host: nick turner? guest: i appreciate that, that is a role that i live my life according to and i teach my kids to live their lives according to and it's a rule that i expect of my government, what i think is incredibly important, not only should we expect this individual, we should expect government to treat people with a commitment to their human dignity, with commitment to their potential to thrive and be productive members of society and to give them every chance to do so and i bring this back to the discussion that we are having because we have a system again that is massive and when you get sucked into the system the policies we have in place do nothing that the caller would expect the individual and society which is to treat them with s respect and to make investments in their human potential, what we have is a system that punishes the exact retribution, diminishes the humanity of people, ensuring that when theyth get relief they will be even less detached from the golden rule than they might've

nick turner.r: i am wondering are they going to do any changes for the 65%. i was incarcerated and i think the 65% should be passed. maybe that would relieve our funds for the state prison systems to maybe do a better vocation course to better train the inmates for release into society. robert, if i understand your question correctly, and i appreciate it, i believe the 65% you might be referring to is something called truth in sentencing. truth in sentencing means that if someone has been sentenced, a number of states around the country, rather than being able in programs and readying yourself for release, you have to spend 65%, 75%, sometimes 100% of the time -- so it takes the incentives for people to succeed when they come out. -- this is something that i that a preacher of sentencing reform in the 80's and 90's that the federal government played a huge part in expanding truth in sentencing, actually in the 1994 bill saidme that those incarcerated had to .pend 85% of their sentence the federal

. >> nick turner is the president and director of the vera institute of justice.e to talk about criminal justice reform. let's begin with your group, what is your goal? >> first of all let me begin by saying thank you for having me on your show. my organization works nationally

and i figured, "wait a minute, i've talked to tina turner, joni mitchell, stevie nicks -- all the wayre all women. and i wanted to tell some of their stories. >> jimmy: yeah, and who better to tell these stories? i wanna read one line from here it says, "when a man becomes successful and famous, he gets more of everything when a woman gets successful and famous, she loses something. what do you mean by that >> yeah. well, i think gaga said that, but also the idea was bonnie raitt told me when she was married her husband was always referred to as mr. bonnie raitt stevie nicks told me she couldn't bring other boyfriends around fleetwood mac because lindsey buckingham would be furious. and she couldn't have a child because it would have broken up the band there are endless stories in this book about women whose marriages and relationships fell apart when they became really successful and their boyfriends or their husbands couldn't deal with it. their egos just couldn't deal with it. and also, a lot of women gave up their careers when they became mothers there's a whole chapter on motherh

, nick, everyone.n't get to even if you can't provide details of election day nterference, can you describe how significant the attempts were? matt: no. that's easy. big, small, little. maurice turner, i'll do this very quickly. state and local election officials come up with security requirements without consistent funding? matt: no, it needs to be a priority. there has been federal funding through the commission all of what cisa provides with assessments that we provide free. that model has worked. it's a national function to elections, we're not putting money there and the bigger ing, there is trouble. kara: the last question, you on't have to answer this, from this is from kenya. disinformation involved in dictators in african-american and across the world this is true.utely the last question, who is the biggest threat to the u.s., here? my final question matt: from a cybersecurity perspective, it's still the big russia, china, north korea and iran, they all have their what ent focus areas on they do and why they do it. it's those four and no one else is even close. one else is even close. and domestically? att: cyber criminals are both, you know, in terms of the ran aware. it'

nick noviki founded the disabilities film challenge in response to seeing disabilities jub underrepresented in front of and behind the camera. that's at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's q&a. >>> john turner talks about his book, they knew they were pilgrims, plymouth colony and the contest for american liberty. museums on the green hosted this event and provided the video. >> as you probably know, because i live in plymouth, this is the 400th anniversary of the m mayflower voyage to plymouth. if you were here in pe,

nick noviki founded the disabilities film challenge in response to seeing disabilities jub underrepresented in front of and behind the camera. that's at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's q&a. >>> john turner talks about his book, they knew they were pilgrims, plymouth colony and the contest for american liberty. museums on the green hosted this event and provided the video. >> as you probably know, because i live in plymouth, this is the 400th anniversary of the m mayflower voyage to plymouth. if you were here in person, you would see a gala celebration going on daily and weekly, but due to forces bigger than us, that hasn't quite happened. things have been kicked to the curb. but it allowed our guests for tonight that are coming to us from northern virginia, john turner, professor of religious studies at george mason university. he's written a book about the pill dprgrims and brigham young. as much as i would love to welcome you in person, i'm glad that zoom allows us to do this at least remotely. so without further adieu, please welcome john turner. >> i like the virtual applause there, thank you for reading so many books, by the way. that is a wonderful thing. the pilgrims were going f

nick, i'm sorry can't get to everyone. even if you can't provide details of election day interference can you describe how significant the attempts were? >> no. >> okay. easy: big, small, little. and last one, maurice turner, oh, actually, let's see-- yeah, i'll do this quickly. can state and local election officials keep up with security without consistent federal funding? >> i think so. i think it needs to be a priority. i know there has been federal funding from congress through the election assistance commission and all the that cisco developed so i think that model's worked and listen, it's a national critical function that we're able to conduct elections and put the money there and the whole thing-- there's bigger interest you believe. >> last question i'm going to read one, you don't have to answer from kenya. the trusting confidence in the u.s. election system is important to the rest of the world, and -- this is true. and last anonymous attendee. who is the biggest threat to the u.s., that's my final question. >> from the cyber security, big four, russia, china, north korea and iran. they have the focus areas on what they do and why they do it. it's those four from cyber security and no one else