joining me tonight are the journalist, yasmin alibhai—brown, and bonnie greer, playwright and writer look at the english identity. we go on a journey in search of englishness.

five years ago her daughter died of cancer kelly greer says her daughter's treatment was delayed because she wasn't insured and then it was too late. this is a. break this country. so it can be put together. the personal stories are the most moving and unsettling moments. is happening all the time and with the site with disposable people with invisible people and the need for those people to come out of voice in this campaign and you know they're willing to mind so that they continue to echo in this in this place so that it wakes these people support not the campaign takes to the streets week after week hoping to shock and galvanize people into action. there and there really are campaign. you know we're over the course photo of professor further warning that you know they're peaceful but determined and well organized so. that. was. the demonstrators no they're likely to be confronted by police. we are living in a time where real change is absolutely needed and so i think the fact that in thirty five states and in washington d.c. people are willing week after week to put themselves out th

but greer insists it's not about getting rid of the old; instead, seeing himself as a bridge builderasis on engaging a younger demographic. >> we don't want especially the younger generation feeling like this is tear father's or grandfather's convention. we want to engage, and we want to show up, and we want to be responsible for the institutions that help lead the way out in mission. >> reporter: the new era also sees a larger role for women but not in the pulpit as it still holds to traditional gender roles, and that doesn't sit well with critics who blame that good ole boy attitude for the scandals that forced the recent departure of three prominent sbc leaders. >> when it comes to abuse, both physical, sexual, emotional, all of that, it's really important that the church takes a stand. >> reporter: adding to strife at the convention was the last minute addition of vice president mike pence. the self-titled evangelical catholic who invited himself to speak. >> what is said in washington echoes around the world, and having him, mr. pence, come further hinters our work. >> reporter:

for now, andrew sean greer, thank you for joining us forth and, again, congratulations on the pulitzer. and before we go, let me announce o book club pick for ly, "pachinko," a family novel perfect for long days at thewi beac ties to current subjects immigrationnd korea. author min jin lee will join us at the end of the month. we hope you will join us in coming weeks on our now read will facebook page. >> nawaz: and that's the newshour for tonight. i'm amna nawaz. join us online and again here tomorrow evening. for all of us at the pbs newshour, thank you and good night. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: onsumer cellular believe that wireless plans should reflect the amount of talk, text and data that you use. we offer a variety of no- contract wireless plans for learn more, go toything in consumercellular.tv >> and with the ongoing support of these instituduons and indis. >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public bro ccasting. and tributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by wshour productions,

greer, could you sha with us how you got familiar with all these cultures and languagwr in order tote about them so convincingly and avoid stereotypes? >> brown: so your character is traveling the world, right? >> yeah. >> brown: do you know these places? >> i knew some of them from myt time as vel writer, one of my husband also to make a living as a write juror really? >> yeah. >> brown: before turning t novels or -- >> well, while turning to novels. >> brown: yeah. ke ends meet. so i had been to a lot of the places and began to put them in the book bmaause i took sony notes as a travel writer, and one of my rules for the book was i could only put in details i had written down in my notebooks because i didn't want it to be about stereotypes. i wanted it to be about what iac ally saw, even if it was unexpected. >> brown: second question. this is mike pilgrim from chicago. i read somewhere you decided to changehe tone of the book while swimming. i'm curious, how long did it take to change the tone from serious to comic?wn >> bhelp those who haven't read it, was it did originally seriou

. >> i'm not quite sure because in the greer case the court said conventional political speech would not be banned. this court has never upheld a prohibition on political speech as broad as this. >> have we ever said it would be permissible to ban all political speech on military ground? >> no, your honor. in greer the court said that conventional political speech was continued to be permitted so i guess the answer to the question is this court has never upheld a prohibition this broad in, even in nonpublic forums, even on a military reserv in an airport, in a school. cohen, tinker, greer, all of these cases the court wasn't willing to draw a line. >> because it was not of state interest if that were permitted. >> that's correct. >> it wasn't the state interest. but here there is a state nterest that was recognized as being quite important and very legitimate. >> it's true. they are important interests. we don't deny that. the problem is the means being used is such a blunt means that it is swallowing a lot of political expression that doesn't have a reasonable connection to those pa

with me are bonnie greer, playwright and writer for the new european, and the journalist, yasmin alibhai—brown may have lulled me into a false sense of security with a review. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the financial times reports two of europe's biggest banks could join forces as italy's unicredit plots to merge with french rival societe generale. the metro pictures today's service for the victims of the london bridge terror attack. the paper leads with details of a new anti—terror strategy to be unveiled by the home secretary sajid javid tomorrow in response to what he calls a "step change" in the threat posed by extremists. the daily express carries the warning from mps that britain may face a summer of knife crime unless "swift action" is taken to curb violence on the street. the daily telegraph claims theresa may is expected to lift the visa cap on foreign doctors within weeks after nhs warnings of staff shortages. the times says israel has secret files that shows tehran‘s determination to build a bomb and is using them to put pressure on britain to abandon the nuclear

diane: tarry williams is greer birmingham ministries, an organization working in the community for more than 45 years. >> most states allow individuals to reinstate their egi vote oncd their time or once they have served their parole and probation. they don't also require that all fines, fees, and restitution be paid. diane: greater birmingham registries, along with 10 ex-felons, have filed a lawsuit against alabama, arguing the requirement for payment is racially discriminatory, unconstitutional, and a modern-day poll tax. >> a lot of thwhthey go in poore out even poorer, and then they these huge fines sitting on top of them. diane: secretary of state merrill says it is not a poll tax. it's the law. >> we are trying to mainstream them back into the process and allow them to vote. whether they are black or white, green or yellow, red, polkadot, it doesn't matter to us. diane: lanier sees it differently. he says he served his time, 18 years. he paid for his mistakes and sees these fines as doubling down. >> we are a country of second chances. i had no voice. i had to sit and accept what

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joining me tonight are the journalist, yasmin alibhai—brown, and bonnie greer, playwright and writeror the new european, and a look at the english identity. we go on a journey in search of englishness. good evening, and welcome to bbc news. it was just after 10 o'clock in the evening one year ago that the first emergency calls were received from the london bridge area. the attack that was unfolding there involved three men with knives who killed eight people and injured 48 others. today, one year on, the victims were remembered by theirfamilies, political leaders, emergency services, and members of the public. our home affairs correspondent, june kelly, reports from london bridge. on this first sunday of summer, hundreds gathered at southwark cathedral to reflect on a long night full of fear in london 12 months ago. leading the public figures was the prime minister. it's less than a fortnight since she and the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, were at a memorial service for the victims of the manchester bombing. last year, 36 people in the uk were murdered in terror attacks. eight lives

the suspect, now identified as sirhan sirhan, was grabbed by rafer johnson and rosey greer, the two kennedy men. then he was led by police back through the ballroom and the hotel. some of the officers had to protect him from the crowd. there were several kennedy supporters, bystandewh were close to hysteria at this point, and tre wasoncern for the suspect's safety. >> watch "reel america" sunday at 4:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3. >>> yesterday, u.s. forest service interim chief vicki christian son and director jeff rupert testified before the senate energy and natural resources committee on wildfire response efforts. the national interagency fire center's 2018 forecast said nearly a dozen western states would experience an above-normal, significant wildland fire potential between june and the end of september. witnesses also answered questions about new technologies to fight dfir, managt regies, and interior department workplace antiharassment training. this is 90 minutes. >> good morning, e he comttee will come to order. it's nice to be able to welcome back to the comm

our guestsjoining me tonight are bonnie greer, playwright and writer for the new european, and the journalistds of women with the most common form of breast cancer might be spared chemotherapy after a new trial involving a genetic test already available on the nhs. doctors say using it to analyse early stage tumours could mean up to 3000 women a year in the uk could be treated with surgery and hormone therapy alone. annisa kadri reports. juliet fitzpatrick is now in recovery after a physical and emotional battle with breast cancer. she says the chemotherapy that followed her diagnosis turned her into a horrible person to live with. for me, the worst thing about it was the emotional side. i got used to losing my hair and going around bald, but ijust felt so depressed and not wanting to talk to anybody and really, it was the feeling of wanting to be away from the world, actually. doctors say new research means thousands of women with the most common form of early stage breast cancer could be spared chemotherapy. trials of a genetic test have found that the treatment can be safely avoided withou

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ago, bobby kennedy walked into the kitchen of the hotel, on his right rafe johnson on his left josey greere podium where he lost his life. literally 50 years to the day trump holds his ceremony. part of this movement to attack erican athletes. we talked about pork farmers. bobby kennedy won california and he can win a state like california and a rural state like south dakota we can have unity. what's trump doing? dividing america. that's what he's about. and brett's words weaponized. he's weaponized the national anthem. so c stay in the locke room if they want toe a knee. others can go out. >> remember, no eagles. >> that's right. >> none. >> and so the union has to step in and come up with a collective policy so players won't or feel divided. i want to give a little credit because when this policy first came out, i came on this network and i said that the nfl season begins in september. perfect time for him to weaponize it for the midterms. the associated press spoke to an anonymous source in the white house on monday, and they revealed that that is his direct intention to use this and to

ame are saying it is a phenomenon that th greer his opponents are, the people who originally liked himarein ng to him. >> we've been saying the nation is polarized for years. we've gone beyond that i don'te think we hae words to describe the way people view one another on the two sdes. it's like we don't not only don't talk to each other, we have different responses but the 90% approval rating monday republicans, what a g safety t that is for donald trump. because for one thing it makesep congressional licans very leery about challenging him on anything. this has been a huge advantage for him that he has been able hold his core supporters. >> in connection and picking up on what you are saying about this incredible division that wh see right nowich gets even farther, the polls get even farther apart, to what we have even over the last few days people who are identified with the president, are being set upon when they go out to dinner, kristjen nielsen, in ara rest in washington, the president's press secretary sarah sanders was asked by the owner of a restaurant to ef loow maxiters dem

it's titled "less" by andrew sean greer. it won the pulitzer prize this year for fiction.s a comic novel about a failed writer who travels the world to avoid a wedding. please do continue to read along with us, now read this in partnership with the "new york times." and tara west, author of "educated." thank you very much. >> thank you. >> woodruff: as jeff said, you can join the conversation on our "now read this" facebook page. there you can also hear about the influence music had on tara westover and watch her sing a mormon hymn. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> woodruff: finally, we turn to another installment of our weekly brief but spectacular series, where we ask people about their passions. witney greenaway is a new york city based poet, and one of many artists featured in a newly released anthology series titled: "the breakbeat poets volume 2: black girl magic." this poem is titled, "the purging." >> there is the man i love, and there is the man who loves me, and there is the man i love because he loves me. there is the man i took the morning after pill for, and there is the man whose

the suspect, now identified as sirhan sirhan, was grabbed by rafer johnson and rosey greer, the two kennedy men. then he was led by police back through the ballroom and the hotel. some of the officers had to protect him from the crowd. there were several kennedy supporters, bystanders who were close to hysteria at this point, and there was concern for the suspect's safety. >> watch "reel america," sunday at 4:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3.

the suspect, now identified as sirhan sirhan, was grabbed by rafer johnson and rosey greer, the two kennedy men. then he was led by police back through the ballroom and the hotel. some of the officers had to protect him from the crowd. there were several kennedy supporters, bystanders who were close to hysteria at this point, and there was concern for the suspect's safety. >> watch "reel america," sunday at 4:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3. >>> for a discussion this morning on the future of social security and medicare trust funds, we're joined now by robert reischauer of the urban institute, and charles blahous of george mason university. having this discussion after the publication this week of the annual trustees report that offered some warnings about the long-term health of those trust funds. so, mr. blahous, first, who are these people who publish this report, the trustees that we call them? >> well, right now, the trustees are only four people -- the secretary of the treasury, secretary of hhs, the secretary of labor, and the acting social security commissioner. no

the suspect, now identified as sirhan, sirhan, was grabbed by rafer johnson and rosie greer, the two kennedy men. then he was led by police back to the ball room and the hotel. some of the officers had to protect him from the crowd there were several kennedy supporters, bystanders who were close to hysteria at this point and there was concern for the suspect's safety. >> watch "real america" sunday at 4:00 p.m. eastern, on american history tv. on c-span 3. >>> c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service. by america's cable television companies. today we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress. the white house, the supreme court, and public policy events in washington, d.c. and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. >>> the senate banking committee held a hearing late last month about cybersecurity risks in the banking sector, banking executives testified about how they're trying to protect the personal data of their customers.

the suspect, now identified as -- was grabbed by greer. then he was led by police back through the ballroom and hotel. some of the officers had to protect him from the crowd, there were several kennedy supporters bystanders who were close to hysteria at this point and there was concern for the suspect safety. >> watch real america sunday at 4 pm eastern. on american history tv. on cspan3. >>> up next, testimony from education secretary betsy devos on president trump 2019 budget requests for her department, she spoke about recent budget cuts and changes to certain programs including the pell grant and federal work-study system. before a senate appropriations subcommittee, this is about two hours. >>> corporation subcommittee on labor and human services education and related agencies will come to order. please secretary divorce you are with us today, thank you for appearing to talk about your budget and answer our questions, the 2019 budget request from the department is

the suspect now identified as sirhan sirhan was grabbed by rafer johnson and rosie greer, the two kennedy men. then he was led by police back through the ballroom and the hotel. some of the officers had to protect him from the crowd. there were several kennedy supporters, bystanders who were close to hysteria at this point and there was concern for the suspect's safety. >> watch real america sunday at 4 p.m. eastern on american history tv, on c-span 3. >>> next we'll take you to the truman centers national security project conference in washington d.c. we'll hear from kathleen hicks, a former defense department official with the obama administration, and a panel of progressive national security analysts. this is about 2 1/2 hours. >> please welcome to the stage truman's managing director of programs jen mill

the suspect, now identified as sirhan sirhan was grabbed by johnson and greer, the two kennedy men. he was led by police back through the ballroom and the hotel. some of the officers had to protect him from the crowd. there were several kennedy supporters, bystanders, who were close to hysteria at this point, and there was concern for the suspect's safety. >> that's sunday at 4:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3. >>> at a discussion about social security's finances, the program's chief actuary talked about its fiscal solvency and the future of the program's benefits. this is an hour and a half. >> such a bright crowd. okay, i think we're ready to get started. on behalf of the national academy of social insurances board of directors, we have two representatives who will be introduced to you. the extraordinarily dedicated staff of the academy, many of whom are here, and our members who are the life blood of the academy, i'd like to welcome all of you to this annual briefing that we conduct with a key group of panelists on social security's finances. i'm bill arno, i'm t

the suspect, now identified as sirhan sirhan was grabbed by johnson and greer, the two kennedy men. he was led by police back through the ballroom and the hotel. some of the officers had to protect him from the crowd. there were several kennedy supporters, bystanders, who were close to