. >> bessie was born in a jewish orphanage in new orleans that states her life profoundly was social justice values. i like to say that before there was a notorious rpg as justice ginsburg is affectionately known, there is not dacia's bessie margolin. we are her essentially the fair labor standards act and the equal pay act. she champion those laws in her 30 years as an associate solicitor at the labor department and she was a mentor to me. >> what were some of the significant cases she was involved in as well as the fair labor act? >> all of her time for the labor department was spent on the fair labor standards act. so is really the body of work that cause chief justice earl warren to say that she had put the flash on the bare bones of the fair labor standards act and without her work the bare-bones would've been wholly inadequate. her most perhaps significant case, standing alone, was the first pace which established the rule that still exist today that jobs need only be substantially equal and not identical to warranty equal pay. and that is a standard that we adhere to today. >>

>> bessie grew up in the jewish orphan home in new orleans.t closed in 1946 and i too was an orphan and became award for an agency that cared for her. when i graduated from the same high school that she went to, 50 years later, my high school guidance counselor introduced us. i got to know her through my years in college, law school and legal career for the state of maryland. so i think she saw in me a little bit of herself, that little girl of new orleans. >> this is book tv on c-span2. television for serious readers. here is prime time line-up. starting shortly look back at 2016 election. at 7:30 photos of abandoned public spaces around the country by matthew christopher and on book tv after words, georgetown philosophy professor weighs in

>> bessie grew up in jewish town in new orleans.losed in 1946 and i too was an orphan and came award of the agency that cared from her when i graduated from the same high school she went to 50 years later, my high school guidance counselor introduced us and so i got to know her through my years in college, law school and into my own legal career for the state of maryland. so i think she saw in me a little bit of herself, the little girl from new orleans. >> c-span where history unfolds daily. c-span created public service by america's cable company and it's brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. >> senator george mitchell, it's a delight to see you. i've been reading you, seeing you on the air waves and now comes this new book which was interesting to read and it arrives just as the time of presidential transition and i think a lot of people want too hear about it. >> jane, it's nice to see you again and thank you very much for doing this and for having me here. i wrote the book with a colleague who worked with th

number five on the list - bessie charmichael at 7th & harrission... and number eight - marshall elementery - just off of mission street. talk to san francisco's pedestrian safety advocates and not one of these three locations comes as a surprise. {[nicole ferrara "no they don't. they re along some of our most dangerous streets in san francisco." and the tenderloin, mission and "south of market" neighborhoods have a high number of pedestrian accidents for a reason... they have have streets built for speed. {[nicole ferrara "so one way streets are particularly dangerous because they create this tunnel like feeling and you can really pick up speed." and faster traffic tends to produce more dangerous crosswalks - like this guy - who might have been killed had he actually followed the walk sign and used his right of way. {[nicole ferrara "you know schools are everywhere throughout our city, and many of them are going to be within a quarter mile of a dangerous street." in san francisco, wilson walker, kpix 5. a bay area teenager, killed when a tree c

>> bessie grew up in the jewish orphan home in new orleans. it closed in 1946 and i too was an orphan and became award for an agency that cared for her. when i graduated from the same high school that she went to, 50 years later, my high school guidance counselor introduced us. i got to know her through my years in college, law school and legal career for the state of maryland. so i think she saw in me a little bit of herself, that little girl of new orleans. >> this is book tv on c-span2. television for serious readers. here is prime time line-up. starting shortly look back at 2016 election. at 7:30 photos of abandoned public spaces around the country by matthew christopher and on book tv after words, georgetown philosophy professor weighs in on flaws in democratic systems. at 10:00 detail look at the 1901 world fair in buffalo, new york. we wrap up sunday prime time line-up at 10:45 with thomas freedman on how technology and globalization are accelerating our lives. first up is unprecedented on the 2016 election. [inaudible conversations] >>

bessie woodruff politics reporter at the daily beast.l, start with you, the president has only 22 days in office. he dropped this stink bomb at the u.n. over israel. now. this how much of this is muddying the waters at least a little bit for president-elect trump. >> it puts president trump into a bind. he have to make immediate decision whether to continue this israel policy that president obama has put in place. we already know he has made that decision. we presume, based on his statements that he will not continue and that on the russia issue he has to make a decision whether or not to keep these sanctions and these actions in place or whether or not to roll them back. that, i think, is a little bit more up in the air and we don't know how he will act. >> betsy, today, the speaker of the house, republican paul ryan was blistering in saying, quote while today's actions are overdue way to end'5" eight years of failed policy with russia. serves as a prime example of this administration's ineffective foreign policy that has left america w

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what we have seen will we credit school choice programs and i would like to see bessie paul more money aside for this, we train the trainers -- i will like to see betsy put more money aside for this, we train the trainers. we have parent workshops so they know how to evaluate schools and evaluate teachers. what is our most challenged communities, there does need to be more information curve so they can exercise power of choice. choice is the nature of responsibility. schools can be intimidating particularly if you cannot read or have education yourself. there's a lot we can do to make sure that choice works for all particularly if we empower parents that they have the skill set necessary to exercise and that empowerment. host: par rental involvement does parental involvement. how do you a, should that -- how do you will come push that? busy parents. a lot separated? how do you do that? think that, again, take out the discussion of just choice in and of itself. a whole couldt as do a better job of parent engagement. communities,eform when reid took over d.c. and had great ideas. at the

what we have seen will we credit school choice programs and i would like to see bessie paul more moneyde for this, we train the trainers -- i will like to see betsy put more money aside for this, we train the trainers. we have parent workshops so they know how to evaluate schools and evaluate teachers. what is our most challenged communities, there does need to be more information curve so they can exercise power of choice. choice is the nature of responsibility. schools can be intimidating particularly if you cannot read or have education yourself. there's a lot we can do to make sure that choice works for all particularly if we empower parents that they have the skill set necessary to exercise and that empowerment. host: par rental involvement does parental involvement. how do you a, should that -- how do you will come push that? busy parents. a lot separated? how do you do that? think that, again, take out the discussion of just choice in and of itself. a whole couldt as do a better job of parent engagement. communities,eform when reid took over d.c. and had great ideas. at the bott