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. >>> in today's top stories, a former georgetown university tennis coach is expected to plead guiltyllege admission scandal. according to court records, gordon earnst is accused of accepting more than $2 million in bribes to help get kids into school he reached a plea deal with prosecutors. the former coach will plead guilty to charges, including conspiracy to commit federal programs bribery prosecutors recommend earnst than four years in fridays on a total of 57 people are charged in the case. >>> the mystery of gaby pau tito, police named her fiancee in the missing of her. she slapped him during an argument she was pushed back. the couple told police they didn't want to press charge ands they were struggling with mental health because of the long trip. police are still waiting to interview laundrie >>> the states with an obesity rate of 35% has nearly doubled in two years in 2020, 16 states reported that at least 35% of adult residents were obese that was up from 12 states in 2019, and nine in 2018 the midwest and south saw the highest prevalence followed by the west and the northe

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now, ron come, rabbi is a professor of government at georgetown university in katherine. he joins us now by skype from the professor. thank you so much for joining us here on al jazeera. what did you make of the uranium president speech there any surprises or pretty much where we would have expected it's pretty much what we would have expected. we see that at least the iranians are seeing the biden administration as a continuation of the trump administration, with lack of substantive changes in the american position in the negotiations in vienna. and i suppose the lifting of the sanctions really as your mentioning is their main point didn't make any difference. do you think in that address whether it was directed a president by the no president trump? no, it didn't. i think what the ronny ends are indicating is that the american position hasn't changed. american president might have changed. administrations might have changed. personalities might be different, but the position remains pretty much the same. and what the iranians are trying to do is to ensure that if there

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infallibility this is a harvard university press introduces the book the silent spring authored by georgetown university professor kathleen e smith. >> author and professor kathleen smith on this episode of book notes a plus. or wherever you get your podcast. >> c-span american history tv continues now pretty combined the full schedule for the week and on your program guide or at c-span.org/history. >> let me tell you better speaker tonight. winifred gallagher's book created america, just the way you are, and "new york times" notable book working on god's written for numerous publications such as the atlantic monthly, "rolling stone" and eric time. her newest book, new women in the old west from sandler's to suffer just an untold american

also in washington. aristotle is an assistant professor of microbiology and immunology at georgetown university. she joined just now live. what do you make of what the president had to say? thank you for having me. i think it's an important statement to make and i think mandating vaccines as well within the u. s. government mandate. it's going to help save lives both from cobit 19 as well as other medical emergencies that require i few treatments. i few beds, and so by vaccinating the eligible population in the states, we're freeing up those beds for those individuals that need care beyond just cobit cases. and so i think it's a great way forward. the president said many a frustrated though with the roughly what 80000000 americans still not. thanks mated. they have their reasons. shouldn't vaccination, they'll be a matter of personal choice. could government forced them to get a vaccination? it's an interesting debate. there is history showing that the government has mandated vaccines. you know, one of the reasons we were able to eradicate small box of the global community is because of action

westernized identity have failed miserably. ne ron come rob, i is a professor of government at georgetown university catheter and director of iranian studies unit at the arabs and different research and policy studies. he says the iranian president speech was intended for the iranian people as much as other nations. i think what the iranians are indicating is that the american position hasn't changed. american president might have changed, administrations might have changed. personalities might be different, but the position remains pretty much the same. and what the iranians are trying to do is to ensure that if there are negotiations, there are some tangible and substances of outcomes and results as far as they're concerned. i think president racy was trying to speak to multiple audiences. the americans, their opinions, but perhaps his biggest audience was the iranian electorate. the con, the constituents who expect do expect a tougher line from him as compared to the ro, honey administration, which was perceived by hardliners inside the wrong to have given up too much in return for nothing. while

we can speak to a presser from georgetown university. make of faiz hameed's visit to kabul? ., make of faiz hameed's visit to kabul? . ., ., make of faiz hameed's visit to kabul? . ., . ., �* kabul? thanks for having me. i don't really make — kabul? thanks for having me. i don't really make anything _ kabul? thanks for having me. i don't really make anything special- kabul? thanks for having me. i don't really make anything special out - kabul? thanks for having me. i don't really make anything special out of. really make anything special out of this. forthose really make anything special out of this. for those of us who have been watching these affairs in afghanistan evolve, not in the last ten or 20 years but the last, i mean, going back to 1973, this has been pakistan's project. without pakistan, the taliban would be a nuisance, not the competent organisation it is. in some ways this is pakistan sealing the deal. there are many fissures across the sura in the taliban but the most significant is in rawalpindi. pakistan denies it suppor

obligations, which is lifting sanctions by her on come rover is a professor of government at georgetown university and caught our he says iran is taking a more strident approach because despite us sanctions, its economy has improved racy, inherited a country in dire economic straits. one that has structural issues in terms of its economy. but i think it's also fair to keep in mind that iran's economy has probably seen the world worse behind it. the world bank is indicating that the economy is on the, on the brink of some marginal and incremental growth. the corporate situation appears to be the worst of it seems to be behind iran. and iran claims to have acquired 100000000 doses of the vaccine. and of course he was, iran just was admitted into the shankar cooperation organization. so there seems to be a sense of emboldened men, a sense of empowerment coming out of town on which we didn't see about a year ago. and therefore, although there are deep structural problems with the economy, there appears to be a sense of confidence that seems to be the new guiding principle in terror. on the un secretar

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years, through four administrations, to support the afghan women's council, which thankfully, georgetown university -- when the bush administration left in 2008, we wanted to be sure the council could continue. a mechanism was devised for the council to be houston georgetown, which really took on a great deal of help and support in the leadership program that we were able to do. a senior member of the state department team was detailed to the council, so that we could keep the bridge open between the public and private side. the global women's issues office at the state department was deeply engaged with us. we had access on the ground to our embassy and ambassadors. the fulbright program was a shining light for afghanistan. president bush put me on the board. president obama reappointed me. i oversaw the afghan program specifically. when we started it, there was three afghans who were qualified, had the education and training to make it through the rigor of fulbright. three. not one of them were women. by the time that i left the program 11 years later, we had dozens of fulbright or's qualifying,

i'm thrilled to be here, professor of history at georgetown university that is the official bio. i just want to say pulitzer prize winner 2021 history. [applause] at. [cheering] and i get a chill. so the citation read this way. one reason i'm going to read it out loud and there is a big luncheon or anything for the book because of covid. i don't know if you have had a stranger read this to you, ever. so i am going to do it. this amazing book, franchise the golden arches and black america. the citation read this way from nuance account of the complicated role of the fast food industry plays in african-american communities race in capitalism that masterfully illustrates how the fight for civil rights has been intertwined with black businesses. so, it is a smart and capacious book and a work of history that goes way beyond what you know about the golden arches and entrepreneurial spirit. in the calorie count of the happy meal, it digs into this really important story of how this purveyor of food actually shaped political culture. shape to the economy and really shape so many particu

harvard university press introduced the book "moscow 1956: the silent spring," authored by georgetown university professor kathleen e. smith. >> with author and professor kathleen smith on this episode of "book notes plus." listen at c-span.org/podcast or wherever you get your podcasts. >> world leaders gathered in new york city today for the 76th session of the u.n. general assembly. up next, we'll hear speeches by u.n. secretary-general antonio gutierrez, the u.n. general assembly president and the brazilian prime minister. this is -- brazilian president. this is about an hour. >> the meeting of the general assembly is called to order. first, we will hear a presentation by the secretary general in his annual report on the work of the organization on the agenda item 112. i now give the floor to the secretary general of the united nations, his excellency, antonio gutierrez. >> mr. president of the general assembly, excellencies, i'm here to sound the alarm. the world must if wake up. we are on the edge of an abyssn and moving in the wrong direction. our world has never been more threatened or mo

years, through four administrations, to support the afghan women's council, which thankfully, georgetown university -- when the bush administration left in 2008, we wanted to be sure the council could continue. a mechanism was devised for the council to be houston georgetown, which really took on a great deal of help and support in the leadership program that we were able to do. a senior member of the state department team was detailed to the council, so that we could keep the bridge open between the public and private side. the global women's issues office at the state department was deeply engaged with us. we had access on the ground to our embassy and ambassadors. the fulbright program was a shining light for afghanistan. president bush put me on the board. president obama reappointed me. i oversaw the afghan program specifically. when we started it, there was three afghans who were qualified, had the education and training to make it through the rigor of fulbright. three. not one of them were women. by the time that i left the program 11 years later, we had dozens of fulbright or's qualifying,

he went to georgetown university. he is probably -- probably the most important factor of him is he is part of the faction -- the faction led by the deputy prime minister. that is what this election will come down to. factional fighting, if you will. you have the faction and his pick, and another faction led by the foreign -- the former foreign minister, who is also the first, aside from suga, the first declared candidate. he wants to spend trillions of yen in pandemic relief, in fiscal policy. he wants to keep monetary policy bold, as well, until the pandemic subsides, and then seek a more balanced approach. so they are considered the front runners. shery: we know the handling of the covid pandemic played a key role in prime minister suga's resignation. what will do for the next one? reporter: it will be in an intense backdrop. which candidate will strike there will -- will strike the right tone with the populace? 70% of the japanese population blames the government for its poor handling of the covid response in a pu

. >> csis invites a professor from georgetown university, and i want to welcome all of you to this korea platform featuring congressman barra and congressman kim. these individuals do not need much of an introduction, but for the sake of our recording point forward, i thought it would be useful to introduce them to our very large and distinguished audience. congressman barra has represented the district since 2013. he is currently a member of the house foreign affairs committee, where he serves as chairman of the subcommittee on asia, the pacific central asia, and liberation. he is also the cochair of the confessional -- congressional study group. for those of you who are not familiar, congressional study group on korea is eight usual legislative exchange that members of congress on the cohosts, involving members of congress in the republican -- through public of korea. for more than 30 years, the study groups have brought groups of legislators together to discuss issues ranging from trade policies to homeland security. the other three are focused on japan, germany, and europe. each stud

. >>> next, on "lectures in history" from 2014, georgetown university professor bonnie morris teaches a class about title ix. the law prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in any federally funded education program. >> okay. i'm going to get started. today's topic is title ix. this is a huge subject. it's of great interest to everybody. it's interest to athletes, educators, policy makers, your parents and your children, it's such an enormous subject it could go for a year long course but just a little mini lesson today to get us started. we'll be a good beginning and the more you know about title ix, the better your applications to law school will look because it really is one of the biggest changes in women's lives and it's altered the very school setting we find ourselves in now. so title ix is a law that's part of the education act of 1972 and it appears at a point when there had already been more than 15 years of civil rights legislation, and much of the country had been focused on civil rights specifically pertaining to race for quite a bit of time. unfortunately, there was

way harvard university press introduces the book moscow 1956 the silent spring offered by georgetown university professor kathleen smith. author and professor kathleen smith on this episode of booknotes plus. listen on c-span.org podcast or wherever you get your podcast. >> next a look at the supreme court's upcoming term from the cato institute. they previewed two high-profile cases including the challenge to a mississippi law banning abortions after 15 weeks and another case out of new york involving second amendment rights. the supreme court's term begins october 4th. welcome back for the final panel today where we will be sitting and talking about what is coming in the future term. it will perform on the dc circuit and clarence thomas on the supreme court. and to my immediate left is the partner client high-stakes appeals of the u.s. supreme court and federal and state appellate courts across the country. she's argued twice before the supreme court prevailing in both cases and presenting many arguments and federal courts and state courts of appeals and clerked for clarence thomas, the dc ci

georgetown university, vaccinated students were told not to remove their masks, even to ask questionsk water in class. at brown university -- let's hope all these places close soon, by the way -- brown has decreed that students are "expected to consistently engage with the same small social group. they should not go to indoor bars or restaurants." and that applies whether or not they are vaccinated. so the vaccines don't change what you are allowed to do, have no material effect on your health status for your protection against covid, why are werth forcing the vaccine? it is just too crazy. who is issuing these orders? and what are their lives like? that is an interesting question. the help website stats took a look at that. they found that nearly half of publicy health experts, all of whom have been vaccinated, said they are not comfortable attending an outdoor concert or sporting event. huh? fully two-thirds of vaccinated public health experts that they are still not comfortable eating in a restaurant. obviously, we have some very neurotic people here. but the principle remains, if

joining us now are georgetown university law professor and former federal prosecutor fred butler andmer federal prosecutor david henderson. david, we'll start with you because the d.a. said that, you know, they didn't find enough evidence to prove that the officers violated colorado law in connection with mcclain owes death, but then the governor gave it to the a.g. and now we've got charges. how did all of this unfold? >> jeff, i think this is simply a matter of perspective in terms of whether or not they are going to participate in equitable investigation. let's put it this way. the police have the right to approach you the same way a normal citizen would approach you. they can walk up to you and start asking questions the same way a normal citizen would. the problem is that when they operate beyond the law and get physical with you when they have no legal right to do so they typically are not held accountable. in order to stop him and detain him, they needed reasonable suspicion that he was involved in criminal activity. they did not have that. and they proceeded to kill a young m

here to discuss, moe e lay think, georgetown university, former dnc communications director along with editorial board and former chief speech writer for president george w. bush. both are fox news contributors, and they join me now. welcome, gentlemen if, to you both. >> hey, trey. >> thank you. trey: i'm going to try to do this the only way i know to be fair which is i'm going to ask the same question and let you both address that. moe, i'll start with you on the first question, but, bill, i'll come to you after that. politics is about power, and the democrats do have the power to do this, but is it wise to seek your colleagues' phone records and text and e-mails when maybe in a year and a half the shoe is going to be on the other foot, and they may do the same thing to you? we'll start with you, moe. >> yeah. yeah, and before i answer that question, and i will, i just want the say this has been such a solemn weekend as we commemorate the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks and, trey, i just wanted to say i really appreciated your comments last week about national unity and what tha

. >> the second lieutenant is in a graduate program at georgetown university and one day hopes to flys. >>> back in the bay area investigators now say they know what sparked a grass fire in the north bay. a lawn mower. flames burned 44 acres. several people had to evacuate. investigators say that the fire most likely started after a lawnmower blade struck a rock. >>> ? south lake tahoe human wildfire evacuees aren't the only ones returning. take a look at that bear spot add round a busy parking lot. authorities say the number of calls for bear break-ins is almost triple what it usually is. the nearby caldor fire drove them out of the woods and into town as you see there. they are telling everybody to be open alert because the bear also likely like linger for a bit. they have ting if out where they are and where they need to go. they are confused. they don't know what is going on. >> afn said how she saw bears even where she was. i know lot of bear sightings out there unfortunately. it is so heartbreaking what they are dealing with the wildfires going on and everything is just so dry w

. >>> lawrence, professor another georgetown university and author of "global health security," we also have dr. jonathan reiner, cnn medical analyst, professor at george washington university. gentlemen, welcome, and professor, let me start with you and these threats to challenge this in the courts. the basic legal authority outline it for us, the white house obviously believes they have it and most legal experts i've heard from believe he has it too. >> yeah, i think president biden is on rock solid legal ground as the head -- as the chief executive of the entire federal workforce, just like any employer, he can require federal workers and contractors to abide by safety standards. he can also reach deep into the private sector beyond the federal government as he's doing because he's got specific authorization from congress to do it. the occupational health and safety act was passed in 1970, specifically to give the president the power through the department of labor to set health and safety standards, and clearly getting a vaccine is necessary to protect the health and safety of worke

. >> next on "lectures in history" from 2014, georgetown university professor bonnie morris teaches a class about discrimination and women in sports and the title iv women act. the law prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in any federally funded education program. >> okay. i'm going to get started. okay. all right. hi there. hi there. welcome to athletics in gender again, and today's topic is title iv, and it's a great subject to everyone. athletes, policy-makers, your parents, your children and it's such an enormous subject that it could go for a year long course, but just a little mini lesson today to get us started will be a good beginning oojd r and the more you know about title ix the better your applications to law school will look and it's one of the biggest visions in women's live and alter the very school setting that we find ourselves in now. title ix is a law that's part of the education act of 1972, and it appears at a point when there her already about more than 15 years of civil rights legislation and much of the country had been focused on civil rights, specific

joining us now are paul butler, law professor at georgetown university and a former federal prosecutorh lab. his latest substack piece is entitled "let's talk about september 18." paul, i saw you chuckling. when the proud boys are saying errbody going to jail, you should pay attention. paul, i want to start the conversation really about january 6. and here's what congresswoman zoe lofgren, a member of the january 6 select committee said about house minority leader kevin mccarthy who has threatened the committee for seeking his communications records. have a listen. >> what's he hiding? why is he trying to keep the truth from coming out? you know, i think the leaders of our country, and kevin is one of them, should be stepping forward and trying to get to the bottom of everything that led up to january 6. and people who aren't doing that are a mystery to me, unless they participated. >> so paul, how much legal peril is kevin mccarthy in? >> he's got a reason to be concerned. commission chair congressman bennie thompson seems to have instructed his investigators to go hard or go home. so

job as executive editor for the entire whole worldwide associated press, and noah lathey of georgetown university's of politics and public service. jewly, congratulations -- julie, consistent gracious -- congratulations. president biden and congressional democrats face as we were talking about chairman yarmuth a brutal few weeks. they have to vote to fund the government, they have to decide whether they're going to pass the bipartisan infrastructure plan and there's the 3 and-a-half trillion tax and spending plan. where are they? >> the scope of what is ahead for the biden administration and for democrats in congress right now is really enormous, so much of biden's overall agenda as president is going to be tied up in what happens over the next couple weeks and then as you mentioned there's the small matter of keeping the government actually funded. i think when it comes to passing the biden priorities, democrats want to get to yes. they have divisions to work through within the party. they have questions about the top line price tag. i think democrats though are going to try to push to get to a pl

he's a graduate of georgetown university. he was elected president of the student body there. he was a student there. he is still active in georgetown affairs. host: in 2018 nancy pelosi was the seventh wealthiest member in congress. what businesses is he in? guest: he had a financial company that works with silicon valley. now they also have a vineyard. he's been very successful as an investor and businessman in san francisco, where his family is from. his family is prominent in san francisco. his brother ronald was a member of the city council there. host: he has a vineyard but you mention the book she rarely drinks alcohol. guest: she almost never drinks alcohol. i was told one of the rare times she had a glass of champagne was when janet yellen was appointed chairman of the federal reserve instead of larry summers. host: let me say with that for a moment. -- stay with that thought for a moment. you're very well aware of the many youtube videos and the like that of become memes about nancy pelosi that have accused are sometimes in public on medication or drunk. what is the

as executive editor for the entire whole worldwide associated press, and mo elleithee of georgetown university's and public service. julie, congratulations, we are delighted that you still are deigning to speak with us. >> [laughs] i appreciate it, always happy to be her, chris. >> chris: present a biden congressional democrats base, as we were talking about with chairman yarmuth, a brutal few weeks. they've got a vote to fund the government, they have to address the issue of raising the debt limit, they've got to decide whether they're going to pass that bipartisan infrastructure plan, and then there's that, by the way, $3.5 trillion tax and spending plan. where are they? >> the scope of what is ahead for the biden administration and for democrats in congress right now is really enormous. so much of biden's overall agenda as president is going to be tied up in what happens over the next couple weeks and as you mentioned there's also that small matter of keeping the government actually funded. i think when it comes to passing the biden priorities, democrats want to get to yes. they have division

article, "new york times" reporter elizabeth harris and professor of african-american studies in georgetown university chatman. elizabeth, you first. tell me why you think the topic of race is becoming increasingly popular amongst a broad swath of readers. >> so last summer, when social justice, racial justice, excuse me, protests were seeping across the country after george floyd was murdered, people turned to books and bestseller lists were filled with titles about race. as consumers were rushing to buy these books and booksellers had a lot of trouble keeping them in stock, publishers were rushing to buy more of these books so they could publish them. now it's been about a year and a lot of these books are just starting to come out along with a bunch of others that were already in the pipeline. so this fall is going to be busy. there's books like "the 1619 project" that's expected to be big, a lot of books will take on these topics in different ways. one thing that's sort of important to keep in mind in these conversations is that there are a lot of people in publishing who really bristle at the ide

infallibility this is a harvard university press introduces the book the silent spring authored by georgetown university professor kathleen e smith. >> author and professor kathleen smith on this episode of book notes a plus. or wherever you get your podcast. >> c-span american history tv continues now pretty combined the full schedule for the week and on your program guide or at c-span.org/history. >> let me tell you better speaker tonight. winifred gallagher's book created america, just the way you are, and "new york times" notable book working on god's written for numerous publications such as the atlantic monthly, "rolling stone" and eric time. her newest book, new women in the old west from sandler's to suffer just an untold american story is available for purchase. if you use the link in the chat box you will be able to purchase the book with a 10% discount. just make sure she is the code special ten when checking out. please join me please help me joining winifred gallagher. >> hi kathie. wonderful to be with you. before i began i want to say a few words, whom you see on your screen with her cous

and he is the director of the center on medical product access, safety and stewardship at georgetown universityk you so much for joining us on this key day as i think there is a lot of confusions about boosters. just first off, do you think they're needed? >> well, i have an open mind about this. and i'm looking forward to discussion. what i would say is that it's not surprising that we're talking about boosters because virtually every vaccine we have needs and uses a shot several months after the initial shot or shots to sort of cement and strengthen immunity. so the question is less will we need a booster than do we need it now, what's the evidence which is conflicting and does everyone need it. so i think there's going to be a lot of discussion around those issues. and i just hope because people have put some pretty strong positions out there that everybody listens to the evidence because we see new studies emerging everyday and makes the best possible decision. i would say it's a decision we have to keep tracking whatever the decision is because we learn new things about this virus everyday

this is a way harvard injured it on —- press introduces the book authored by georgetown university professorathleen smith. [inaudible conversations] good morning. the task force will come to order without objection the chair can call the recess at any time without objection members of the full committee not on the task force so as a reminderer members keep yourself muted when they are not being recognized do not meet members except if they are not recognized and inadvertent background noise members are also reminded they may only e participate in one remote proceeding at a time. please keep your camera on and if youer choose to attend please turn your camera off the hearing is entitled preserving the right to access personal financial data i will now recognize myself for four minutes to give an opening statement. good morning andrn welcome to this hearing of the financial services committee task force twe will discuss issues of consumer financial data i would like to a begin by thanking our distinguished panel of witnesses have agreed to testify offering their diverse perspective as they gra

the silent spring" authored by georgetown university professor kathleen e. smith >> author and professor kathleen smith on this episode of book notes plus. listen at c-span .org/podcasts. or wherever you get your podcasts. >> today the house financial services task force on financial technology held a hearing on protecting personal financial information. witnesses discuss data collection and obtaining consumer consent before collecting personal information. a good morning, the task force will come to order. mr. lynch: without objection, the chair's authorized to declare a recess at any time. without objection members of the full committee not on this task force are authorized to participate in today's hearing. as a reminder, i ask all members to keep themselves muted when they are not being recognized. the staff have been instructed not to mute members except where a member is not being recognized and there is an inadvertent he background noise. members are also reminded they may only participate in one remote proceeding at a time. if you are participating t

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. >>> next, on "lectures in history" from 2014, georgetown university professor bonnie morris teachesut title ix. the law prohibits discriminn

. >> next on "lectures in history" from 2014, georgetown university professor bonnie morris teaches ass about discrimination and women in sports and the title iv women act. the law prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in any federally funded education program. >> okay. i'm going to get started. okay. all right. hi there. hi there. welcome to athletics in gender again, and today's topic is title iv, and it's a great subject to everyone. athletes, policy-makers, your parents, your childre

harvard university press introduced the book "moscow 1956: the silent spring," authored by georgetown universityor kathleen e. smith. >> with author and professor kathleen smith on this episode of "book notes plus." listen at c-span.org/podcast or wherever you get your podcasts. >> world leaders gathered in new york city today for the 76th session of the u.n. general assembly. up next, we'll hear speeches by u.n. secretary-general antonio gutierrez, the u.n. general assembly president and the brazilian prime minister. this is -- brazilian president. this is about an hour. >> the meeting of the general assembly is called to order.

went to georgetown university, the youngest of the three, 58 years old, and all polls indicate him, the former defense minister and currently the vaccines are, is the freight runner -- vaccine czar, is the front runner. >> how is the covid situation shaping the race? >> it is going to be the backdrop of just about everything. we have seen interviews and a press conference last week. one candidate wants to see the government spent trillions of dollars for pandemic relief. we can seek balancing of fiscal and monetary policy later once they are through the crisis. keep in mind, opinion polls show more than 70% of the population depend -- of japan blame the government from is handling this crisis and there are states of emergency in 21 prefectures. that is the most since the pandemic began. japan is in a serious bind. with more than 2300 cases in tokyo on saturday, according to the -- it will likely continue at least for another two weeks beyond the current expiration of september 12. >> china's move terrain-in the private sector -- move to re in-in the private sector continues. this could

overseeing research and ffglobal health portfolio and clinical professor department of medicine georgetown universityool of medicine. he is an adjunct professor in the department of health policy and management leadership school of public health at west virginia university and harvard public health. ii have no doubt he will be a dedicated director. longtime president of our home state of west virginia, he served as the health commissioner of west virginia under both democrat and republican government in red states response to this horrible epidemic we have in our state and across the country. as you can tell, he's received my present support for myself and my friend and my colleague. also covid justice, the drug epidemic autopsy.f when i was governor, i have the honor of working with him and served as director of the health department. so many times we have going on in the state, he would converse with me and we talked together how we would approach this and overcome this problem and he did so many things and valued the friendship to help me through the most difficult times. as a primary care physici

the silent spring, authored by a georgetown university professor. >> kathleen smith on this episode of book notes plus. listen at c-span.org/podcaster wherever you get your podcast. ♪ >> kathleen hex held a press conference on sexual assault and harassment in the military. she spoke for just over 10 minutes. kathleen: good afternoon. as part of the departments of first to eliminate sexual assault and sexual harassment, today i am prodding -- providing an update. this represents the departments strategic approach as approved by the secretary of defense to act on the recommendations of the 90 day independent review commission on sexual assault and harassment in the military. we will make needed foundational investments to support

paul butler, professor of law at georgetown university and msnbc legal analyst.attention because of how instantly iconic the feature of mr. chansley was. where does this stack up in terms of the spectrum of seriousness of the offense and how the plea deal has worked? >> so he sort of has gotten that more serious charge, interference with congress, essentially, because he entered that senate well and some of the speech and actions that he took. but i think this is a really interesting case because there has been a number of defendants arrested sips this point who haven't spent time behind bars pretrial. you've got to wonder if he wasn't arrested at that time, perhaps if he had a different lawyer, whether he would have within inrace cars rated for this entire length of time. i don't know what the sentence will be. the guideline range was in the range of 41 to 51 months, begin his conduct, which is nonviolent, i think is a significant, significant sentence that, you know, is nothing to sneeze at. the first defendant who went -- who pled guilty to the same charge, in

way harvard university press introduces the book moscow 1956 the silent spring offered by georgetown universityeen smith. author and professor kathleen smith on this episode of booknotes plus. listen on c-span.org podcast or wherever you get your podcast. >> next a look at the supreme court's upcoming term from the cato institute. they previewed