autobiographical text solitary by albery woodfox with leslie george is a tale of survival but also a tale of joy, perseverance and spiritual revival. the great honor to bring the american book award to albery woodfox and leslie george for this great gift of courage and perseverance they have shared with our world. please welcome albert woodfox . >> hello my name is albert woodfox and i'd like to take this opportunity to thank the foundation for honoring my book solitarywith the american book award . i wrote solitary because i want to explore the horror of solitary confinement as being used in the prison system in america and around the world. solitary confinement destroys a human being. destroys spirit, dignity and respect. >> it is a great honor to bring this very vital book the american book award this year and again, my thanks to albert woodfox for participating in this afternoon's ceremony and also to leslie george for helping us to bring albert woodfox to you . joining us in a moment, the founder of the before columbus foundation, ishmael reed who will be honoring eleanor w. tra

they used the intimate strategies like leslie gordon did. george meade, she is his most trusted confidant. he writes about the wars, the politics and his position to her endlessly. she campaigns for him in philadelphia. she works for some of her own family political connections to make sure he receives his promotions or appointments to brigadier general, the person who is not on the sideline of his career, she is vital to the career and promotion and the image of george meade. that is fascinating. that is the way we can connect the battlefront and the home front. it is more the meade isolated. there is so much more that makes him the man and the general that he was. >> looking for more questions just in case. this one is an interesting question from lawrence. he is coming up with good ones. did mead's participation influence how he conducted his war council at gettysburg? jennifer: that is a good question. the short answer is yes. of course you know that meade and hooker are going to part ways because meade continues to favor a renewal of the fight

it's like the intimate strategy, that leslie gordon did, the george mead and margarita relationship, she is his most trusted confidant. and his position to her endlessly, and she campaigns for him in philadelphia, she works some of her own family political connections to make sure that he receives his promotion, or his appointment to brigadier general, and then major general. this is a woman that is not on the sideline of his career, she is vital to the career, and promotion, and the image of george meade. that is fascinating, and that's the way we can connect the battlefront and home front. because it the meade more isolated out here, there is so much going on, that makes him the man and the general that he was. >> absolutely. >> -- looking for more questions. this is an interesting question, it is from lawrence again, and did meade suggest, that how he conducted his council of war at gettysburg? >> that is a good question too, larry, and i mentioned the short answer is yes, and of course you know that need and booker are going to part ways quite significantly, and because meade it

to have to decide whether in fact they grant and or not you like of the decision that george professor of law, leslieobs says the order could be seen as encouraging for the church's case will require the lower courts here and probably other places to more of these. >>to look at our state's border and the claim by harvest in light of what the supreme court said with regard to the new york or. >>whoever jacobs points out the circumstances in new york and california are very different new york severely limited capacity at houses of worship across the board based on mapped out zones and in your case had evidence of discrimination against the orthodox jewish community there some evidence on the record statements and then also the way the lights were try that made the courts this looks like maybe you're treating religion specially. >>jacob says california's tier system is much different from new york's zone system. >>because it adds explanations for each tier ever use order have it hears has offered reasons and arm will say are those reasons and off and do exist. >>plus jacobs says the court will also reco

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leslie marshall, syndicated radio's and fox news contributor, and joining us today, brad blakeman, my old buddy from years past. lisa do a show or take all the time. former deputy assistant to president george w. bush an advisor to the bush cheney campaign. great to see all on this holiday week. i'm going to start with you, mollie. first of all, a lot of contention, he says the senate will start the process. remember, new years as a couple days away, of considering president trump's push to increase the stimulus checks to $2,000. he has made no assurances. the president took to twitter, not so happy about that, warning republicans they should support the increased checks unless they have a political "death wish." is he referring to georgia? >> mollie: i think the race in georgia does kind of come down to whether the people of georgia think the democratic party should control the presidency, the house, and the senate, or whether there should be some small check on unilateral democratic power. that is why it's very important for senate republicans to make the case, they claim they want to make, that you need us on this wall and you need us to fight what will happen under a biden presidency. i