the ellen johnson sirleaf market fund and she did a lot of that.they were her biggest backers but there was asa push pull tension there. >> host: considering the pathway that a bullet took and the case that you talk about do you know what happened to the women? >> guest: the women were hit hugely because the women tended to be caregivers and ebola the biggest tragedy in my mind of ebola is the punishes you for caring about people. the people were family members of people who were health care workers are caregivers punished for helping people. it's going to hit a lot of women that way. that was a big part of the whole tragedy of ebola but liberians were able to pull themselves out of it. they were hit harder. liberia was hit harder because it got into monrovia. that was a big deal but liberia got through quicker than the other countries in part because of the women, in part because of madam president ellen johnson sirleaf. she had some huge missteps at the beginning of ebola epidemic. she didn't want her foreign investors and people who were looking

ellen johnson sirleaf they found the person vehicle for that. somebody with no qualms at all about flinging any dirt that the men fling at her with dirtier dirt. it was number thinks that supporters did. they bribed guys to give the voter id card so that when the men showed up they wouldn't be able to vote. all the young boys were voting for the football player. a lot of them, their moms stole their voter id cards so they couldn't vote. there were two rounds. the first front and the second rent a lot of young men didn't realize they would need to voter id card after the first ran to vote in the second rent. that's how the women were able to get around that. women were parked at bars up-and-down the highway, saying give me your card for a cold beer. give me your card for this. all this come at the polls women with pass the same baby around to give the women because you you were nursing mother, you could cut to the front of his ten hour lines and vote. they would pass the same baby around. there were all sorts of sneaky things. then there was this

liberia's first elected female president in her president, the extensive journey of ellen's early johnson -- ellen johnson sirleaf >> when did you first meet madame president? >> i have known about her my whole life. >> what did you know. financeas minister of in 1979 and 1980 when the coup happened. i was 13, 14 so of course i knew who she was. she knew my parents and she was somebody that, as a child growing up in liberia i had heard of. she was always criticizing the same government she worked for. in 1985 when she was arrested and thrown into jail, i heard all about that. she became at this time sort of a political icon. atwatch afterwards tonight 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span twos book tv. monday night on the communicators, michael beckerman , president and ceo of the internet association made up of 40 internet companies including google, facebook, and amazon talks about new internet proposals from the fcc, and how to preserve a free and open internet. he is interviewed by margaret harding mcgill. >> it looks like the fcc is looking to remove the agency's control over internet traffic. can you explain why that

presidency of liberia's first elected female president in her storymadam president, the of ellen johnson sirleaf>> when did you first meet madame president? >> known about her all my life. >> she became famous -- it >> she was minister of finance. then i knew who the minister of parentswas, she knew my . she was somebody as a child growing up in liberia, she was always speaking truth to power, i was criticizing the state where she was born, -- always criticizing the state when she was born. then i heard all about her in jail, and she became a political icon. announcer 1: watch afterwords on "book tv." he once called for the removal ,f pluto as a planet, and today author and physicist neil degrasse tyson will be our guest on in depth. >> allow me to tell you that our moon, as small as it was compared to earth, is five times the mass of pluto. some people over here, pluto lovers were never told that, were you? welcome to the company of informed people regarding pluto. ,nnouncer 1: during the live three-hour conversation, we will take questions for mr. tyson and he is the director of the hayden pla

liberia's first elected female president in her book "madam president: the extraordinary downof ellen johnson sirleaf." miss cooper is interviewed by karen bass, the top democrat on the foreign aaffairs subcommittee on africa. >> host: i must tell you i every minute of reading the book. >> guest: the best thing you can say to me. >> host: absolutely. when there's a book you really like, you're almost disappoint end when it comes to the end, and that's exactly the i felt in reading "madam president." it was very special to me because i certainly know president johnson sirleaf, and i thought i knew about her past and all but you went into such incredible detail about her rise, and it left me feeling, what an unbelievable leader she is, international leader. also made me want to ask about you. i know this isn't your first book you first book its "the house at sugar beach." >> guest: yes. i'm from liberia, and just to echo something you said, i thought i knew about her. i had heard about her all my life, even when she was political dissident. i was amazed how much i didn't know. i'm from liberia, hi fami

first elected female president in her book "madam president, the extraordinary journey of ellen johnson-sirleaf." miss cooper is interviewed by congresswoman karen bass of california. >> when did you first meet madam president? >> i've known about her all my life. >> what did you know? >> she became famous -- well, she was minister of finance in 1979 when the coup happened. at that time, i'm 13, 14, of course i knew who the minute is of finance was. she was somebody that as a child growing up in liberia i'd heard of. she was always speaking truth to power. she was always, you know, criticizing the same government she works for. and then in 1985 when she was arrested and thrown into jail by samuel dough, i heard all about that. she became at this time sort of a political icon. >> watch after words sunday night at 9 p.m. eastern on c-span 2's book tv. >> president trump has nominated iowa governor terry bran stead to be the next ambassador to china. yesterday the governor testified before the senate foreign relations committee on his relationship with the chinese president, china's role with nort

first elected female president in her book "madame president: the extraordinary journey of ellen johnson sirleaf."