melissa fleming, chief spokesperson for the united nations high commissioner for refugees reported on a syrian woman's attempt to flee her country. radio host hugh hewitt how republicans can leave america out of political gridlock and alfred university philosophy professor west a cot explored why frugality may be the key to happiness. in the coming weeks on afterwards the parents of trayvon martin, sabrina fulton and tracy martin, discuss this done's life-and-death as well as their experiences for the judicial system. other and journalist cynthia littleton reflect on the founding fathers calls for a unified america. council on foreign relations president richard haas for the challenges facing us foreign policy. of this morning political consultant roger stowe examined how donald trump was able to win the 2016 presidential election. >> the first person to imagine a trump presidency was not me but former president richard nixon. i was working for nixon doing political chores in his postpresidential years and he met donald trump in george steinbrenner's box and they hit it off. he called

melissa fleming, chief spokesperson for the united nations high commissioner for refugees reported on a syrian woman's attempt to flee her country. radio host hugh hewitt how republicans can leave america out of political gridlock and alfred university philosophy professor west a cot explored why frugality may be the key to happiness. in the coming weeks on afterwards the parents of trayvon martin, sabrina fulton and tracy martin, discuss this done's life-and-death as well as their experiences for the judicial system. other and journalist cynthia littleton reflect on the founding fathers calls for a unified america. council on foreign relations president richard haas for the challenges facing us foreign policy. of this morning political consultant roger stowe examined how donald trump was able to win the 2016 presidential election. >> the first person to imagine a trump presidency was not me but former president richard nixon. i was working for nixon doing political chores in his postpresidential years and he met donald trump in george steinbrenner's box and they hit it off. he called

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sunday night on afterwards, melissa fleming, chief spokesperson for the united nations high commission of refugees recounts a young syrian woman's journey to europe in her book "a hope more powerful than the c -- sea." she is interviewed by the president of refugees international. 2011 and the arab spring is happening all around them and they are turning on the television and all kinds of average families syria, they are living under an oppressive regime but they all have homes, livelihoods and health care and they are going to school. this family in particular was not politically active, they are caught up in this kind of countries about other around us are changing, maybe they could change here and demonstrations are starting in doa, who is 16 years old, is inspired to go out and see what is happening. she witnesses the protesters shot at. announcer: sunday night at nine eastern on afterwards. his weeklyin address, the president mentions victims of tornadoes in louisiana and mrs. to the, job growth, cutting taxes and executive action on terrorism. representative joe crowley of new yo

. >> tonight melissa fleming for the united nations high refugees er for recounts a young syrian woman's a rney to europe in a book hope more powerful than the sea one refugee's incredible story love, loss and survival. she is interviewed by the protective ge-- refugees. >> it was 2011 and arab spring is happening and they are urning on televisions and all kinds of average families in syria are living under an regime but they have homes and livelihood and healthcare and they are going their day-to-day life. this family in particular was not politically active. -- they are caught up in this kind of excitement about actually the other countries around us are changing and maybe change here and demonstrations are starting in doa who is 16 years old is inspired to go out and see what is happening and witnesses then that protesters are shot at. >> tonight at 9:00 eastern on "afterwards". monday night on communicators topbechnolog

. ♪ >> sunday night, melissa fleming, chief spokesperson for the united nations high commissioner forefugees recounts a journey to europe in her book. an incredible story of love, loss, and survival she is interviewed the president for refugees international. >> why do you think they felt that they had to leave? >> the arab spring is happening all around them. all kinds of average families is. are living under an oppressive regime. they have arms, livelihoods, health care. they're going to school. this family in particular was not politically active. they are caught up in this , actually theut other countries around us are changing, maybe things can change here. demonstrations are starting in the streets. inspired to, she is see what is happening. she witnesses that peaceful protesters are actually shot at. at 9:00 p.m.ht eastern sunday night on q&a. >> in all these years, i have never seen a case where so uncritically journalists have accepted information from a single source, edward snowden, who is in moscow under the control of the russian government. book aboutein on his edward sn

. >> now, on afterwards, melissa fleming chief spokesman for united nations commission for refugee discusses her new book, "i hope i hope more powerful than the sea. "she is interviewed by doctor michelle, president of refugees international. >> is very good to be with you. as a senior spokesperson for the united nation for refugees, yet major mark by telling the stories of refugees to short and factual comments. you have now decided to move from the short story to a long narrative. what prompted you to take this decision. >> is great to see again. i'm in charge of communications in my job is actually to get people to understand who are the people who are fleeing for their lives and not just understand by putting out facts there's this thing that statistics are human beings. you just tell people about the poor masses. you might even evoke fear. you won't evoke sympathy but you like individual stories on the other hand have a lot of power. i found this particular story to be so remarkable, almost every every single refugee story is remarkable. but this one is quite remarkable. she and her sto

tonight on afterwards, melissa fleming, chief spokesperson for the u.n. council on refugees talks about her new book. a refugees incredible story of love, loss, and survival. she is interviewed by the president of refugees international. >> how did things develop to the point they felt they had to leave? >> this was 2011 and the arab spring was happening all around them. families were living under an oppressive regime but they had homes, livelihoods, health care, and were going to roll. they were going about their day-to-day life. this family in particular was not politically active. they were caught up in an the other -- countries around us are changing, maybe things could change here. demonstrations are starting in the streets. is inspired to go out and see what is happening. that peacefulthan protesters are shot at. >> tonight at 9:00 on afterwards. monday night on the communicators. the new chair of the house subcommittee on communications and technology on her priorities for the subcommittee and how she expects communications and tech issues will cha

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. >> tonight, melissa fleming, journey to europe in her book -- one refugee's incredible story of love, lost, and survival. >> how did things develop to the point they felt they had to leave? >> this was 2011 and the arab spring was happening all around them. average families in syria are living under an oppressive regime but they all have homes, livelihoods, health care, they are going to school and going about day-to-day life. this family in particular was not politically active. there caught up in excitement other countries changing and maybe we can change here. would have been 16 years old, inspired to go out and see what is happening. she witnesses that peaceful protesters are shot at. >> monday night on the communicators, the new chair of the house subcommittee on communications and technology, tennessee congresswoman marsha blackburn on how she expects communications and tech issues this year with a republican administration. >> making certain we address what i view as having been an , communities that do not have broadband are not able to go in and expand educational opportunit

on afterwards, melissa fleming, chief spokesperson for they united station -- united nations, counts a young syrian woman's journey in her book. she is interviewed by the president of refugees international. >> how do they feel to the point they had to leave? >> spring is happening all around them and they are turning on the television. all kinds of average families in syria, but they have livelihoods and health care and they are going to school. just going about their day-to-day life. this family was not politically active. they are caught up in this excitement -- the other countries around us are changing, maybe things can change here. demonstrations are starting in the street. she would've been 16 years old. she has a desire to see what is happening. she witnesses then that protesters are shot at. >> said in a and 9:00 eastern on "afterwards." >> president trump and the prime japan left for palm bay this afternoon. earlier in the day, they were in washington d.c.

. >> sunday night on "after words" melissa fleming chief sporks american for the united mission for refugees will talk about her book "a hope more powerful than the sea." she's interviewed by michelle dabudon president of refugee international. >> this is 2011 and the arab spring is happening all around them and they're turning on to tell vision, all kinds of, you know, average families. they're living under an oppressive regime. they all have homes, livelihood, healthcare just going about their day-to-day life. this family in particular was not politically active. it wasn't -- they caught up in this excitement about actually the other countries around us are changing. maybe things could change here and demonstrations are starring the street -- starts in the streets. and doah is inspired to see what is happening. she witnesses them that peaceful protestors are actually shot

s eye commissioner fear refugees melissa fleming. recounting the -- the misconceptions government officials have about the public and white house correspondent april ryan discusses race and police shootings from the perspective of african-american mothers. also bernard levy explores what it mean to be jewish today. larry her rare row recalls the assistance france and spain provided the communist during the revolutionary war, and then an examination of the economic value assigned to slaves. those are just few of the programs you'll see on booktv on c-span2 this weekend. for a complete television schedule visit booktv.org. 48 hours of nonfiction books and authors. television for serious readers. >>> hello, everyone. welcome to powerhouse book. we're very excited to host -- dispatches from the 2016 -- by matt taibbi. matt's book isn't a blow-by-blow recounting of this bizarre and disturbing election season but the wider temperature of the seeming collapse of the american democracy. matt will talk about his book and read a section from t

. >>> sunday night on after wards, melissa fleming, chief spokesperson for the united nations high commissioner for refugees recounts a young syrian woman's to europe in her book "a hope more powerful than the sea, one refugee's incredible story of love, loss and survival." she's interviewed by the president of refugees international. >> how did things develop to the point they felt they had to leave? >> well, this is 2011 and the arab spring is happening all around them and they're turning on the televisions, all kinds of average families in syria are living under an oppressive regime but they have homes, they have livelihoods, they have health care, they're going to school, just going about their day to day life. this family in particular was not politically active. it wasn't -- they're caught up in this excitement about actually the other countries around us are changing, maybe things could change here and demonstrations are starting in the streets and doah, who is then 16 years old, is inspired to see what's happening and she witnesses peaceful protesters are shot at. >> sunday night at 9:0

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live on >> sunday night, melissa fleming, chief spokesperson for the high commission for refugees recounts a getting syrian women's journey in her book "a hope more powerful than the c." she is interviewed by the president at refugees international. >> how did they get to the point where they felt they had to leave.

and this week and melissa fleming the chief spokeswoman reports on a searing syrian woman's attempt to flee her country. >> there has been far too little investment in refugees. it's not right. from a human rights perspective but i think it's also stupid. for example in the syria situation. young people only 50% of the children are in school. these children want to go to school. it's not that they just want too. these children are the future. is the syria going to be a peaceful place are they can be the engineers and architects and the politicians and the mayors where they can be the people that will perpetuate the cycle of violence. i simply don't understand.

the coming weeks on afterwards, melissa fleming will report on a woman's attempt to free her country on a fishing boat that was a really side. author and journalist sophia nelson will reflect on the founding fathers calls for a unified america and this weekend, radio host hugh hewitt outlines how republicans can lead america out of political gridlock. >> i got the twitter treatment as well. >> people don't like not being in the club. >> he called me a loser. >> i'm well rated so you are low rated. >> this was quite a while ago. >> i love your show. >> it's a remarkable time. when you decide try was going to get your vote because i know you interviewed him more than a dozen times. you told him to quit the race once on twitter. where did you get to the place where you said this is who i'm voting for? >> the history is documented with me that i was swift through the whole campaign, i did 170 interviews through the debate to be fair. when you want i said i'm for you, i've always been for the republican nominee. when he attacked in the broadcast, attacking the judge, i said if you don't s

melissa fleming, chief spokesperson for the united nations high commissioner for refugees were reported on the syrian woman's attempt to flee her country. radio host hugh hewitt outlined how republicans can lead america out of political gridlock. alfred university philosophy professor explored why frugality may be the key to happiness. in the coming weeks on "after words", the parents of treyvon martin will discuss their son's life and death as well as their experiences with the judicial system. author and journalist safir nelson will reflect on the founding fathers call for a unified america. council on foreign relations president richard haas will explore the challenges facing u.s. foreign-policy. roger stone examines how donald trump was able to win the 2016 election. >> the first person to imagine the trump presidency was not me, but former president richard nixon. i was working for nixon, doing political chores in the yankee stadium. they hit it off. he called me the next day and said well, i met your man. i've got to tell you, he's got it. he could really go all the way. >> while,

melissa fleming, chief spokesperson for the united nation high commissioner for refugees talked about a syrian human attempt to flee our country. and however, republicans can lead america out of wedlock. and and wrist with the cut explored by frugality may be the key to happiness. in the coming weeks on afterwards, the parents of trayvon martin, sabrina fulton and tracy martin discuss their son's life and death. as well as their experiences with the judicial system. author and journalist nelson will talk about a unified america. council on foreign relations president richard haas was for the challenges facing us foreign policy. and this weekend, political consultant roger stone examines how donald trump was able to win the 2016 presidential election. >> the first person to imagine a trump presidency was not me but was president richard nixon. we were working for nixon doing political chores in the post presidential years.he met donald trump and george steinbrenner's box at yankee stadium. and they hit it off. he called me the next day and he said well, i met your man. i have got to te

. >> sunday night on "afterwards," melissa fleming, spokesperson for refugees recounts a young syrian's -- a young syrian woman's journey. interviewed by the president of refugees international. point do they feel to the they had to leave. turning on the television and living under an oppressive regime, but they have homes. this family must are politically active. they are caught up in this excitement. the other countries around us are changing, maybe things can change here and demonstrations are starting in the street. , who was 16 years old, is inspired to see what is happening. she witnesses been peaceful protesters are shot at. >> sunday night at 9:00 eastern on "afterwards." >> philadelphia's museum of the american revolution is scheduled to open on april 19. a team of archaeologists excavated the site a few blocks of independence hall and in the process, they eventually uncovered about 82,000 artifacts. tv's"erican history american artifacts, we will learn about the artifacts from the early 18th century up to

in the coming weeks, on afterwards melissa fleming will report on a woman's attempt to flee her country and of fishing boat that was deliberately capsized. sophia nelson will reflect on the founding fathers called for a unified america. this weekend, radio radio host hugh hewitt outlines how republicans can lead america out of political gridlock. >> -- people don't like not being there. well he call me a loser. >> i'm already. >> i would've been been fired quite a while ago according to him. >> it's remarkable. so when did you decide that trump was going to get your vote. i know you interviewed him more than a dozen times. i. i know you told him to quit the race. when did you get to the place where you said, this is who i'm voting for. >> the history is not very interesting to anyone but me. but i switched in the entire campaign. i was doing the debates they have to be fair. and so i said said okay and for you. when he attacked the judge -- said you're flying the plane into the mountain attacking the judge if you don't stop it and treated they will kill you. he stopped and i got back on

melissa fleming, speak spokesperson for the united nations high commissioner on refugees ported on a syrian woman leaving her country. hugh hewitt called how republicans can lead america out of political gridlock. also, why frugality may be the key to happiness. in coming weeks after the words, parents of trayvon martin and their experiences about life and death and experience with the judicial system. a call for unified america. council on foreign relations president richard haas will explore the challenges faces u.s. foreign policy. this weekend, political consultant roger stowe will examine how donald trump was able to win the 2016 presidential election. >> the first person to imagine a trump presidency was not me but was former president richard nixon. i was working for nixon doing political chores in his postpresidential years and he met donald trump in george steinbrenner's box at yankee stadium, and they hit it off. he called me the next day, he said, well, i met your man. i got to tell you, he's got it. he could really go all the way. >> wow? he said that? >> and then, days l

. >> sunday night, melissa fleming, recounts a young syrian woman's jorney to europe. she is interviewed by michelle president of refugees international. >> how these things develop to the point they have to leave. >> this is 2011 and the arab spring is happening all around them and they're turning on the televisions. all kinds of average families in syria they're living under an oppressive rejeeps but they have homes, livelihoods, health care, they're going to school. just going about their day to day life. this family in particular was not politically active. it wasn't -- they're caught up in this kind of excitement about, well, actually the other countries around us are changing. maybe things could change here. and demonstrations are starting in the streets. and the 16-year-old is inspired to go out and see what is happening. she witnesses then that peaceful protesters are actually shot at. this his weekly address the president mentions victims of tornadoes in louisiana and mississippi. job growth, cutting taxes, and executive action on terrorism. representative joe

melissa fleming, chief spokesperson for the united nation high commissioner for refugees talked about a syrian human attempt to flee our country. and however, republicans can lead america out of wedlock. and and wrist with the cut explored by frugality may be the key to happiness. in the coming weeks on afterwards, the parents of trayvon martin, sabrina fulton and tracy martin discuss their son's life and death. as well as their experiences with the judicial system. author and journalist nelson will talk about a unified america. council on foreign relations president richard haas was for the challenges facing us foreign policy. and this weekend, political consultant roger stone examines how donald trump was able to win the 2016 presidential election. >> the first person to imagine a trump presidency was not me but was president richard nixon. we were working for nixon doing political chores in the post presidential years.he met donald trump and george steinbrenner's box at yankee stadium. and they hit it off. he called me the next day and he said well, i met your man. i have got to te

and this week and melissa fleming the chief spokeswoman reports on a searing syrian woman's attempt to flee her country. >> there has been far too little investment in refugees. it's not right. from a human rights perspective but i think it's also stupid. for example in the syria situation. young people only 50% of the children are in school. these children want to go to school. it's not that they just want too. these children are the future. is the syria going to be a peaceful place are they can be the engineers and architects and the politicians and the mayors where they can be the people that will perpetuate the cycle of violence. i simply don't understand. >> airs every saturday at 10:00 p.m. and sunday at 9:00 p.m. eastern. you can watch all previous programs on our website. >> you are the author of the fair labor lawyers. tell me about miss margolin. betty was born in the jewish orphanage in new orleans that shaped her life profoundly. i like to say that before there was an the tour bs are gigabyte there was this. the fair labor standards act in the equal pay act. she champion th

live on >> sunday night, melissa fleming, chief spokesperson for the high commission for refugees recounts a getting syrian women's journey in her book "a hope more powerful than the c." she is interviewed by the president at refugees international. >> how did they get to the point where they felt they had to leave. >> this was 2011, arab spring was happening all around them. all kinds of average families in syria, living under an oppressive regime. they have livelihoods, health care, they are going to school. going about their day-to-day light. this family was not politically active. they are caught up in this kind of excitement about, well, actually, other places are changing, maybe things could change here. one was 16-years-old, inspired to go out and see what is happening. she witnesses what is happening to protesters. .nnouncer: sunday night announcer: john kelly testified today at a house hearing on security and immigration. he answered questions about plans to build a wall along the southern border. congressman senator michael mccall chairs the homeland security committee.

. >> now, on afterwards, melissa fleming chief spokesman for united nations commission for refugee discussesher new book, "i hope i hope more powerful than the sea. "she is interviewed by doctor michelle, president of refugees international. >> is very good to be with you. as a senior spokesperson for the united nation for refugees, yet mama