spent a lot of time in ohio dayton and sort of rural southeast ohio go very much in the book as well as left behind. when it came to the characters , as more people encountered in my reporting there are fascinating people and i wanted to write about them. i knew they had a story to tell. and in some cases that connection to amazon was pretty close like the young man in dayton ohio made cardboard boxes to support amazon. he is in there. the story is his dour mobility has dayton's. some pieces that connection was little more distant. a young man in southeast ohio worked at texas roadhouse as a waiter and trying to save his rural town was another person. in the case of seattle, i knew early on that it wanted to write about the central district and what it happened in the central district. i feel that's a story a lot of people outside seattle are not aware of that the city had such incredibly vibrant black community. when we hear a lot about black displacement in d.c. and somewhat in san francisco. but register last in seattle. so i wanted to write about that community and what happened

chris in dayton, ohio. a democratic caller. caller: if every state had set up an insurance exchange and extended medicaid, would insurance be cheaper? thank you. guest: well, you know, that's a great question. and i think that that is a question maybe more for a health care economist than for a reporter for the new york times. it's hard to know whether or not insurance would be cheaper, although one would think if people who had serious health conditions, perhaps enrolled in medicaid, and the government was absorbing those costs, thus leaving the pool of those insured -- that would be minimized for the insurance companies, it is possible premiums would be lower. but i feel like i am talking out of my league here, so i will not address what might happen if medicaid had been expanded to all states. it is hard to know. host: gabby in washington, an independent. caller: hi, i have a question. it kind of relates to -- back to the voting suppression that ties into health care. if the -- if voting suppression is able to continue becau

this photograph was taken in 1943 in dayton, ohio. it's the army corps, marching, it's the 13th service group who are in a military base near dayton, ohio who are watching on july 4th. when we found this image we were like yay, we really did participate. we did exist. we found an image of two men, two soldiers, a boy and a wang who were being sworn in as citizens in cbi, in the china burma indian theater. finding that image was phenomenal. then finding the highest ranking service personnel who was a commissioned officer was a major amaretto yank finding his photograph in the national archives validated our research, and it was those little negatives that kept us going because trust me, it didn't come all at once. we have to continue to search and continue to search. it was painstaking but really rewarding. that's why getting this book published was huge. huge. >> so satisfying at the end of a long journey. part of this challenge must have been that china's americans rather than african americans didn't serve, so they really were in ev

kathleen in dayton, ohio. caller: good morning. i would like to ask both guests -- and i think this question applies to what they are talking about. i grew up in a hard-core union family. put your nose to the grindstone, work hard, don't ask the state for anything -- unless you are hit by a mack truck through no fault of your own. the ppp, the money that people are getting, falls under that oversight. i am not into fat, rich folks getting tax breaks like trump and gave them, but i am also not into people riding the welfare gravy train, if they are capable of working. and i do think people should get paid good wages. i know three people receiving basically $4000 a month with a $600 plus percentage of their income, they are capable of working, their businesses open back up. i don't know how many people are doing that, but quite a few people are staying home who are capable of working and receiving this money. i do like how brad had a littlemantra, like when you are laid off, you can improve your life. i thought it was fantastic, mayb

chris in dayton, ohio, democratic collar. >> caller: good morning paid my question hasll always been as every state set up an insurance exchange and extended medicaid would insurance be cheaper? thank you. >> that is a great question. i think that is a question maybe more for healthcare economists then for a reporter for the "new york times". it is hard to know whether or not insurance would be cheaper. although 1 would think that if people who had serious health conditions were perhaps enrolled in medicaid and the government was absorbing those costs thus leaving the pool of those insured would be sort of minimized for the insurance companies it can be premiums lower i feel like i'm talking out of my league here. i am not going to really address what might have happened if medicaid had been expanded to all states. i think it's really hard to know. >> host: debbie in olympia, washington independent. >> caller: hi, i have a question. it kind of relates to, back to the voting suppression that ties into healthcare. if voting suppression is able to continue because of court judgments and

to govern saddling deceit to warehouse it is like baltimore, dayton ohio, and data how you meet a young man who makes cardboard boxes like the very bottom of that gymnastic chain making cardboard boxes. you meet truck drivers in southeast ohio. you kinda go all the way up the ladder. when this amazon tecra drawing economy sorting out of cities and towns were not just been earned urban and rural left behind cities for the something about this new economy that we have no that is created gaps between cities on the scale we have never seen before. it is really unhealthy for both ends of the spectrum really. stomach and similarly, the one click economy is intended to eliminate interaction. it is in fact a measure of success. about something i did not have a talk to anyone. no intervening. but this book not only challenge historic and the voices more importantly have this apparently humongous lee e-commerce model. tell us more about the people you encounter. >> rights. a lot of these regular factories are accompanied like a walmart or kmart source from senate factor. a lot of times are very r

concealable assault styled weapons had been used by the shooter here if boulder as well as in dayton, ohio we are grateful that the president took that step and he would take that common sense measures and heighten regulations. and in addition to a number of other important steps today. it is a very important day. to underscore there is a lot more that we have to do. >> the president mentioned today that when he was a senator in the early 1990s, he managed to get past a ban of assault weapons. it was a ten-year ban, that was the deal they would have to make. in order to get it past, it worked. it shows to reduce the use of those weapons and these kinds of mass killings. because george w. bush was elected president when that ten-year expired, no action was taken to extend that ban. this president would like to bring it back. >> i certainly agree with it. the fact that the president is willing to so boldly state the need for reinstatement of these assault weapons. >> the efficacy of the weapon ban was in exact activity 1994 clearly worked in our country and reduce the persuasiveness of mass

august 3rd, 2019, 23 people shod in a walmart in el paso, texas. 12 hours later, in dayton, ohio, 20ple were killed in less than 60 seconds by a gunman. october, 18, a killing in a synagogue in pittsburgh. then may 16, santa fe, new mexico. the most practical thing i've heard comes from a comedian. steven colbert. >> regulate guns like alcohol and you have to have registration and insurance for your gun. if you move to a new state you have to do the whole damn thing over again and you can't go out loaded. >> makes sense to me. i want to remind you to go to my website and answer this pessimistic survey question. it's a statement. the united states will never solve its problem of mass shootings. agree or disagree with that. >>> up ahead, today, the royal family will pay their respects to their beloved patriarch with a small, no-fuss funeral, the way he wanted it. we will watch the body language between brothers william and harry. who better to discuss this with than princess diane's former chief of pass and secretary patrick jeffson. he joins me next. really? i'll check that out. oh ye

joe is next from dayton, ohio. republican line.ood morning your view so far of the biden presidency? caller: my view is name me one thing that joe biden has done in 100 days. just one. he has done nothing but covid. this was all under the trump administration on operation warp speed. anyone, even myself, could distribute vaccines. it was under the trump administration that if you got these vaccines going, jobs are leaving this country. general motors pulled out of lordstown, sending electric cars manufacturing down to mexico. foxconn, they quit doing that factory in wisconsin. you eliminated over 11,000 union jobs on the pipeline. it like i said, just name me, as far as the numbers, your weekly jobless claims falling, those are people going back to work. so, what has he done in 100 days? host: joe, thank you for adding your voice. on the sunday shows, lindsey graham with these comments to chris wallace as he talked about whether or not the president is working in a bipartisan manner. something the president talked about in his inau

chris in dayton, ohio. a democratic caller. caller: if every state had set up an insurance exchange and extended medicaid, would insurance be cheaper? thank you. guest: well, you know, that's a great question. and i think that that is a question maybe more for a health care economist than for a reporter for the new york times. it's hard to know whether or not insurance would be cheaper, although one would think if people who had serious health conditions, perhaps enrolled in medicaid, and the government was absorbing those costs, thus leaving the pool of those insured -- that would be minimized for the insurance companies, it is possible premiums would be lower. but i feel like i am talking out of my league here, so i will not address what might happen if medicaid had been expanded to all states. it is hard to know. host: gabby in washington, an independent. caller: hi, i have a question. it kind of relates to -- back to the voting suppression that ties into health care. if the -- if voting suppression is able to continue becau

have a concealable assault-style weapons used allegedly by the shooter in boulder as well as if dayton, ohioer location across the country, where tragedies like these have occurred and we are grateful that the president took that step. he announced he would take that to promulgate regulation and ensure they are under the national firearms act are enforced, in addition to a number of other important steps today. it was a very important day. it's a set of first steps for us to underscore that there is a lot more that we have to do. >> the president mentioned today that when he was a senator in the early 1990s, he managed to get passed a ban of assault weapons and it was a ten-year ban. that's the deal they had to make. they had to put a so-called legislative end on it to get it passed. it worked to reduce these kind of mass killings and because george w. bush was elected president when that ten years expired, absolutely no action was taken to extend that ban and this president would like to bring it back. >> i certainly agree with him. the fact that the president is willing to so boldly state

there's one in dayton ohio one in milwaukee, wisconsin. there's also been kind of an inattentiveness to these years as you point out. i think there are four remaining in this state of ohio. there are very few of these sites left and there's almost no interest from organizations that are otherwise, you know devoted to civil war preservation. i think that's unfortunate because jonathan's piece to get back to your original question kind of shows us i think a lot about in reveals a lot about the again the capacious nature of civil war memory one of the things that he wants to do in that essay is to break down this kind of fictive divide between civil war veterans in their communities once they returned home. we often have this notion that civil war veterans were were men set apart and jonathan really shows us that there are all sorts of interactions and there's this dynamic communication between veterans and civilians just as there was of course before and during the war that continues after and that these ga are halls are not just these place

host: let's talk to john, who is calling from dayton, ohio.n says no, the supreme court should not be expanded. good morning. caller: good morning. i think it is just a partisan political move. they are going to turn the court into just another wing of politics, rather than a neutral authority that we can all look to and say, well, i don't necessarily disagree, but i will accept these guys' decision. if they do something like this, i would consider the court to be null and void, and personally i would never respect or make any effort to adhere to whatever they decided. it would just be, you know, a political move. i think it would be a terrible idea. host: let's go to leonard, who was calling from maryland. leonard, good morning. caller: yeah, good morning, jesse. i'm actually in hamden. i just, i don't understand why people don't see the commonsense factor or the elephant in the room. i'm 69 years old, i'm a veteran, and in the last 50 years i have watched the demise of our democracy and country. i want to ask you a couple of questions. bear

a story just last week from a news station in dayton, ohio, summed it up perfectly with a quote fromori earion, the founding president of families of addicts who said during the pandemic, addiction and families struggling with it haven't gone anywhere. we've been here the whole time. end quote. but they haven't gotten much notice. 87,000 people have died from overdoses in the september 2019 to september 2020 period we talked about. 87,000 americans died. and if not for the covid-19 pandemic, i don't think we would have seen this increase from everything we're hearing. the correlation is almost precise. but also we would be hearing a lot more about the addiction crisis and doing more about it here. we did put some funding into the cares act and into the two most recent covid-19 packages to help with behavioral health, people's mental health, and also with addiction. and that's a been helpful. but we need to go much broader and do something much more comprehensive, to take this moment to recommit ourselves to fighting addiction and ensuring that more americans don't continue to lose th

greg in dayton, ohio. caller: hello. host: good morning. you are on.r: joe biden speaks of -- it was the largest election turnout in history. the next thing you hear him talk about is voter suppression. it's like a wow, where did that come from? he spoke of lead in the water lines. he has been in office since the turn-of-the-century, why wasn't that a problem when he was in office? he speaks of the rich do not pay tax. it's impossible for them not to pay tax. they own things, they employ people, property tax, business tax -- you know, he needs to worry about hunter's tax. how is he making more money than a ceo? it does not make sense to me. he's full of hot air. host: on the democrats' line, this is helen. caller: how are you? host: fine, thanks. go ahead. caller: i appreciate c-span. the one thing i wanted to say is joe biden never has taken responsibility or accolades for medications. he's the only one whose gone to the american people. but, see -- before the insurrection, trump was pissed because he had lost. he spent time doing whatever he was doin

host: tom from dayton, ohio says not guilty. good morning.aller: maxine waters, that woman is the biggest racist this country knows. to spark the flames like she did, they ought to do in this trial of the whole thing. one thing i want to say, keith erickson -- or whatever his name is -- in the video for months of george floyd trying to get him in the car and he couldn't breathe. that's another thing. democrats, tell these people, do not resist and you will go home. host: tom in ohio. carl from maine says he's guilty. caller: i believe he is guilty. just look at the -- where the kid raised his hands and he had no gun and they shot him. i agree with the other man. i watched the whole trial, and what his lawyer tried to do, chauvin's lawyer, i felt like are we watching a cop accused of murder? they made it look like, chauvin 's lawyer, that george floyd was on trial. he was on trial for his lifestyle and his drug use. any time a trained cop who is paid to serve and protect the people, at any time when george floyd said he couldn't breathe, he co

i for one went to bowling green state university in ohio but maintained my residency in my home town outside of dayton. you have to show you are eligible to vote in that jurisdiction. host: up to maine, joe is in bedford. -- biddeford. caller: jason, have you ever stood in line for six hours to vote? guest: no, i have not. caller: ok. so why do you want people to have to wait? number one. number two, you've contradicted yourself at least three times. you say you want everyone to vote, but you vote but legislatures can take away your vote because they didn't feel like the particular vote. those contradictions are lie. i used to be a republican. i used to listen to your people but all you do is lie. president of the united states a year ago said that this election was rigged. with no proof. the president of the united states called roethlisberger and reitan tim, all of the people who had a trust for a good -- find me 12,000 votes. how is that a fair election? come on. host: jason? guest: i will say a couple of things. i agree, i thought that call was wrong, so i don't think there is any argument from me

i for one went to bowling green state university in ohio but maintained my residency in my home town outside of daytonyou have to show you are eligible to vote in that jurisdiction. host: up to maine, joe is in bedford. -- biddeford. caller: jason, have you ever stood in line for six hours to vote? guest: no, i have not. caller: ok. so why do you want people to have to wait? number one. number two, you've contradicted yourself at least three times. you say you want everyone to vote, but you vote but legislatures can take away your vote because they didn't feel like the particular vote. those contradictions are lie. i used to be a republican. i used to listen to your people but all you do is lie. president of the united states a year ago said that this election was rigged. with no proof. the president of the united states called roethlisberger and reitan tim, all of the people who had a trust for a good -- find me 12,000 votes. how is that a fair election? come on. host: jason? guest: i will say a couple of things. i agree, i thought that call was wrong, so i don't think there is any argument from me o