amy: we are joined now by the historian elizabeth hinton.s an associate professor of history and african american studies at yale university and a professor of law at yale law school. her new book is "america on fire: the untold history of police violence and black rebellion since the 1960's." she is also the author of "from the war on poverty to the war on crime." professor hinton, welcome to democracy now! it is great to have you with us. why don't we start off by this significant week, the first anniversary of the police murder of george floyd -- not only the story of the murder, but the story of the unprecedented rebellion that ensued for the next year. >> well, so, what we witnessed la summer was what some have called the largest mass mobilization in the united states history. let me point out that most of the protests last summer were nonviolent. it was only after police came to nonviolent protests and peaceful vigils with tear gas and riot sticks and batons that some protesters responded to that police violence with violence, which is

that unit was founded by jeff hinton. there were all these moments i discovered in my reporting where jeff was there. will talk about the moment when he and two students showed image recognition to work through this idea in 2012. jeff two years earlier had been instrumental in making this idea work with speech recognition. he was at microsoft and there's this great story about him traveling by train because he doesn't sit down. and on top of all that this tiny group suddenly became enormously valuable in and the idea started to work and you see this in opening of the book when jeff literally auctions his services off to the highest bidder there are all these companies bidding for it and it set the price for the talent you have this tiny group of people in each, they are people. they're interesting in their own particular way. and then there suddenly in the man and they move into these companies so that became the center of the book . this tiny group who then moves into industry and that's going to leave out a lot of inter

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cuomo accuser karen hinton writes in an op-ed this is a quote, i spoke openly about my own experience with cuomo in the "washington post" recently but witnessed his misconduct with other women at hud. i call it penis politics, a form of political art that not just about -- it's not just about sexual abuse but always about gender discrimination, cuomo is a master of the dark art. end of her quote. joe. >> governor cuomo if he had shame. that's not in the dna either. should step down. to profit off a pandemic. people wondered why is he putting out a book in october when the pandemic is raging and when he had by far the worst record of any governor? i said back on march 5 when reports started to emerge about the book advance looked like at the time it was only $800,000. now relatively $5.1 million. always follow the money in these situations. that's the great motivator here and the fact that the governor profited off this is just shameful but again, i don't think he is not going anywhere. he declared he is not. what's going on with these investigations at the federal and new york attorne

also being published this week, yale university history professor elizabeth hinton examines the historypolice violence in, "america on fire." in "war on the border" jeff quinn recounts the conflict between pan to -- pancho villa d texas rangers and then the book the internet should benefit individuals and not corporate interests in "the gentrification of the internet." find these tightsle this coming week and watch nor offers in the near future on booktv on c-span2. ♪♪ ♪♪ >> tonight on booktv in primetime, biologist andrew steele looks at the ways scientist are working to slow down the aging process in humans. republican senator josh hawley of missouri argues that big tech companies are the greatest threat to american privacy and liberties. west discusses the use of artificial intelligence and explores the potential regulation, opportunities and risks. column use university professor john mcwhorter examines how profanity has einvolved over time. and democratic senator elizabeth warren of maryland talks about the influences in her life, and reflects on her political career and advocacy w

as hinton would say, that was then, there is now. all he's saying, stop to now, is the truchlkth. stop the truth now. he has his job. liz cheney won't. there are worse things you can lose than a job, for instance, dignity. >> that's really the dividing line right now. dignity, principles. with the interview you just did and the ones we've seen this morning with republicans who are behind liz cheney during that show, they're on one side of that line, and kevin mccarthy and so many members of the house gop are on the other. >> you know, kevin mccarthy, i want to say he knows better. we know he knew better. but now he doesn't. >> no. he's eyeing a speakership for sure. thank you so much for that, jon. >>> republican leaders have called constantly for bipartisanship, for president biden to reach across the aisle. >> we want to work together with this administration on true infrastructure, and i think there's a deal to be had. >> if the white house is going to work with us, this is the deal we can do. the infrastructure has always been bipartisan. >> they want bipartisanship except whe

and crosby's girlfriend, christine hinton, had been killed in a car crash. >> i was in terrible shapere making that record because it gave me a reason to -- >> reporter: to get up in the morning? >> dam right. and it's what kept me alive. >> reporter: how would you describe the period of recording that album? >> chaotic. >> reporter: you talk about how you guys butt heads all of the time? >> well, it was glancing blows, but they were continuous. that tends to numb your skull and you turn into numbskulls. >> reporter: and neil young also went his own way in the studio. >> neil, when he joins a band, he doesn't really join the band. he made his tracks outside and brought them. and we sang on them. which is kind of snotty. but they were good. >> reporter: he didn't even perform on either of your songs, did he? >> no. he never sang or played on "teach your children," or on "our house." >> reporter: did that bother you? tem. they're decent records. ♪ teach your children well ♪ ♪ their fathers tel >>ortey c ec?ummer >> woodstock. >> our second gig was woodstock. [laughter] ♪ i am yours, you