. >> traumatic and upsetting are not words typically used in association with dixon, illinois u.s. marshal jason modillo is dispatched days after mayor burke's press conference in the spring of 2012. >> the city was the size of 15, 16,000 people. good, hard working farmers a lot of farmers in the community. typical hartland city. >> rita has worked there since 1970 beginning as an eager high schooler and eventually making her way up to city comptroller in 1983. >> my name is dan landloss, police chief. >> crumb well has been the trusted guardian of the city's finances for 25 years. >> she was very well regarded, well respected if you need something, go to rita and everybody always looked at her she fixed any problems, take care of anything that needed to be done. >> if crumbwell's dependability is exhibited in her work, her passion is on display in another arena, showing quarter horses at exhibitions nationwide marsha freeman breaks and trains horses near crumbwell's home in illinois and remembers the early years in the mid '80s. >> at that point she was the regular horse person sh

this is coming from a team working at a particle accelerator in illinois, in the u.s.ound subatomic particles that were not behaving in the way that current theories suggest they should. that's as far as i can take the story. here's our science correspondent. >> the theories of modern physics have given scientists a new understanding of how the universe works, but the current ideas are not able to solve some of the biggest scientific puzzles, such as how the universe as we know it came into existence. now, scientists at this lab, a particle accelerator just outside chicago, have gotten a result that might take us a big step forward in answering those questions. they've been accelerating particles inside this giant rig, close to the speed of light, and they found they might be behaving in a way that can't be explained by the curnt theory of physics at the subatomic level. >> we found the interaction of a heavy electron with a magnetic field is not in agreement with our current best theory of physics. clearly, that's very exciting. it potentially points to a future, new

u.s. attorney in illinois and that is what made him famous.e turned out to be a great politician who could go to the cowboy boots and go to the state fair and deal of people well. >> the next one indicted, ironically, was not endorsed by the democratic machine in chicago, a rebel democrat named dan walker. walker was elected in 1972. but walker was a terrific campaigner. >> he was known as bandana down, the straightlaced corporate attorney in chicago, i think from montgomery ward. he put on a red bent down and want to the southern tip of the state. and taylor walked with him, he walked the length of the state and is zigzagged, getting press coverage everywhere he went, right? it was this amazing outpouring of media coverage, saying, i am going to take on springfield, and he got known for that. >> he was running as a counterpoint, as a rebel against the ruling democratic hierarchy run by mayor daley in chicago. all sorts of regular democrats and counties and communities he was walking through, would refuse to talk to him or would not be steady

u.s. average. illinois, new york are four times as high. meanwhile, positivity rates, here are the lowest in the state. under 1%. and down from 13 percentage points from four months ago. >>> a new call for help from california hospitals still battling covid. more are simply trying to stay afloat financially. the california hospital association says hospitals lost more than $8 billion last year, and the pandemic stripped funding. one health care ceo says this year losses are expected to be very heavy. >> we still are having to provide additional staff to care for those patients and having to pay for significant amounts of personal protective equipment and other supplies to care for that patient population. >> also adding to the loss of revenue, so many people are opting out of having elective surgery. >>> 5:07. and some bay area tech giants now coming to the aid of india. this is where covid cases are exploding right now. more than 200,000 people have died there including another 3,300 just yesterday. now salesforce sending help. marc beniof

u.s. bob in illinois good morning. caller: good morning. i have an observation to make and then i would like to ask a question. i live on the south suburb near chicago and there's over 900 shootings so far this year we're going to surpass a thousand in 2016 and 2017 we almost hit a thousand. everybody knows cook county, chicago have been governed over 75 years by democrats. it appears to me nobody seems to care about these young men in these inner cities. they just ravaged -- it's worse than afghanistan or iraq. any how my question is, i'm a follower of alandesh wits. i would like to ask your guest if he were that officer arriving on that scene and saw a young lady with a knife about to plunge it into the other young lady what would he have done? thank you. guest: ok so let's start with this. chicago is not fallujaha. number two, it seems like we agree that overpolicing and police brootality and police violence does not actually do a lot to stop gun violence because we had this what i would call violent police force all this time and they h

democratic senator tammy duckworth of illinois reflects on her life and career in the military and the u.s. senate. that all starts at 7:00 p.m. eastern tonight, find more schedule information at booktv.org, or consult your program guide. >> i'm patty james of the commonwealth club's health and medicine for you. it's my flour extend a special welcome to any new club members here for this digital program. the commonwealth club continues to be an all-digital program and we'll be for the coming months. i encourage viewers to become members of the commonwealth club and to learn more but membership good to thecommonwealthclub.org and support the club with a tax deductible gift donation using the blue button on the screen. an upcoming program on may 11th which we'll be talking about his new book, metabolical, the lures and lie 0 processed food, nutrition and modern medicine. mark bittman has been a leading voice in food culture for three decades. born in new york city in 1950 he ban wright professionally in 1978, after five years as general assignment reporter, he turned all of his attention to

are you currently licensed yes i'm licensed in the state of illinois in the past i was licensed in ireland in england in a number of u.s. states but i let them on that because the only place i'm practicing is in illinois are you board certified board certified in internal medicine parliamentary medicine down critical care medicine. so you still are actively caring for patients yes taking care of patients in the i.c.u. that we can monday i go straight back into the i.c.u. again. how long have you held up positions at loyola university school of medicine i've been at loyola in hinds for 32 years almost. before going to learn to loyola where you are practicing medicine somewhere else i spent 7 years at the university of texas at houston. did you also set up a sleep clinic in houston yes that would have been in the early eighty's so i set up one of the very 1st sleep labs in the united states for evaluating patients with obstructive sleep apnea so how do you sleep disorders fit within your expertise because this is related began to breathing and the problems with sleep particularly people who snore and the people who snore

. >>> with booktv "after words" democratic senator tammy duckworth of illinois talks about her life and career as a military and u.ssenate. interviewed by politico congressional editor sure. >> thank you for joining us today, senator, to discuss your book. >> thank you for having me. i am excited to be here. >> i wanted to start, your entire life story is incredibly moving and has so many emotional moments. as a congressional editor, i loved the portion of the book where you say people tell me i'm the first senator to have a baby while in

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democratic senator tammy duckworth of illinois reflects on her life and career in the military and the u.s. senate. that all starts at 7:00 p.m. eastern tonight, find more schedule information at booktv.org, or consult your program guide. >> i'm patty james of the commonwealth club's health and medicine for you. it's my flour extend a special welcome to any new club members here for this digital program. the commonwealth club continues to be an all-digital program and we'll be for the coming months. i encourage viewers

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illinois. in the past, i was licensed in ireland and in england and a number of u.s. states. t them all lapse because the only place i'm practicing is in illinois. >> are you board certified? >> yes, i'm board certified in internal medicine, pulmonary merchan medicine and critical care medicine. >> so you're still actively taking care of patients? >> yes, i was taking care of patients last week and monday i go straight back into the icu again. >> how long you have held positions at loyola university school of medicine? >> i've been at loyola and heinz for 32 years almost. >> before going to loyola, were you practicing medicine somewhere else? >> yep. i spent seven years at the university of texas at houston. >> did you also set up a sleep clinic houston? >> yes, i did. that would have been in the early '80s. i set up one of the very first sleep labs in the united states for evaluating patients with obstructive sleep apnea. >> how do sleep disorders fit within your expertise? >> because this is related again to breathing. and the problems with sleep, particularly people who sno

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illinois. in the past, i was licensed in ireland and england and a number of u.s. let them all lapse because the only place i am practicing is in illinois. >> are you board certified? >> yes, i am board certified in internal medicine, pulmonary medicine and critical care medicine. >> so you still are accurately caring for patients? >> yes, i was taking care of patients in the icu last week and on monday i go straight back into the icu again. >> how long have you held position at loyola university school of medicine? >> i have been at loyola and hines for 32 years almost. >> before going to loyola, were you practicing medicine somewhere else? >> yes. i spent seven years at the university of texas at houston are. >> did you also set up a sleep clinic in houston? >> yes, i did. and that would have been in the early '80s, so i set up one of the very first sleep labs in the united states for evaluating patients with obstructive sleep apnea? >> so how do sleep disorders fit within your expertise? >> because this is related again to breathing and the problems with sleep,

u.s. will have at least one shot. we're seeing similar numbers here in illinois.today the age of the people is a lot younger than places, vaccination sites i've seen previous. >> you're absolutely correct. we're here, we're doing moderna and jobon -- johnson & johnson. we do have some other sites here in cook county that are doing pfizer, and they are doing the 1 plus. -- 16 plus. >> reporter: we thank you for what you're doing, and we want to out, liz, the -- points out, liz, the year other year performance of the vaccine makers, moderna, the big breakthrough over the past year, up 342% compared to this time a year ago. liz? liz: yeah. you know, i'm looking at some of them right now. moderna's down about eight-tenths of a percent. i don't know if we can put those three stock up, but when you look at all of them, it's true, keep in mind we're not paying for those vaccines. they are so-called free. but either way we are looking at very heroic efforts on behalf of all of of these names. thank you, grady trimble, we appreciate it. good stuff. >>> business round table

democratic senator tammy duckworth of illinois reflects on her life and career in the military and u.s senate . pedro discussed the importance of having civil discussions over political disputes and history professor canis major looks at laws that were enacted by free states to restrict the rights of african-americans prior to the civil war. that all starts at 6:50 5 pm eastern . for find more schedule information at booktv.org. >> c-span shop.org is our new online store. go there to order a copy of the congressional directory with compact information for every member of congress including bios and committee assignments and also contact information for state governors and provided administration cabinet. order your copy of c-span shop.org, every purchase helps support our operations. class during a recent virtual event whole foods ceo john mackey about his approach to leadership in business. here's a portion of the program. >> capitalism or i prefernina mccloskey's word for innovation is in , innovation is an is the greatest thing humanity ever created . and if you don't lack 200 years

u.s. house of representatives, or if you might have more luck running statewide in illinois working on reforming the illinois state gop it feels like a real uphill battle from where you sit now. >> it certainly feels like an uphill battle to make it feels like a david and goliath fight but, you know, if you read the rest of the story you know who wins and i think the key on key on it is this, go in person responsible for is me. only person i can control what they say is me, and i know that to go along with the idea of the big lie or sedition would not be who i am. for me i would feel like everything i did in the military and everything i stood for would be violated, i get choked up sometimes, would be violated if i did otherwise. for me it's extremely important that i do the right thing. look, i have no intention to run statewide. if i lose my district is an option i leave out there. but the reality is reforming whether state gop or county gop. the actual party itself i don't think has much power anymore. i think it really is and what it used to be whether democrats or republicans, with the new

eastern, illinois democratic senator tammy duckworth talks about her life and career in the military and in the u.s. senate. she is interviewed by politicos congressional editor. watch book tv this weekend. and be sure to tune into "in-depth" sunday, may 2, at 8:00 p.m. eastern, with all the rest out the -- author ross douthat. >> next, asian-american officials and activists talk about anti-asian violence and racism. this was held by videoconference. >> welcome to anti-asian violence in america's virtual event. i am coming to you from axios headquarters in arlington, virginia. welcome to our audience. you can join the conversation on twitter using the @axios handle or #axiosoffense. -- #axiosevents. i will be joined by my colleagues to talk about the social political movements affecting national discourse, with respect to how activists have an hour shaping -- have been and are shaping the conversation. senator chang, welcome. thank you for being with us. sen. chang: thanks for having me. >> you were elected in 2014 to the michigan house. you were the first asian-american woman to do so, but i want

illinois. in the past i was licensed in ireland and england and the number of u.s. states, but i have let them all lapsed because the only place i am practicing is in illinois. >> are you board-certified? >> yes, i am board-certified in internal medicine, pulmonary medicine and critical care medicine. >> so you still are activelg for patients? >> yes. i am taking care of patients in the icu last week, and on monday i go straight back into the icu again. >> how long have you held positions at loyola university school of medicine? >> i've been a loyal and heinz for 32 years almost. >> before going to loyola, where you practicing medicine somewhere else pgh yes. i spent seven years at the university of texas at houston. >> did also set up a sleep clinic in houston? >> yes, i did. that would've been in the early '80s concise set up one of the very first sleep labs in the united states for evaluating patients with obstructive sleep apnea. >> so how does sleep disorders fit within your expertise? >> because this is related again to breathing, and the problems with sleep pa

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. >> on lectures in history, southern illinois university professor kenneth moffat teaches a class about notable speakers on the u.s. house, from henry clay to newt gingrich to nancy pelosi. he describes how various speakers wielded power, norms they enacted, and the balance of power between the legislative and executive branches in different errors. the university provided the video for this class. prof. moffett: i am dr. ken moffat nine-day professor of political science here. i do my teaching and research in american politics and public policy, more specifically in american political institutions. i have done a bit of my research in congress and teach a course on congress here. one of the topics that i talk about in that course is party leaders and the influence they have over policy. today i'm going to talk about some famous speakers of the house and the ways they have influenced american politics and policy, even today, as well as the operation of the house. let's begin. , as i mentioned, they're going to talk today about historical how speakers. we are going to walk through how it is house speaker's overtime

. >>> with booktv "after words" democratic senator tammy duckworth of illinois talks about her life and career as a military and u.s. senate. interviewed by politico congressional editor sure. >> thank you for joining us today, senator, to discuss your book. >> thank you for having me. i am excited to be here. >> i wanted to start, your entire life story is incredibly moving and has so many emotional moments. as a congressional editor, i loved the portion of the book where you say people tell me i'm the first senator to have a baby while in office. no, i'm the first to give birth while in office. senators have been having babies for years. so, the passages in the book are fantastic but i'm hoping you and i can have a counted conversation with that would look like on a personal level. we all know, more than others, it is a very tradition bound institution. how awkward was that talking through i think you actually used the phrase on the senate floor. >> as soon as i became pregnant, we began having the conversations because again, remember the senate even then when democrats were the minority, we were pretty evenly d

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interview program "after words", democratic senator tammy duckworth of illinois reflects on her life and career in the military and in the u.s. senate. find full schedule information online @booktv.org. or consult your program guide. now we kick off this weekend with journalist robert stross is look at the life and impact of america's fourth supreme court justice john marshall. spinning well good evening everyone thanks much for joining us this evening for our latest washington elaborate taco. a special hello to all of our friends affiliate with the john marshall house and the center for constitutional history and civics. we are delighted to hear gray for to both organizations were cosponsoring tonight's events. i am at the library center for digital history in addition to hosting -- in my hosting duties this evening i also hold podcast conversation at block washington library we feature interviews about early america comic george washington's world and the practice of history. i would encourage you to check on her most recent episode was republished just today which explores the long lost journal of the barber surgeon who p

democratic senator of illinois reflects on her life and career in the military and in the u.s. northwestern university history professor examined the laws enacted by free states that restricted the rights of african-americans prior to the civil war. consult your program guide. here is a look at some books being published this week and on the house, former republican congressman recalls his time as speaker of the house. activist and prison abolitionist reflects on his life and his time in prison in bird on caged. and the triumph of nancy reagan, washington post panelist looks at the political life. also being published this week new york staff writer reports on the family's wealth that was built on pharmaceuticals which included valium and oxycontin in empire of pain. former united states solicitor general and clinton impeachment counsel kenneth starr suggests that religious freedom is being threatened and religious liberty in crisis. in nuclear falling, historians provide a history of the cuban missile crisis. find these titles this coming week wherever books are sold and watch

. >>> with booktv "after words" democratic senator tammy duckworth of illinois talks about her life and career as a military and u.s. senate. interviewed by politico congressional editor sure. >> thank you for joining us

u.s. bob in illinois good morning. caller: good morning.bservation to make and then i would like to ask a question. i live on the south suburb near chicago and there's over 900 shootings so far this year we're going to surpass a thousand in 2016 and 2017 we almost hit a thousand. everybody knows cook county, chicago have been governed over 75 years by democrats. it appears to me nobody seems to care about these young men in these inner cities. they just ravaged -- it's worse than afghanistan or iraq. any how my question is, i'm a follower of alandesh wits. i would like to ask your guest if he were that officer arriving on that scene and saw a young lady with a knife about to plunge it into the other young lady what would he have done? thank you. guest: ok so let's start with this. chicago is not fallujaha. number two, it seems like we agree that overpolicing and police brootality and police violence does not actually do a lot to stop gun violence because we had this what i would call violent police force all this time and they haven't actua

" in her new book every day is a gift a memoir, illinois democratic senator tammy duckworth talks about her life and career in the military and in the u.s. senate. she's interviewed by political congressional editor. watch booktv this weekend and be sure to tune into in-depth sunday, may 2 at eastern with author on booktv on c-span2. >> c-span's shop.org is c-span's new online store. go there today to order a copy of the congressional directory, a compact spiral-bound book with contact information for every member of congress including bios and committee assignments. also contact information for state governors and the biden administration cabinet. order your copy at c-spanshop.org. every purchase helps support c-span's nonprofit operation. >> on this wednesday morning we are live on c-span2 waiting forr a discussion with delaware democratic senator chris coons will be talking about climate change. this virtual event hosted by punch bowl news. ..

u.s. and really that severe weather threat will continue pretty well anywhere from illinois rates through to texas as this cold front moves across lysine down temperatures and just a matter of 2 days chicago went from the thirty's to the 11 to 11 degrees on thursday but will bounce back on saturday. at ways from the al-jazeera london broke out center to special guests in conversation when societies declines and when women are to tighten the only thing that benefits from this contract itself unprompted uninterrupted for the 1st months good girls are those who don't work for him or in fact me as well easily and cackle like to think that there's nationalism is not as ugly as someone else's nationalists in part one of studio b. unscripted. president joe biden into the white house facing multiple crises including the coronavirus pandemic and it divided america 3 months on has he managed to follow through on campaign promises to fix the country stay with this but special coverage of biden's 1st $100.00 days in a. just. this is al jazeera. the robin you're watching the al-jazeera news headquarte

on booktv's "after words," democratic senator tammy duckworth from illinois talks about her life and career in the military and in the u.sshe's interviewed by politico's congressional editor elana schor. >> host: thank you so much for joining me, senator, to discuss your book. >> guest: thanks for having me on. i'm very excited to be here. >> host: i wanted to start, you know, your entire life story has so many emotional moments. as a congressional editor though, on a lighter note, i loved the portion of your book where you say people tell m

democratic senator tammy duckworth of illinois reflects on her life and career the military in the u.s. and northwestern university history professor examines the laws enacted we free states that restricted the rights african-americans prior to the civil war. find full schedule information online at booktv.org or consult your program guide. >> authors joann samuel goldblum and cal colleen. >> the government definition of poverty leaves out a whole lot of of people in poverty. i define it the way i think most people understand it in their gut, that poverty is not being able to afford your basic needs. so, if you can't put food on the table, that's poverty. however, the government measure of poverty excludes so many people for whom that is true. before the pandemic, we knew that 40% of americans could not afford at least one of their basic needs. so that told us that nearly half of the nation was at one point in poverty before the pandemic and were the associated recession. >> a famous line, if a give a man a fish and feed him for the day. teach a man to fish he can eat for a lifetime. y

university of illinois and joins us for a discussion on the role childcare plays in the covid-19 economic recovery. professor powers, explain first what we know about how big a hit the u.s. childcare industry took over the past 13 months. >> good morning, it's nice to be here. well, covid has had a profound impact on childcare and a lasting impact. when covid hit, and there were stay-at-home orders, because that had an immediate and dramatic effect on the childcare industry. two-thirds of childcares closed, they suspended their operations completely. and 65% of childcare workers were sent home. at the same time, of course, those parents who could work, emergency workers had some trouble finding childcare. and as people have slowly come back to work, childcare has continued to be a nagging problem for parents. >> another way to look at the numbers from the bureau of labor statistics, some 167,000 childcare workers lost their job between december of 2019 and december 2020. do you think all those jobs will come back in a post-covid economy? or has covid and what its force for how families have had to rethink childcare, is it going to change the way people use childcare, wh

illinois, thank you very much. we appreciate it. >> thank you, judy. >> woodruff: even as the u.s.ets records for daily covid-19 vaccinations, disparities in who is getting those vaccines persist. in a moment, william brangham will talk with a researcher about those gaps. but first, here are the stories of some medically vulnerable people, most of whom are still waiting for their shot. >> my name is jessica hernandez. i am from southern california. i am a diabetic, i have high blood pressure, and i have an endocrine disorder called cushing's disease. >> my name's katie powers. i live in maine. and i have a rare auto-immune disorder that's been labeled anti-ganglioside antibody disorder. >> my name is samuel freeman. i live in new york state, and i have cerebral palsy, epilepsy, asthma, scoliosis, and i have poor vision. >> aloha, my name is justin kamai clemente. i reside in honolulu, hawaii, on the island of oahu. i am 41, and have one condition: i'm a cancer survivor, and i'm h.i.v.-positive. >> my name is kathleen newell. i'm from california, and i have stage four breast cancer.

on booktv's "after words," democratic senator tammy duckworth from illinois talks about her life and career in the military and in the u.s. senate. she's interviewed by politico's congressional editor elana schor. >> host: thank you so much for joining me, senator, to discuss your book. >> guest: thanks for having me on. i'm very excited to be here. >> host: i wanted to start, you know, your entire life story has so many emotional moments. as a congressional editor though, on a lighter note, i loved the portion of your book where you say people tell me that i'm the first senator to have a baby while in office. no, i'm the first senator to give birth in office. [laughter] >> guest: it tells you when the average age is something like 70, it's hard for a senator to give birth. we need more younger senators and more women senators. >> host: absolutely. so, you, the passages in the book on this are fantastic, but i'm hoping you and i can have a candid conversation about what that was like on a personal level. we all know, us more than others, the senate is a very tradition-bound institution. how awkward was that talking throu

u.s. s gring at slowest rate in nearly a century, just under 331.5 million people nile call this country home, the census has more people are moving south and west, illinois pennsylvania, michigan and west virginia are losing one of their seats in the house of representatives. the same goes for here new york which is rarely lost a seat, it would not have if 89 more people had been counted. california lost a seat for the first time ever. >> cost of living, people are not moving to california the way that they used to because it is really expensive and much of california. on the flipside, organ, california, montana and others are picking up a seat, texas is picking up two, four of those six states voted republican in the 2020 election. >> is a nice confirmation of moving away from california into texas largely on the face of housing. many question the census data because it was gathered during the pandemic. >> we undercounted in urban areas because they were hardest hit by covid and people did not want to open their doors. >> reporter: in addition to determining how much we each state holds in the house of representatives, the census determines the allocati

her new book, "every day is a gift," a memoir, illinois democratic senator tammy duckworth talks about her life and career in the military. and in the u.s. senate. she's interviewed by "politico's" congressional editor. watch book tv this weekend. and be sure to tune in to in depth sunday, may 2, at noon eastern with author on book tv on c-span2. >> sunday on q&a, a conversation on the influence lady bird johnson had on the l.b.j. presidency compared to other first ladies. with julia, senior research fellow at the l.b.j. school of public affairs at the university of texas-austin. >> i see her as the bridge between eleanor roosevelt and hillary clinton. she has the commitment to developing a policy agenda that reinforces and elevates her husband's that eleanor had. she has the public role, no the quite as broad because she didn't have a radio program, she didn't have a column that eleanor did, but this was the woman who was out campaigning for her husband and working really hand in glove to elevate his presidency. where e.r. was in the white house much longer than lady bird was, but i see lady bird then coming in and modernizing the offi

in her new book every day is a gift, a memoir, illinois democratic senator tammy duckworth talks about her life and career in the military and in the u.s. senate.

evanston, illinois, plans to pay some black residents for the harm it caused by discriminatory housing policies. this form of reparations is believed to be the first of its kind in the u.s. and could be a model for the nation. of course, it has critics. some who say it's unnecessary, others who say it's not enough. the program offers up to $25,000 for a down payment on a home or to make home repairs. study after study has shown five numbers -- your zip code can determine your destiny. a question as simple as "where are you from?" can let you know if someone's america. correspondent joie chen reports from her childhood home in evanston. joie: we all know, don't we? what it means to be from the right side of the tracks. even when it's just the very edge of privilege. that's my story and my house. the house i grew up in. the last house before the tracks. in the late 1960's, we were the only asian family in the neighborhood. i thought, the outliers. but the white kids? black kids? in this integrated, progressive enclave, surely their opportunities were equal? i think we thought we were woke. dino: yeah, not the case. joie: at the shorefront legacy center, dino robinson docu

he gradued from northern illinois university where he met the love of his wife, judy. he spent six years serving his country inhe u.s. army reserve. outside of public service, he had an enduring reer spanning 30 years at state farm an raised three children alongside judy. my prayers are with his wife, judy, his family and all tho who call richard a friend. i rise to remember patricia everhart. a friend who passed away on november 3, 2020. pat taught with the taylorville school district for years and was influential of the lincoln literacy program and spent time teaching at the taylorville correctional center. she was a mentor me and also she was e first lady of taylorlle for 16 years and the republican county chairwoman for 25 years but her service never stopped. she has a lasti impact on the taylorville community and will be remembered as a great friend to so many. my prayers are with her husband, dan, and her entire family during this time. mr. speaker, i re to recognize patty hornbuckle for her leadership in taylorvil and christian county, illinois. i had a privilege of worki with patty in the chamber of commerce

>> yes and state of illinois and ireland and england and a number of u.s. ut i let them all go because the only place i practice is in illinois. >> are you board-certified? >> yes, i am board certified in internal medicine pulmonary medicine. >> so you arere still actively caring for patients? >> yes taking care of patients in the icu, monday i go straight back to icu again. >> how long have you held the position of the university? >> thirty-two years almost. >> before going, are you practicing medicine somewhere else? >> iic spent seven years at the university of texas and houston. >> did you also set up a sleep? >> yes, it would have been the early 80s i set up the very first lab in the united states for evaluating patients with obstructive sleep apnea. >> how do sleep disorders fit within your expertise? >> it's related to breathing problems with sleep, particularly people who snore and people who snore during the nighttime to the upper airway and they can stop breathing 500, 600 times a night and the level of oxygen in the blood goes very low the basic p

in their huh book, every day is a gift, a memoir, illinois democratic senator tammy duckworth talks about her life and career in the military in the u.s. senate. she is interviewed by politico's congressional editor alanna shore. watch booktv this weekend. and be sure to tune into "in depth" on sunday, may 2nd at noon eastern, with author ross, on booktv, on c-span2. >> welcome to the commonwealth club. welcome to all of our online audiences, those who are listening now with our live stream and those listening later on the you tube channel or facebook channel. mitt my great pleasure to entree dues dennis rasmussen who wrote fears a seth sun how the founders of the united states weren't as optimistic about it ail working out as we are today, towards the ends of their lives and how that preceded with several of the founder is is what question'll discuss along with the history of that whole period of time and why they felt that way. so, welcome, dennis to the commonwealth club of california. >> thank you for having me. >> the first thing we can talk about is the setting. you talk about the constitutional convention the constitutional con

eastern, illinois democratic senator tammy duckworth talks about her life and career in the military and in the u.s. senate. she is interviewed by politicos congressional editor. watch book tv this weekend. and be sure to tune into "in-depth" sunday, may 2, at 8:00 p.m. eastern, with all the rest out the -- author ross douthat. >> next, asian-american officials and activists talk about anti-asian violence and racism. this was held by videoconference. >> welcome to anti-asian violence in america's virtual event. i am coming to you from axios headquarters in arlington, virginia.