mary frances berry. she's a former head of the civil rights commission, you civil rights commission. she's also, she's got a list of things she's done. she's been jailed for fighting against apartheid in south africa. the list goes on and on, but she's also the author of the book, "five dollars and a pork chop sandwich." she has a new book coming out, history teaches us to resist that. [applause] >> next to dr. mary frances berry, we have avis jones-deweever. she is a woman who is an activist, which is also the author of "how exceptional black woman lead." let's give her a big round of applause. [applause] >> next to avis jones-deweever we have wesley lowery, the national report from the "washington post" and the author of "they can't kill us all." let's give him a round of applause. [applause] >> that title alone leaves you thinking. and without further ado we want to introduce to you and economist, the president american of bennet college as well as the author of "are we better off" -- race, obama and

mary frances berry, we have avis jones deweever. and next we have wesly lowrey, national report are foe the "washington post" and the author of "they can't kill us all." let's give them a round of applause. and without further adieu wishes want to introduce to you an economist, the president emer tis of ben bennett, "are we betr off: race, obama and public policy." that's who she is. shes the author, an economist, and tonight, and thank you, julian malveaux for being here. we want to talk about activity. ofism. >> we have to give julianne credit. >> these two ladies right here i remember bag young lady, watching them march for us, talk for us, when we didn't have voices, and this basically let us know that we count, we matter, in a time when many of us are not at the table. what did shirley chisolm say, if you don't have a seat at the table, bring a folding chair. hello. i want to start with a something that came to me while we were driving in tonight. hari bell font -- belafonte, activist, entertain 'er, said everybody the last ele

cosby's wife has not been present but close friend civil rights act wrist mary frances berry was at cosby's side on wednesday. >> i'm a friend. i have men him a long time. he has been in involved in all kind of good causes. he supported me. >> reporter: while comedian's lawyers worked to expose inconsistenceciness testimony from andrea constand outside the courtroom cosby has been animated. here he is seen react to go a order by sheriff's deputy to reporters to turn off their phone. cosby, pr representative says they are grateful for the support. >> mr. cosby is always been or will continue to be a friend, fans, he is not asking them to proclaim his innocence of guilt. he wants them to come inside and hear truth. >> reporter: cosby's legal team spent the entire day trying to walk back andrea constand's testimony. her attorneys who watched from the gallery said she held up under intense gallon pressure. >> we are very proud of her. you see how difficult it is. then sexual assault victims are criticized for not coming forward more quickly. >> at this point the day wrapped up with andrea const

. >> also, mary frances berry. in julian malveaux, author of are we better off? 1:15, david mccullough speaks with charlie gibson. >> i began to think about the great presidents who have been avid readers of history. many of them broke history. even those who did not have the education a college although -- all the lives. it is essential to the role of a leader. history matters. to book tv.org for the complete schedule. washington journal continues. host: jamie raskin is here to continue with us our conversation about the shooting yesterday. we are learning this morning from the hospital that the

. >> also mary frances. -- author of how exceptional black woman leave. plus the author of they can't kill us all. and juliann - the author of are we better off? on sunday at 1:15 pm eastern pulitzer prize winning historian david mccullough speak with former news anchor and journalist charles gibson for his collection of speeches on american principles. >> and i began to think about the great presidents. down the years. who have been avid readers of history.many of them wrote history including john kennedy. and even though we did not have the benefit of a college education like harry truman, they read history all of their lives. and realize that it is essential to the role of a leader. whether it is the presidency or leadership of any kind. cause and effect. history matters. >> go to booktv.org for the complete weekend schedule. >> former german chancellor helmut kohl has died at the age of 87. he served as chancellor from 1982 to 1998. when east and west germany were reunited and a single country. in 1999, president clinton alerted chesler the us preside

seat at thet have a table, bring a folding chair. , avis mary frances berry er, and julianne melbou,of "are we better off?" and david mccullough speaking with charles gibson about his collection of speeches on american principles. >> i began to think about the great presidents down the years who have been avid readers of a history, many of them wrote history, including john kennedy. and even those that did not have the benefit of a college education, like harry truman, read history all their lives. and realized that it is essential to the role of a leader, whether it is the presidency or leadership of any kind, it is about cause and effect. history matters. >> go to but tv.org for the complete weekend schedule -- go to book tv.org for the complete weekend schedule. a look at the ideology behind violent extremism and what the u.s. can do to counter it. we hear testimony from the former counter is a that counterterrorism director who calls for more funding of ideological warfare programs that focus on building -- >> good morning. this hearing is called to order. i want to thank the wit

. >> well, the oceanliner queen mary ii left france today in a race across the atlantic to new york. against three sailboats. let's just say the "queen mary" is heavily favored. sailboats are more than 80 feet long. "queen mary 2" more than 1100 feet long. the oceanliner has power. sa sailboats need to catch prevailing winds. the big ship is due next saturday and the other boats due two days later. all this in honor of the u.s. going to europe to help fight in world war ii. in now the microclimate weather certified most accurate in the bay area by weatherate. >> i think i'd be doing the "queen mary" versus the -- >> how are the winds going to be for that race? >> i would have to look into that. let me get back into that. here in the bay area, a nice little breeze along the coast, but it's not windy. but it is nice and cool. look at this gorgeous shot overlooking kirkwood, lake tahoe. looks like a post card. i need to make my way up there. we'll be seeing a couple changes over the next couple of hours. mt. hamilton looking beautiful. we'll see some clouds rolling in. temperatures still

. >> mary frances berry, $5 and a pork chop sandwich, avis jones weaver, author of how exceptional black women lead, wesley lowery, they can't kill us all and jerked julianne author of are we better off. on a sunday at 1:15 p.m. pulitzer prize winning david mccullough starts with former news anchor charles gibson about his collection of speeches on american principles. >> i began to think about the great presidents down the years who have been avid readers of history, many of them wrote history, including john kennedy. even those who didn't have the benefit of a college education, like harry truman, read history all their lives. they realized that is essential to the role of a leader, whether it's the presidency or leadership of any kind. it's a cause and effect. history matters. >> go to tv .org for the complete weekend schedule. >> c-span, where history unfold daily. in 1979 c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies. it is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider.

mary-kate. ukraine. for one year. by. larry king and lindsey france coming to you from london tonight this is our special program on r.t. america going worldwide talking about brecht said it was one year ago today that the united kingdom decided to break away from the european union and of course the negotiations were going to get underway but since then it has been political turmoil here in the united kingdom we have a prime minister and theresa may who is politically shaky we have a parliament that does not have a strong majority and we have really a lot of feelings within the community across this country that is now somewhat split somewhat split in the standpoint that they're not sure if this was the right move and moving forward there is no question that the negotiations are going to be very very tough sonnie joins us in this hour why the shift in public opinion throughout all of this. i think the public opinion arguably never really recovered from the twenty zero eight lehman brothers crash that caused governments to suddenly change economic bec

. >>> an ocean race got underway today in france pinning a massive cruise ship against four high-tech morans. there she blows. that'll be the queen maryii leaving the port where it was built 13 years ago. that's a voyage of 3,100 miles in about six days less than a week. experts say it has a fighting chance. including the chance for icebergs. it commemorates the00th anniversary for riding in france in world war i. >>> in northern california, the islamic center was targeted. how the muslim community is coming together next. >>> and we're going to take a look at your workweek forecast. our meetologist mark tamayo will have -- meteorologist mark tamayo will have your complete bay area forecast for monday and days after. it's coming up next. stay right there. [ birds chirping ] [ inhales, exhales ] [ announcer ] cigarettes are not just dangerous when they're smoked. [ rat squeaking ] they're dangerous long after. cigarette butts are toxic. they release chemicals that poison our water... and harm wildlife. and millions... are polluting our environment. [ sniffing ] [ seagulls squawking ] >>> sacramento's muslim community is coming together

> autoed candidate is marie saha, the former bullfighter is taking to the government what she brought to the ring. >> there is an extraordinary movement that is happening in francewith the real renew of the political class. if i can be a part of that, i can be very proud. i'm going to try and meet with people to tell them they don't need to be scared. >> the match candidates will find out on sunday night whether their campaigning and the meeting they held have actually paid off. emmanuel macron will find out whether he's won the second part of his gamble. last month, he became president without the benefit of an established party, something that's unprecedented. now he's hoping to secure a majority in the parliament, the likes of which have never been seen in the fifth republic. >>> back in the united states, politics, u.s. republican senators have kept democrats in the dark while they draft a bill to repeal and replace obamacare. >> but it's not just democrats who are upset about that. we'll have the story as cnn continues in the united states and around the world this hour. stay with us. if you have medicare parts a and b and want more coverage, guess what? yo

> autoed candidate is marie saha, the former bullfighter is taking to the government what she brought to the ring. >> there is an extraordinary movement that is happening in france. with the real renew of the political class. if i can be a part of that, i can be very proud. i'm going to try and meet with people to tell them they don't need to be scared. >> the match candidates will find out on sunday night whether their campaigning and the meeting they held have actually paid off. emmanuel macron will find out whether he's won the second part of his gamble. last month, he became president without the benefit of an established party, something that's unprecedented. now he's hoping to secure a majority in the parliament, the likes of which have never been seen in the fifth republic. >>> a new leader in france. one of the first issues mr. macron will face with his new parliament is brexit.. that's why an embattled theresa may is gearing up for those talks that start on monday. >> after losing her conservative party's majority in parliament in a snap election less than two weeks ago, now her government will sit down to negotiate how the uk leaves the european union.

mary. >> reporter: good morning, amy. the president insists the paris climate deal would hurt the economy and cost millions of american jobs. he says he's willing to renegotiate but leaders from frances not an option. earlier on "gma," kellyanne conway, counselor to the president, echoed the president's america first theme. >> why should we frontload so much of the economic burden in this agreement to the detriment of the american worker. all the prongs say that they would have a decline in some of the key sectors where men and women in this country rely upon for their livelihood, cement, paper, natural gas, coal. why are we doing that and let india and china get off scot-free. >> reporter: conway would not say whether the president still believes that global warm is a hoax. meanwhile, demonstrators have gathered in cities from miami to new york protesting the president's decision. at least 61 mayors have agreed to still adopt the goals of the paris deal. but, amy, several republican leaders this morning are applauding the president's decision saying it will save jobs. >> all right, mary, we appreciate it. >>> the trump administration is asking the supreme court to reinstate its con

. >> mary frances berry, author of $5 and a pork chop sandwich, avis jones d weaver, author of how exceptional black women lead, wesley lowery, author of i can't kill us all and julianna mumbo, author of are we better off. on sunday at 1:15 p.m. eastern, pulitzer prize-winning historian david mccullough starts with warmer news anchor charles gibson about his collection of speeches on american principles. >> i began to think about the great presidents down the years who have been avid readers of history, many of them wrote history, including john kennedy. even those who didn't benefit have a college education like harry truman, read history all their life. i realized that it's essential to the role of a leader, whether it's the presidency or leadership of any kind. it's a cause and effect. history matters. >> go to but tv .org for the complete weekend schedule. this weekend cities booked were takes tv and american history tv to hyde park new york as we explore the history and literary life of a town that come to be synonymous with the story of franklin roosevelt eleanor roosevelt and the extend

. >> mary frances berry, author of $5 and a pork chop sandwich, davis jones weaver, author of how exceptional black women lead. wesley lowery, author of they can't kill us all. julian malvo, author of aren't we better off. on sunday at 1:15 p.m. eastern, pulitzer prize-winning historian david mccullough speaks to charles gibson about the collection of speeches on american principles. >> great presidents down the years who have been avid readers of history, any of them wrote history including john kennedy, even those who didn't have the benefit, read history all their lives. and realized it is essential to the role of a leader, leadership of any kind, not cause and effect. history matters. >> go to booktv.org for the complete weekend schedule. >> sunday on qa day. >> very deeply committed to presenting his story. >> part one of our interview with pulitzer prize-winning biographer david garreau who talks about his book rising star, the making of barack obama which covers president obama's life up to his winning the presidency. >> i think barack's political aspirations and sense of destiny lead