in this episode we will talk to longtime publisher margie ross and look at some of the latest books by current and former members of congress. but first, let's start with this week's publishing industry news. the new president of the publishing house for strauss and jarreau joins a growing group of women that have taken over leadership roles at large publishing houses including dana canady and simon & schuster, lisa lucas at pantheon and adrian vaughn at bloomsbury usa. in other news, reuters reports french legislation takes aim at amazon shipping costs to customers in the country. currently french law prohibits discounting the price of new books and free shipping. amazon charges 1% to get around that and the new legislation would set a minimum delivery fee the french ministry of culture commenting, quote, this law is necessary to regulate the distorted competition in online book sales and prevent the inevitable monopoly that will emerge if the status quo persists. amazon argues that it will hurt customers in the rural areas. in other news, performing artists have started a lending lib

we'll go to margie in pennsylvania. margie on that line for those who live in flood risk areas. good morning. caller: i'm calling about national flood insurance. we had one in our house in 2018. and our insurance didn't cover. and the national flood insurance i heard from people that had it and we don't cover this or don't cover that. very annoying. if you pay insurance premiums every year. and then we called the counti' thid they -- said they had to meet a certain threshold to get insurance coverage for the area. we were left out in the cold. it's not right. thank you. host: what the national flood insurance program does and doesn't cover.

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. >> so margie, why do you think vice president mike pence or josh hawley would go to simon into stir and go through several extra hoops rather than being published by regnery? >> there are -- of course, i don't know. and either case specifically. but there are two obvious reasons that come to mind. one is, hope that they can navigate their way through a very liberal very woke culture that at the big publishing houses that they can navigate their way through. and still be able to get their message out. and the other answer is money. unfortunately, there are, for the biggest celebrity authors, the new york publishers office will still pay a very big advance. and that's not to say that regnery hasn't paid very big advances we have. but in some cases, they will overpay, new york will overpay, for authors because they like the idea of the celebrity on their list. although i think it's changing as well. as we've seen recently, they're a lot of big celebrities, donald trump being number one, big celebrity authors that new york has said they won't publish. so, i think it is -- my belief is i

margy and don mosley hunted deep into the underblus. >> ready for me to cut it?at it from all sides. yes that looks perfect. >> reporter: perfect with a purpose. everybody who's taking home a christmas are tree is in fact contributing to making this a healthier place. >> right. they'll cut a christmas tree in an area that we haven't treated yet. >> reporter: after being a dude ranch and a marijuana b&b, this place went through bankruptcy. going from this to this, spacing the trees and clearing the underbrush to prevent this. >> if there were 100 trees there might be 15 left and they now have space between them and they can grow, they can get water. and so the idea is instead of having a force fire, you create this environment where there's room between the trees. and it turns into a healthy forest again. >> reporter: when he is done he will sell the ranch to project sanctuary, a group that brings military families together in a wilderness setting to reconnect after long deployments. >> there's going to be hundreds of people affected positively, because of this ex

jerome is jemila brown, it's margie sch can process at the are used to premier to them in cooper comp on years. brady, arkansas. plumber's supposed to shoot you his id room. you got going on at some your pal, where you used to put a mirror. rpd mental state id card miller. i thought a petition of thunder them. young. stress on names was dropped. laura ear choice, but was like yours night i pick i'm entering your barrier and shit as i became going off to come also by me. unfortunately, the most important thing in solicitor phone. you can use a backward remark not to put her tongue resigned. una one on noon, whether it's it down from water coming through the city or electricity or power generation. all of those are now connected and they could be potentially disrupted or destroyed. so you have your sensor and the sensor is collecting data, maybe checking the temperature or checking the level of specific type of chemicals . maybe there's a platform sitting behind it. so what the hackers are doing is they're able to either access through the sensor into the back end or start from the back

other things are happening are bad enough, but with the unitestates in the lead and margie to destructione future is very dim. it is our responsibility here to control it, terminate it, to turn the country back to sanity. don't even like to say "back" but turn it to sanity on these issues befe it is too late. nermeen: professor, of one of a severe threat from a resurgent proto-fascist right here in the u.s. and spoken -- you have spoken out agait the general right-wing shift across the politic sperum in the u.s. if y can expin what you think is behind that and ifou see any prospects in the near future for its reveal? >> well, we have been through a 40 year, 45 year sault on the general population within the framework of what is called neoliberalism. it has had a very serious impact. there are even some measures of it through -- thrand corporation, super respectable, did a study recently of what they politely called transfer of wealth from the lower 90% of the population that is working-class and middle-class, transfer of wealth from them to the very rich during the last 40 years. their es

join us now, kurt bartolo and margie in a host. great to see you both.ce i've seeing you. kurt, did trump create a monster and now he has lost control of it? >> it is's classic story, be careful what you wish for. you want a bunch of conspiracy theorist to vote for you, you want to turn the party of side down, inside out? guess what, they will come for you too and now he is learning that. this party now is becoming about the marjorie taylor greene , matt gaetz, they are for the right and ashamed then where trump is and he will be cannibalized by them just as he cannibalized what used to be the republican party. the cycle repeats up until either they run themselves into the ground or someone in the party stands up and says enough is enough, let's take back the republican party towards a more mainstream approach. >> even if he ceases to be the organizing principle, how does any national republican stand with trump? what do they stand for? that we have seeing people like liz cheney trying to do that with when they do that, they don't end up running again, t

fellow republicans that you thought struck a very strident tone particularly when after congress woman margielor green as well, taking issue with congresswoman ilhan omar and equating her as being a terrorist. it opened up a divide in the party that you didn't seem to mind the debate. where are you right now? have you two chatted since then? where do things stand? >> no, we absolutely not have not. but here's the thing. i want republicans to win next year. in order to win, we have to be united. we cannot attack one another. that's what theft wants us to do. when i get attacked by somebody that uses dishonesty about my record, i'm going to hit back. i don't care if you have an r or d by your name. i'm not a wallflower. one of the reasons i got into this gig is because i saw the dishonestly and saw the way american people were mislead on issue after issue. that's why i got into this political frey. i do believe it's important for us to show leadership in challenging times, show our policies are better than theirs. our nation is facing a crises from the border to inflation to the taxation that w

. >> we have seen the republicans, gosar, margy rijorie taylor gre they're reprimanded, sometimes stripped if your leadership, but they're there to do work. they're there in congress to be like perform tiff victims, make a name for themselves, raise money, be these characters and this just plays right into that even as leadership does have to take these actions. >> you're not taking anything away from them that they care about is what you're saying. >> kind of, yeah. "new day" continues right now. >>> good morning to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. it is wednesday, december 8th. i'm john berman alongside brianna keilar this morning. we do begin with breaking news. pfizer announced that two doses of its covid vaccine may not be enough to protect against infection from omicron, but the bigger news might be that pfizer is saying that with a booster, with a third dose, there is evidence that it does neutralize omicron. >> this pharmaceutical giant says two doses may still provide protection against severe illness. so that is definitely something to keep in mind.

he's handed over the party to the margie taylor greens of the world. >> he sold his soul.peaker. let me play for you representative omar. she had a play conference today. she actually played one of the death threats that she got after lauren boebert did her little stupid joke. here it is. >> we see you -- >> to date the republican party leadership has done nothing to hold their members accountable. it is time for the republican party to actually do something, to confront anti-muslim hatred in its ranks and hold those who perpetuate it accountable. >> i'm going to give representative ilhan omar the last word in this segment. and thank you, dana milbank, my friend. appreciate you. >> thanks, joy. >> coming up, don't go anywhere. because tonight's absolute worst is next. as librarians across the country grapple with conservatives' organized campaign to ban books that scare them. we'll be right back after this. s ♪ limu emu... & doug ♪ ♪ superpowers from a spider bite? i could use some help showing the world how liberty mutual customizes their car insurance so they only pay fo

host: going to margie, apologize for that. margie, good morning.calling about national flood insurance. 2018, we had a flood at our house, our store, affecting the appliances in the basement. our insurance didn't cover. national flood insurance, i heard from the people that have it, they are picky, we don't cover this and that. very annoying. if you pay insurance premiums every year. we called the county and they said they had to have a certain special to get insurance coverage in the area. we were left out in the cold and it's not right. ok, thank you. host: what does the national flood insurance program cover and what doesn't it cover? guest: not being an agent or expert, i don't want to get into the specifics of the policy other than to again, i can certainly sympathize with that concern. if you are paying premiums every year, you expect certain things out of your policy. one of the things i would advise everybody to do is take a look at your policy to see the certain coverages and exclusions. john, you had asked earlier about some of the reform

. >> so, margy, j.j., thank you both for joining us today. >> happy new year, lesley. >> speaking oft in the coming weeks and months, let's bring in former federal reserve governor. it's great to have you this morning. i don't know if you heard the prior discussion but i wonder whether you think this variant and what we think is a mile severity of it, not to mentioned the more creative cdc guidelines, more flexibility among corporates is going to ratify the pivot we got in the last couple of weeks >> i think it's important the fed start to move ahead. there's a significant chance that inflations could have become unanchor said the risk is there. but i think there are consequences that the variant, even if not very infectious, that could lead to some increased price pressures. i think china is going to have large lockdowns. we've seen one, 13 million people they're pursuing a zero covid policy it's super transmissible and you're going to assume zero covid. you're going to do a lot of lockdowns in china and parts of asia >> we've been watching the lockdown for a few days now. i wonder

that was my mother-in-law, margie jane fate -- mary jane fate who came to this body and made sure senators understood what was happening in alaska and got them to vote for ancsa 50 years ago. so here's what it did in a nutshell. as i mentioned, mr. president, the largest indigenous land settlement in the history of the country, 44 million acres of land, almost a billion dollars from the state and federal government to transfer land in fee simple, not the reservation system like you have in the lower 48 which is a huge innovation at the time. they own this land. it's theirs. it's not held in trust by the united states like it is in the lower 48 on indian reservations. congress mandated the creation of for-profit alaska native corporations solely owned by alaska native shareholders. 12 of these regional corporations and 200 village a.n.c.'s were created by the congress. sometimes people talk about a.n.c.'s as if they're some foreign entity. they were actually created right here 50 years ago. what did all of this do? it provided economic opportunity. these were not typical entities, but they

host: that is margie in pennsylvania.et's go to tony on our line for those who are unvaccinated come up maryland. caller: some of your callers discussed me, the amount of hatred between the faxed -- vaxxed and unvaxxed. i was an early covid patient and the doctor who saved my life is recommending i do not get a vaccination. i do not understand the amount of hatred that goes on and the forces coming down from the government telling you to get vaccinated. host: what justification did your doctor give to you for not getting a vaccine? caller: i get my blood drawn monthly. they are monitoring my antibody levels and are not sure because of my organ damage from my multiorgan failure if i will have adverse side effects to vaccinations. again, a university doctor is recommending me -- he knows my battery -- body better than dr. fauci does. host: that is tony in rockville. let's go to the line for those who are vaccinated, robert and washington, d.c. caller: first time caller. i got vaccinated in january as a service member before