john lawrence,? -- you are thoughts? guest: express my condolences on the loss of his wife and appreciation for his service to the country as a veteran. i remember the sturgis motorcycle rally. a huge annual event in south dakota. governor was very strongly opposed to wearing masks. my son is a doctor. he's in the hospital everyday. he assured me the coronavirus is a nonpartisan virus. it has nothing to do with being a democrat or republican. quite frankly, if you look at just the way canada, just across the border from us and nothing far from south dakota, is managing this crisis. very small cases. looking at australia. there are ways to deal with the crisis. the science is in -- physicians say we could have 90% containment if we just wear masks. there is no reason whatsoever why we would should not be wearing masks and doing all these other things that can really reduce the spread. d.c. tofrom washington, new mexico at the beginning of october when the president was in the hospital. i would say 95% of the people we saw

john lawrence?i don't think that's what the democrats are saying. you are repeating the way republicans mischaracterized democratic positions. i would point out when president obama was in office he was criticized by members of the congressional hispanic caucus and others for taking the very vigorous position on border security and deportation. senate look back at the when it was under democratic control in 2013 that passed a comprehensive immigration reform bill similar to the house. speaker boehner refused to allow a hearing on it. i don't think it is fair to say that a party is for open borders. i don't know any democrat supporting that. democrats have in the last two years when in the majority have supported additional money for border security. they also support money for not throwing children out of the country who were brought here and are productive residents, productive in the military or in the universities. childrenot want putting cages -- putting cages. the republican party was in contro

john lawrence, when did you begin your time with the speaker? when did you end and describe your relationship with her. guest: 1975 to 2013. the last eight years from 2005 to 201

then john lawrence, former chief of staff to california democratic congresswoman nancy pelosi talks about house democrats agenda and this week's leadership elections. watch live at 7:00 eastern wednesday morning, and be sure to join the discussion with her phone calls, facebook comments, text messages, and tweets. wednesday morning, a senate panel holds a confirmation hearing for three nominees to the federal election commission. watch live coverage starting at 10:00 eastern on c-span3, online at c-span.org, or listen on the free c-span radio app. >> now, look at how the u.s. manufacturing industry is responding to the coronavirus pandemic. the senate commerce subcommittee runs just under two hours. >>

then john lawrence, former chief of staff, california democratic congresswoman nancy pelosi, talked about house democrats agenda this week's leadership elections. watch and see spans washington journal, live in seat entrance seven eastern on wednesday morning and be sure to join the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments, text messages and tweets.

john lawrence what's your advice if you were still chief of staff to speaker of the house about how she governs over next two years because her opposition her opponent, the -- >> go live now to canton, georgia where vice president mike pence will be speaking at a rally for both of the states republican senators david perdue and kelly loeffler in a runoff election in january. >> rejected the democratic leaning towards socialism in had election. thank you for that. [applause] but today we're the last line of defense against this country making a change to the left that we won't get to undo for maybe two, three, four, five generations we cannot let that happen. you heard chuck schumer take georgia, change america. then you heard aoc said oh, we have to win those two states in georgia. we don't want to negotiate. we don't want to the compromise. we want the green new deal as it stands now. we cannot let that happen. we know what they want to do. they've told us guys they've told us they want to change voting rules in the senate that will give them all power to have the white house, senate,

host: john lawrence, former chief i of staff to nancy pelosi. now is impervious or at university of california -- now the visiting professor at university of california washington center. 4:thor of "class of '7 congress after watergate in the roots of partisanship." the house is about to gavel in further legislative session. we now bring you live coverage here on c-span. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2020] the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. the clerk: the speaker's rooms, washington, d.c. november 18, 2020. i hereby appoint the honorable henry cuellar to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of house of january 7, 2020, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and m

john lawrence what's your advice if you were still chief of staff to speaker of the house about how she governs over next two years because her opposition her opponent, the -- >> go live now to canton, georgia where vice president mike pence will be speaking at a rally for both of the states republican senators david perdue and kelly loeffler in a runoff election in january. >> rejected the democratic leaning towards socialism in had election. thank you for that. [applause] but today we're the last line

then john lawrence, the former chief of staff to nancy pelosi talks about house democrats' agenda andthis week's leadership agenda. watch washington journal is 7:00 a.m. eastern and join the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments, text messages, and tweets. morning, a second panel holds a confirmation hearing for three nominees to the federal election commission. wat live coverage from the senate committee at c-span.org, or the free c-span radio app. c-span, yourching unfiltered view of government, created by america's cable television company as a public service and brought to you by your television provider. actinghe pentagon, defense secretary christopher miller outlined plans to draw down u.s. troops in afghanistan and iraq by mid-january to less than 3000 service members in each country. the announcement came nearly a week after secretary miller replaced mark esper as the head of the defense department under the direction of president trump. >> i'm chris miller, acting secretary of defense and i'm here today to update you on president trump's plan to bring the wars i

plus, john rich, lawrence jones, carol markwits from the new york post and you.wn that remote. we will be with you very shortly. in the meantime, back to "fox & friends" first and here's carley. >>> the school is not spreading the virus or if the school has a much lower positivity rate than the surrounding area, then the school is not part of the problem. and you could argue keeping the children in the school is part of the solution. carley: well, governor cuomo and mayor bill de blasio appear at odds over how to handle coronavirus when it comes to kids in school. mayor de blasio delaying a city-wide school shutdown for now. what is the best way to navigate rising cases while putting our children's education first? new york state assemblyman mike lapetri joins me to discuss. there are rising cases in new york city. when it does hit 3%, the mayor could shut down the nation's largest school system once again. what are your thoughts on a second shutdown? >> well, let me first just say this. while cases have risen, hospitalizations and deaths have remained virtually

weather we're just talking about this song called change in the weather by buddy guy or john fogarty. >>and lawrence that's the song we're going to be singing right, i think certainly by the end of this week we'll be talking about it in a much colder air on the way. well we'll see a big change in the weather coming our direction kind of active out there in the pacific just what we want to after a very quiet, beginning to the season is october stay dry. the entire month now, but you can see high pressure start to move a little further to east and you can see a series of these storms developing off the that strong but they're helping to break down that ridge and moving further east and that should begin to open up the door to some major changes as early as this weekend temperatures today still well above the average checked in at 77 degrees in san francisco today 81 in oakland 80 degrees and san jose 85 in livermore 84 degrees in concord in 86 degrees in santa rosa all these numbers well above the average take look at another nice night out there tonight, see a couple of clouds there in the distance i

in john brown's raid in lawrence kansas. and george scott decision. these are for really important pivotal years that led to the civil war. and he is "in depth" in two some of the main characters, stephen douglas, charles sumner. and others and he is just really a great piece of history. a lot of tidbits in there that one might not normally know. one of the characters that really comes up from a historical point of view stephen douglas. really, a demagogue and willing to sacrifice all kinds of principles within his career and of course, he tragically failed in that endeavor meanwhile, this huge damage to the country rated turning missouri compromise opening up territories to slavery where it had been prohibited. and ultimately not to the south or to the north. really piece of work. and another bike tim, the story of the massacre in tulsa. other really vibrant and successful african-american person from tulsa. greenwood. and it took place that took place, it was awful and hard to believe that this really happened it in the 20th century america but it d

from popular sovereignty to stephen douglas to the kansas nebraska act, bloodied kansas, john brown's raid in lawrence, kansas and harpers ferry, the dred scott decision. these are four important pivotal years that led to the civil war and sidney blumenthal goes "in depth" into the main characters, stephen douglas, charles sumner and others, it is really a great piece of history, lots of tidbits that one might not normally know. one of the characters who really comes out badly from a historical point of view is stephen douglas, a demagogue willing to sacrifice all kinds of principles to advance his career and he tragically failed in that endeavor, did huge damage to the country, opening up territories to slavery where it had earlier been prohibited and pleasing nobody in the south or the north. a really good piece of work. "the burning: massacre, destruction, and the tulsa race riot of 1921" by tim madigan, the story of a massacre in tulsa of a vibrant and successful african-american part of tulsa, greenwood. what took place, the massacre, hard to believe this could happen in 20th-century america but

populist sovereignty from stephen douglas to the kansas nebraska act and bloodied kansas and john brown's raid in lawrence kansas and harpers ferry. the dred scott decision. these are for really important pivotal years that led to the civil war and sidney blumenthal goes in depth into some of the main characters, stephen douglas, charles sumner and others and it's just really a great piece of history. and lots of tidbits that are in their that one might not normally know. and one of the characters who comes out badly from a historical point of view is stephen douglas. really a demagogue, willing to sacrifice all kinds of principles to advance his career and of course, he tragically failed in that endeavor but meanwhile did huge damage to the country in overturning the missouri compromise, opening up territories to slavery where it had earlier been prohibited and ultimately pleasing nobody, not only south for the north. a really good piece of work. but the burning by tim madigan which is the story of the massacre in tulsa of a really vibrant and successful african-american part of tulsa, greenwood and the

her last speech as a candidate for vice president and there she was, reaching for the john lewis message. >> lawrencenyone ever thought their vote did not matter, look how close the election is in georgia, where we're dumping 24 votes at a time into the vote totals. this is going to be such a close election here, and every vote truly does count. i was arrested in 2018 after the gubernatorial election, protesting, demanding that every vote be counted. we take this serious in georgia, and we're going to do it in the legacy of congressman john lewis. >> what does it mean to you to be taking the seat in congress, occupied by the honorable john lewis? >> i don't take this lightly. and i understand the obligation that i have to make sure that i am continuing to live up to his legacy, to push us forward, to make sure we're not just fighting for what he fought for, but moving us further along in our agenda, so that we have voting rights that are equalized across the country. i'm looking at things in some of the states we're seeing. and if we have same-day voter registration in one part of the state, it shoul

then john lawrence, former chief of staff, california democratic congresswoman nancy pelosi, talked about house democrats agenda this week's leadership elections. watch and see spans washington journal, live in seat entrance seven eastern on wednesday morning and be sure to join the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments, text messages and tweets. you're watching "c-span2". your unftered view of government. created by americans cable television companies emma is a public service, and brought to you today by your television provider. >>acebook market zuckerberg and twitter ceo jack dorsey testified about the presidential election helped erica manng misinformation online. from this in a jewish inhe judiciary committee. this is four hours. >> good morning everybody. i think weave senator blumenthal remotely, is that correct . and is it okay if we moveha forward. >> absolutely and thank you very much. >> i will make a brief opening statement and this is about censorshipuppression in the 2020 election. sort of a deep dive when i facebook.witter and about the platforms and the deci

there by john and in london, we have lawrence brewer's associate fellow at the russia and eurasia program at chatham house. i just want to let our viewers know we made repeated attempts to have a representative from the armenian government join our panel, but they have declined. welcome to all of you, matthew. let me start with you. this agreement is not going to in decades of mistrust and tension. how do you begin to resolve that and do you believe that this deal is going to hold? yeah, and thank thanks for coming for having me and you know, i served for 3 years as the u.s. mediator over the nagorno-karabakh conflict and what was agreed in the ceasefire agreement is the same thing. it's the same set of basic principles that we had put on the negotiating table in 2007, and which armenia and azerbaijan actually agreed to in principle in 2009. so this is a sound framework, again, that armenia previously accepted. but nicol question on abandoned, during the course of the past year. so i think it, there's a very strong chance it will hold. not only because the principles make sense, but also

i tell people they are like a combination of john wick, lawrence of arabia and the verizon guy or thep and take action. i had the opportunity to be around a lot of green berets doing that in some rough places it. baswas just amazing to see peope go up on rooftops and fight back when that's not what they wanted to do in the first place. pete: scott, i first met you because you gave a speech i was so compelled by i went and found you after the speech who are you and what do you do. the speech was about transitioning. how vets come home. how is that going and in your mission helping veterans come off the battlefield and find their next chapter of purpose? >> well, that's one of the things i talk about generosity of scars, pete. my transition was not good. even though i had a planned retirement. it was rough. a lot of it had to do with because i was disconnected from my purpose and transitioning home is like changing planets for a lot of the our veterans. one of the things i learned in my transition or is that narrative or story telling is one of the most powerful ways we can bring vetera

lawrence. >> good evening, ali, and we're going to have former cia director john bren here to discuss exactly what you were talking. what in donald trump's head on january 21st? >> yeah. you've been doing this for a few more years than i have, lawrence, and i bet you that's actually never been a concern of yours. >> no, no, no. >> that's a whole thing we have to think about. >> yeah, it's brand-new, but of course it's all brand-new. thank you, ali. >> yeah. it's all brand-new. good night. >>> well, that beautiful sound you're hearing is the sound of silence. the silence of donald trump and the trump silence is the trump concession speech. he cannot put his loss into words. that will never happen. but he doesn't have it. because his silence is the concession speech. his silence speaks more clearly than his jumbled words ever could. you've just lived through four full days of not hearing donald trump's voice and you haven't had four days and nights like that in your life. since donald trump came down that escalator on june 16th, 2015. four full days of trump silence. even when donald trump was

wednesday morning, brendan buck, who served under paul ryan and john bader, on the state of the republican party following the 2020 elections. lawrence, former chief of staff to california democratic congresswoman nancy pelosi, talks about house democrats agenda in this week's leadership election. journal," liveon at 7:00 eastern sunday morning. join the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments, text messages, and tweets. coming up wednesday on c-span, the house is back at 10:00 a.m. eastern for general speeches, legislative business at noon. legislators take up several bills and vote on whether to go to conference for the senate to work out differences on legislation that sets defense programs and policy for fiscal year 2021. on c-span2, the senate returns -- returns to consider judicial nominations. c-span3, a time on confirmation hearing for three nominees picked to serve as members of the federal election commission. senaten the day, a governmental affairs subcommittee looks at how federal agencies are handling telework during the coronavirus pandemic. that gets underway at 3:00 p.m. eastern. listen to c-span's podcast

" 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 have also been reading, i picked up a great historian by the name of jean edward smith, great biographer. i read his biograp

and john brennan, let me start with you and your reaction to the firing, the vengeance firing of the night, christopher krebs. >> well, lawrence, i think you teed it up exactly right in your opening, which is that chris krebs is representative of talented and very hardworking and patriotic americans who are doing their level best to keep their fellow citizens safe and secure. chris krebs has a tremendous reputation as well as a lot of expertise on cyber security. and i know that he was working day and night, along with his fellow teammates, to try to protect this election, and clearly he was doing it in a nonpartisan fashion. and also to the great irritation of donald trump. and so i think as we've seen before, what happened at the pentagon, we see now what's happening also with chris krebs, this is score settling. i also point out another chris, chris wray, who i think is also standing firm despite the headwinds he is feeling from the white house and also probably from the a.g. so i think we should all give thanks to people like chris and others who really are fulfilling their obligations and as you point out, their oath of o

"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 acknowledge how much we all appreciate her scholarship and her intellectual contributions to ai,

lawrence, kansas. it was, fact of kansas. they destroyed the community. the idea was to make kansas unfriendly, dangerous to free state settlers. this is where john brown comes in. >> host: he rounds up the party and others to fight border ruffians. >> guest: john brown, interesting character had 20 children and by this time, five of his sons were strapping young men. john brown himself, they decide going first to kansas. in opposition to slavery, or bob, john brown does. john brown, increasingly distressed at the failure of the anti-slavery movement, to actively frustrate the proslavery forces. and appalled, rolling right over physically over the anti-slavery side. john brown concluded he needs to take strong action to send a message to the pro-slavery side, and in the dark of one night they descend upon a proslavery government and they drag five men proslavery settlers from their bed and just outside the cabinet where they were living, and they ride into the night. john brown's point was to make the proslavery side realize if you tried to use force we will use more force against you. >> this becomes known as the pottawatomie massacre, a brutal

"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.

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. today they are discussing "after the gig", this book discusses what the economy could haveb

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 cemeteries in northeastern france. to begin, we visit this monument about 60 m

lawrence. >> good evening, ali. and we're going to have former cia director john brennan here to discuss exactly what you were just talkingappens to the secrets, if any remaining in donald trump's head on january 21st? >> yeah. you've been doing this for a few more years than i have, lawrence, and i bet you that's actually never been a concern of yours. >> no, no, no. >> that's a whole thing we have to think about. >> yeah, it's brand-new, but of course it's all brand-new. thank you, ali. >> yeah. it's all brand-new. good night.

words" while professor john talks about his book american contagion epidemics in the law from smallpox two covid-19. he's interviewed by georgetown university law professor lawrence and watch booktv this weekend on c-span2. >> host: reed hastings and erin meyer are the co-authors of this new book "no rules rules". mr. hastings is also the ceo of netflix and mr. hastings what is netflix and what do you do? >> guest: that's netflix is the world's leading entertainment service and we reproduce and distribute amazing television series and movies and we've been around 20 years and have about 200 million families around the world who are our members. >> host: is there a connection to the 1998 company where you had 900 movie titles in 30 employees? >> guest: there is a little connection to that. we started 22 years ago and we deliver dvds in the united states competing with blockbuster and that was a full decade really that we were competing with video stores just in the u.s. and that is 2007 when we started streaming. roughly the same time youtube did. >> host: erin meyer how did you get involved in this book project? >> i study cultural differences and in workplace an

john, that strikes me as close as we're going to get to a concession tweet. >> well, lawrence, i like the notion that you think that initial protocols translates into trump language to i concede. i guess. i mean, it may be -- you may be right. it may be the closest we get to an official concession, so i'll grant you that. i do not want to dignify a tweet that continues to spread the ludicrous, absurd, untethered from reality disinformation that his case goes on and that he will prevail. he's not accepting the outcome of the election still. at core he's still sending the message to 73 million americans that joe biden's election -- we may give him the protocols, we may give him the keys to the white house, we may even give him the map to how the furnace system works or whatever, we're going to give himll the documents he needs to let himself in and work the nest, but he's still an illegitimate president in donald trump's eyes and i agree with you that it may be the best we get from him but it's not good enough. it's not good enough and it's a dangerous posture he maintains and one we sh

to be there. >> john heilman, thank you for joining us on our final night of campaign coverage and joining us throughout the campaign. really appreciate it. >> we'll see you later, lawrence>> thank you. up next, judges in texas have repeatedly refused to throw out 127 ballots that republicans are trying to block. the harris county clerk who is at the center of those lawsuits and has been fighting with those republicans and winning will join us next. ♪ it's still warm. ♪ thanks, alice says hi. for some of us, our daily journey is a short one. save 50% when you pay per mile with allstate. pay less, when you drive less. you've never been in better hands. allstate. click or call for a quote today. to save you up to 60%. these are all great. and when you get a big deal... ♪ ...you feel like a big deal. ♪ priceline. every trip is a big deal. but when i started seeing things, i didn't know what was happening... so i kept it in. he started believing things that weren't true. i knew something was wrong... but i didn't say a word. during the course of their disease around 50% of people with parkinson's may experience hallucinations or delusions. but now, doctors are prescribing nu

there. >> john heilemann, thank you very much for joining us on our final night of campaign coverage and joining us throughout the campaign. really appreciate it. >> we'll see you later, lawrencehank you. >>> up next, judges in texas have repeatedly refused to throw out 127,000 ballots that republicans have trying to block. the harris county clerk who is at the center of those lawsuits and has been fighting with those republicans and winning will join us next. gles. horrible. a young thing like me? actually anyone 50 or over is at increased risk for shingles. the pain, the burning! my husband had to do everything for weeks. and the thing is, there's nothing you can do about it! shingles can be prevented. shingles can be whaaat? prevented. you can get vaccinated. frank! they have shingles vaccines! whaaat? that's what i said. we're taking you to the doctor. not going through that again. you can also get it from your pharmacist! 50 years or older? get vaccinated for shingles. now. 50 years or older? get vaccinated for shingles. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ in california, we're the only state where wealthy trust fund heirs get their own tax loophole. these tax cheats avoid millions in taxes on vacati

john ossoff thank you very much for joining us once again. we will probably see you next week on "the last word." thank you very much. >> thank you. >> lawrenceg to be fascinating to see the way the democratic party switches gears from trying to elect joe biden, trying to elect senate candidates and house candidates all around the country with all of that that entails all the drama around this election to then see them focus like a laser on jon ossoff and rafael warnock in georgia with so much at stake. it is going to be remarkable to see. >> everything is riding on it, rachel, everything about the future of a biden presidency and domestic policy will turn on what happens in georgia. they either get 50 democratic senators out of georgia or they don't and it is a different world one way or the other. >> exactly. if you want a biden presidency that can have policy, then you need those two senators. otherwise you don't get policy. you get stasis at best. good interview. steve, do you have philadelphia numbers? >> yeah. here is the situation. i'm staring at our screen because i want to see if this updates. we have our own internal system that get

john wit talks bus his book american contagions. epidemics and the law. he is interviewed by lawrence goseon. watch booktv this weekend on c-span2. quarterback. >> here's a look at publishing industry news. interesting in sell thing trade division to focus on educationing a publishing. not considered one of the big five publishers they had $180 million in sales in 2019. a longtime executive editor at grove atlantic died at the age of 85. miss pickham played career he key role in the creation of -- in the wake of britain's second lockdown to mitigate covid-19 cases, many of the countries authorized have promoted #sign or four book shops to bring attention to independent book stores the deal toils steer book buyers toward local book shops by providing signed block playeds that's united states strong week for print book sales, 9 and a half percent the prizes are begin be the it literary publication. to authors of nonfiction, fiction, and young readers books, and includes $5,000 to each win -- $50,000 to each winner this is winner this year was for michael smith, stains is high, life after the american dream booktv will bring you in

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lawrence who tried to assassinate president jackson. we also have charles guiteau who shot president garfield and we end up with john hinckley who tried to assassinate president reagan. throughout the century, many of these patients found themselves in care at st. elizabeth's. many of the superintendents at st. elizabeth's, because of their prominence in the field were called on at these trials and superintendent godding, for example, testified at guiteau's trial and he really wanted that defense, that not guilty by reason of insanity, to be invoked, so a lot of the doctors and the superintendents at the hospital really believed that that should be used more often. it is controversial over time. it certainly was in the news week article that we have here about john hinckley, about whether that should even be allowed. so it's certainly controversial over time. so saint elizabeth's, like others of its kind, was almost a self-sufficient campus. it had a farm, what we call now the east campus, what used to be the farm. that was a farm that was at a dairy farm. you can see the milk bottles and they're labeled st. elizabeth's right on the bott

lawrence was murdered in south east london in 1993. two men are in prison for the murder. the comedian and actor john sessions has died, aged 67.ng in films like kenneth branagh's henry the fifth and tv series including itv‘s victoria. the editor of private eye, ian hislop, paid tribute he was an old friend but he was also an absolutely brilliant actor, comedian, improviser. it is difficult to do a summary but he was a fantastic stage actor and particularly on the west end, or napoleon that extraordinary comedy drama stop john could napoleon that extraordinary comedy drama stopjohn could do everything. film acting, improvisation, voices, i met film acting, improvisation, voices, imet him film acting, improvisation, voices, i met him in the early days on spitting image. he was an amazing actor and an amazingly versatile. and he would be really flattered. he was a modest man. i'm happy to see them described as a star because he probably thought he wasn't. and he was quite the funniest man in real life that you could ever meet. now, the weather with helen willetts. good evening. it won't surprise you when i say it's been the fifth

john fabian witt9 examines the relationship between 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, lawrenceton. "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 interview to ask you more but this question. you write, america has two histories, one ugly,he other far more appealing. in the months and years ahead, americans will hold the power between t

lawrence and they committed the stock of kansas, basically destroyed community's. the idea was to make kansas unfriendly, downright hostage, dangerous for those settlers. this is where john brown comes in. >> the rounds of sons and a few others. >> exactly. an interesting character, 20 children. by this time, five of his sons young man. almost as committed to the antislavery causes john found himself. they decide, the sons go first and they are going to well, fear not initially going to take up arms but they will take up space in opposition slavery and they get there and ride home and say should come join us and john brown does. john brown is increasingly distressed at the failure of the antislavery movement. the abolitionist movement that frustrates proslavery forces. john brown is appalled at the fact that proslavery forces seem to be rolling over, physically, by violence and following the instruction, he concludes he needs to take strong action to send messages to the proslavery side so he gathered with three other men and in the dark of one night, they design upon a proslavery government. they drag five men, proslavery settlers from the bed and just outside the cabin

lawrence v. and the big story we're following for you tonight the united states now has more than 13 million. >>covid-19 cases this is alive case tracker it's put together by johns hopkins university. the u.s. is on pace to tally more than 4 million cases this month alone that is more than double the previous record of nearly 2 million cases set in october. more than 264,000 americans have died because of the virus so far the world health organization says 4 countries to achieve herd immunity against coronavirus about. >>60 to 70% of the population, we need to be vaccinated at a press briefing on that today doctor catherine o'brien says that it's not yet clear if vaccines against covid-19 might produce the amount of time that people are infectious or their ability to spread the virus but she says that studies suggest up to 70% of the population will need to get immunized. so that people are protected from contracting in the first place experts say it may be more useful to target certain groups for vaccination instead of immunizing the entire population. a committee that advises the cdc on vaccines is meeting on tuesday to discuss covid-19 vaccine. vaccinations t