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

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,

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 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

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

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

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