. >> sunday on q&a "washington post" syndicated finance columnist michelle singletary on her book what to do with your money when crisis hits. >> it is not a matter if there's going to be another economic crisis but when. and so we want to set you up actually for the next crisis. it is not all about covid but what recession is going to come down the road. it may be long, it may be short but life is going to happen. and i need you to prepare now. i do a lot of financial seminars. it is so hard to get people to save up when they are doing well because they are doing well they don't think tomorrow is going to have an issue. you need to save you need to do that i'm going to get to it i'm going to get to it. when a crisis hits everybody is ready to do it but then it's too late. the time to do that is when you have the resources you have the ability to cut. it's easy to cut when you can't pay for anything or things are shut down. and so i wanted to say let's prepare, let's be like that fireman or fire woman that's ready for the next fire. they hope it won't happen but they will be prepared f

. >> sunday on "human day," "washington post -- on q and a, michelle singletary on her book "what too with your money when crisis hits." >> we want to set you up for the next crisis. it is not all about covid, but what recession is going to come down the road. it may be long, short, life is going to happen, and i need you to prepare now. i do a lot of financial seminars in my community, and it is so hard to get people to save and prepare when they are doing well because they are doing well. they do not think that tomorrow is going to have an issue, and so i say, you need to save, and they say, i will get to it. on a crisis hits, everybody is in frugal mode, they are ready to do it, but that is too late. the time to do that is when you have the resources, when you have the ability to cut. it is easy to cut when you cannot pay for anything or things are shut down. so, i wanted to say, let's prepare. let's be like that fire man or woman who was ready for that next fire. they do -- they hope it will not happen, but they will be prepared. >> "washington post" michelle singletary on her bo

. >> sunday on q&a "washington post" syndicated finance columnist michelle singletary on her book what with your money when crisis hits. >> it's not a matter if there's going to be another economic crisis but when. and so we want to set you up actually for the next crisis. it's actually not all about covid what recession is going to come down the road. it may be long, it may be short but life is going to happen andd i need you to prepare now. i do a lot of financial seminars in my community, and so hard to get people to save when you are doing well. because they're doing well. they don't think that tomorrow is going to have an issue. and so i say you need to save, you need to do that, let me get to it. when a crisis hits everybody then, they're ready to do it but that's too late. the time to do that is when you have the resources come when you have the ability to cut. it's easy to cut when you can't pay for anything or things are shut down. and so i wanted to say let's prepare, let's be like that firemen or fire woman who's ready for the next five. they hope it won't happen but they're

. >> "washington post" michelle singletary on her book what to do with your money when crisis hits. listen to over podcasts under new c-span now app. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> i am david rubenstein and the honor and privilege of interviewing joseph ellis about his latest book the cause. and it's a discontent welcome to our show joseph. >> pleasure to be with you, david. >> host: and thank you. for those who do not know he's one of the countries leading scholars the revolutionary war era and area he's a person it's's written 13 books on the subjects. he's a graduate of william and mary got his phd from yale he's a winner of a pulitzer prize and national book award his latest book is a an explanation of why we went to war with the british and why they ultimately ended the war from their point of view i've read all and i've enjoyed this the most i've learned this than any other book so thank you very much for writing this book. >> i am glad to hear that. the author of the book is perhaps the most myopic person in terms of understanding how it will be received. i am happy with that and i hope

. >>> with us now is michelle singletary, the author of "what to do with your money when crisis hits.nance columnist for "the washington post." great to have you here. let's talk about the impact of this credit ending. we saw some stories there with vanessa. it's important for people to understand, they were receiving monthly checks as opposed to when they did their taxes. they were also getting more money, so what is the impact of this ending? >> we know that it lifted millions of children out of poverty, which meant they were eating regularly. they had a roof over their head that was stabilized for several months. it was so important, not a matter of her trying not to work. she was working, and at times taking a second job to make it for her family. it's unfortunate it's not going to continue, at least for a another year while we're still dealing with the pandemic. studies to -- the census bureau asked what families were using the money for, and they were using it for what it was intended to give them a sense of stability in their family. >> one of the women we talked in that piece

. >> sunday on q&a, washington post finance columnist michelle singletary on her book what to do when crisis hits. >> we want to set you up actually for the next crisis. it's not all about covid but what recession is going to come down the road. it may be long, it may be short, but life is going to happen. you need to prepare now. i do a lot of financial seminars in my community. and it's so hard to get people to save and prepare when they are doing well. because they don't think that tomorrow is going to have an issue. and i say you need to save and they say let me get to it. and when the crisis has everybody is in for go mode and they are ready to do it that is too late. the time to do that is when you have the ability. it's easy to cut when you can't pay for anything or things are shut down. and so i wanted to say, let's prepare and be like that fireman or woman who is ready for that next fire. they hope it won't happen, but they are going to be prepared for that. >> washington post syndicated finance columnist michelle singletary on her book. sunday at 8 p.m. eastern on c-span's q

joining me now is michelle singletary, personal finance columnist for "the washington post." to the program. it's great to see. i want to first go into the student loan repayment pawses that president biden announced. it was supposed to end on january 31st, why this reversal today and how does this change things? >> well, there was lots of pressure on the president to extend it because people are still suffering. so there was lot of outcry from consumer advocates, obviously borrowers and people in congress who say listen, people still need this break. even though the administration said that last pause was the absolute last one am but as everyone knows, theandemic and things are just constantly changing. and so that's why they decided hey, let's get people at leastly more months with no payment. >> okay, do you see at this point michelle blanket forgiveness of federal college loans in the offing because the president has also been under pressure by progressive democrats to do that. >> you know, i don't. i think that that is a long shot, there is so much on this list that the

. ♪ >> sunday on q and a, washington post columnist michelle single terry on her book " -- michelle singletary your money when crisis hits." >> it may be long, it may be short, but life is going to happen and i need you to prepare now. i do a lotto financial seminars in my community -- lot of financial seminars in my community, and it is hard to get people to save and prepare when they are doing well. when they crisis hits, everybody is in frugal mode, they are ready to do it, but that is too late. the time to do it is when you have the ability to cut. it is easy to cut when you cannot pay for anything or everything is shut down. let's prepare -- let's be like that fireman or firewoman who are prepared for that fire. >> michelle singletary on her book " what to do with your money when crisis hits," on c-span q&a. >> next week, wednesday the senate rules committee holds a hearing on the capitol police since the january 6 attack. live coverage begins at 10:00 a.m. eastern. we will have coverage throughout the day marking the one-year anniversary of the attack. the supreme court hears two cases r

. >> michelle singletary on her book sunday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's q&a. you