in conversation with reference of jeffrey l brown. this evening's talk as part of a great lineup of harvard bookstore events happening this summer including upcoming discussions with charles king presenting gods of the upper air. how a circle oregano gate anthropologist reinvented race, sex and gender in the 20th century as well as jeff breaux with his new book white flights. race, fiction, and the american imagination among many others. for details and our full schedule check us out online at www.harvard.com/events are pickup an event flyer as you head out the door this evening. tonight's talk will conclude with time for your questions after which we will have a book signing here at this table. we are pleased to have c-span booktv here today taping the event. when asking questions and q&a please know your questions will be recorded. please wait for the microphone to make its way over to you for asking a question. we have many copies of "bleeding out" for sale at the register in the next room which is my cue to say thank you for buyin

jeffrey brown visited baez at her northern california home recently, as she wraps up her careerith a farewell tour. it is part of our arts and culture series, "canvas," and our look at "american creators." ♪ ♪ >> brown: on her current tour, joan baez sings "deportees," a song about migrant workers she's been performing for decades. ♪ ♪ a familiar theme, with new relevance. and a familiar voice, even as it's changed from her famous soprano voice, with its three octave range. t it's part reason, she told me, this will be her last tour. ♪ ♪ >> my first vocal coach, very smart man, i asked him when i was in my 30s, i said, "when will i know it's time to quit singing?" he said, "your voice will tell you." and it has. >> brown: baez has been making music in public since the late 1950s, renowned for reworkings of traditional ballads as folk music rose to popularity. her first album came out in 1960. from early on, political activism mixed with the music. she sang at the 1963 march on washington, against the vietnam war, and on behalf of many other causes over the years. but when we met rece

jeffrey brown fod just that when we saw gaelynn lea perform in austin, texas in this report for "canvas" our ongoing arts and culture series. ♪ ♪ b wn: the church filled up with an eager audience, and then stilled when the first performance began, by an extraordinary musician. ♪ ♪ gaelynn lea is transforming what can be done with a violin, and, more imptantly, showing us what can be done with a life. >> i really want there to be an acknowledgement that life is both difficu and beautiful at the same time. >> brown: lea, now 35, was born with a congenital disability called osteogenesis imperfecta, or brittler one disease. nes broke more than 40 times while she was in thee womb, and 16 mve broken since. for her, that need be only one part of the stor >> i think, if i only focuseveon the negatii would not be a happy person. there usually tends to be an unrcurrent of hope. ♪ ♪ >> brown: we joined lea in .ustin recently, at the south by southwest festival fans lined up hours before the doors open. classically-trained, lea is now best known for her haunting, original songs, and versions of tra

jeffrey brown has this encore report onashville's gender imbalance, and what's being done ul address part of our r series on arts and culture, "canvas." ♪ ♪ >> brown: this is the sound of monday nights at the listening room, known in nashville as a "writer's round," where singer- songwriters learn to hone their craft before a live audience. ♪ ♪ but this one is different, and rare: an all-women showcase, in a city dominated by male voices♪ ♪ turn to a country station today and this is what you're most likely to hear: ke bryan / blake shelton ♪ keith urban / riley green/ ♪ florida georgia line/ ♪ n and shay ♪) >> brown: in fact, in 2017, only around 10% of billboard's top 60 country songs were by women-- a number that's actually fallen in recent years. and it was that persistent disparity that led procer todd cassetty to found this all- female showcase, called "song suffragettes." ♪ ♪ >> we thought if we create a erfemale-only weekly show a lot of these women can come play their songs, try them out, see what the responses are, meet like-mind creatives, that they would benefit. ♪ ♪ >> b

for the pbs newshour, i'm jeffrey brown in rotterdam, e netherlands.t >> woodruff: ton "brief but spectacular" features ichthyologist prosanta ischakrabarty, who studiesto help explain the evolution of t.human beings and the pla he's a professor and curator of fish at the museum of natura science and department of biological science at louisiana state university. >> every once in a while, you go to someplace new whereo one has been before, and you see something that is so d kferent that yw it's new right away. it's like, "what is this thing? this is so new, i can't believe it, i'm going to go home now and describe this thing before anyone else finds out about it. >> i grew up loving animals and nature despite growing up in queens, new york. and i went as a kid to the bronx zoo and the american museum of natural history and looked up at dinosaurs and blue whales and i never looked down. i just wanted to study biology. in the bigger schemetrying to understand who's related to i om on this planet. one of the things love to study are freshwater fishes. one

. >> brown: a blend of old and new-- one song at a time.r e pbs newshour, i'm jeffrey brown in nashville jeff gets all tt good assignm >> woodruff: two men are inside the repos. it's a "newshour" special, a 30 minute deep dive into what is in the muellerat report ahead of the special counsel'spp arance and testimony next week on capitol hill. check your local listings to see when it airs on the pbs station near you. and tune in next wednesday morning starting at 8:30 a.m.a. eastern for our live coverage of mr. mueller and the congressional hearings. and that is the "newshour" for tonight, i'm judy woodruff. have a great weekend.nd thank you and good night. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: d >>!evin. >> kev >> kevin. >> advice for life. life well-planned. learn more at raymondjames.com. >> consumer cellular. c >> babbel. a language app that teaches real-life conversations in a new language, like spanish, french, earman, italian, and more. >> supporting social entrepreneurs and their solutions to the world's most pressing problems-- sllfoundation.org.s sk william an

that's the focus of our "leadied " segment with jeffrey brown. >> brown: lion air flight 610 went down after takeoff inne ina last october, killing 189 people. a second crash, ethiopian airlines flight 302, occurred in march, killing a board.eople on boeing now faces numerous lawsuits, as well as regulatoryg chal to clear the plane for flying. here to tell us more is science and aviation correspondent miles o'brien. miles, welcome to you. this latest move first, the $100 million fund, what is it intended to be used for and how will it be administered? >> well, in the grand scheme of things, jeff, it's not a hug amount of money. it's about the cost of a 737 max, perhaps, coincidentally. put it in the realm of public relations, this a company that, in the wake of these two accidents, tried to point thet fingere flight crews, and that did not go over well, giv the evident design problems that were a part of the m 7x, and this money will go for education funds for e children of the victims and some money for the families. but if you d the malt, it's a small amount of money per person. no o

s.r the pbs newshour, i'm john yang in dal >> woodruff: now, jeffrey brown has a conversation with the o auour july pick for "now read this," the newshour's book club in collaboration with the "new york times." this report is part of "canvas," our ongoing coverage of arts and culture. >> brown: it's the final day of miguel de la cruz, "big angel" the dying patriarch of a mexican. >> american family. larger histories unfold in a novel of boty h comd sorrow. "the house of broken angels" wal our july balkub pick. arthur luis urrea is here to answer some of our reder's questions. thanks for joining us. >> thanks for having . >> brown: i'm going to go right to our first question. it goes to the title and at you were after. >> the title fits so well with the concept of this book. d you have the title in mind before you began writing? or did it fall into place ater finishing the book? >> good question. i didn't know that it was a book honestly. know, my big brother died of cancer, and, you know, thev family had him a farewell birthday party, and my family attended. they had never seen anythin

jeffrey brown is here now with a undup of some of the best summer reads, part of our arts ofd culturenvas." >> this is a time the year when many catch up on their reading while away on vacation. let's look at some interestingfo readthis summer. for that we're joined by maureen accordingen, npr, a professor at georgewn university and author of "so we read on, how the great gads by cme to be and why it endures." and carlos lozada, nonfiction book critic for "the washington post," won the pulitzer prize in criticism this year. first off,o cngratulations. >> thank you very much.t start us off wtwo or three fiction picks. >> my first pick would be "ocean wong," a vietnamese poet writer. won a lot of awards for volumes, "night skies with exit rounds." the diet title of his debut novel is "on eartwe're briefly george." it's abimmigrant story, semi-autobiographical. wong was born in vietnam and came to this country when about two years old. it's figured in the form of a letter by a young man written to his mother and his mother is illiterate. she works in a nail salon. and really, it's l a no

the clerk: nomination, the judiciary, jeffrey vincent brown, of texas, to be united states district judge for the southern district of texas. mr. mcconnell: i send a cloture motion to the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture vote. the clerk: cloture motion, we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22, do hereby bring to a close debate on the nomination of jeffrey vincent brown, of texas, to be united states district judge for the southern district of texas. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent that the reading of the names be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: i move to proceed to legislative session. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion to proceed. all those in favor say aye. al opposed, say no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. mr. mcconnell: i move to proceed to executive session to consider calendar number 232. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion to proceed. all those in favor say aye. all opposed, say no. th

jeffrey epstein. he was making a reference to julie k. brownthe miami "herald" whose reporting has given voice to the victims of epstein. brown's work has been expressly cited by many media outlets in the past week in their own epstein coverage. for example the "new york times" said this, while mr. epstein moved about freely, reportedly building a new compound in the virgin islands, ms. brown continued to dig accumulating enough documentation to fill a spare bedroom in her florida home. while doing my own read-in on the epstein saga at the miami "herald" website under heading perversion of justice, i noticed reminders spaced throughout the series listing all the work that had gone into it and urging readers to buy subscriptions to support investigative journalism like this. the solicitation was a reminder that there is great investiga investigative journalism all around us, but it is in jeopardy. it is the reason after all why the mueller record didn't generate more of a reaction upon its release. we had heard it all before. mainly from reporti

. >> julie brown is going to join us in the next hour. tell us about the well connected of jeffreyin. as someone who knows president clinton well. wilber ross in florida, as well. he's somebody at the nexus of a lot of powerful men. >> alan dershowitz. prince andrew. we don't know completely the relationship that jeffrey epstein has with all these powerful people. >> there's no indication, as i said here at this point, because we haven't seen any of the charging documents. the recruiters to this point, that's something we're going to have to follow closely, from a political standpoint. i have in here, will take me a while to dig it up. fight records that the service detail on jeffrey epstein's plane. president clinton, that is. i think that's something we have to follow. it's possible this could be a one and done. it is something that we will have to watch closely, with tentacles. >> that court appearance, scheduled to take place tomorrow. >>> next on "up," a new report to show what families are preparing for the ice raids that president trump has promised. >> we will be removing l

joining us now is julie brown, the "miami herald" investigative reporter whose in-depth reporting series on jeffrey epstein broke this story wide open last year and was credited for assisting prosecutors in the investigation. she was inside the court today. julie, thanks for being here. >> thanks for having me. >> first of all, thanks for being this reporting. for these young victims it had to be a relief to see at least what could be the beginnings of justice. does it surprise you that the charges that are being brought against him today are so similar to the charges that he was given a sweet deal for before and how can that be explained to sort of the ordinary person out there? >> well, he had an operation going. he had people who worked for him. he had a whole setup of recruiters all over in new york, in florida, as far as we know this was probably going on in the u.s. virgin islands where he also had a home and in europe. and he had schedulers, such as like an organized crime organization operates with a boss at the top and you have the lieutenants and you have cappos and you have soldiers. he

jeffrey enjoys a social life." "miami herald" reporter julie brown further characterized the relationship between the two men on msnbc this weekend. >> they went to dinner parties at each other's house. trump was also on his plane. probably not as much as, you know, a lot of other people because trump had his own plane, but they were -- they had -- they had a lot of social relationships with the other. and the other interesting thing is, you know, trump had a modelling agency and epstein also had a stake in a modelling agency, which they suspect he used to bring in underage girls from overseas. and, you know, there is a common in one of the court files where epstein is quoted as saying "i want to set up my modelling agency the same way trump set up his modelling agency." >> joining me now, carol lam, former u.s. attorney for the southern district of california and mindy marquez-gonzalez, publishing editor of the "miami herald." mindy, let me start with you up. this got a fair amount of ink and then it settled and jeffrey epstein returned to society and was hobnobbing with all the people he was hobnobbing with. your p

jeffrey epstein a decade ago. joining us now is julie k. brown.vestigative work at the miami herald has led to major breaks in this epstein case. julie, great to have you here. you are the sort of foremost authority on -- because you've looked back at the records -- on what went down. so when he talked about the history of this case yesterday in that press conference, was he telling the truth? >> well, he -- i guess that's the truth the way he looks at it. but it doesn't square with what the records say. you know, he mentioned something about facts become facts because they're in the newspaper. the reason they were in the newspaper is because they were based on a public record. we have a story today in the miami herald that reiterates what was in my original piece that there was a paper trail, so to speak, about this meeting. this didn't just involve, you know, one piece of paper that he signed. there were emails back and forth between him and epstein's lawyers. including one right after this meeting in which jay lefkowitz's epstein's attorney say

brown. thank you so much for that. joining me on the phone jeffrey toobin, cnn's chief legal analyst. i appreciate you joining us. you know, we just saw you interviewed justice john paul stevens and not many americans got to see him up close like that. what was he like? what were your impressions? >> he was really part of a vanished tradition in american life which was the moderate republican. he was moderate in speech, in appearance. the only thing he wasn't moderate in was the wearing of bow ties. he loved to wear bow ties and that was really his skegture. but, you know, he came from the gerald ford midwestern republican school of political thought, of legal thought. and that tradition is completely gone in america. i thought of him as the last world war ii veteran who was active in public life. when he retired in 2010 there were really no more of the greatest generation in the positions of power that they held for so long, and i think that's also emblematic of his political views which are really gone today. i mean the republican party of donald trump is almost completely unrecogni

to give him what you have described and we know the newspaper julie brown has described as the deal of a lifetime. >> back on jeffrey epstein. the way in which, james, he was arrested. i mean, they knew his flight plans, they grabbed him the second his plane touched the ground. what -- why would law enforcement need to do that? >> a couple of concerns. one is, this is a man not just of some means, but of infinite means. he's a billionaire. he owns an island in st. thomas. so the concern would be if he left, he would never come back. and he would certainly be able to live somewhere with all the riches and the wealth he's got stockpiled. the other concern is this. people say all of the time, why does the fbi or why do law enforcement send ten police officers and five other agents to go make an arrest on a white collar crime? or on a crime like this on a sexual predator who has shown no indication of violence? the problem is, sometimes these are the most dangerous folks because they have the most to lose. and in this instance, you've got a man who is a billionaire who is now looking at spending the rest of his natural

in that series, reporter julie kay brown talked about the effort to get justice by multiple child abuse victims of jeffrey a lenient non-prosecutionly got from then u.s. attorney, alex acosta in florida. since those were published, a lot of things have happened. like this week, a new arrest of jeffrey epstein who faces up to 45 years in prison on sex trafficking charges. the u.s. attorney in new york announcing the charges took time to credit some incredible investigative reporting in helping track down epstein in bringing these new charges he was talking about the reporting of julie kay brown after the pressure became too much even for the trump administration on this issue, the u.s. attorney who had given epstein his non-prosecution deal in florida, today he resigned as trump's u.s. secretary of labor. that inexplicable deal that acosta gave him back in the day was not enough to keep trump from putting him in the cabinet in the first place the pressure now resulted in acosta losing his job. tonight we got a new explosive ligation fr allegation from new york epstein according to prosecutors hired hundred

some of the investigative reporting that's been done about jeffrey epstein, and i think we can point primarily to the miami herald in julie brown'scally that reporting came out of the state prosecution files, which make the very clear exactly what was going on back in the mid-2000s. >> and, glenn, quickly, we mentioned the labor secretary, alex acosta's name coming up here obviously because he was part of that. he was key in that nonprosecution agreement 11 years ago. this came up a little bit in his confirmation hearing. we don't have any comment from the administration right now. what do you expect in terms of his role as this plays out in the public square? >> well, the department of justice office of professional responsibility has already opened an investigation to how then u.s. attorney acosta handled this. and i have to say it's pretty stunning that a federal judge back in february found in the civil litigation that some of these victims brought that then u.s. attorney acosta actually violated the law. he violated the rights that the victims have under the crime victims rights akt to be notified of any disposition in the c

brutally real place in the jim crow south.ow jeffrey spoke with whitehead last week in new york, in this story for "canvas," our arts and culture series. >> brown: it was a grim finding: in 2013, a team of arcologists at the university of south florida dug up unmarked graves on the grounds of the former arthur. dozier school for boys florida's panhandle. ( news report ) ews reports detailed how reform school, closed in 2011, had been notorious for the physical, sexual and mental abuse imposed on its young students. ine writer colson whitehead remembers first hethe stories. what was it about the story of the reform school th grabbed u? >> the fact that i'd never heard of it. and if there's one place like this, there's dozens and dozens. i hadn't read a story about black kids and jim crow and this particular kind of setting before. so, as an artist, there's material there.st and s a human being, living in america, trying to make sense of where we're going and where we came from. >> brown: three years ago, whitehead won both the pulitzer prize and national book award for his no railroad," set amid the horrors of the slave south, but imagining an a

have to give a shoutout to julie brown at the miami herald because it was really her three-part investigative series highlighting the appalling things that happened to jeffrey epstein's victims that got congress moving. that got, you know, 15 democrats, that critically got ben sasse, the republican from nebraska to say to the justice department, wait a minute. what on earth happened here because it looks like you guys broke the law back in 2007 when you cut a plea deal with jeffrey epstein giving him this cushy 13-month sentence in a county jail where he was free to walk around and go to work and the fbi investigation, the federal investigation was cut off and none of the victims were told that this plea deal was going on. the plea deal was struck importantly by the current labor secretary who was then the u.s. attorney in miami, alexander acosta. you know, so interesting questions for him. he always said, well, you know, it was -- he told sources of mine, well, i was told to leave jeffrey epstein alone. i was told jeffrey epstein was to -- had something to do with intelligence. so i think this is the beginning of the second chapter of this story. there are

that because just last week julie brown, of course, "miami herald" reporter who has led a lot of the revelations reporting on this case said that more than 12 new jeffreytein accusers have come forward. he already has a number of accusers against him. clearly enough for this trial to proceed here in new york in addition to the one that took place in florida. could this lead to further charges, these new accusers coming forward? >> it absolutely can and i, frankly, expect an additional indictment. the southern district of new york continues to investigate as i am sure they are doing right now. they have more potential victims, which could mean more recent conduct and more charges for epstein. >> let me ask you this as well just from your own experience, you are a corruption and fraud prosecutor in the southern district of new york. i'm sure you saw and dealt with a lot of bad actors during that time period. what do you think big picture about the treatment that jeffrey epstein received in florida? does it give you concerns that someone with a lot of money, a lot of powerful friends and powerful lawyers can influence the system and not face the justice t

jeffrey epstein on sex trafficking charges. jake. >> drew griffin. let's talk about this. let me say, thank god for the "miami-herald" and julie k. brown who broke the story because if she hadn't done that or invested in that, this guy would be walking the streets today, who knows doing what. but anyway, today kellyanne conway was asked about nancy pelosi call for acosta to resign and she said he engaged in unconscionable secret and preventing victims from seeking justice hashtag acosta resign. here is kellyanne conway responding. >> it is classic her and her democratic party to not focus on the perpetrator at hand and to focus on a member of the trump administration. they're so obsessed with this president that they immediately go to alex acosta rather than jeffrey epstein. >> why are you talking about alex acosta and not jeffrey epstein. jeffrey epstein is the one raping young girls. >> so why are people talking about alex acosta as opposed to jeffrey epstein as kellyanne conway asks. >> well, i think as you mentioned, thanks to the "miami-herald" and the work of many, he's going to jail. but alex acosta is in the cabinet of the pres

brown things don't mix. just eat the food. i'm allergic to all things green. (sigh) ♪ who can say why your heart sighs ♪ kraft. for the win win. >>> multimillionaire jeffreytands accused of dropping $350,000 arguably to ensure that those close to him keep quiet. that's what prosecutors are saying that the accused child sex predator did by starting to make payments just two days after the miami herald published its investigation back in november. that's on top of a police report saying that epstein hired investigators to intimidate accusers. one person who knows the ins and outs of this situation, and what mr. epstein would do to silence people, vicky ward. it's good to see you, my friend. >> thanks, chris. >> i saw your face moving as i was reading that because, yes, prosecutors believe the payments were made around the time the herald came out, but you say those payments were not tied to the herald, they were something else. >> yes. so the miami herald piece came out a week before a very important trial was scheduled in jeffrey epstein's life. that trial was basically a suit for malicious prosecution that was brought by a lawyer down in florida who's kin

jeffrey epstein, a lot of bold-faced names who are in his circle there, including former president bill clinton, who according to extensive investigative reporting that went through court records by the "miami herald" reporter julie brown showing on several occasions former president clinton was on epstein's private plane, even at his private island. and president trump also in his orbit on the plane at least once. keep in mind there were neighbors in palm beach, at one point epstein was a member at mar-a-lago. he is no longer. and in 2002, then regular citizen donald trump said this to "new york" magazine about jeffrey epstein, calling him a terrific guy. he's a lot of fun to be with, he said. it's even said he likes beautiful women as much as i do, and many of them are on the younger side. obviously those words take on new meaning today in 2019. we should point out that neither former president clinton nor president trump have been accused of inappropriate activity with underage girls related to epstein. among the others in his orbit as well, prince andrew and attorneys alan dershowitz and ken starr who helped get him that deal back in 2008. >> erica hill, thank you so much. >>> we have former federal prosecutor and

jeffrey epstein which put pressure on the sweet heart deal cut with epstein. he resigned this week because of the local investigative journalism. it matters. local papers matter. the miami herald and julie kaye browndia has been called enemy of the people. they're the enemy of bad guys. that's who they take down. that's a good choice. the pressure is on you, jason. you know, we love you, jason, but sometimes we put you in a sometimes, it's too hard. good luck. god bless you. >> i'm going local, straight to the d. my hero, my winner of the week is police commissioner william burton. william burton represents district five in detroit. when he found out the police department had been using facial recognition software for two years without allowing the public or informing them, he protested. how did people respond to this behavior? he was air forced. a police commissioner was arrested by the police and taken to jail. but he continues to fight for the representation of the people of the city. i want to put this in context. this is important when you talk about local politicians standing up. they've handed out $19 million in police brutality. when you have a commissioner who says the facial recognition

the clerk: nomination, the judiciary, jeffrey vincent brown, of texas, to be united states district judge for the southern district of texas. the presiding officer: the question is on the nomination. is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: vote: the presiding officer: are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote? seeing none, the yeas are 50, the nays are 40. the nomination is confirmed. the clerk will report the next nomination. the clerk: nomination, the judiciary. brantley starr of texas to be united states district judge for the northern district of texas. the presiding officer: the question is on the nomination. is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: the presiding officer: are there any senators wishing to vote or change their vote? seeing none the yeas are 51, the nays are 39. the nomination is confirmed. the clerk will report the next nomination. mr. mcconnell: madam president, i have one request for a committee to the meet during today's session

the question is, is it the sense of the senate that debate on the nomination of jeffrey vincent brown of texas to be united states district judge for the southern district of texas shall be brought to a judge. the yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: the presiding officer: are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote? if not, the yeas are 51, the nays are 37. the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. the clerk: cloture motion: we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of brantly starr of texas to be united states district judge for the northern district of texas, signed by 17 senators. the presiding officer: by unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived. the question is, is it the sense of the senate that debate on the nomination of brantly starr of texas to be united states district judge for the northern district of texas sha