coleman jr., and former democratic senator from alabama, doug jones are back with us. jones and the big issue, the big elephant in the room, in the court of public opinion and frankly in the courtroom was the issue of race, the motivation for following ahmaud arbery, of course there will be a federal hate crimes trial that might actually follow now that there has been a conviction. it was always in the works for that. i wonder from your perspective, the fact that the prosecution didn't really raise the issue fully until the end, talking about the 911 call, and the response, the emergency was a black man running. what do you make of that strategy, the prosecution to limit the discussions around race? >> well, laura, it was obviously a pretty good strategy because they got a verdict with eleven white people and one african-american on that jury, so i think it was a very good strategy. as i said a moment ago, that prosecution knew their jury. i heard the prosecutor interviewed earlier, and she said all along that they felt that they had a very strong jury, one that was go

senator from alabama, senator doug jones, who will be one of our two panelists in today's conversation. as a u.s. attorney for alabama, senator jones successfully prosecuted two kkk members for their role in the 1963 16th street baptist church bombing. and he has been a prominent civil rights advocate throughout his career. he has joined cap action as a distinguished junior fellow focusing on racial equity and social justice issues, as well as criminal justice and democracy reform. i'm also very excited to welcome representative anthony brown from maryland's fourth congressional district. representative brown serves on the house arms services committee as well as the committees on veterans affairs and transportation and infrastructure. the congressman is also co-chair of the new democrat coalition for national security task force. he is a retired colonel in the united states army reserve. he has a military record spanning more than a quarter century as an aviator and jag officer. and he was awarded the legion of merit and a bronze star for his distinguished military service. he is also

this is doug jones and what he said about the election losses. >> this is an old playbook for democratson't go where people are sometimes and they win elections and they're going to turn right around and lose elections. i think democrats have to take a very serious look at who they're really talking to. >> okay. so listen, you said this is not about progressives versus moderates or whatever but i mean, is he right? has the democratic party moved too far to the left? >> that's not what he talked about. he wasn't talking about the shades of democrats but the fact regardless of what shade you are, regardless of what wing you are, you have to meet voters where they are. we're giving up on suburban white women and rural voters. we are not going to where voters are, and to the critical race theory point, look, critical race theory is a lee atwaatwate using race to boost. when you don't know how to talk about race, democrats, republicans will fill the void and what happened yesterday in virginia was that we didn't give particularly black voters a reason to come out in numbers that would have p

senator from alabama, doug jones who will monitor today's discussion. we also have new mexico attorney general and wisconsin's attorney general, josh the first, but we give some context today. we are year removed from the 2020 census, states across the country are wrestling with the data over how to electoral district break the decisions will affect all 435 congressional districts as well as 7383 state legislative across 99 tables. our democracy cannot be overstated and no more so than the time our democracy has come under unprecedented attack. we need to get this right. we need states in a way that strengthens trust in our democracy and and partisan effort to create districts favorable for them and not the american people. that's right the freedoms act comes in, it sets up clear uniform standards for federal districts to prevent political h a clear enforcement mechanisms that allows unfair be charged and ruled consequently. this is more than the ballot box. this is about the policies that support and help the american people as well. gerrymandered stat

cupp is a cnn political commentator and doug jones is a cnn political commentator and former democratic senator for alabama. welcome. senator, i'm going to start with you. virginia, a loss. new jersey, too close for comfort for democrats. are these signs that democrats need to change course? >> you know, victor, here's the problem. democrats, this is an old playbook for democrats. they don't know where people are sometimes and they win elections then they're going to turn around and lose elections. i think democrats have to take a very serious look at who they're really talking to and how they're talking about these issues and as everybody that i've seen today has talked about, democrats have to produce. they have to come together as a party to get things done for the american people. that's why they were voted, that's why joe biden was elected. he's got a great plan in the build back better program. he's got a great plan in the infrastructure bill. those need to get done and if they need to get done one at time, so be it. they just need to get done. democrats have to put their money wh

senator from alabama, doug jones, who will be one of our two panelists in today's conversation at the u.s. attorney for alabama, senator jones prosecuted to kkk members

want to give the other lecturers included, justice scalia, vice president cheney, ken starr, edith jones, doug ginsberg, and justice neil gorsuch, former attorney general bill barr and don mcgahn. that brings us to today's lecture. the series has been remarkably sensible -- successful for 20 years. years before that they held a barbecue for our student chapter presidents, which drew prominent attorneys in addition to the students and help encouraged presidents to build our chapters and through that build a society and encourage many more to be involved. i am sure some of those chapter presidents are probably in the audience today. then there is also ted's strong and consistent defense of free speech including explaining to reporters doing national stories on the federal society that the federal society unlike the american bar association never told ted what to think. i could give you a lot of ted's bio but i think we want to hear from ted. you have done a great deal for us and having this election in barbara's honor is a highlight. we are so delighted to have you do the 20th lecture. ted. [app

reporter and creator of the project nicole hannah jones expands upon the research and the history of slavery in america. in the clock and the calendar doug collins of georgia offers a first-hand account of president trump's 2019 impeachment hearing and chief washington correspondent jonathan carl examines the aftermath of the 2020 election his newest book is called betrayal. historian james morgan explains how america became involved in the vietnam war. in reclamation, thomas jefferson's monticello recalls efforts to have sally hemmings recognized as a descendent of the family and reflects on her own connection to hemmings and jefferson. that is a look at this week's publishing news and the latest nonfiction books. thanks for joining us on about books available as a podcast on c-span now or wherever you get your

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of 16 19 project, nicole hannah jones, expands upon her research in the history of slavery in america. in the clock and the calendar, former republican congressman doug collins of georgia, offers a firsthand account of president trump's 2019 impeachment hearing, and abc news chief washington correspondent jonathan karl examines the aftermath of the 2020 election. his newest book is called betrayal. also being published this week, historian james -- explains how america became involved in the vietnam war. the book is called the ear of the hawk. and reclamation, -- he works at thomas jefferson's monticello, calling for efforts to have sally hemings recognizes a descendant of the jefferson family, but she also reflects on her own ancestral connection, the hemings and jefferson. that is a look at this weeks publishing news and the latest nonfiction books. thanks for joining us on about books. about books is available as a podcast on c-span now or wherever you get your podcast. up next on book tv, hudson institute fellow melanie kirkpatrick talks about the editor of "godey's lady's book", sarah josepha hale, and then futurist and economists george gilder