then at 9 pmeastern on "after words" law professor john fabian way talked about his book american contagion : epidemics and the law from smallpox to the great plague. what book tv this weekend on c-span2. >> every year book tv asks members of congress about the books they're reading . >> joining us once again on book tv is congressman gerald connolly, democratfrom virginia . give us an update on your reading list, congressman. >> peter, as you know i read at least a book a week and since we last broadcast the book read update, there are two i want to start with. one is this monumental biography by david flight. it's probably the definitive biography and especially with what's going on in the united states in the fight for racial justice, nobody was more consequential and has been more consequential on the question of race in america than frederick douglass. way ahead of his time. even he was not only an abolitionist and a passionate abolitionist as a former slave but he insisted from the earliest times in the 1840s, went to his death almost towards the end of the 19th century that equality

then at 9:00 pm eastern on "after words" law professor john fabian webb talks about his book american contagion, epidemic and the law from smallpox to covid-19. he's interviewed by georgetown university law professor lawrence dawson. watch booktv, this weekend on c-span2. every year booktv asks members of congress about the books they are reading. >> joining us now on booktv is representative tom cole, republican from oklahoma. we asked you this question before. you always had a large reading list. what is on your current reading list? >> i just finished the splendid and the vial by erik larson, wonderful account of churchill and his family in the worst year of the war after he becomes prime minister may 10th of 1940, literally the day of the german invasion of france and then basically what it was like to stand alone against nazi germany until june of 41, russians are in the war and by december of 41 the united states is in the war. it is a wonderful read about a guy that i consider the greatest person of the twentieth century and the supreme ordeal of a long and brilliant career. i

then at 9 pm eastern on "after words" john fabian way talked about his book american contagion from smallpox to covid-19. he's interviewed bylawrence gosset . what book tv this weekend on

eastern on "after words" law professor john fabian talks about his book american contagions, epidemics in the law from smallpox to covid-19 he is interviewed by joy entrance georgetown law professor, watch book tv this weekend on c-span2. ♪ >> welcome to the history center virtual author talk featuring isabel wilkerson with john meacham to discuss her new book the origins of our discontent. and vice president of programs and community engagement i am honored to be hosting this important conversation. you can purchase additional copies at the link and the chat at the right of your screen and the link provided on the website. as isabel and john are talking please submit your questions there is a q&a feature at the bottom of the screen and we have six or seven of them or until time allows, the pulse o pulitze in new york bestseller, her debut work when the national book critics award for nonfiction and was named ten best nonfiction's of 2010 as well as in your time nonfiction of all time. she has taught at princeton and boston university and more than 200 other colleges and universities a

eastern on "after words" professor john fabian talks about his book american contagions, epidemics in the law from smallpox to covid-19 he is interviewed by georgetown law professor lawrence, watch book tv this weekend on c-span2. >> good morning and welcome everyone to this book launch webinar featuring doctor lynn cheney and vice president cheney about his newest book virginia dynasty. the president and the creation of the american nation. i am robert, the president aei. i would like to start from reading from doctor cheney's opening paragraph. put the spike of a drawing compass into the map of virginia a dairy farm, george washington home, extend the leg of the compass what reaches out 60 miles and draw a circle, within and it not only washington but thomas jefferson, james mattis and james rural were born leading to manhood and made their home. . . . >> it is the story that evokes what the historian called the spirit of hope and perseverance that runs straight through the american experience. doctor cheney is a longtime member of a site faculty and i want to take moment to acknowl

then at 9:00 pm eastern on "after words" law professor john fabian with talks about his book american contagion, epidemics and the law from smallpox to covid-19. is interviewed by georgetown university law professor. watch booktv this weekend on c-span2. >> every your booktv asks members of congress about the books they are reading. >> host: joining us once again on booktv is congressman gerry connolly, democrat from virginia. give us an update on your reading list, congressman. >> guest: as you know i read at least a focal week and since we

eastern on "after words" law professor john fabian talks about his book american contagion, epidemics and the law from smallpox two covid-19. he's interviewed by georgetown university law professor lawrence dawson. watch book tv this weekend on c-span2. >> discussion of michelle's new book last admission to tokyo which i encourage you all to read. believe it or not, it's a page turner whose lessons speak for family today. our guests are the author a leading human rights leader in national security scholar and litigated and want many high-profile cases including several of the landmark quintana mode cases and several others. he's been working on the pentagon's military commission defense organization. the show lectures at clumpy law school and a fellow here in the center of national security and i must mention is a fordham law grad. karen rosenberg will talk about his book, his award-winning senior reporter for "the new york times" working in collaboration with a pulitzer center. [inaudible] she started with the miami herald or before that she recorded from the middle east and moved re

at 9:00 pm eastern on afterwords, john fabian talks about his book american contagion, epidemics and the law from smallpox to covid-19. he is interviewed by georgetown university law professor, watch booktv on c-span2. >> history and biography is sponsored by wells fargo. >> hello. my name is kai bird, director of believe he center for biography at the university of new york sponsored by believe the foundation to do events like this, art and craft and biography and a sponsor of the national book festival for some years and we are here on a session, the twentieth anniversary of the national book festival. the theme is american ingenuity. we are talking tonight with two notable intellectuals, harold holder is one of the leading lincoln scholars, director of the roosevelt public policy institute at hunter college, ted widmer has written eight books, he is from a collie honors college, discussing his latest book "lincoln on the verge," a story about the 13 day train journey that lincoln took from illinois to washington dc to be inaugurated as president. these are two very different books

and on her author interview program "after words" law professor john fabian witt examines the relationshipaw, epidemics and public health guidelines. those are some the programs you'll see tonight here in book tv. for a complete schedule visit booktv.org check your program guide. soon i cares of the current best-selling nonfiction books according to the "washington post". topping the list is the best of me a collection of stories and essays by author and humorist david sedaris. then it's pulitzer prize winning author exploration of what she calls a hidden system in the united states. that's fell by actor matthew mcconaughey's memoir green lights. and i and a garten's modern comfort food in repping up the look at some of the best-selling books according to the "washington post"'s activist glenna doyle's memoir untamed. some of these authors appeared on book tv and you can watch their vents online on booktv.or booktv.org. >> it's great to be back as we kick off the fall season. in our inaugural speaker as you mentioned is ed freeman. he is the professor of business at the darden school at uv

. >> host: i have a wonderful author that's written a fantastic book, john fabian witt. you are a distinguished scholar and historian and you've given us a book for the ages exactly at the right time we needed in the midst of a pandemic. so

. >> host: i have a wonderful author that's written a fantastic book, john fabian witt. you are a distinguished scholar and historian and you've given us a book for the ages exactly at the right time we needed in the midst of a pandemic. so you've said your goal is to do a citizen's guide. what did you mean by that? >> guest: i wanted to write a book that would be a first draft of the history of the law of epidemics with the year of co- covid and beyond but that it would speak to an interested reader and not just a specialist in the field. there are lots of specialists, and i thought my value added mighvalue-addedmight be to trane in the field to readers that are just fascinated we never thought about the past epidemics that we are certainly thinking about them now, particularly what can we learn from them and what do we know when it's going to be over. but i want to begin if i can at the end of your book and then pivot back at the end of the interview to ask more about this question. you write america has two histories, one far more appealing in the months and years ahe

eastern, professor john fabian webb talks about his book. he's interviewed by georgetown university law professor lawrence goston. watch book tv, this weekend on c-span2. >>>up next, we travel to northeastern france to trace the steps of american soldiers during the spring and summer of 1918. but first, a portion of the 1960 u.s. army film that describes the military situation at the time. >> the germans roll across the defenses, and a driving, relentless force. in three days, the german tide had reached the marne river, less than 40 miles from paris. pershing moved the second and third divisions to help stem this onslaught. both divisions responded with spectacular spirit and success. the turk division wrote one of the most brilliant pages of military annals. the second division, holding the road between paris, began pushing the germans back. u.s. marines, fighting with the second division, reclaimed important ground in a fierce contest known to history now as the battle of belleu wood. >> american history tv visited key monuments and cemet

then at 9:00 pm eastern on "after words" law professor john fabian webb talks about his book american contagion, epidemic and the law from smallpox to covid-19. he's interviewed by georgetown university law professor lawrence dawson. watch booktv, this weekend on c-span2. every year booktv asks members of congress about the books they are reading. >> joining us now on booktv is representative tom cole, republican from oklahoma. we asked you this question before. you always had a large reading list. what is on your current reading list?

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then at 9 pmeastern on "after words" law professor john fabian way talked about his book american contagiondemics and the law from smallpox to the great plague. what book tv this weekend on c-span2. >> every year book tv asks members of congress about the books they're reading . >> joining us once again on book tv is congressman gerald connolly, democratfrom virginia . give us an update on your reading list, congressman. >> peter, as you know re

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then at 9 pm eastern on "after words" john fabian way talked about his book american contagion from smallpox to covid-19. he's interviewed bylawrence gosset . what book tv this weekend on c-span2. >> hello everyone, welcome and thank you for sitting in my name is audrey stewart and on behalf of harvard bookstore i'm so please welcome you to today's writing forum with juliet schor discussing her book "after the gig". she joined today in conversation by veena do fall. she's a professor at sociology at boston college and also a member of the macarthur foundation research network. she has written and edited many books on the economy and sustainability including sustainable lifestyles and the quest for pleasant. she's a former guggenheim fellow and has won multiple awardsfor her work and research . she has joined today by veena dupal, her work has been cited by the california court and her writing has been published in the la times and slate. she is currently workingon a book . today they are discussing "after the gig", based on a decade of meticulous research , this new book discusses the sharin

appeared on our monthly author program in depth over the past 20 years and then law photographer john fabian, find a complete schedule at book tv.org or on your program guide. >> here are some of the current best selling non-fiction books according to politics and prose bookstore in washington d.c. topping the list in first principles, journalist thomas rigs looks at greek and roman policies. and also a hidden caste system in the united states. followed by actor matthew mcconnaughey's "green lights", and then an author ap humorist. wrapping up, a look at some of the best books according to washington d.c.'s politics and prose bookstore a look at the astronaut and late senator john glenn, the last american hero, some of these authors appeared on tv and you can watch their programs on book tv.org. ... we can't wait to see you again when the library opens to engage in new conversations about women's history, equality, democracy and the right to vote.

and john fabian witt talks about american contagion epidemics ap the law, pr small pox to covid-19. he's interviewed by a georgetown professor. watch this weekend on c-span2. >> today senator angus king joins the policy center for a discussion and the role of technology on the pandemic. live eastern on c-span2. >> thanks for joining you gos, my name is alex meriweather. and behalf of harvard bookstore i'm pleased to introduce tonight's talk with thomas levenson, his new book "money for nothing", the scientists, fraudsters, reinvented money,

eastern on "after words", while professor john fabian webb talks about his book american contagions. epidemics in the law from smallpox to covid 19. he is interviewed by georgetown university law professor. watch book tv this weekend on cspan2. ♪ ♪ >> sunday night on q&a university of texas at austin sociology professor sara brain talks about the use of big data and new surveillance technology by law enforcement. >> as you've said the police have long been collect in their own data and information. that some people they have contact with. and what is happening now in the digital age is the police are increasingly collecting information on all of these folks who have no direct criminal justice contacts. i'm part of that has to do with the variety component of big data. they are increasingly purchasing information from privately collected companies. using tools like automatic license plate readers we don't have to get pulled over by the police in order for your data to be put into their system for example. that kind of information is also being used respects their brain sunday night at

. ♪ ♪ >> up next on booktv's "after words," law professor john fabian witt9 examines the relationshipween law, epidemics and public health guidelines. he's interviewed by georgetown university law professor and director of the institute for national or and global health law, lawrence gofton. "after words" is a weekly author program, all programs also available as podcasts. .. great question. i wanted to write a book that would be a first draft of the history of the long epidemics for the year of covid and beyond but that would speak to an interested reader, not just a specialist in the field. there are lots of specialists in the field and i thought my value-added might be to translate from specialists in the field to reader who are fascinate by the blizzard of legal issues that weren't really on most people's anda until now. >> we never thought about pt epidemics but think about them now, particularly what we can learn from them andhat do we know when it's going to be over. i want to begin, john, if i can, really at the end of your book, and then i'll pivot book at the end of our inte

law professor john fabian witt examines the relationship between law academics and public health guidelines discussing the life and political career of president-elect joe biden and historian david reynolds looks at how societal influences impacted abraham lincoln's life. at all starts tonight at seven: 10 pm easter . or more information visit booktv.org or consult your program guide . >> that evening everyone, welcome to the bookstore in scottsdale arizona. my cohost this evening is the pulitzer prize winning distinguished foreign correspondent and columnist for the washington post and i'm happy to say

law professor john fabian witt examines the relationship between law academics and public health guidelines. discussing the life and political career of president-elect joe biden and historian david reynolds looks at how societal influences impacted abraham lincoln's life. at all starts tonight at seven: 10 pm easter . or more information visit booktv.org or consult your program guide . >> that evening everyone, welcome to the bookstore in scottsdale arizona. my cohost this evening is the pulitzer prize winning distinguished foreign correspondent and columnist for the washington post and i'm happy to say my friend jim harper and. >> good to be here. >> i'm just delighted you could join us . also with us this evening is mark salter and the book is, i've got it somewhere. we have to sign here but this book is "the luckiest man: life with john mccain" and i can say truthfully that jim and i have beenfascinated with it . i didn't expect to read every word because my reading is so bath and once i started i just couldn't put it down. >> that's kind of you tosay, thank you . >> we did a book event

and john fabian witt talks about american contagion epidemics ap the law, pr small pox to covid-19. he's interviewed by a georgetown professor. watch this weekend on c-span2. >> today senator angus king joins the policy center for a discussion and the role of technology on the pandemic. live eastern on c-span2. >> thanks for joining you gos, my name is alex meriweather. and behalf of harvard bookstore i'm pleased to introduce tonight's talk with thomas levenson, his new book "money for nothing", the scientists, fraudsters, reinvented money, panicked the nation and made the world rich. and tonight he's joined by david dobbs. and bringing the authors to the community and find our schedule harvard.com/events where you can sign up for our e-mail newsletter and shop our shelves from home. this evening will conclude with time for your questions. if you have questions for our speakers, go to the q & a box to submit at any time during the discussion. we'll come to those the end of the talk and we'll work on answering as many of your questions as time allows and in a minute i'll put up the l

later on author interview program "after words" law professor john fabian witt looks at the relationshiptween law, academics and public health guidelines. and historian peter cousins has a biography of the roman champion native lands during the american settlement. find more schedule information about tv.org or consult your program guide. now, here is a look at the life and career of president-elect biden. >> welcome too pmp lifetime red graham the co-owner politics and pro- along with my wife live a great program for this afternoon featuring two political experts. and people to judge her here to talk about joe biden the week of the election. but first, for those of you not familiar with how this virtual format works, let me expl

then at 9 pm eastern on "after words" law professor john fabian talks about his book american contagion, epidemics in the law from smallpox to covid-19. he's issued by interviewed by lawrence austin and what book tv this weekendon c-span2 . >> hello everyone. welcome, thank you so much for doingit . my name is audrey stewart and on behalf of our bookstore underneath welcome you today to julia bayshore discussing her book after the gate, how the sharing economy hijacked and how we want it back. she's joined in conversation by juliet sure. a professor of sociology at boston college and also a member of the foundation of learning rhesus network. she has written and edited many books on the economy and sustainability including sustainable lifestyles and the quest for lassitude. she's a former fellow and has won multipleawards for her work and research . she is joined today by dana depaul who is a professor of law at the university of californiahastings . her work is subsidized by the california supreme court and her writing has been published in slate. she's currently working on a book. tod

later on author interview program "after words" law professor john fabian witt looks at the relationship between law, academics and public health guidelines. and historian peter cousins has a biography of the roman champion native lands during the american settlement. find more schedule information about tv.org or consult your program guide. now, here is a look at the life and career of president-elect biden. >> welcome too pmp lifetime red graham the co-owner politics and pro- along with my wife live a great program for this afternoon featuring two political experts. and people to judge her here to talk about joe biden the week of the election. but first, for those of you not familiar with how this virtual format works, let me explain that if you want to ask a question of our guest, you can do so by clicking on the q&a icon at the bottom of the stream. the chat function will also built the active in that column you'll find a link for purchasing the copy of the new book that evan has just written entitled joe biden. evan is one of the most talented journalist of his generation. at the fi

john fabian with exam is the connection between law, and economic guidelines. -political career of president-elect joe biden and historian david reynolds looks at how it impacted-- [inaudible] for more schedule information visit book tv.org or consult your program guide. here are some current best-selling nonfiction books according to the "washington post". the best of me, collection of stories and essays by david taveras. isabel wilkerson exploration of what she calls a hidden cost system. matthew mcconaughey memoirs. wrapping up outlook as some of the best selling books according to the "washington post"'s activists glenn indoor memoirs. some of these authors have appeared on book tv you can watch on book tv.org. >> next up a couple programs from the virtual southern festival of books in nashville starting with matthew vanmeter's talk, civil rights case that helped to reaffirm the right to trial by jury. ..

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. ♪ ♪ >> up next on booktv's "after words," law professor john fabian witt9 examines the relationshipw, epidemics and public health guidelines. he's interviewed by georgetown university law professor and director of the institute for national or and global health law, lawrence gofton. "after words" is a weekly author program, all programs also available as podcasts. ..

then at 9 pm eastern on "after words" law professor john fabian talks about his book american contagion, epidemics in the law from smallpox to covid-19. he's issued by interviewed by lawrence austin and what book tv this weekendon c-span2 . >> hello everyone. welcome, thank you so much for doingit . my name is audrey stewart and on behalf of our bookstore underneath welcome you today to julia bayshore discussing her book after the gate, how the sharing economy hijacked and how we want it back. she's joined in conversation by juliet sure. a professor of sociology at boston college and also a

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eastern on webbwards, john fabian talks about his book "american contagions."terviewed by georgetown university law professor -- watch tv this weekend on c-span2. >> washington journal continues. host: it is veterans day. we are joined by deputy editor of the military times leo shane to talk about veterans issues and current issues at the pentagon and the military. good morning. guest: thank you for the invite. host: let's start with the defense secretary the "termination" of the defense secretary this week via tweet from president trump. guest: there has been a lot of friction between secretary esper and the president over the last few months. there was some concerns from the white house that esper was not loyal enough, not telling the president what he wanted to hear and was not helping him. one of the friction points was the issue of the lafayette press -- the infamous appearance where the president walked out of the white house after protesters were cleared out and pose in front of the church across the street. there was a lot of conversation about the mili

eastern, law professor john fabian witt talks about his book, "epidemics and the law: smallpox to covid9." weekend ontv this c-span 2. washington journal continues. next by are joined katie keith with georgetown university, the center on health insurance reform. she is also an adjunct professor of law at the law school at georgetown. thank you for joining us. katie: thank you for having me. host: here to talk about the latest supreme court and the most significant supreme court on the affordable care act. give us the shorthand version of legally, how we arrived at this point. katie: to understand this case, we have to go back in time a little bit to 2012 and then 2017. if folks remember back to 2012, that was the first time the supreme court upheld the affordable care act. chief justice john roberts held that the individual mandate could not be sustained under the commerce clause, but it could be sustained as a tax. it walks, talks, cracked like attacks. -- quacks like a tax. fast-forward to 2017, republicans controlled both chambers of congress. timespent much of their trying to repeal

afterwards, law professor john fabian witt talks about his book , american contagions, from smallpox19. tv, this weekend on c-span two. washington journal continues. host: in this last half-hour, we will talk about the security of the 2020 election and the federal state panel calling it the most secure in american history, axios reporting saying a group made up from the election security agency and its partners refuted president trump's claims of widespread voter fraud and irregularities, calling the election the most secure in american history. we will review some of that statement that was released he yesterday.d late election officials are reviewing and double checking the entire election process, prior to finalizing the results. all of the states with close results in the presidential race have paper records of each vote , allowing them to go back and count each ballot if necessary. for is an added benefit security and resilience. this process allows for the identification and correction of any mistakes or errors. there is no evidence that any's system deleted or lost votes. top

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next at 9 pm eastern on "after words" law professor john fabian way talked about his book american engagement, epidemics and the law from smallpox to covid-19. interviewed by law professor lawrence gossard. what book tv this weekend on c-span2. representative rick marsh, a democrat from washington joined book tv to discuss the books he's reading . >> congressman rick larson of washington, what's on your reading list right now ? >> my summer reading list hasn't been long but it's coming into the middle of summer now. i'm working on wrecked, it's the third icu novel by joe day, he's a mission writer and iq is his character and rex is the third book in the series. he's kind of a detective novel. he's a private investigator and a lot of action, a lot of great relationships in that book so i'm working on that . i'm also working on frederick douglass, a biography published recently. working on that, it's a fairly long book so i'm popping in and out of that. in and out of that book. taking that in chunks. so the policy wonk in me, david dollar has at one of the think tanks in washington dc is the ed