please welcome megan phelps-roper.was thinking about you when we first learned we were booking you i remember being your reporter in chicago and covering your family's church outside of a church that had come up in support of same-sex marriage. i'd never seen such hateful signs and rhetoric it reminded me of what it was a kid seeing the lynching to pictures of african-americans in the south. just the things that children were curing. there were one of kids. >> yes. when i was five years old my family started protesting gaze at a local park but almost immediately it grew from there. we started protesting anybody who came out in support of any same-sex relationship. people who sit and think against our message we believed that it was the word of god, the unquestionable infallible word of god and it was our duty to be out there preaching these things. i was taught that this is what it meant to love our neighbor my family was quong bible verses in support of all of this from the bible we would men rise these verses. >> tam

megan phelps-roper, everyone. [applause] >> good evening, everyone and thank you so much of a new tonight. my name is megan phelps-roper, and i grew up in a very tightknit family in topeka, kansas. i am the third of 11 children, three girls and eight boys, i would live on a street with dozens of relatives in surrounding houses. just across our backyard was a church we tended every sunday when my grandfather had been the only pastor since its inception in the the 1950s. my mom stamina was vocally talented and the hymns that rang out often gave me chills, or passionate praises to god for his mercy and grace echoing off of the low ceilings and into my welcoming ears. i grew up out of my family. my grandfather had been a well-known civil rights activist, a lawyer from the 1960s-1980s and it won awards from civil rights groups like the naacp in my family had suffered for that work not just the constant vandalism but the physical attacks on my grandfathers elementary school aged children but that never stopped him from

marcus lemonis for steve phelps. >> yes, come with me. >> great.now, i believe in utilizing resources, and i wanted to give skullduggery a real big resource, so i'm gonna take peter and steven to meet steve phelps, the chief marketing officer of nascar. why don't you guys have a seat? i have a great relationship with nascar. it's going on almost ten years. >> hey, marcus. >> how are you? >> i'm well. i'm steve phelps with nascar. >> hi, steve. peter. >> hey, steve. steve koehl, skullduggery. >> hey, steve, how are you? welcome to our new york office. you know, marcus had asked me to take the meeting. this is a little bit unusual for us, but wanted to take the meeting to understand what it is about your company that you believe will help the nascar brand. >> let me go first. steve, why do you think nascar's good for skullduggery? [laughing] >> so, you know, we are in a really good spot at this particular point. the sport's growing. we're really trying to attract a much younger audience, a more diverse audience. you know, we're finding partners to in

and i'm here to welcome her, megan phelps-roper or. [applause] >> good evening, everyone, and thank you as much for being here tonight. my name is megan phelps roper, and i grew up in a very tight-knit family in topeka, kansas. i am the third of 11 children, 3 girls and 8 boys, and we lived on a tree-lined street with dozens of other relatives. my grandfather had been the only pastor since the church's inception in the 1950s. my mom's family was vocally talented, and the hymns often gave me chills. their passionate praises to god for his mercy and grace into my welcoming ears. i grew up proud of my family. my grandfather had been a well known civil rights activist, a lawyer from the 19690s to the 1980s and had won awards from civil rights groups like the naacp. my family had suffered for that work. not just the constant vandalism, but the physical attacks on my grandfather's elementary school-aged children, but that never swayed them from the commitment to racial justice. when i was 5 years old, a new era of my family's legacy began, a

and donna brazile and literary director marie arana and megan-phelps-roper. watch her live coverage on saturday starting at 11:30 a.m. eastern. be sure to catch the texas book festival in october and miami book fair in november on book booktv c-span 2. the poll shows that just over a third of americans believe in person voter fraud is a problem and just as many disagreed. republicans at 44% are more likely to believe it is an issue. than our democrats and independence. it does not reach a majority among any of those groups. almost half of americans believe that voter discrimination is still a problem in the united states while a quarter disagreed. there is nearly a 50-point

literary director maria provides a history of latin america and megan phelps roper recounts growing up with the westboro baptist church. watch live coverage of the wisconsin book festival saturday starting at 11:30 a.m. eastern and be sure to catch the texas book festival in october and miami book fair in november, on booktv on c-span2. >> now portions of yesterday's democratic national committee women's leadership forum, nancy

megan phelps-roper left westboro church in 2012 with her sister. when she left the church, she still loves them and hopes they'll leave westboro as well. >> i thought we were just telling the truth of god and, you know, doing our duty to love our neighbor and these people hated us for it. >> reporter: megan phelps-roper grew up on the picket lines of one of the most infamous and influential churches in america, westboro baptist church. since she was a little girl she listened to the rhetoric that the church claimed as the word of god and others dubbed hate speech. >> louder, ladies. >> reporter: they protested homosexuality, other religions and famously were present at the funerals of military soldiers. >> it was just this very simple understanding of, well, this is -- this dead soldier is a curse from god because of this nation's sins. >> stand there with your [ bleep ] sign. >> reporter: counterprotesters at times clashed with the church and picket lines turned into war zones. >> people would be driving by screaming and yelling and throwing thing

we want to thank megan phelps-roper for sharing her incredible journey.also want to, i have to say this, thank you to the men and women who serve our country whose families had to sit there and watch their loved ones funerals be protested. we are here with you as well. thank you megan. "unfollow: a memoir of loving and leaving the westboro baptist church" is available and members of our audience, you are all going home with a copy of the book. [applause] up next we are going to meet one of america's youngest legend players come is he a part of the future? the future including living in his mom's basement while running for office. that's when you have to see it when we right back. we are talking with truck superstar alec del mike ellis and felix. she says she's being punished for being pregnant. now she's working to change the double standard for women in sports and beyond on the next "tamron hall" " >> tamron: every day someone is saying where's the government going, what is happening around here. apparently it's going to the kids if we are lucky. our nex

joie: we asked 71-year-old judy phelps, a life-long democrat turned die-hard "trumper," to join us. she brought along friends from the local gop, some who had also made the switch from d to r. and the last two years have proven you right, in your mind? >> well in my mind, absolutely. one big thing is that i'm very happy with what he's doing and sticking to his guns. every time i see anything about the border i think, you go! because that's what we need. >> i do believe in the wall that he wants to do, i do believe that he's doing the right thing. joie: what are the good things that he's done for you? >> the economy, boosting people's morale. he's kind of not politically correct, which i love. joie: in this long-time blue stronghold, democrats still hold a big advantage. but even before trump erie county began to see increases in the number of voters who switched from blue to red. >> should democrats be afraid? >> in the short-term, democrats don't have to be afraid. right now democrats in erie county enjoy our 28,000 to 30,000 voter advantage. joie: at mercy hearst university, profe

. >> my answer for everything is mark phelps. >> is too easy.ough there's a great nora efron story. out in the open nobody believed her. give a little description. city police officer later betrayed by al pacino, the audience can yell out. Ãbfamous for what cannot he was a cop who told on other cops. he blew the whistle on corrupt cops. it ended up being he was left the forest after being shot in the face. >> if you've ever seen the movie surfer, that's one of the most harrowing scenes you will ever see the film is when he got Ãhe got shot in the face. >> lexical played in the movie name for her? should be a clue played by meryl streep. good job. i had forgotten this because i forgot the movie. she died in 1974. driven off the road. >> my personal favorite, i have a personal connection with this, in washington it's all about how can i can inject myself in the story, former white house staff member key figure in the monica lewinsky saga? >> linda tripp. >> excellent. jeanne, do you know about that one? >> no i knew linda tripp but i was coming up

literary director maria provides a history of latin america and megan phelps roper recounts growing up with the westboro baptist church. watch live coverage of the wisconsin book festival saturday starting at 11:30 a.m. eastern and be sure to catch the texas book festival in october and miami book fair in november, on booktv on c-span2. >> now portions of yesterday's democratic national committee women's leadership forum, nancy pelosi on the upcoming elections, the impeachment inquiry and the passing of elijah cummings and remarks and democratic presidential candidate joe biden. he focuses on the violence against women act in the trump administration and offered that he would be able to beat donald trump in the 2020 election. ♪ >> house democrats are down with nancy pelosi, the once and future speaker of the united states house of representatives. >> nancy pelosi is the most powerful woman in american political history. >> that characterize the strength -- >> he has been speaker of the house not once but twice. and chief critic of donald trump. >> that is the way you clap when your hus

[applause] i couldn't be more pleased toeie introducing megan phelps-roper for book "unfollow." we were talking in the back, her discussion of life in the religious community, doubt, i decide to leave or stay at how you defend yourself in this context is oneen of those conversations that we need to be having so much me

and in unfollow, megan phelps roper chronicles growing up as a member of the westboro baptist church. richard dawkins challenges the world's religions in outgrowing god. fox news' gregg jarrett in witch hunt. astrophysicist neil degrasse tyson provides answers to the questions on the cosmos that he's received from people around the world in letters from an astrophysicist. and in antisocial, andrew morans argued that the alt-right has exploited the internet to promote extremist views. look for these titles in bookstores and watch for many of the authors in the near future on booktv on c-span2. >> you're watching booktv on c-span2 with top nonfiction books and author it is every weekend. booktv, television for series readers. >> here are some programs to watch out for this weekend. our "after words" guest is washington times national security column bill gertz. of he'll discuss china's efforts to become an economic superpower. on sunday we'll be live of with journalist and best selling author naomi kline for our monthly call-in program "in depth." she'll answer your questions. also on s

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the plaintiff is a gay man who was fired from his job as a child where phelps -- child welfare services employee. got tousses how the case beat supreme court and what the court's decision could mean for lgbtq writes. >> good afternoon, everyone. my name is thomas brewer, i'm a former president of the national press club. thank you for being here this afternoon, i'm looking forward to the discussion. i promise to be nicer than the associate justices were in interrupting when they made their arguments. we are here because of this gentleman to my left, gerald bought stock who lost his job because of his sexual orientation. he was an award-winning child welfare advocate in the casa program in clayton county, georgia. he took the program to unprecedented levels of success and he's making a difference in the lives of neglected children in his community, all of that changed when the county learned that he was gay. he's been encouraging his friends to join a gay softball league. the fascinating part of this case and we will learn about how the supreme court arguments went this morning, goes bac

like to say nobody turns the thermostat and now you are all of a sudden cynically engaged in michael phelps did not just jump in and start swimming so what happened to you as a child that gave you the confidence to be providing the service that you did? thank you again. >>. >> my mother taught public school 25 years just outside of philadelphia so to do that yes i can go out and give what little bit i have. >> i was always inspired by my grandmother she did everything for herself and was very independent but was diagnosed with ovarian cancer ten minutes before i started but she passed away one month before my graduation but i know she's here with me now and very proud of m me. >> those that i attribute to my service with my fourth grade teacher she gave me an award called the mister goodbar award to help those fellow in the class with learning disabilities and gave me the award to help get the work done so that has shaped my experience as well. >> one of my high school teachers really was the person how to be aware and she did that with each of her students that helped me through my past ye

there are 100 different types of organizations this douglas phelps has been involved with has done fundraisers for joe biden, barack obama he worked for this organization and credited this organization teaching him all he needed to know how to win campaigns. believe him. believe barack obama this is how they learned this. this is the way it works. a title i c-3 which is a not-for-profit if you make a donation then the 501(c)4 can engage in more politics but have a dad - - a different tax treatment how you can write off your taxes. but the 501(c)3 organizations he could make a 10 million-dollar donation and get a tax benefit from doing so. but my nonprofit hires a for-profit to do fundraising. they will put on t-shirts the aclu, southern poverty law center, and then they will start knocking doors and say we are raising money for planned parenthood. are you with us or against us? what does that tell you about that person? will they vote for democrat or republican. you hate planned parenthood? you think they're awful ding ding ding now we have identified a voter we don't want so because the for-p

it was amy phelps from the san francisco zoo who tracked her down in 2010 to bring her back into a communityf sad advocat. >> i think ann's reappearance is part of a movement. we like to say that the time for giraffes is now. that now it's their turn. they really are finally getting the attention that they've needed and it's people like ann and films like this one that make regular people aware of something that they really would have no way of knowing about. >> the population of giraffes in the wild has declined by 30% in 30 years. that's why here at the zoo the act of allows visitors to feed the giraffes is intentional. the hope is connection. and with connection awareness, action, and funding. >> the giraffes here at san francisco zoo are absolutely the ambassadors to their wild cousins. >> abc7 news. >>> we got to save the giraffes. okay. next a sure sign that halloween is just around the corner. you see it right here. prizes that a huge pumpkin like that can land someone at the annual half-moon bay weigh off. hey, shaq. it's a 30 second tour. no man it's like... now it's 26. welcome abo

it was amy phelps, a curator at the zoo who tracked her down in 2010 to bring her back into a community of advocates. many of them in the bay area desperate to raise the profile of giraffes. >> i think ann's reappearance is part of a movement. we'd like to say that the time for giraffes is now. that now it's their turn. they really are finally getting the attention that they've needed and it's people like arn and films like this one that make regular people aware of something that they really would have no way of knowing about. >> reporter: the population of the giraffes in the wild has decreased by 35% in 30 years. here at the zoo the act of letting visitors feed the animals is intentional. the hope is connection and then funding. >> the giraffes here at the zoo are the ambassadors to their wild cousins. >> reporter: in san francisco, abc7 news. >>> next a sure sign that halloween is just around the corner. a prizes. a huge pumpkin can land someone at halloween is awesome. [trick or treat] yes, yes, yes, yes. [screaming in fear] yay. [laughter] yes! thank you. tto harrison, the wine tc

megan-phelps-roper. watch her live coverage on saturday starting at 11:30 a.m. eastern. be sure to catch the texas book festival in october and miami book fair in november on book booktv c-span 2. the poll shows that just over a third of americans believe in person voter fraud is a problem and just as many disagreed. republicans at 44% are more likely to believe it is an issue. than our democrats and independence. it does not reach a majority among any of those groups. almost half of americans believe that voter discrimination is still a problem in the united states while a quarter disagreed. there is nearly a 50-point gap between republicans and da democrats on that question. 24% of republicans and democrats agree voter discrimination is still an issue. you can read the full results on cspan.org. >> mick mulvaney announced the next g-7 summit will be held at one of president trump's golf resorts. mulvaney was asked of the decision to withhold military aide from ukraine. >> hey guys. first thing's first. i want to comment on mr. cummin cummings' passing. i was in congres

i hope you drive by blue phelps and see the simple, yet profound transformation. i don't know if i'm breaking the big news, but we got $2 million in the budget this year to develop a program called rec spark which will bring free, dynamic and culturally recreation to youth in public housing. we're going to bring recreation to them with the hopes of kind of getting them to come to maybe a drop-in program at the nearest rec center and then participate in structured recreation with a scholarship. one more. i don't usually include pictures of our general manager in the presentation, but that is so cute. and this is an awesome program. i appreciate the time that he gives to coaching it, and to fundraising. bayview united soccer team, which is an example of a personal effort to bring more equity to our world. and this is the kind of thing that we're trying to encourage across the department. >> president buell: is he really cute? [laughter] >> smiling anyway. finally, i know you've heard about the india basin project. and the equitable development plan that is part and

it was amy phelps, a curator at the san francisco zoo, who tracked her down in 2010 to bring her backocates, many of them in the bay area desperate to raise the profile of giraffes. >> i think ann's reappearance is part of a movement. we'd like to say that the time for giraffes is now, that now it's their turn. they really are finally getting the attention that they've needed and it's people like ann and films like this one that make regular people aware of something that they really would have no way of knowing about. >> reporter: the population of giraffes in the wild have declined by 30% in 30 years. some sub species by 85% in ten years. that's why here at the zoo the act of allowing the visitors to feed the giraffes is intentional. the hope is connection. with awareness comes action, attention and funding. >> the giraffes are absolutely the ambassador to the wild cousins. >> chris reyes for abc 7 news. >> beautiful animals. hopefully we can increase those numbers. >>> you can get the latest news any time with the abc 7 news app. it has enhanced livid yes features, more customizati

it was amy phelps, a curator at the san francisco zoo, who tracked her dn to bring her back to the communityvocates, many in the bay area desperate to raise the profile of giraffes. >> i think ann's reappearance is part of a movement. we like to say that the time for giraffes is now, that now it's their turn. they really are finally getting the attention that they've needed and it's people like ann and films like that one that make regular people aware of something that they really have >> reporter: the population of giraffes in the wild has declined by 30% in 30years, some subspecies by 85% in ten years. that's why here at the zoo, the act of allowing visitors to feed the giraffes is intentional. the hope is connection. and with connection, awareness, action, and funding. >> the giraffes here at san francisco zoo are absolutely the ambassadors to their wild cousins. >> reporter: in san francisco, chris reyes for abc 7 news. >> don't you just love giraffes? >>> next, a sure sign that halloween is just around the corner. the prize is a humongous pumpkin. >>> here are the winning numbers from

and megan phelps roper recounts growing up as a member of the westboro baptist church. watch our live coverage of the wisconsin book festival today starting at 11:30 a.m. eastern. and be sure to catch the texas book festival in october and the miami book fair in november on booktv on c-span2. .. coming up in the next hour we will speak with local authors about the city's history and learn how it came to be known as a glass capital of the world. later the toledo van band crash of 1931. we begin our special feature with the city's mayor. >> i think places like toledo are often taken for granted there is a such wonderful history here. they had built things. the first big break that this region got was when the glass pioneers moved from the east coast primarily boston. drawn by rich reservoir natural gas. brought his glass company to toledo and opened a plant on ash street in north toledo. it's on the same site today. the glass industry was big and important into in toledo once did that. as the economy changed and things evolved we started building other things also. about

michael phelps did not jump in the pool when he was 18 and start swimming. what happened to you as a child, name a person or an event that happened to you as a child that gave you the confidence to be providing the service that you did? and by the way, thank you again for that. just want to hear a quick anecdote. person? teacher? parent? >> who wants to take that one? what triggered you? >> my mother taught public school for 25 years just outside of philadelphia. essentially to do that for 25 years, yeah, i can go out and give what little bit i have to everybody else. (laughs) >> so from an early age, i was always inspired by my grandmother. she was the most selfless person i ever met and did everything for herself and was very independent. she unfortunately was diagnosed with ovarian cancer about ten months before i joined youth build. she always wanted to see me graduate. she unfortunately passed away a month before my graduation but i know she's here with me now and she's very proud of me. >> anybody else? >> this question i have numerous people that cont

grassroots campaign incorporated there are hundred different types of organizations that this douglas phelpss been involved with, he's done from fundraisers for joe biden, barack obama, wet and work for this organization, credited Ãbas teaching them all he needed to know about how to win campaigns. believe him, believe barack obama, this is how they learn how to do this. here is the way it works. you are a 501(c)(3) which is non-for profit and if you get make a donation to get a tax write off. then there's 501(c) four which are allowed to engage in more politics but have a different tax treatment on how you can write off your taxes. but these 501(c)(3) organizations as a not-for-profit this gentleman could go make a $10 million donation is going to get a tax benefit from doing so but that's nonprofit organization is hiring a for-profit organization, grassroots campaign incorporated who will do fundraising. they will put on t-shirts, aclu, southern poverty law center, planned parenthood, then they will start knocking doors. planned parenthood will go knock on the door and say raising money $5

based on my experience and consulting with staff and michael phelps of the house intelligence committee did anyone tell you whether pompeo was on the call or not? >> nobody told me about that. >> you don't have any basis for thinking whether or not it was unusual? >> i don't know whether he was on the call or not. >> we're told he was on the call. just interesting thing to note. we'll see if he comes and testifies what he knew about it, fred, i appreciate you making your case here. it's good for the audience to hear and i appreciate you making it. be well. >> 20 years. that's my analysis. the rallying cry of the president and people around him, investigate the investigators. they want to do it now. who is this whistle-blower? is he even a real american? is it even a real he? they want to know that with everybody who investigated them. so who better to talk to than two people on that list, andrew mccabe and jim baker. what do they think of this situation? look how hard they're trying not to laugh. let see how it goes in the interview itself next. full of good. so you can be too. try our

michael phelps did not jump in the pool when he was 18. and start swimming. what happened to you as a child, name a person or an event that happened to you as a child that gave you the confidence to be providing the service that you did. and by the way, thank you for that. -person,anecdote teacher, parent or experience. >> who wants to take that one? >> my mother taught public school for 25 years just outside philadelphia. years, yes, i 25 can go out and give a little bit i have to everybody else. >> let's take the show on the road. [laughter] >> from an early age, i was inspired by my grandmother. she was the most selfless person i met she did everything for herself and was very independent. she was diagnosed with a very cancer 10 months before i joined youth build. and she wanted to see me graduate. she passed away one month before my graduation, but i know she is here with me right now. and she is very proud of me. >> anybody else? question, numerous people that i attribute to my service. i would give this to my fourth grade teacher. she gave me an award c

a little guy named william phelps. very patrician. he was -- caught in the block a very wealthy got another member of rich family. he did not like the chaos of the street. just blockade and he was a child at the time, he was think it is only 12 wagons here this is not. we must be able to do something. as i got older in 1903, he convinced the police department to institute a set of rules. there it is, the things we just take for granted. turning left the other car has right of way. that spreads very state and local agents come together particularly 1920s begin to create a uniform code one of the problems is you could be driving mississippi alabama and will change. also on the left is a traffic light. this is fascinating to me. you come to an intersection, there's a traffic light. you have to stop. running red light is one of the most dangerous things that happens. red like cameras are supposed to stop that. a rotary which we see coming in i'm talking about modern traffic rotary's as anybody been on a newest road we have you noticed is

director provides a history of latin america and megan phelps roper recounts growing up as a member oftboro baptist church. watch our live coverage of the wisconsin book festival saturday, starting at 11:30 eastern. catch the texas book festival and the miami book festival on c-span. >> washington journal mugs are available at c-span's new online store. go to c-span.org and check out all of the c-span products. washington journal continues. host: delicate stacey plaskett at our table this morning, we thank you for being here. on the your thoughts passing of congressman elijah cummings and what it was like to serve with him on the oversight committee. thisr: this -- guest: would have been my third term with representative cummings on oversight and he really was a mentor to me in many ways. you have heard so many reflections from individuals in the past day and the thing that stands out so much about him is he was a man of god. people talk about the fact that both of his parents for sharecroppers and they came to baltimore, he was born and raised there, but what is more important to know

and in unfollow, megan phelps roper chronicles growing up as a member of the westboro baptist church. also being published this week, richard dawkins explains why he became an atheist in "outgoing god." fox news' gregg jarrett argues the i mueller investigation was weaponized to hurt president trump in witch hunt. neil degrasse tyson provides answers to questions on the cosmos that he was received in "letters from an astrofizz vis." 9 and andrew me rants argues about the alt-right. watch for many of the authors in the near future on booktv on c-span2. >> booktv recently went up to capitol hill to ask members of congress about their reading lists. >> congressman congressman gerry from virginia's 11th congressional district, what are you reading? >> well, i've read a lot of really wonderful books. the one i'm reading right now is max hastings new book on the history of the vietnam war from 1945-1975. this is terrific. i'm not yet finished with it, but i'm getting close, and it, i mean, it's just gripping x. a lot of it is also told from the vietnamese point of view, both the viet cong a

arthel: our legal panel, trial attorney rachel phelps and former prosecutor david schwartz.'m going to start with you. is this charge too steep for a 9-year-old, or it a justifiable charge in and what's the defense argument? how is it going to play out in court, and will this be tried in court? david, i'll let you answer also as well. rachel in. >> this case is -- thank you so much, arthel. this case absolutely horrifying, a straight-up tragedy and very, very disturbing. however, charging this child with five counts of murder is broad, broad overreach. everybody here familiar with the idea of mens rea or the guilty mind, and what that boils down to is they're going to need to prove -- murder is a specific intent crime. so they're going to need to prove that this child not only intended the crime, but understood the consequences of this action. there is no way that they're going to be able to establish that vital element to a jury, and i think that really it's way overcharged here. arthel: david? >> i agree with that. you know, the bottom line is a 9-year-old does not have th

megan phelps roper recounts growing up as a member of the westboro baptist church. live coverage of the wisconsin book festival saturday at 11:30 a.m. eastern. be sure to catch the texas book festival in october. on book tv on c-span two. washington journal mugs are available at c-span's new online store. go to c-span store.org. check out the washington journal mugs and see all of the c-span products. >> washington journal continues. votedyesterday, the house 354-60, with 129 republicans joining democrats to oppose the presidents withdrawal from syria. we want you to let us know what you think about this debate. here is eliot engel. during the debate, he drafted this bipartisan proposal with mike mccall, who is the wrecking republican on the homeland security committee. [video clip] >> what kind of message does this send to the world? how can america be trusted to keep its word and we disc -- when you betray one of our close partners, loyal and faithful partners? just throw them out like an old shoe. how can america be trusted to keep its word when we make impulsive

he's now chief strategist with duff and phelps institute.as nothing to do with trade? i'm sure that the chinese think it does. we're saying it doesn't. does it or doesn't it? >> look, i think that there is -- i think i'm optimistic i think we're optimistic about, you know, the future of the negotiations that means they're trending them in a better direction. >> is this the time you do the black listing of the companies is this sending another -- china does things, too they've got other ways of needling -- >> you're 100% right i think what happened, we came pretty close to a deal several months ago there is a -- remember, there's anti-u.s. forces in china just as there are antichina forces in the united states. when the respective folks came back to the respective corners you had push back. what we've seen is some cage rallying and the resetting of expectations within each country, each market what sets the tone for i think some good talks coming next week i hope that helps you. >> it seems like it's gotten much more complicated. >> no questi

if you think back to watergate we didn't know mark phelps identity until 12 years after nixon left office -- the inspector noted this individual had a bias against the president. 18 days between the call and filing the complaint and went to adam schiff and failed to disclose that. >> the president incriminateed himself on the south lawn. >> bill: there is a lot we do not know. thank you, ladies. welcome. we hope you come back. >> you can have other guests. i like these. >> sandra: thank you. a new twist in the murder trial of a dallas cop. why the family of the key witness in the guyger trial want an investigation why joshua brown was killed days after her conviction. >> there are issues with the integrity of her department why not apply that same concept to say we must get this right for this family to restore trust in the community and bring in an outside agency. great friends. you just saved a bunch of money by switching your boat insurance to geico. it was easy. folks, can it get any better than this? is that what i think it is? that is an armada of tiny sushi boats. awesome! i forgot

va nessa vanessa phelps will be on bbc london radio seven and i'll be back in half—an—hour. first british woman to reach the shot put final in 36 years, while at the athletics world championships in doha. she'll be here to tell us aboutjuggling twojobs and how her grandad still drives her to training! grammy and emmy—award winning singer, harry connickjr, will be here to tell us about his love for piano and recreating classics from the great american songbook. performance poet, hussain manawer, has worked with the likes of ed sheeran and ellie goulding, and uses the power of poetry to talk about mental health. he's joins us ahead of his first uk tour. i think he will be performing live. he is fantastic. the foreign secretary dominic raab has urged his us counterpart, mike pompeo, to allow a diplomat‘s wife to return to the uk and face police questions about a fatal traffic accident. 19—year—old harry dunn died in august, after his motorbike was hit by a car near raf croughton, in northamptonshire, a military base used by the us air force. the main suspect, named as anne saco

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there is a little guy named william phelps he recalled in 1867 getty called in the blockade. this was horses and wagons. he was a wealthy guy. another person from a rich family. never drove. it was before automobiles. he did not like the chaos on the streets. he's on his blockade. he was a child at the time. there are only 12 wagons here, this is nuts. we must be able to do something. as he got older, in 1903 he convinced the police department, to institute a set of rules. there it is. posted on a placard. things that we take for granted. state to the right. turning left, the other car has the right of way, those kind of things. that spreads various state and local come together, critical in the 1920s. they begin to create a uniform code. one of the problems is, you could drive to mississippi from alabama and the rules changed. and on the left is the traffic light. this is fascinating. you come to an intersection, there is a traffic light. you have to stop. running a red light is one of the most dangerous things to happen. red light cameras stop that. but a rotary, which you