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because that mediacom, we are built to keep you ahead. >> mediacom support c-span as a public service, along with these other television providers, giving you a front row seat to democracy. >> theodore gilmore bilbo was an american politician twice served as governor of mississippi, once in 1960 44 years and then from 1928-1930 two. later he was elected a u.s. senator in 1935, was reelected twice more, but died early in his third term in 1947. he was 69, he was a democrat, and an outspoken white supremacist, and a strong supporter of fdr's progressive new deal. we ask of retired professor of history at the and receive southern mississippi to give us some background on theodore bilbo and his impact on politics in the fdr error. he is the author of "redneck liberal, theodore g bilbo and the new deal." >> chester morgan, on this episode -- on this episode of book notes+. ♪ , good morning. guest: good morning. host: give us the bottom line on the jobs report. was it bad, good? guest: you have to put it into perspective. compared to june and july, where almost one million jobs were added,

at mediacom, we're built to keep you ahead. >> mediacom supports c-span as a public service along with other tv providers, giving you a front row seat to democracy. >>> live, wednesday, at 10:00 a.m. eastern, olympic and world champion gymnast simone biles, micaela maroney, aly raisman testify before the senate judiciary committee on the fbi's handling of its invest into larry nassar, the former usa gymnastics physician and convicted sex offender. the agency failed to investigate reports that mr. nassar. and fbi director christopher wray will appear before the committee. watch our live coverage wednesday on c-span, online at c-span.org or listen on the c-span radio app. >> a political dynasty, and a notorious fill lan derer, he was ambitious, and defeatist. these are the words of david schribman, journalist from the "wall street journal," words from a book review written about joseph p. kennedy sr., father of jack, bobby, and teddy kennedy, a new book by susan ronald, entitled "the ambassador" about joseph p. kennedy's time as ambassador to great britain, 1938 to 1940. >> historian sus

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but mediacom was ready.nternet traffic soared, and we never slowed down. schools and businesses went virtual, and we powered a new reality. because at mediacom, we're built to keep you ahead. >> mediacom supports c-span as a public service, giving you a front row seat to democracy. >> coming up next, secretary of state antony blinken testifies before the senate foreign relations committee about the u.s. withdrawal from afghanistan. this hearing is about three and a half hours. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> this hearing of the senate foreign relations committee will come to order. secretary blinken, thank you for joining used today. us today. last week "the new york times" reported on a local afghan with reporter who was covering a demonstration by several women protesting against the taliban. he was arrested, his camera was confiscated. he said, and i quote: i told them i was a journalist and showed them my if id card, but they accu

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. >> mediacom support c-span is a public service, giving you a front row c2 democracy. host: jessica dulong, your book "saved at the seawall" is out in paperback in time for the 20 anniversary of 9/11. that's almost a generation in time. what have you learned about grief and processing grief in the span of 20 years? guest: so much. i feel like we are getting an advanced level course right now and soon to be really challenged on that front. all the experts in grief are really expecting a tsunami of grief will rise. typically speaking, i was writing ace -- writing a story about this, about grief and that it takes folks arriving in a place with some kind of safety before they can start to grieve. which means we are shifting out of the worst part of the pandemic, hopefully, and people will be getting some semblance of what normal life will be now. that is when we can really expect the grief to hit. this is something i have been reading a lot about and listening to podcasts and going onto to podcasts about grief. i have learned that the only way forward is to not disregard w

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