and we do have a gloria steinem -- has mentored both of us. and i now, it is so fascinating the movies that she chooses to see like the film, mama mia. [laughter] i don't think she quite understood mama mia. [laughter] another member of our movie club, spent an hour afterwards explaining why it was so popular. she loved it but -- if you get to see that. i am so pleased to be in conversation with you. ... this morning is way on twitter, hoping to fine susan faludi's posting there she follows zero people. she's not there but still trending because everybody would say if you haven't read e read backlash, get it and read it so you're once again in the thick of the conversation about women and the way we're being treated. so much another that has to do with what is going on the supreme court, theft to add a new justice, and i know that we're going to talk about that and i know you'll have questions about that. but i want to start with another fantastic story you tell but your father, and his transitioning from what he says, don't forget, even if i

gloria steinem once said that every social revolution is started by small groups of people getting together and figuring out how similar their situations are. so in closing, let's give a big round of applause to alexis krivkovich and sukhinder singh cassidy. i am sarah lacey. thank you for joining us tonight at the commonwealth club. have a great evening. [applause] >> just a few minutes ago, after having lunch with president trump, senator lindsey graham spoke to reporters outside of the white house about order while funding, the government shutdown, and isis. senator, how are you? what is the president's mood today? what is going to happen? and ahad a two hour lunch very enjoyable lunch. president's firm in his commitment to make sure we get the money for border security and there will never be a deal in the senate [indiscernible] i don't see democrats giving us more money unless they get something. so the one thing we talked about was making a deal. there is a lot of distrust and i guess you can blame both sides for that but after lunch, i have never been more encouraged that if we can g

and we do have in common gloria steinem who has mentored both of us. and i now am in a movie club with gloria, and it's so fascinating the movies she chooses to see, like the spike lee film and mamma mia -- [laughter] although i don't think she quite understood mamma my ya. mama ma my ya. >> she loved it, but -- laugh half -- [laughter] cher is the price of a ticket, if you get to see that. the i am so pleased to be in conversation with you. susan faludi has marked our lives since 1991 when she wrote "backlash" and stipulated how our society was against us. and there were some people then, susan, who didn't believe you. [laughter] >> well -- [laughter] >> yes. >> -- they've come around. [laughter] >> they definitely have come around, because this morning i was on twitter hoping to find susan faludi's posting there. she follows zero people. she's not there, but she's still trending because everybody was saying if you haven't read "backlash," get it, read it, you know? so you are once again in the thick of the conversation about women and the way we're b

a different voice from gloria steinem. she really just put up a finger, a pinprick on some of the deep yearnings that women had, aside from politics. just to have a voice, to have an identity. to have dreams of being something other than a housewife. and she is a beautiful writer. she got a voice out there that people responded to. >> the former president of barnard college joining us from new york. and a columnist and senior fellow at the ethics and public policy center. we have leo from the bronx in new york. good morning. >> good morning. the issue of women's rights, the issue i want to raise is the explosion against people in the media such as harvey weinstein and charlie rose being abusive towards women. why do you think this happened? why now and why 60 years later? >> let's turn to deborah's bar for that. the #metoo movement. >> this has really been a watershed moment in the women's movement. i don't think it is a splash in the pan. i think it is a very important moment. i think what happened is, the stories have be

gloria steinem and others who attacked the idea of family life, of courtship, of romance. all of those things. we are done with all of that. in the process, they sort of joined forces with the sexual revolution, which was also happening at that same time in our history. the sexual revolutionaries tended to be men who were tired of the old standard that you had to court a woman and have a usually aip, marriage, before you could expect sexual intimacy. they were all about tearing down those standards, and in a way, as i argue, if the feminists had not joined forces with the sexual revolutionaries, the sexual revolution of the 1960's, at the time of counterculture, would never have become what it is today which is the dominant culture. we have a kind of free-for-all about sexuality, and it has led to tremendous pain and dysfunction. there are millions of kids growing up in homes without their two parents. there are millions of men disconnected from their children, from their families, even from work because they don't have that fundamental building block of good society which

2017, she hosted an outstanding variety of leading singers from susan sontag, to sally mann, gloria steinem, to brian stevenson, truman capote, to david burns, lily tomlin, to darlene love, joan didion, to steve kerr, maya angelou, to desmond tutu, and many more. and many of her programs had an education focus, including lectures from nicole jones, janet cano, francis jensen, richard lou, marion nestle, and marian write a dome and. and whereas through its involvement with teachers and school communities and sfusd, city arts and lectures has reached tens of thousands of san francisco students, at each year , miss goldstein and her organization reserved thousands of free lecture tickets for teachers and their students, as well as nonprofit organizations like homeless prenatal projects, hamilton family, edible schoolyard, and the ella baker centre, and she also initiated a regular lecture series entitled on arts, with proceeds going directly to the scholarship component of a 26 valencia's college and career readiness program. and whereas, until 2012, city arts and lectures have the programs of

gloria steinem once said that every social revolution is started by small groups of people getting together and figuring out how similar their situations are. so in closing, let's give a big alexisf applause to krivkovich and sukhinder singh cassidy. thank you for joining us tonight at the commonwealth club. have a great evening. [applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2018] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] next, queen elizabeth ii delivers her annual christmas message from buckingham palace in london. the tradition of the christmas message dates back to 1932 with the radio address by king george the fifth.

gloria steinem once said that every social revolution is started by small groups of people getting together and figuring out how similar their situations are. so in closing, let's give a big round of applause to alexis krivkovich and sukhinder singh cassidy. thank you for joining us tonight at the commonwealth club. have a great evening. [applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2018] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] journal,'s washington live everyday with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up this morning, we will look back at key developments in this year's u.s. trade policy, and what to expect in 2019 with bloomberg trade reporter jenny leonard. also, harvard large school professor -- lost will professor joins us to talk about -- law school professor joins us to talk about his latest book. be sure to watch washington journal live at 7:00 eastern this morning. join the discussion. >> next, a discussion on the prospect of peace talks to stop the civil war

gloria steinem once said that every social revolution is started by small groups of people getting together and figuring out how similar their situations are. so in closing, let's give a big round of applause to alexis krivkovich and sukhinder singh cassidy. i am sarah lacey. thank you for joining us tonight at the commonwealth club. have a great evening. [applause]

gloria steinem once said that every social revolution is started by small groups of people getting together and figuring out how similar their situations are. so in closing, let's give a big round of applause to alexis krivkovich and sukhinder singh cassidy. i am cerro lacey. thank you for joining us tonight at the commonwealth club. have a great evening. [applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2018] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> today is day five of a partial government shutdown. the house and senate return tomorrow at 4:00 p.m. eastern and negotiations continue on a spending bill to reopen the federal government. as the debate continues, you can watch live coverage of the house here on c-span and the senate on c-span2. congress takes office in january, it will have the youngest, most diverse freshman class in recent history. new congress, new leaders. watch it live on c-span starting january 3. >> when the newly elected congress comes into session january 3,

gloria steinem once said that every social revolution is started by small groups of people getting together and figuring out how similar their ituations are. so in closing, let's give a big round of applause to alexis krivkovich and sukhinder singh cassidy. i am sarah lacey. thank you for joining us tonight t the commonwealth club. at inforum. have a great evening. [applause] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national able satellite corp. 2018] >> c-span's washington journal, live every day, with news and policy issues that impact you. be sure to watch c-span's "washington journal" live at 7:00 eastern friday morning. join the discussion. saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern, conversations with three retiring members of congress. republicans peter roskam, john duncan and mike kaufman. all discuss losing their re-election bids and reflect on their time in congress. >> we go on our app, we go on our devices, we want things quickly. yet jefferson wrote this 14 years after he wrot

gloria steinem and others who attacked the idea of family life, of courtship, of romance.those things. we are done with all of that. in the process, they sort of joined forces with the sexual revolution, which was also happening at that same time in our history. the sexual revolutionaries tended to be men who were tired of the old standard that you had to court a woman and have a usually aip, marriage, before you could expect sexual intimacy. they were all about tearing down those standards, and in a way, as i argue, if the feminists had not joined forces with the sexual revolutionaries, the sexual revolution of the 1960's, at the time of counterculture, would never have become what it is today which is the dominant culture. we have a kind of free-for-all about sexuality, and it has led to tremendous pain and dysfunction. there are millions of kids growing up in homes without their two parents. there are millions of men disconnected from their children, from their families, even from work because they don't have that fundamental building block of good society which is a fa