails, and tweets. watch book tv on c-span2 this weekend. >> c-span's washington journal, every day we take your calls live in the air in the news of the day and we discussed policy issues that impact you. historians richard norton smith, douglas brinkley, edna greene medford discussed the results of c-span's historian survey of presidential leadership. watch washington journal live at 7:00 eastern sunday morning and be sure to join the discussion.

sunday live noon eastern on in-depth during our conversation with historian, annette gordon reed as she talks about america's presidents, slavery and emancipation, her books include having south monticello latest book on juneteenth. she will take your pulse, facebook comments, e-mails and tweets watch book tv on c-span tooth this weekend. ♪♪ >> ahead and book tv, three biographies. first, conservative intellectual promise and fate supreme court justice, ruth bader ginsburg. former first lady, nancy reagan. >> it's a pleasure to be with you, we have been together on my radio show, you have made a number of videos and i review in the "wall street journal", you are pretty and be greatest in my life, i just want you to know that. >> thank you. good to be here. >> you have done a service to the intellectual life of america by writing a biography of thomas soul andad i began in an odd wa, how do youee explain, i think i know the answer, nevertheless i want your answer, how do you explain that one of the finest minds of thee last half-century unknown to half of america. [laughter] >> i guess t

eastern, on in-depth, join our conversation with pulitzer prize-winning author and historian annette gordon reeds she talks about american presidents, slavery and emancipation, her books about the hemingses of monticello and on juneteenth. on c-span two this weekend. ♪ >> c-span is your unfiltered view of government, we are funded by these television companies and more including charter communications. >> broadband is a force of empowerment, building infrastructure, upgrading technology, empowering others in communities a and small. charter is connecting us. >> charter communications supports c-span as a public service, along with these other television dividers even you a front row seat to democracy. >> house speaker nancy pelosi has announced that mississippi congressman will chair the committee that will investigate the january 6 attack on the u.s. capitol. this is 25 minutes.

we're live with best selling author, harvard university professor and historian annette gordon reid who over -- annette gordon reedr books include the pulitzer prize winning the hemingses of monticello and the recently published, "on juneteenth." >> host: annette gordon-reed on the 225th anniversary of 1776, are we that exceptional nation we often tell ourselves we are or hear? >> guest: well, we're certainly trying to be. >> host: in what way? >> guest: well, i think that there are a number of people in society who are working to make the ideals of the declaration a reality, the ideals that are expressed in the preamble about equality and about the pursuit of happiness. so i think we have that idea, and we're trying to reach that potential. >> host: would the founders -- and this is one of those silly questions, but would the founders recognize who we are today? >> guest: no, of course not. [laughter] i mean, some aspects of it they would, but some, women participating in the politics, blacks participating in politics, all those kinds of

conversation with pulitzer prize-winning author and historian annette gordon reed as she talks about american presidents, slavery, and emancipation. her prize-winning books include the hemmingses of monticello. she will be taking your calls, comments, emails, and tweets. watch book tv on c-span2 this weekend. >> c-span's washington journal, every day we take your calls live in the air in the news of the day and we discussed policy issues that impact you. historians richard norton smith, douglas brinkley, edna greene medford discussed the results of c-span's historian survey of presidential leadership. watch washington journal live at 7:00 eastern sunday morning and be sure to join the discussion. >> on friday, president biden and first lady jill biden delivered remarks at the national education association's annual meeting. joining the bidens on stage was becky pringle, president of the nea. this is about 25 minutes. ♪ [applause] >> hello. you know, last year, i told you if joe became president, you would have one of your own in the white house. [applause] and here we are. you helped

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alisha davis and sunday live noon eastern on in-depth during our conversation with historian, annette gordon reedtalks about america's presidents, slavery and emancipation, her books include having south monticello latest book on juneteenth. she will take your pulse, facebook comments, e-mails and tweets watch book tv on c-span tooth this weekend. ♪♪ >> ahead and book tv, three biographies. first, conservative intellectual promise and fate supreme court justice, ruth bader ginsburg. former first lady, nancy reagan. >> it's a pleasure to be with you, we have been together on my radio show, you have made a number of videos and i review in

>> joint are to our conversation with knowledge of prize-winning author and historian annette gordon-reed as she talks about american presidents, slavery, and emancipation. our prize-winning books include the hints of monticello, her latest book, on juneteenth. she will be taking your calls, facebook comments, e-mails and tweets. watch booktv on c-span2 this weekend. >> president biden and vice president harris held a briefing on wildfire readiness for the 2021 season. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible] >> we have -- [inaudible] >> thank you all again for being here in this important meeting, so thank you, thank you, thank you. and, governor newsom, you trying to make us feel bad, listening in that magnificent background you have over there, and while i'm sitting in here in the white house? god love you. anyway, it's good to see you all, really. thank you. for years, the president has received a briefing at the beginning of the hurricane season, looking at the trends that are coming to get a sense of what's coming so that the country

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i'm annette gordon reed. i'm the president of sheer this year for the next couple of days and i'm happy to see all of you here and sorry that the weather was not so great yesterday and some of the people who intended to be here yesterday couldn't because of the deluge that took place and prevented people from moving on the eastern seaboard. there are lots of people that i am going to thank later on but to just remind you that a lot goes into this kind of event and many people have worked very very hard harder than i've worked to put all of this together and one of the people who could not be here was frank cogliano because he got stuck in newark because of whether he will be here later this evening and we'll have to miss the plenary but his co-chair sarah pierce hall is here and she's going to say a few words. thank you. hi, i'm welcome to this year's cheer. i'm sorry. the frank isn't here to join me for this further. welcome just to say how wonderful it is to see everyone here. what a pleasure. it's been to

during our program with annette gordon reed as she talks about american presidents, slavery and emancipation. her books include the hemmings of monticello and her latest book on juneteenth. she will be taking your calls, facebook comments, e-mails and twitter tweets. watch book tv on c-span2 this weekend. ♪♪ ♪♪ >> c-span is your unfiltered view of government funded by television companies and more including charter communications. ♪♪ >> charter communications supports c-span as a public service along with these other television providers giving a row seat to democracy. >> good evening. i'm the executive director of the washington library cap map burning man coming to you from the library for an exciting evening book talk with patrick. i want to thank the company for sponsor not just this talk but many talks over the years, a great series where we have authors talking about the newest work and it doesn't get any newer than this because this the book release for this exciting book. i want to mention one program, june 9 our third lecture, richard bernstein's new book, the education of john

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tomorrow we are live at harvard university professor and historian annette gordon reed, she will answer questions about american presidents, slavery and emancipation protocol into her in-depth program or submit your questions via e-mail, but tv@c-span.org or be social media @booktv. then on monday it's an extra day book tv some of the authors you see historian patricia sullivan and robert kennedy and the civil rights movement, wall street journal columnist jason riley on the life of economist thomas olin alex marlow of breitbart news critical look at mainstream media. when full schedule information online @booktv.org or consult your program guide. now here's john with a look at the tactical decisions that secure the continental army's victory in the revolutionary war. certificate evening everyone print welcome to our talk this evening with john for a link on their winning independence but i am team on from the avon library we are in webinar modes of you have any questions at any point throughout her discussion popped them a into the q&a box or the chat box will read them at the end i'll

next it is booktv's monthly in depth program at harvard university professor and historian annette gordon reedr books include the pulitzer prize national book award-winning monticello and "on juneteenth. >> host: on the anniversary of 1776, we often tell ourselves we are or here. >> guest: we are certainly trying to be. >> host: in what way? >> guest: i think there are a number of people in society who are sort of working to make the ideals of the declaration a

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historian and legal scholar annette gordon-reed calls it a "slow-motion genocide." have black troops, black union troops, u.s. troops, who are part of the occupying army in the south. you have white stherners absolutely outraged that you would have black soldiers- black soldiers -- as an occupyg force in what they see as their space. and so they begin to tk about the violence that we're seeing, the violence that is happening is becau these black soldiers are here. and if these black soldis weren't here, then this killing wouldn't be happening. and so andrew johnson remos the blacsoldiers. first he removes them from the interior of the south and puts them on coastalortifications, and then shortly thereafter, removes them as an occupying force in the south altogether. those black soldiers saw themselves as a line of defense protecting the newlyreed people from the terror that was raining dowon them. so t denigrati oflack soldiers, the attempt to disarm black people after the war, the language that black people aren't rely citizens, that black people are dangerous and

street journal columnist jason riley discusses the life and career of the communist, story annette gordon reedican presidents. slavery, and emancipation. editor news argues the mainstream media has destroyed his credibility. find more information at booktv.org or consult your program guide. here is 2021 lincoln prize. >> good evening and welcome. i am the senior high school in new york city and a member of the student advisory council of american history. i've been accepted at several colleges including george law, harvard, brown, john hopkins and boston university.nd it will be deciding soon were to start in the fall. throughout this evening at this important event. as when the most prestigious awards we are sad to not be

tomorrow we are live at harvard university professor and historian annette gordon reed, she will answerstions about american presidents, slavery and emancipation protocol into her in-depth program or submit your questions via e-mail, but tv@c-span.org or be social media @booktv. then on monday it's an extra day book tv some of the authors you see historian patricia sullivan and robert kennedy and the civil rights movement, wall street journal columnist jason riley on the life of economist thomas olin alex marlow of breitbart

"in depth" joint our two-hour conversation with pulitzer prize-winning author and historian annette gordon-reeds she talks about an american president, slavery and emancipation. her prize-winning books include the henningsen monticello, and her latest book on juneteenth. she will be taking your calls, facebook comments, texts and tweets. watch booktv on c-span2 today. >> now on booktv's "after words" program former senate majority y leader bill frist republican of tennessee talks with author andy slavitt former senior advisor in the biden administration about u.s. response to the coronavirus pandemic. >> host: ante, it's great to be with you today and so, so many ways to talk like a great book. >> guest: great to be with you again, senator tremor , lm excited to talk about your book just out, "preventable: the inside story of how leadership failures, politics, and selfishness doomed the u.s. coronavirus response" a great book. it's an insiders account behind the scenes look to say painful at times but a real eye-opener. there's so much we can talk about but let's jump right in and start with th

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annette gordon reed talks about american presidents. slavery, and emancipation. editor news argues the mainstream media has destroyed his credibility. find more information at booktv.org or consult your program guide. here is 2021 lincoln prize. >> good evening and welcome. i am the senior high school in new york city and a member of the student advisory council of american history. i've been accepted at several colleges including george law, harvard, brown, john hopkins and boston university.nd it will be deciding soon were to start in the fall. throughout this evening at this important event. as when the most prestigious awards we are sad to not be able to gather in celebration with you in person, we are honored to take this program online and to be joined by more than a thousand teachers,ey students and history lovers across the country. tonight we celebrate not one, but two distinguish lincoln pprizewinners winner of the 2020 prize for her book army of deliverance and professor at royal owner of the 2021 price for his book a bit. abraham lincolnln in his time

and sunday live at noon eastern on in depth, join our two hour conversation with annette gordon-reeds she talks about american presidents, slavery and emancipation. her books include the hemings of monticello and her latest book, on juneteenth. ms. gordon-reed will be taking your calls, emails and tweets. watch booktv on c-span2 this weekend. >> saturday on "the communicators" -- >> when talking about digital oppression, in a way that information communication technologies are being used to further autocratic political agendas. so, basically, the ways in which technology's being used to be a coercion and other means to accomplish political

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today we're live with harvard university professor and a story annette gordon-reed. she will answer your questions about american presidents, slavery and emancipation. call in during our in-depth program or submit your questions via e-mail at booktv@c-span.org or via.org or via social media at booktv. tonight on our author interview program "after words" former xerox ceo ursula burns the first black female ceo of a fortune 500 company shares her insights on an american business. tomorrow it's an extra day of booktv. some of the authors you'll see, patricia sullivan, "wall street journal" columnist jason riley on a life of economist, soul, and alex marlow of breitbart news with a critical look at mainstream media. find full schedule information online@booktv.org online at booktv.org or consult your program guide. >> welcome everybody to the institute of politics andro glol affairs at cornell university's book and author series sponsored by bernard schwartz. tonight, "madam speaker: nancy pelosi and the lessons of power" written by susan page. will have a nice conversa

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and also professor walter tu lan and author annette gordon reed joins us.ll was put together what the criteria was, everything that brought this list about so we understand what we're looking at. >> at cspan every four years we bring out a poll, do a wide cast of historians and biograpiers we had 143 respond and the voting goes down in different categories. donald trump did abysmally in administrative skills, did better in public persuasion. so it's broken down commander in chief, foreign policy, and we get them all together and tabulate them and this is the list. there's a lot of sustainability here. we have lincoln first, washington second, fdr third, theodore roosevelt fourth. eisenhower has been playing in the fifth zone where harry truman used to be. but truman is high. and john f kennedy and ronald reagan and barack oba all hold extremely high places. you don't want to be in this poll ranked below william henry harrison, he was president for one month. if you ranked below him like donald trump is, it means you did damage while you were in the white ho

i'm annette gordon reed. i'm the president of sheer this year for the next couple of days and i'm happy to see all of you here and sorry that the weather was not so great yesterday and some of the people who intended to be here yesterday couldn't because of the deluge that took place and prevented people from moving on the eastern seaboard. there are lots of people that i am going to thank later on but to just remind you that a lot goes into this kind ofve

host: earlier last week, historian, author and professor annette gordon reed was on book tv for an in-depthnterview and she talked about controversy over critical race theory. here is what she said. [video clip] >> what people have done is made any talk about race critical race theory. critical race theory us all talk about race but not all people who talk about race are critical race theorists and most of the people talking about race are not doing theory. you do not do theory with six-year-olds and seven-year-olds, and i'm not being disingenuous. i do not think that's what's going on. i think there's a concern about talking about topics, from what i have read and what people have said, that make white students feel bad. so if you are talking about slavery and they know that the vast majority of slaveholders were white in the united states -- some will say that africans had slaves too and people they captured and sold, but we are talking about americans and the relationship we have had with one another and have had since 1776, but to say that you cannot talk about those things because you

"in depth" to it are two hour conversation with pulitzer prize-winning author and historian annette gordon-reed as she talks about american presidents, slavery and emancipation. her prize-winning books include bahamians the headings of monticello, and her latest book on juneteenth. she will be taking your calls, facebook comments, e-mails and tweets. watch booktv on c-span2 this weekend. >> now a hearing on neurological disease such as autism, alzheimer's and hydrocephalus. the house foreign affairs subcommittee on health also look at disparities and treatment of these diseases between rich and poor countries. >> the subcommittee on africa, global health, and global human rights will come to order. without objection the chair is authorized to declare a recess of the subcommittee at any time. all numbers will have five days to submit statements, extraneous materials and questions for the record subject to the length limitation in the rules. to insert something in the record please have your staff contact the subcommittee staff. as a reminder to members please keep your video function on at all t

in-depth, join our to our conversation with pulitzer prize winning author annette gordon reed. she talks about slavery and emancipation. her latest book on juneteenth. she will be taking your calls, facebook comments. watch book tv on c-span2 this weekend. ♪ >> up next, the white house science, space, and technology committee holds a hearing on improving wildfire research and coordination efforts. witnesses include the former santa fe new mexico fire chief. this is three hours. >> testing. tested. >> we can hear you, sir, thank you. >> we were waiting just a minute because the conference and caucus were meeting, but i think we will begin. since this is a hybrid, do we begin a countdown to begin it or do we just proceed? i want to announce a couple of reminders. those attending unvaccinated against covid-19 need to stay masked throughout the hearing. unvaccinated members may remove their mask only during their questioning under this five minute rule or unvaccinated persons can also attend remotely. members should keep the video feed on. members are responsible for their own micr

in-depth, during our two hour conversation with pulitzer prize-winning author and historian, annette gordon reed as she talks about american presidents, slavery and emancipation prize-winning books include the hemmings of monticello in her latest book on juneteenth. gordon reed will take your calls, facebook comments, e-mails and tweets. watch book tv on c-span2 this weekend. ♪♪ >> c-span is your unfiltered view of government. funded by these television companies and more including micco. ♪♪ ♪♪ >> micco supports c-span as a public service along with these other television providers giving a front row seat to democracy. ♪♪ ♪♪ >> sunday night on q&a, a look at american presidents through the lens of the book favorites with journalists and historian craig, the story has often been and as you saw in the quote that kennedy's father was the one.the but that's not true, one that multiple times he brought up the price, another historian, i'd rather win a pulitzer surprised and people president because he had this strong desire for literary fame even though he didn't want to do literary work, he got hims

host: earlier last week, historian, author and professor annette gordon reed was on book tv for an in-depth interview and she talked about controversy over critical race theory. here is what she said. [video clip] >> what people have done is made any talk about race critical race theory. critical race theory us all talk about race but not all people who talk about race are critical race theorists and most of the people talking about race are not doing theory. you do not do theory with six-year-olds and seven-year-olds, and i'm not being disingenuous. i do not think that's what's going on. i think there's a concern about talking about topics, from what i have read and what people have said, that make white students feel bad. so if you are talking about slavery and they know that the vast majority of slaveholders were white in the united states -- some will say that africans had slaves too and people they captured and sold, but we are talking about americans and the relationship we have had with one another and have had since 1776, but to say that you cannot talk about those things because yo

in-depth, join our two hour conversation with a pulitzer prize winning author and historian, annette gordon reedalks about american presidents, slavery and emancipation. her books include "hemmings of monticello," and her latest book "on juneteenth." she would take calls, emails, emails, and tweets. you can watch booktv on c-span2 this weekend. ♪ >> american historytv on c-span 3, exploring the people and events that tell the american story, every weekend. today at 6:00 p.m. eastern on the civil war, two university of virginia's now center for civil war history professors on their book about african-american union soldiers fighting for emancipation, tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on lectures in history, a university of california riverside professor on the lives of women during the american revolution and the early republic. sunday at 6:00 p.m. eastern on american artifacts, the arrival of the reconstructed friendship at the 18th-century port of yorktown, virginia, designed after the french vessel that brought general lafayette back to the united states in 1780. exploring the american story. watch

annette gordon. she talked about americans presence, slavery and emancipation enterprise willing books including lemmings of monticello and her latest book, on juneteenth. miss gordon reed will be taking your calls, facebook comments and e-mails and tweets. watch book tv, on "c-span2" this weekend. >> you may have heard aboutur unemployment fraud during covid-19 and unemployment money being stolen and we are going to talk about that next with her guest joining us, with risk solutions and the government division it ceo and joining us to talk about the issue and potential billions of dollars. good morning. >> good morning how are you. >> very well may start fresh with a headlight that we notice about in terms of where the problem is and they get to your comments. it says that half of the pandemics unemployment may have been money may have been stolen. first of all they would, your with lexus risk solutions what is a probably that your group does and how are you monitoring the unemployment or the potential for unemployment fraud. >> yes, we do very small things, we stop fraud we help catch bad people that we enable digital government. our company texas is a market theater