that comstock went after. she gave me this tip, you want to look into the postal records. i don't remember exactly what she said. but i walked into the national archives in washington, d.c., and the postal records are pretty wonderful and exhaustive there, and using the help of an archivist, an independent archivist i met there who i hope is listening today, i was able to figure out where to get these files that were individual postal records related to people prosecuted for doing things connected to the mail. they are basically like fbi files. there was a predecessor the fbi called the bureau of investigation, and it may have had a different name in the time period i was researching, but they are the size of a mailing envelope, all stacked in these boxes like that, and they have the person's name and case number on the front, and you open it up, and in some cases, these files contain the actual seized material. >> that's incredible. >> sitting there in the national archives, and let me tell you, you're readin

anthony comstock is a great foil. if we can use them, i felt like if i i could use them to tell these stories, why not? because -- >> it would be exactly what he wouldn't want, right? >> exactly, yes, yes. he, too, is an evocative character. >> let's get a little sketch of our he comes from. i want to move into the women's stories. >> of course. >> but who was he? he had this profound impact on the lives of women going forward for 100 years and there's still -- >> 150 really. the passage of the comstock act was 1873 so we are now coming up on -- amite adding correctly? 150 years. anthony comstock was born in 1844 in new canaan connecticut. then an agrarian part of connecticut, grew up on a farm. he could see the long island sound on the farm, and every sunday he and his brothers and sisters and parents went to the congregationalist church for many, many hours. his mother was a direct descendent of the puritans. anthony fought in the civil war. his brother samuel, died in service, and he enlisted afterwards. he appears

i agree with congresswoman comstock.d it's a procedural issue, they will wait until there is a case in front of us. i would be shocked if this stood up. >> from looking at that ruling from the five justices where they declined to pause the texas law, one piece of that, one thing that's missing from that very, very brief order that was -- that several legal folks note today me is it didn't say that the texas law was unconstitutional. those justices could have said this lawe is blatantly unconstitutional given current supreme court precedent. they could have said that while also pausing the law, but they didn't. and that's something that is ominous t sign to folks who wan to pro terkt abortion right. >> legitimate rape became a sticky praise. phrase. this bounty thing feels like no matter what -- it may make mississippi look reasonable to some people, but the bounty thing hashe this stickiness to where even the average person is going to hear about it. >>to it's an asinine way to setp a law. what stops a california from ba

i will say, though, i do agree with what congresswoman comstock was saying.the court has signaled they're going to overturn roe v. wade. the majority of the court says there's a procedural issue, we'll wait until there's a case in front of us. i would be shocked if this stood up. >> that said, in looking at the ruling that came out from the five justices where they declined to pause the texas law, one piece of that that's missing from that very, very brief order that several legal folks noted to me is it didn't say explicitly that the texas law was unconstitutional. those justices could have said this law is blatantly unconstitutional given current supreme court precedence. they could have said that but they didn't. that's an ominous sign to those who want to protect abortion rights. >> you know, brendan, legitimate rape became a sticky phrase. it took down not only one senate republican candidate, but a second one in indiana. it may make mississippi look reasonable, but the bounty thing has a stickiness thing to it where the average person is going to questi

i do agree with what congresswoman comstock was saying.ing to overturn roe v. wade. the jort of the court says there's a procedural issue, we'll wait until there's a case in front of us. i'll be shocked if this stands up. >> that said, one piece of that, one thing that's missing from that very, very brief order that several legal folks noted to me is it didn't say explicitly that the texas law was unconstitutional. those justices could have said this law is blatantly unconstitutional given current supreme court precedence. they could have said that but they didn't. that's an ominous sign to those who want to protect abortion rights. >> brendan, legitimate rape took down a sticky phrase. it tooks down not only one senate republican candidate, but two. it may make mississippi look reasonable, but the bounty thing where even the average person -- >> it's an as nine way to set up a law. you asked the right question of claire mccaskill. what happens stops california from banning guns by saying you can sue anybody who owns one. there's nothing c

here's a portion of that program. >> anthony comstock was born in 1844 in connecticut.rt of connecticut, he grew up on a farm. he could see the long island sound from the farm. every sunday he and his brothers and sisters and parents went to the congregational church for many many hours. his mother polycom stock was a direct -- polly comstock was a direct descendant of the puritans. anthony fought in the civil war. his brother samuel died in service. he enlisted afterwards. he appears from his civil war diaries to have felt obsessively guilty about things. we think some of his animus towards obscenity came from the fact that during the civil war men were passing around books and pictures and this kind of thing because it had become cheaper to mail these kinds of materials. he moved to new york around 1867, 1868, like many young veterans, and he wanted to become a dry goods salesman, but because he was interacting a lot with other men his age who were visiting prostitutes and pursuing what was called sporting life, sporting culture, which included boxing billiards, is ae

anthony comstock devoted his career to opposing what he deemed immoral. the comstock act outlawed sending obscenity and contraceptives through the u.s. mail and its effect lasted for 100 years. after the passage, eight remarkable women engaged in a decades long fight against comstock's law in court and the press. amy sung brings to

congresswoman comstock, i wonder what you make of this new reporting? >> well, i think the american people should thank vice president dan quayle, first of all. that was solid and good advice. none of this information is too surprising. what is happening now with these books and what will happen with the january 6th committee and the subpoenas and the texts and the emails that come from all of these people close to the president, we are going to see it in a lot more detail and, unfortunately, as we get more detail, it is going to look even more awful for donald trump because every time you think you're in the basement of awfulness with donald trump, there's another basement below it. but the great news, and i think that is coming out in these books and will come out in the hearings also, is that you had republican officials even within his own white house, certainly within his administration, who said no to him and you also had officials in arizona and georgia and other states who also said no. and unfortunately are paying political consequences. but i

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he was sent to washington in 1872 and 1873 and got this law passed that became known as the comstock law even though it has a much longer and more complicated name. anthony comstock was essentially -- he was an iconic figure in the sense that he had kind of a classic civil war era biography which was young, religious, christian, fought in the war and then moved to a large city and became really overwhelmed by the amount of vice, noise, craziness manufacturing of new york, and it drove him to become what i call a [inaudible]. >> to watch the rest of this program, visit our website booktv.org, search for the title of the book "the man who hated women" using the search box at the top of the page. >>> good evening everyone. we're delighted to have you with us. welcome to book talk tuesday. i'm at the center for digital history at the washington library. we're glad to see you back in this new year and delighted you have joined and decided to spend your evening with us. tonight i'm very excited because we're going to have an opportunity to explore the challenges, the opportunities that ear

barbara comstock is opposed to abortion but doesn't like what texas is doing. >> this is a flawed billi expect because these similar bills have been blocked before and i think fairly quickly this will be. so i think neither side is going to be pleased with where the court may come down. >> reporter: other states are passing similar laws. attorney general merrick garland pushing back today in a statement. he says the justice department is looking into all options to challenge texas sb-8 to protect women and their constitutional rights. this group tonight believes everyone needs to pay attention. >> not just the abortion that's under attack. also whether or not a woman has a right to birth control. >> reporter: in berkley, cheryl hurd, nbc bay area news. >>> more than a week after hurricane ida hit, there are still half a million people without power in louisiana and mississippi. and for some, it won't be back on for weeks. this is video. you see the homes and businesses surrounded by mud and water. it is a mace. the hurricane made landfall last sunday. now there's a flash flood warning

hot morgan he was sent to washington and got a law passed that was known as the comstock law even thoughad a more complicated so he comes up essentially this iconic figure with the classic civil war era of biography young religious christians fought in the war and became very overwhelmed with the craziness of manufacturing and it drove him to become a maniac of malcolm gladwell's appearances on book tv. >> hello good evening everyone and events manager and co. owner so thank you so much for joining us

dipped from 44% down from 50% back in june and joining me former republican from virginia barbara comstockshould the president and his team be worried about these approval numbers? i hate to do the poll question first, but it's there. >> yes, but really because he needs to be worried about the covid numbers. covid is probably the biggest reason that president biden got elected. he's doing all that he can. he's got to step it up more. i like seeing dr. fauci even though it's a holiday weekend, making himself available to you and our audience to make sure people know how threatening this is. i do think that's at the root of this. i think the president analysis is right. we got to find way to protect ourselves and love our neighbors and get those vaccines in people's arms. a lot of it is combatting the misinformation. my hat is off to dr. fauci and you for confronting it so c candidly in that prior interview. >> congresswoman, i have to ask you, why is it that we're seeing these rates in trump country jumping off the map for covid and the low vaccination rate dounss down there, how do we get

pandemic and as mentioned former democratic senator claire mccaskill and former congresswoman barbara comstock will weigh in on the abortion lau. we hope you stick here and in 45 minutes tune into "meet the press" after thinewscast. >>> president joe biden has plans to visit new jersey and new york to survey the damage done by hurricane ida. on tuesday he will travel to queens, new york, and manville, new jersey, where the storm brought major flooding and killed nearly 50 people. the toll was the highest in new jersey where at least 25 people lost their lives. this week the president issued emergency declarations for new jersey and new york and that allows for federal aid to help there. >>> help with airline tickets has become a crucial need during the pandemic and many frustrated families have turned to our consumer team for help. all of them hit some sort of ticket turbulence before they even got to the airport. consumer investigator chris chmura is here with a silver lining in that dark cloud. >> reporter: here's a scenario. you booked a nonstop flight from sfo to honolulu that leaves aroun

border agents say they are taking them to stations in our pine, comstock, elsewhere in texas and otherrn border and i will give you a crystal-clear answer but we don't know right now unfortunately. ainsley: up next, why social media platform used for sharing is under fire for research that is allegedly hiding from the documentary a social dilemma. ainsley: facebook under fire after a new report from the wall street journal reveals the social media giant, and mental health. facebook is putting profit ahead of people. a key figure in the netflix documentary the social dilemma joined me now. i got to tell you, started the day with this sort of extra thing about the elites, and what is happening with teenage girls who use instagram you've been warning about this kind of stuff so maybe you weren't shocked but walk us through what is going on at facebook so we understand. >> it's important to have the conversation. the crosscheck thing is its own issue but it is a focus on the harm to children. these platforms, their whole business model garners attention to keep us close to trees as long as

having this sort of all glass wall of windows is typical of 1960s buildings like the comstock and 1200here may be one small building like that in the area that i have seen that was built around them. and the reason i mention this is our neighborhood found to be worthy of being an historic district when it is studied sometime because of the fact it is post-1906 earthquake rebuilding and even the new buildings that have been built then have not been particularly disruptive of the fabric and so on. when you get something that is not really compatible with that, it is not desirable to have that kind of design. >> thank you. >> good afternoon, commissioners. my name is waynan fong and my family and i have lived around the corner from this property not too far away. we have been in our current home and this neighborhood since 1943 when my grandparents bought this home just after the chinese exclusion act and they pretty much grew up in this neighborhood. and today three generations of the family live in my family home and the neighborhood, including my children who attend sling valley elemen