joining us is moderator is a fellow at the national review institute is senior editor of the national review and an author of numerous books including liberty if history of -- and john marshall the man who made the supreme court. he was new york historical alexander hamilton. i was delighted to be able to work with him and in 2008 president george w. bush awarded him the medal and a white house ceremony. tonight's program will last one hour 50 minutes with questions and answers questions can be submitted via the q&a function on your zoom screen. we have disabled the chat function tonight but join the q&a. our speakers will get to as many questions as time allows and now i am happy indeed to share in our on the stage with tonight's speaker. thank you. >> thank you louise. thank you for joining us. it ties a pleasure and an honor to be at the new york historical society and it's always a pleasure to be with professor amar. he is a deer friend and has been for years and he has written a terrific book "the words that made us" america's constitutional conversation, 1760 to 1840 and your bo

many were partisan because back then they had a partisan affiliation like the national review today orepublic or the nation like "the new york times" and the "washington post". >> that they did not pretend not to be. >> and german language newspaper and i have hundreds of citations to newspapers and those that came before us because until ten years ago or five years ago they were not online and word searchable that now they are due every academic can get jews will have to go through 40 different cities now i can just find them online. but the truth is i didn't really look at too many german language which are m around that i don't speak german. host: what about religious diversity in america during this. is that a problem? or is that a benefit quick. >> it isen a challenge. madison talks about that and federalist ten between the baptist and the anglicans. but today they say they're all christian. but i promise you it only takes to to kill each other and any two things will do. protestants and catholics will do there is religious warfare anybody will do christians and jews, jews and mus

joining us is moderator this evening is richard brookhiser a fellow at the national review institute is senior editor of the national review and the author of numerous books including -- a history of america's professional idea and john marshall. he was historian and curator for new york historical society on christian alexander hamilton and i was delighted to have worked with him. and in 2008 president george w. bush awarded him the national humanities medal in a white house ceremony. tonight's program will last one hour and 50 minutes for questions and answers. the questions can be submitted via the q&a function on your zoom screen. in the interest of simplicity we disabled the chat function so please remember to use the q&a. our speakers will get to as many questions as time allows. and now i am happy to turn our virtual stage over to tonight's speakers. thank you. >> thank you louise. thank you akhil. he is a deer old friend and has been for years and he's written a terrific book, "the words that made us" america's constitutional conversation, 1760-1840. and akhil your book cover

at nine 45, national review columnist john fund with his book our broken elections in which he arguesiberal views, the covid-19 pandemic, to change the election system and make it more vulnerable to fraud. at 3:05 p.m., deirdre mccloskey with her book which looks at a new kind of economics that focuses on science and a better understanding of human action. at 4:35 pm, futurist and economist george gilder talks about the dominance of artificial intelligence in his book. at 10:00 p.m. eastern on afterwards, ben shapiro discusses his new book the authoritarian moment, in which he argues the progressive left is pushing an authoritarian agenda in america. he is interviewed by eric, taxes . watch book tv every weekend on c-span two and find a full schedule on your program guide or visit c-span.org. "washington journal" continues. host: reid wilson is the national reporter for the hill. here to talk about information that came out with the 2020 senses and the impact it may have on redistricting. guest: thanks for having me. host: in a piece you put out, the five takeaways, particularly about

>> and on your screen is author, national review columnist and longtime wall street journal editorial writer john who has a new book coming out in november called our drunken elections. how the left change the way you vote. before we get into all that mister find and get a preview of your notebook how do you rate the state of the world today? >> very confused. everything is incomplete flux and chaos. the american people as you know are polarized and i really believe that we have reached the point where people of goodwill from all sides have to step forward and say it's time forcommon sense . time to reject extremism and it's time to recognize this country as real challenges both written and domestic and frankly, parts of the media are not helping because they're focusing on trivia. >> how did we get here. >> i have to say that in a broader philosophical sense the lust for political power from whatever party it is is a dangerous thing. when the government gets so big that it controls so much of the economy, so much of thedecision-making power , people will fight for the power and they

laura: you documented this brilliantly on this show at "national review" and picked it apart. republicans went along with it. 17 republicans, i will say their names night after night because it is embarrassing however we need a movement in this country that stands up across the board against all this unlawful government season of power from the people and we headed into thousand 9 into 2010, made a difference in retaking congress. what are the chances that kind of movement can be organized again? >> just because the overreach has gotten so egregious and republicans aren't doing anything and one of the things the tea party movement did that was significant was for the first time republicans and members of congress had more to fear from going to washington, spending and rubberstamping new spending, they actually felt pressure to cut spending and return to constitutional principles and now you have republicans rolled by biden and keep in mind the scam keeps getting worse. for weeks and months republican supporting this said the bill would be fully paid for. laura: i want to show

scam and is likewise calling for something resembling a new age tea party, phil quam, of the national review, i was asked of some those tea parties and they were demonized, ridiculed, but those people in 2009-2010 made a real difference. what is happening now on the ground? >> i mean, it is really upsetting what is happening, and what is happening is that joe biden, he violated his oath of office by deciding that he was going to implement a law, or a regulation -- an order in this eviction moratorium that the supreme court said was illegal and to that joe biden himself had said before issuing it to that it did not pass constitutional muster. his adviser said that not only did biden kick the tires, but he double, triple, quadruple checked it and even a more limited order wouldn't -- had no legal base. a >> laura: we know what they did, you have documented this brilliantly appeared on the show and in the national review, you are one of the few to pick it apart, republicans went along with this, 17 republicans and i will continue to say their names night after night, because it is embarrassing,

current editor of national affairs and senior editor of the new atlantic and contributing editor to national review. please join me to welcome our guest. [applause] >> thank you very much. i appreciate that i remember the list of questions. it was very daunting to look at you checked through them one by one. i'm quite sure i offer no useful answers but i was very impressed. it is my pleasure to be here and or mislead humbling to see so many friends gathered here to appreciate what it has done for me since i was an undergraduate and what it has done for so many people like me who have looked for substance and community to try to make their way through and often hostile culture to be connected to the ideas that are central to us as americans. we were talking about how energetic isi is and how great the publications are. this is a high watermark for isi. also thank you for this extraordinary honor. especially given the other fantastic books you might have chosen this past year, even among those finalists. i can tell you having read them they are all better than my book. [laughter] i am not ashamed to

anonymously, many newspapers back then had a partisan affiliation, many of them are like the national reviewthe nation, i think the new york times is on one side -- they didn't -- >> lincoln reeves newspapers and rights op-ed but also owns the paper, there were german language newspapers, i have hundreds of citations to newspapers, one of the big things in the book and not because i'm better than the folks became before but it's because until ten is ago or five years ago they went online and word searchable and now they are to database every academic house, america's historical newspapers so i don't produce 40 different cities and find positive newspapers, i can just find them online but the truth is i didn't look at too many of the german language newspapers which are around because i don't speak german. >> one questioner is asking about religious diversity in america, is that a problem or is somehow a benefit? >> is a challenge madison will take that powerfully putting on experience even in virginia between baptist if anglicans but today we say christian. i promise you, it only takes two t

part of an op-ed because the newspapers back then did not have a partisan affiliation or the national review today or the new republic of the nation and thehe ideological newspapers i think the new york times on one side and the washington post. he also owns a german newspaper and they were german language newspapers. i have hundreds of sites citations that's one of the big things in the book is not be better than the folks that came before us but until ten years ago, five years ago they were not online and searchable and now they are through database every academic and get through america's historical newspapers. i don't have to go to 40 different cities and find moldering piles of newspapers i can find them online but the truth is i did not look at too many as a german language newspaper which are around because they don't speak german. >> one question about the religion diversity in america during this period and is a problem or is that somehow a benefit. >> is a challenge in madison could've theorized that building on experience even in virginia andd the baptist in the anglicans. today w

and many were partisan and the newspapers back then had a partisan affiliation, more like the national review today or the new republic of the nation, they're ideological newspaper and i think the new york times is actually on one side and "the washington post." >> and they didn't tend not to be. >> lincoln reads newspapers and writes op-eds, but he owns a german language newspaper. there were german language newspapers, and i have hundreds of citations to newspapers. and that's in the book. that's not because i'm better than the folks in the books, but 10 years ago, five years ago they weren't word searchable. and now they are, america's historical newspapers. i don't have to go to 40 cities and go through moldering miles of newspapers. i went on-line and i didn't look at the german language newspapers which are around because i don't speak german. >> one questioner is asking about the religious diversity in america during this period and is that a problem? or is it somehow a benefit? >> it's a challenge. and hamilton-- excuse me, madison is going to theorize that building on experience in v

joining us as moderator this evening is a senior fellow at the national review institute, a senior editornational review, and an author of numerous books, including "give me liberty, a history of america's exceptional idea" and john marshall, the man who made the supreme court. he was historian curator for new york historical 2004 exhibition alexander hamilton, the man who made modern america. i was delighted to be able to work with him back then. and in 2008, president george w. bush awarded him the national humanities medal in a white house ceremony. this program will last an hour including 15 minutes for questions and answers. your questions can be submitted via the q&a function on your zoom screen. in the interest of simplicity, we have disabled the chat function tonight, so please do remember to use the q&a. our speakers will get to a as -- get to as many questions as time allows. i'm happy indeed to turn our virtual stage over to tonight's speakers. thank you. >> thank you, louise. thank you, akil for joining us. it is always a pleasure and honor to be at the new york historical soc

at 9:45, a national review columnist with his book.e argues that liberals used the covid-19 pandemic to change the election system and make it more vulnerable to fraud. at 3:05 p.m., an author with her book which looks at a new kind of economics that focuses on science and a better understanding of human action. at 4:30 five, an economist talks about the future dominance of artificial intelligence in his book. at 10:00 p.m. eastern, broadcaster and journalist discusses his new book in which he argues the progressive left is pushing an authoritarian agenda in america. he is joined by a syndicated radio talk show host. watch american history and book tv every weekend on c-span2 and find a full schedule on your program guide or visit c-span.org. >> sunday, a c-span series january 6 continues. three more members of congress share what they saw, heard, and experienced that day including a democrat from minnesota. parks at that very moment when the police officer announced that we should take cover, a representative from arizona was objectin

at 9:40 five, national review columnist john fund his book, "our broken elections" in which he arguesiberals used the pandemic to change the election system to make it more voluble to fraud. at 3:05 p.m., deirdre muska skate -- deirdre mccloskey with her book that looks at new economics that focuses on science and human action. at 4:35 p.m., futurist and economist george gilder talks about future dominance of artificial intelligence in his book "gaming ai." at 10:00 p.m. eastern on afterwards, ben shapiro, conservative author and activist, discussing his new book the authoritarian moment in which he argues the left is pushing an authoritarian agenda in america. he is interviewed by radio talkshow host eric but taxes -- eric metaxes. what book tv every week and on c-span2 and find a full schedule on your program guide or visit c-span.org. ♪ >> c-spanshop.org is c-span's online store. there is a collection of c-span products. browse to see what is new. your purchase will support our nonprofit operations. you still have time toward the congressional directory with contact information for

to the federalist and her writings have also appeared in "the wall street journal," fox news, national review, "newsweek" and other national media. helen has also served on several boards and commissions in metro denver where she lives with her husband. those include the colorado state advisory committee to the u.s. commission on civil rights and several others. but what impresses me most is her courage and her love of america and our precious freedom. helen became a citizen in 2013. and she takes her oath to protect and defend the united states of america very seriously. by publishing her latest book which is of course for sale out here in the lobby and she will be signing after tonight's event, her book "backlash how china's aggression has backfired." helen is shining a spotlight on the repressive tactics of the chinese communist party and is providing a wake-up call to americans who embrace socialist ideologies like those she and her families painfully endured in china. for this display of courage, helen has been ruthlessly attacked on social media and regularly receives hate mail in her i

laura: you don't follow the wall street journal "national review," yours truly, any number of people online writing about economics for 35 years. >> make it harder to pass the 3.5 trillion. them. makes an -- you realize america is going >> to forever. >> tell us everything -- i know -- $110 billion for roads and bridges. laura: you could have gotten that without giving away the store but you are talking loudly because you are trying to really -- >> to get that trillion. laura: when they pass the 3.5 trillion will you come back and say you're wrong? >> somehow even though we have made -- i will come back on the show. if it still happens this is the blame. that logic is specious and you know it. laura: i don't think i ever heard senator cassidy talk so loudly to democrat. congressman jim banks of the republican study committee blasted this infrastructure bill. congressman, 17 gop senators, mitch mcconnell, romney, all these guys in the senate, very well respected in the business community. why was senator kennedy wrong? >> this bill is twice as long as the bible. there is the senator t

some of the authors you'll hear from include economic historian eardrum plus the and the national review's john fund. find a full schedule on your program i revisit booktv.org. now from freedom fest libertarian author attorney carla derek carla gericke discusses her point of view and the freestate project . >> carla gericke is the author of this book "the ecstatic pessimist: stories of hope (mostly)". i want to ask you a question i have never asked an author before . what was i reading west and mark what was ireading ? >> you were reading a collection of my essays and short stories over time. it was an amalgamation of the work i did when i did my mfa in city college in new york. those are award-winning short stories and there's a lot of political polemic i guess in there. a lot of essays, blog posts and opinion pieces i've written over the years mostly on my wall with the free state project. >> what is the free state project ? >> the free state project is in libertarian movement. trying to attract libertarians to the state of new hampshire. a mass migration movement so what we're trying to

. >> laura: you don't follow, you don't follow "the wall street journal" national review, yours truly coming in a number of people online that are writing about economics. for 35 years? >> it makes it order to pass $3.5 trillion. >> laura: no, no, no. you made it easy for them. make them show their text first. you realize that america will be changed forever. >> everything you have, -- >> laura: they can't pass it. senator, i know you are doing this, senator. >> $110 billion for roads and bridges. >> laura: you could have gotten that without giving away the storm, but i know you are talking loudly because you are trying to be relate -- but it's just not working. >> they are less likely to get $3.5 trillion. >> laura: okay, when you pass $3.5 trillion to come back on the show, would you say you are wrong? >> oh, somehow -- >> laura: yes or no? okay, no. >> even though, it somehow happens, this is to blame. laura, that is specious and you know it. >> laura: senator, we appreciate you coming on tonight. i don't think i've ever heard the senator talk so loudly to democrats before but i lo

at 9:45, a national review columnist with his book in which he argues that liberals used the covid-19 pandemic to change the election system and make it more vulnerable to fraud. at 3:0 5:00 p.m., a historian with her book which looks at different kind of economics and a better understanding of human action. and a futurist and economist talks about the future dominance of artificial intelligence in his book. on afterwards, a conservative podcaster and journalists talks about his book in which he argues the progressive left is pushing an authoritarian agenda in america. he is interviewed by a nationally syndicated radio talk show host. watch american history and book tv every weekend on c-span2 and find the schedule on your program guide or c-span.org. >> sunday, c-span series january 6 views from the house continues. three more members of congress share stories of what they saw, heard, and experienced that day. >> at that very moment when the police officer announced we should take cover, i stood up at the back of the gallery on the second level. a representative from arizona was obje

national review. and then we would dog ear pages. so there is one time on marine one and i have a flashback. and then to present myself with t critical thinking skills. >> and with purpose and with meaning. >> you know what it p was like to brief president bush. you are on top of it. that the punchline was i finish the briefing take a deep breath and he stands up and says that sounds crazy to me but i guess you know you are doing. so as all things information. but you always wanted to be an anchor? but what do we are role models? >> not only the newspapers that because we lived in the mountain time zone we could see i believe abc news and then nbc news because the way the time works we got a full hour of network news and local. because if you want to be of the networks for how many decades there were no women at the top of that profession if you want to be her you have to see her. and starting to the local news as a job how do you climb this letter? it seems really hard. so i did want to be in local news but so how do you get ahead q

writing in the national review magazine, ill-conceived policies have unleashed thousands of criminalsppling with a d incarceration crisis that's costing the lives and the eroding of the rule of law. if for more, we ask steve the dog who got out of prison to weigh in. >> steve, steve, what you thing about getting rid of mug shots? good or bad idea? steve, what about arson? to support sending stuff on fire? wait, steve, before you go, steve, what are you doing later? >> greg: steve is a dog a few words. kat, we know what you're going to say, it's bad they incarcerate drug offenses. let's get that out of the way, and let's get people who are violent and disgusting in prison forever. >> how about we talk about somebody in my year we paid several hundred of dollars for fred savage buried him i don't know who that is sorry, i was like a fetus at the time. >> greg: that joke was not worth $200. $300. i'm having a flashback, i hung out with fred savage. yes, i did. not too long ago. nice guy. a very nice guy. >> we talked about his past. >> you didn't get along well enough for you to get a pi

news and report, "newsweek", national review. we have them all.hen we would mark the pages with little notes. and i do think back. i had a flashback to the dining room table, and i thought how important it was for me as a young girl to have to present myself those critical thinking skills. >> that is an excellent point. and also being able to do so concisely and effectively with meaning. >> if you know what it's like to greet president bush, you have to be on top of it. >> at one time did a briefing and i will bore anyone the story, but the punchline was i finished the briefing, i took a deep breath and sat me on the back and said that sounds crazy to me but i guess you know what you're doing. so that was quite interesting to me. so you always wanted to be an anchor? this was a dream forys you? >> because he lived in the mountain time zone, we b could e bbc news and then nbc news because the way that the time works so we got a full hour of network news and local news as well. and when you think back to it i wanted to be an anchor but in my mind i

so actually i wrote this article for national review using this as an example. using those threats in japan he could not depend on china for its minerals so it does to thing of japanese government to form a task force that they stand there is so those that have rare earth minerals to have the technology or money so there was a task force and those other countries and then to diversify the x is with innovation the solar panel companies to innovate to reduce the dependency on rare earth minerals and finding alternative materials that you could use. it was painful but because the japanese effort but it's not 90. so it can be done but the thing is that we are businesses. and to be show surfside on —- so shortsighted. and then the national security issue and then to reduce the dependencies. just with the polar opposite we are not there. and those that would say that's what we will do. and then not worry about the backlash. that is a national security issue. what about the media to join the backlash? can happen. >> i don't know. [laughter] >> and all for social justic

i love national reviews. i'm all over the board. the main thing people have to do is hard to do. our information -- i want to find people who agree with me because it makes me feel better. you have to train yourself to get away from that idea. understand that the villain icing that we've done on all sides, it wasn't just donald trump. we were building up to this point over the last few decades. from my point of view, this started around 1996 with robert bork and this escalated from there over time. i don't know how you unwind it. it takes somebody to be mature and not take advantage. the problem we have right now, we are continuing to do the same thing. raise money, say something outrageous and put it on youtube. gateway pundit has made a bank on the secretary and i. >> you have been in the eye of the firestorm of misinformation. any thoughts on how we stop this? >> i think all these things play themselves out. eventually, people will find being angry and bitter isn't a selling combination anymore. people will start moving on with their lives. >> there's no sign of that happening

so andy mccarthy with national review defense may and he gets hammered, he gets hammered for daring to defend me. the attribute his defense of my thesis to racism. anders on a couple different talkshows and is accused by racism. that is how bad it was. that is the mindset of the obama administration. by the time they hit the ground running in january 2009 is that white american interior say anything about it you remind that you are white american reviewer black american you are reminded to an uncle tom. that is the introduction of that era. what's curious about the book, obama's book obama's plan here is my book by the way, what's curious about obama's book is his choice of enemies. donald trump is one he limbs throughout the book. he is one of the republican he goes after. the only republicans he speaks well over john mccain and abraham lincoln. there's one republican he singles on focuses on surprise everyone to read the book. this person was the one who unleashed the dark spirits in the conservative movement. these are racist spirits. everything in the future of racism who is that o

national review says, they are referring to the virginia governor who was caught in a picture that wasist in nature is the easiest way to say it, whether he was the guy in blackface are the guys in the kkk outfit. he didn't step down. governor cuomo doesn't seem like is going anywhere. says of the state legislature chooses to not impede or remove cuomo it will be sending the signal of this behavior but not consequential. the message is clear: sexual harassment is wrong unless you're sufficiently politically powerful because in those circumstances people are willing to avert their eyes and pretend it didn't happen. where do you put the odds on him leaving office either by resignation or impeachment or sticking around? >> i think it's 50/50. i live in virginia, so i remember when governor northam was on the ropes and every democrat in the state was calling for him to resign. today this moment, he is still the governor. we don't know what's going to happen to andrew cuomo. there were not calls for impeachment and the rattling of those charges in the virginia state legislature like there a

as the national review's charles b. cook tweeted biden's position was this sort of thing was always going to happen which is why it caught us by surprise. which underscores why we're leaving and that's why we need to strike back so the mission will go on. thursday night on fox news, former president trump responded in kind. >> this tragedy should never have taken place. it should never have happened. and it would not have happened if i were your president. >> like i said, i'm a believer in inevitability in this case. so i can't accept all that donald trump said either. i'm sure there were better ways to stage this withdrawal but iams also pleased that we're getting out. if i sound like i'm speaking in circles maybe i am. i prefer to call that nuance. i hear people describe this as black or white. no shades of gray or purple. it's simply that. this is most summarized by a caller to my radio program on friday. don, the father of a marine currently stationed in afghanistan, here he's telling me what his son just told him.

pessimist. 9:45 national review columnist john fund his book our broken elections in which he argues liberals used the pandemic to change the election system and make it more vulnerable to fraud. 3:0 5 pm deirdre mccloskey with her book bettering human dominance which looks at a better understanding of human action and at 4:30 5 pm futurist and economist george gilbert talks about the future dominance of artificial intelligence in his book gaming ai. at 10 pm eastern on "after words" conservative podcast or and journalist and schapiro discusses his new book the authoritarian moment in which he argues the progressive left is pushing an authoritarian agenda in america . he's interviewed by nationally syndicated talkshow was eric the taxes. watch american history and book tv every weekend on c-span2 and find a full schedule on your program guide or visit c-span.org. >> annette gordon-reed on the 245th anniversary of 1776, are we that exceptional nation we often tell ourselves we are? >> we're certainly trying to be. >> in what way? >> i think there are a number of peoplein society who a

. >> and on your screen is author, national review columnist and longtime wall street journal editorial writer john who has a new book coming out in november called our drunken elections. how the left change the way you vote. before we get into all that mister find and get a preview of your notebook how do you rate the state of the world today? >> very confused. everything is incomplete flux and chaos. the american people as you know are polarized and i really believe that we have reached th

. >> on your screen has author, national review coldness wall street journal editorial writer john has

i want to read something from andy mccarthy writing at national review.not just slashing the in country troop presence but surrendering bagram and in a consciously chaotic and sneaky way that deprived the afghan forces and orderly transfer at a time when they were under siege and steadily losing their u.s.-dependent capacity to function, the biden administration agreed there would be no turning back from the decision to pull out a matter how bad things got, u.s. commanders would have no military options. as somebody who knows firsthand how critical it is to have places to land or planes, to take off, what you make of this decision about bagram? >> this is the linchpin that caused things to fall apart. there's no doubt. there was a lot of errors made, the pulling out of military personnel before civilians and our afghan allies, leaving behind military equipment, significant military equipment without a proper turn over to our partners, believing bagram airfield in the dead of the night i think about two in the morning without really notifying our partners

. >> and on your screen is author, national review columnist and longtime wall street journal editorial writer john who has a new book coming out in november called our drunken elections. how the left change the way you vote.

victor davis hanson who has been looking at this with us this afternoon a senior fellow at the national review institute. good to have you with us. i'm struck as i listened to this general talking about what a great job we're doing with these families once they get here. i think that's wonderful. but i can't help but think that they shouldn't have had to come here in the first place. the idea was that they would be protected as thriving in their own country. we saw all of that has fallen apart in short order the past several weeks in afghanistan. what did you think as you listen to this today? >> well, i share your feelings. they can give us all the information about the extraneous but can't give us any information about how 13 people died, what are they going to do to prevent it. general mckenzie said yesterday they're working with the taliban. they have the same agenda as we. we want everybody out but august 31. that's a lie. their agenda is they want everybody out by august 31 with the greatest amount of death and hu mallation and destruction. our agenda is to get them out with none of that