your book looks at the early years of the mormons more specifically missouri and illinois and justin smith's presidential run in 1884. what i found most fascinating about your interpretation of justice smith and the mormon community is how do they face the toolbox of democracy what i mean by toolboxes all the legal strategies for pleading their case. joseph smith went to the white house and spoke directly with president martin van buren. he was unimpressed and dismissed him short and fast. clearly smith was on an press by the president and congress and he wasn't alone. let's discuss his that visit address the larger issue of how did the mormons view the role of the federal government and state power. >> absolutely. as i immerse myself in the surviving documents section it became clear to me that joseph smith was not a political animal by nature but a man who aspired to political leadership and while it's a common line of a politician, i'm not a politician i think that's true for joseph smith. the mormons want to be left alone and it's when they were left alone that joseph smith engaged in th

associate managing historian of the joseph smith papers project and author of tonight's book, "justin smith for president." in conversation with him is the. the harry williams -- the t. harry williams professor of american history at lsu and author of the best selling book, "white trash," nancy isenberg. welcome, both of you. i'm so excited to have you with us, and we're all looking forward to hearing from you. ..

justin smith take a midnight golf cart joyride. jessica, she refused their commands to leave it instead drove naked toward a house. one armed suspect is on the roof in other words she brought bazookas to a gunfight. jessica smelled of alcohol but all things considered there's a lot worse ways to smell when you are naked. she was charged with obstruction, those have seen the body cam footage say she's likely to be found guilty. but they expect the judge, jury and prosecutor are likely to get off. [laughter] topic number to another new study shows marijuana uses that and stork high among college students. in other words college students are at a historic hybrid cord to the buzz skills at the bugs kills at the national institute of drug abuse half college students now use weed, which explains what he think it is a good idea to go into debt for a women's studies degree. some are getting so stoned i can barely remember to kill their pledges. the use of hope wasn't among the college career that might explain why they see 47 genders in a

associate managing historian of the joseph smith papers project and author of tonight's book, "justin smith for president." in conversation with him is the. the harry williams -- the t. harry williams professor of american history at lsu and author of the best selling book, "white trash," nancy isenberg. welcome, both of you. i'm so excited to have you with us, and we're all looking forward to hearing from you. .. more specifically, missouri and illinois, and joseph smith's run in 1844. what i found most fascinating about your interpretation of joseph smith and the mormon community is have embraced the toolbox of democracy. what i mean by toolbox is all the various legal and political strategies for pleading their case to state. joseph smith went to the white house and spoke directly with president martin van buren. this is a funny moment and your book. he dismissed van buren as short. you should've said short and fat. clearly smith was unimpressed by the president and congress. he wasn't alone. so here to discuss his white house visit and that address the larger issue of exactly how smith

and justin smith president of the bar association and republican issued a statement not just in his own but the bar itself and it changed that no questions about the law. no man is above the law. but he pointed out that no american is above the law and the president is certainly not above the law. in other leaders of the institutions of importance, to the associations that made a difference in the lives of americans also spoke out. the leaders of the national council of churches in the u.s. catholic conference and the american union of american congregations, all to the leadership issued stern ammunitions to the public to something extraordinary was happening in the constitutional governments and they had to be addressed. in our coaches briefly from a letter issued by the president of the national council of churches in the general secretary on the occasion of the saturday night massacre in eye of hoarding. the dismissal of special prosecutor archibald cox, will present to the nation with a moral crisis of highest magnitude and one which demands a response. and this is one of the number

will smith, a grounder. justin turner ends up on third. seeger is out.uld'the game would''' instead, two outs in the ninth, confusion here. chris taylor with a flare to no man's land. that scores turner. we are tied. bottom of the 10th, brandon crawford with a base hit. buster puts it in fifth gear and scores. a rocket to trea turner. the throat pulls will smith off the bag. the giants win it, 3-2. safe is the call. came to his coming up tonight. the a's in toronto, this game was nuts. he hits a two run homerun as the a's would build an 8-2 cushion. that's when things went terribly wrong. toronto with the sick spot in the eighth. a grand slam hide it. to run the former a good night. game over. drive home safely. this may be the worst loss of the year for the athletics. tennis anyone? naomi osaka in trouble against fernandez. this is the second set tiebreak. she could've put this match away in the tiebreak. instead, she came apart at the seams. triple matchpoint coming up. of hits wide. fernandez gets the upset. osaka said she is not sure when she is goin

scores anthony dieselfani who pitched well one nothing giants top nine will smith grounds to tyro estrada throws to buster posey. justin the pickle ends up on third with corey seeger who's tagged out and if buster tag turner when he stepped off third, the game would have been over instead. two outs in the ninth and confusion here. some people were on posey on twitter critical. but anyway, chris taylor with a flare into no man's land that scores turner were tied at one dodgers had to run on the 10th to go up 2-1 bottom 10, brandon crawford base hit buster puts it in a fifth gear scores from second. we're tied at two bottom 11, it's posey again a rocket trey turner all star throw pools will smith off the bag brandon belt scores, everybody safe and the giants win three two, they take a one game lead over. i gave two of the series is tomorrow night as in toronto. this game was nuts and heartbreaking tony camp got dirt in his eye needed drops mid at bat. then follows it with the two-run homer to make it six two the a's built it eight two cushion, and that's when things went terribly wrong after bob melvin pulled shawn mania

scores anthony dieselfani who pitched well one nothing giants top nine will smith grounds to tyro estrada throws to buster posey. justin turner in the pickle ends up on third with corey seeger who's tagged out and if buster tag turner when he stepped off third, the game would have been over instead. two outs in the ninth and confusion here. some people were on posey on twitter critical. but anyway, chris taylor with a flare into no man's land that scores turner were tied at one dodgers had to run on the 10th to go up 2-1 bottom 10, brandon crawford base hit buster puts it in a 're tie two bottom 11, it's posey again a rocket trey turner all star throw pools will smith off the bag brandon belt scores, everybody safe and the giants win three two, they take a one game lead over. i gave two of the series is tomorrow night as in toronto. this game was nuts and heartbreaking tony camp got dirt in his eye needed drops mid at bat. then follows it with the two-run homer to make it six two the a's built it eight two cushion, and that's when things went terribly wrong after bob melvin pulled shawn mania toronto with a six spot on

smith, al jazeera, moscow. maryam: the first polls in canada snap general election close within the hour. prime minister justinau was hoping to consolidate the majority in parliament for his liberal party. he is facing opposition from the conservative aaron o'toole, in an excitedly close race. let's get more from jody vance, following the story from montreal. how much of a struggle has this been for the liberal party of justin trudeau? jody fish certainly more than he had expected, we imagine, after the snap election was called on august 15, amid the fourth wave of covid-19. it has proven to be quite unpopular with many voters, at least that is what the polls are showing. the hope was to win a majority for the federal liberal leader, who will be on stage on the podium this evening, either to make an acceptance speech or concession speech, or to wait for the ballots to be counted late to the night. we are unsure how the mail-in ballots could impact the count. it is not a popular vote, it is first past the post. so various ridings are key. we will be updating as the night goes on. certainly, there is a strong me

smith and jane fonda. this conference is able to be streamed free online on sales force plus. we are live in san francisco this morning. i'm justinsay live look. taking you to the santa clara valley. mainly clear skies, bit of haze. we have a spare the area alert. unhealthy air quality for sensitive groups for the east bay and the santa claire why valley. it's because that have ridge of high pressure acting like a lid. we haveo zen pollution, bit of haze and wildfire smoke pushing in. temperatures will be on the rise. heating up for sure. 94 in san jose with that sun. 97 in concord, 90 for the napa valley. mid to upper 80's to 9o and for the peninsula, low 90's and upper 70's. let's check in with gianna. it's a busy morning commute. >> if you are commuting through san jose. that's where a new crash reported blocking at least the two right lanes. have you delays, this isn't far from an earlier trouble spot. busy there. also bay bridge metering lights on and photograph sick backed up almost to the maze. 17 minutes now is your travel time from the maze over into san francisco. justin as out there live. howard street, closed between

smith looked at the legacy of slavery in america and how it is affected history. here's a portion of that discussion. >> i was watching the statues of robert e. lee, justin davis,, come down and hometown in new orleans and thinking about what does it mean that i grew up in majority black city in which the memorials -- just started thinking about how the city reckoned with or failed to reckon with its own relation to the history of slavery, a history that is ingrained and embedded in the physical infrastructure of that city and a profound way. they opened up and start think that other place across the country and across the ocean at how they were telling that story. so much of this, i've been writing it for years but so much of this is animated by trying right into the gaps and fill the gaps that it felt like i had experienced and that i was carrying from a young age and trying to answer a lot of questions and fill a lot of boy to my own education that i hadn't had, and the book is almost a process. >> to watch the rest of this program visit booktv.org ends search for clint smith or the title of his book how the work is passed using the search box at the