watch "in depth" with author and journalist matt taibbi, noon to 3:00 p.m. eastern, sunday, june 4th. >> folks, wait one second. folks, before we begin i ask you to take time now to please turn off your cell phones. keep in mind that c-span is videotaping this evening. so the at end when we do our q&a, there is a microphone up in front. we ask that you please come and stand at the microphone to ask your question so that we can hear you. otherwise we will not be able to hear or see you if you're sitting down. thanks.

watch in depth with author and journalist matt taibbi live from noon to 3 p.m. sunday, june 4. >>> next on "after words," msnbc host chris hayes discusses his book "a colony in a nation." it examines how the criminal justice system is dividing the country into two americas. ..

watch "in depth" with author and journalist matt taibbi, noon to 3:00 p.m. eastern, sunday, june 4th. >> folks, wait one second. folks, before we begin i ask you to take time now to please turn off your cell phones. keep in mind that c-span is videotaping this evening. so the at end when we do our q&a, there is a microphone up in front. we ask that you please come and stand at the microphone to ask your question so that we can hear you. otherwise we will not be able to hear or see you if you're sitting down. thanks. my name is cynthia chaldekas. thank you for coming here tonight. i'm a librarian at manhattan library. i'm happy to present john mcwhorter. we're lucky that john has come more than once. he has been very kind about that. this is his third visit. tonight he will speak about his most recent book, "talking back, talking black, truth about america's lingua franca." john mcwhorter is associate professor of english and comparative literature at columbia university where he teaches linguistics, western civilization, music history and american studies. "

and our live in depth program and matt taibbi who will talk about his several books and take questions. that is a look at some events booktv is covering this week. many events are open to the public and look for them it air in the near future. >> joining us on our booktv set is the author of this book, cleve jones "when we rise; my life in the movement". what is the movement you speak of? >> the movement for peace and social justice. when i was 17, i discovered part of that movement was for people like me, gay people and now called lgbtq something something something. >> the movement is larger than the gay move? >> i grew up believing all movements for social justice were connected and we were all part of a larger struggle to end racism and poverty and war. i think that has changed bit over the years but still the way i look at it and i think it would be helpful nor people viewed it that way. >> how would you define the gay movement in 2017? >> win 2017, i think lgbtq people face a challenge. we have won important victories in recent years particularly during the obama administration a

watch "in depth" with author and journalist matt taibbi live from noon to 3:00 p.m. eastern sunday. >>> next on american history tv, historian and author elizabeth cobbs talks about the women who served overseas as telephone operators in the u.s. army signal corps during world war i. she also explores how their service impacted the women's suffrage movement in the u.s., and she discusses the six-decade fight by these women to be

watch "in-depth" with author and journalist matt taibbi live from noon to 3:00 p.m. eastern sunday une 4. "washington journal" continues. host: kristen clarke is back at discuss the "presidential commission on election integrity". and before we get started, remind viewers what the lawyers' committee is, how you're funded and how you got started. guest: sure. the laurie berkner band for civil rights was founded in 1963 at the behest of john f kennedy. -- to do more, to engage in the fight for civil rights in our country. yesterday, we marked his 100th birthday. we are a national civil rights organization, nonprofit. we work on issues such as voting right, criminal justice, education and fair housing issues, all across the country. we mount litigation and our goal is to move our country closer to equally and combat the discrimination that we wrestle ith in so many places today. the: may 11, mike pence and day of that launch, you released a statement condemning that commission. why? guest: you know this commission, i think is a distraction from the real issues that we f

watch matt taibbi live from noon to 3 p.m. eastern sunday june 4. >> this morning i want to begin by introducing you to somebody from our book and that is kim powers bridges. she owns and operates bridges funeral home in tennessee. but she's not from tennessee. kim is actually from oklahoma. she started her first business there, a funeral business, but she had to leave oklahoma when she ran afoul of the law. it turns out that kim was engaged in a very dangerous practice of selling caskets without a funeral directors license. before that in the early 1980s kim was on the executive fasttrack. she grew up in the family of hard-working entrepreneurs. she learned the relationship between hard work and success. after she left college she enjoyed a lot of success in a number of different businesses. eventually she ended up at one of the nations largest funeral companies, and there she sold preneed funeral services. she saw this as a way to combine her drive in business with our desire to help people through her work. and as before sh

watch in-depth with author and journalist matt taibbi live from noon to 3:00 p.m. eastern sunday. >>> federal housing finance agency director mel watt reiterated his concerns over long-term conservativership of fannie mae and freddie mac. he said it's congress' job to direct a path. he spoke to the senate banking committee about the future of health and finance. this is about two hours. >> the committee will come to order. today we will receive testimony from director mel watt on the st o

watch "in-depth" with author and journalist matt taibbi live from noon to 3:00 p.m.tern sunday une 4. "washington journal" continues. host: kristen clarke is back at discuss the "presidential commission on election integrity". and before we get started, remind viewers what the lawyers' committee is, how you're funded and how

watch in depth with author and journalist matt taibbi sunday. >> gary lynnfoot was paralyzed when serving in iraq in 2008. he's now the first veteran to use full-body exoskeleton technology that allows him to walk again. he told his story at the reagan library in seamy valley, this is an hour. >> good evening. for those i have not yet met, i am chief marketing officer for the reagan foundation and institute. thank you for being here this evening. if you have attended an event here before you know we start each program by reciting the pledge of allegiance, we do it in honor of the men and women who defend our freedom around the world. i ask you to recite the pledge that we do so in honor of those currently fighting, those are missing, those who have perished and those were veterans. please join me in the pledge of allegiance. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america. and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. thank you. before we get started there are a few people in the audience i want to recognize.

watch "in depth" with author and journalist matt taibbi live from noon to 3:00 p.m. eastern sunday. >>> next on american history tv, historian and author elizabeth cobbs talks about the women who served overseas as telephone operators in the u.s. army signal corps during world war i. she also explores how their service impacted the women's suffrage movement in the u.s., and she discusses the six-decade fight by these women to be recognized as military veterans. the national archives in washington, d.c., hosted this 50-minute event. >>> after the united states entered world war i, women as well as men eagerly volunteered to serve their country. although women were prohibited from joining the regular army or navy, they found ways to contribute, often taking up jobs once performed by men, now going overseas. one group of women, however, possessed a skill much needed by the army, fighting a war required reliable communications network but more than two and a half years of war had devastated the french telephone system. general john j., commander in chief of the american

watch with author and journalist matt taibbi live from noon to 3 p.m. eastern sunday. >> now the ceo of doctor on demand, another telemedicine industry leaders find out innovation and technology can transform and improve the u.s. healthcare system your pepperdie university hosts this event. >> please welcome to the stage john figueroa, ceo of genoa healthcare. >> what an incredible morning. the inside that doctor emmanuel provided regarding the intent results and the future of the affordable care act as well as integrated care. and our industry is moving to a value-based system was fascinating. equally as intriguing was a description of our complex and ever-changing healthcare system by our esteemed panel of doctors and healthcare administrators. i trust that their years of practical experience and i trust that they have certainly confirmed the complexity of our healthcare system. and the speed in which it is changing in america. i'm going to take a little bit of a different view on some of seeks comments, consider some of the complexity issues of the d

watch in depth with author and journalist matt taibbi live from noon to 3 p.m. sunday, june 4. >>> next on "after words," msnbc host chris hayes discusses his book "a colony in a nation." it examines how the criminal justice system is dividing the country into two americas. .. >>> i think in some ways both books are books about the same thing, which are what i would call democratic pathology. you think about the body politic as a body, that has different processes and functions and they can go wrong in different ways, that both books are sort of diagnoses about infections, infirmaries in the body politic. ways in which -- i'm a real believe ever -- my one core of secular faith is, like, democracy, small d democracy, and that the democracy is the most radical, profound idea in the history of human civilization. it's so radical and so profound we have a hard time maintaining it, thinking through its implications, constantly being grounded and returned to our conceptions of, like, freedom, and so quality leads to ways or democracy has gone bad through outsourcing a

watch in depth with matt taibbi live from noon to 3:00 p.m. eastern sunday june 4th. >>> the house homeland security subcommittee on border security held a hearing about people who stay in the u.s. longer than their visas allow. the homeland security department testified. will come to order. the subcommittee meeting today to exam visa oversays and their impact on national security. conversations about the best way to secure the southern land border have been the focus of media, congress and the administration for the last months. today i want to transition to an equally important by overlooked part of our border security, visa overstays. dhs released the 2016 overstay numbers and this year they expanded the number of categories to include students and other nonimmigrant visa holders. i want to commend dcs but the numbers are stark. cpb calculated that we had nearly 740,000 people overstay their visas at some point in fiscal year 2016. even using cpb's more generous numbers that account for some of those overstays who eventually leave, albeit l

watch in depth with author and journalist matt taibbi live noon to 3:00 p.m.astern sunday. >>> c-span where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies. and is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. >>> general john raymond is commander of air force space command. he testified before a house armed services subcommittee on u.s. military assets in space. alabama congressman mike rogers chairs the hearing. >> -- hearing of fiscal year 2018 priorities and national security space enterprise. honored to have the panel of expert witnesses leaders in the

watch in-depth with author and journalist matt taibbi live from noon to 3:00 p.m. eastern sunday. >>> federal housing finance agency director mel watt reiterated his concerns over long-term conservativership of fannie mae and freddie mac. he said it's congress' job to direct a path. he spoke to the senate banking committee about the future of health and finance. this is about two hours. >> the committee will come to order. today we will receive testimony from director mel watt on the status of the housing finance system. fannie mae and freddie mac have been in conservatorship for close to nine years. in september 2008, then treasury secretary hank paulson famously described the conservatorships as a time-out. today, fannie and freddie along with fha continue to dominate the mortgage market. approximately 70% of the mortgages are backed by the federal government. while fannie and freddie are currently earning profits, if the housing market experiences a downturn, taxpayers could again be on the hook for billions of dollars. the status quo is not a viable option. the

. >>> on sunday, june 4th, author and journalist matt taibbi will be with us on in depth. >> if you grow up looking at thousands and thousands of faces until you find that one face that you feel is put on earth for you and you fall in love. trump was like that but it was the opposite. when i first saw him on the campaign trail i thought this is a person who is unique, horrible, amazing, terrible, characteristics were put on earth specifically for me to appreciate or unappreciate or whatever the verb is. because i had really been spending a lot of the last ten to twelve years without knowing it, preparing for donald trump to happen. >> he is a contributor to rolling stone magazine and is the author of several books including the great derangement. griffithopia. and his most recent book, insane clown president. dispatches from the 2016 circus. during our live three-hour conversation we'll take your calls, tweets and facebook questions. watch

. >> on sunday author and journalist matt taibbi will be our guest on "in depth." >> media group look at thousands and thousands of faces until when do you see that one face that you feel is put on earth just for you and that instantly, you fall in love in that moment, for me, troubles like that except it was the opposite. when i first time on the camping trip i thought this is a person who is unique, horrible and amazing, terrible characteristics were put on earth specific for me to appreciate, or not appreciate or whatever the verb is. because i had really been spending a lot of the last ten to 12 years without knowing it preparing for donald trump to happen. >> translator: is a contributor to rolling stone magazine and is the author of many books. >> his most recent book, "insane clown president." >> during our live through our conversation we'll take your calls, tweets and facebook questions on his literary career. h

watch in depth with author and journalist matt taibbi 3:00 p.m. eastern on sunday. >>> in case you missed it, the oregon senator ron widen on the cbo score on the american healthcare act. >> what's still intact is medicaid cuts. and these cuts are going to hit american communities like a wrecking ball. and the pain is going to be felt throughout the ages. >> vermont senator bernie sanders and mick mulvaney on the proposed 2018 budget. >> why does a billionaire family get a $52 billion tax break, please tell the american people. >> we think it's wrong that ordinary folks lose coverage and we want -- >> ordinary people. is the walton family an ordinary family? >> no, they're not they're extraordinary but ordinary people are losing -- >> i asked you'd why the wealthiest family -- >> because we repeal obamacare. >> secretary of homeland security john kelly on future manchester style terrorist attacks. >> these are kids, mostly, men and women, that were born and raised in france, germany, they have legal passports. they have left to go fight in the cal

watch in depth with author and journalist matt taibbi sunday. >> gary lynnfoot was paralyzed when serving in iraq in 2008. he's now the first