seamus being one of his favorites. citing seamus haney's poem and joe biden and seamus coming together saying the long before a tidal wave of justice can rise up and hope and history can rhyme. it's about trust. it's about hope. it's about optimism. that's what the inauguration was about. when the president said today is america's day, today is democracy's day, that was really true. that inauguration was a breath of fresh air for our country. the inauguration of joe biden as president, kamala harris as vice president of the united states with all of the newness that that presented. first woman, first african-american woman, first asian american woman, the best. not just about democracy but about quality of leadership. so exciting. so now with the biden-harris administration in place, democratic majority that occurred later in the day yesterday when chuck schumer became the majority leader of the senate with the swearing in of three new members. we were very proud of senator padilla of california. just overwhelmed with

so the end of the day to see miranda reciting seamus.heaney's poem and then at the end of the poem joe biden and seamus heaney coming together saying the longed for tidal wave of justice can rise up and hope and history can rhyme it's about trust it's about hope to them that's what the. inauguration i was about. when the president said today is america's day to day is democracy's day that was really true that inauguration was a breath of fresh air for our country you know the ration of president. as vice president of the united states with all of the newness of that that cresent it the woman 1st african-american woman 1st asian american woman the best not just about. democracy but. leadership. so now with the. biden harris administration in place a democratic majority that occurred later and the day yesterday when chuck schumer became had the majority leader of the senate. with the swearing in of 3 members who are very proud of senator byrd the of california just. had that the 2 senators from georgia. ask 3 new senators a new democratic

so at the end of the day to see -- reciting the poem and then at the end of the poem joe biden, seamus heaney, together the hideaways of justice can rise up, and hope and history can rhyme. it's about trust. it's about hope it is about optimism. that's what the inauguration was about. when the president said today is america's day, today is democracies day, that was really true. that inauguration was a breath of fresh air for our country, inauguration of joe biden as president, kamala harris as vice president of the united states, with all of the newness that that presented, first woman, first african-american woman, first asian-american women, the past. not just about demography, but about quality of leadership. so exciting. so now biden-harris administration in place, democratic majority that occurred later in the day yesterday when chuck schumer became the majority leader of the senate with the swearing in of three new members, we are very proud of senator padilla of california come just overwhelmed with joy about the two senators from georgia, jon ossoff and raphael warnock, three

i was stressed seamus on the phone call free press purchases have been gathering at the next new console at the end point of march. i. had the crash will you know i have arrived here all. right you. just arriving. i. was released our shareholders way again and like to stop us 100 may the process. i was saying get rid. of some sort of action in. my. junk. i miss her so. it's not the same stuff go. to the police just trying to forecast various reporters. there you have to go. and. so 1000 people arrested. 1000 arrests and they've made a show of weapons confiscated and stuff i see. it's been a sleepless long night surely all of the journey so sation is looking at whether actually any police stepped over the line but yeah tempers frayed and you go well into the night and journalists will be between protesters and police so it can get chaotic having said all that like it's been a huge part of the biggest sort of impact on traffic i can remember and you saw the probation press today you know one of them burying it or framing this as you know in significant. so i posted this 5253 am it's expres

seamus is one of the leading counterterrorism and terrorism experts in the country. he's been producing report after report for years, for congress and for others. before joining the program on extremism george washington university appointed deputy director he worked at the nctc, national counterterrorism center. before that he was senior counterterrorism adviser on the senate homeland security and government affairs committee. there's an awful lot we should be talking about today in our one hour but i wanted to start with the book and then go on. for those he any ideas please feel free to send your questions into the q&a and i will get as many into the conversation as ii can prefer somewhat to have a conversation with you. first, want to talk about why now this book rocks let me posit something you tell me why i am right or wrong. which is the real hype up isis in the united states was 2014-2015. we kept seeing cases in 2015-2016 but with the dissection of the caliphate and mix of other things you want to mention it's been kind of a here and there set of investigat

use the search box at the top of this page should look for seamus hughes or the title of his book, homegrown. >> i'm excited to be here for the book in a different fashion. i am your host, i am also a writer, i do a lot of things in my everyday life. i'm excited to be here having this conversation with these incredible working working in tech their exception and their experiences. i like to start the session by talking to amy. when you sign up for the session i'm sure you heard that i'm material science and a science writer. she has written this incredible book if you have not seen the cover yet. it is a great read. so thank you so much for joining us today. how are you doing? >> thank you i'm great thank you so much. so that we are so excited to have you. one of the things i really wanted to talk about from the beginning is going through this book it seems like it is a lot about what you say about illuminating the science sciences and history in the gap in history where there are people of color and black women who were influencing innovation but were not really talked about. can you talk a

of course or many people in the afghan government who were involved in in the drug trade seamus and in the other oil and or posting forces this is not a secret everybody knew it it was not very convenient in those days to talk about it because there are political that's worst that was the logic. in 2005 in the region of helmand over 9 tons of opium were discovered in the governor's basement president hamid karzai had to remove him. without his revenue the governors militia change sides his 3000 men join the taliban and upset the balance of power. the region of helmand fell into the hands of the taliban who turned it into the country's leading zone of heroin production. to cut off the taliban's main source of revenue the u.s. beefed up its military response. u.s.b. 52 bombers and us of 22 raptor fighters bomb taliban heroin labs. so here's a. an f. $22.00 fighter costs about $400000000.00 and a heroin lab which sounds fancy but it really is a a mud brick shed with some rusting tin drums and then a cheap electric heater probably 50 dollars worth of equipment. where the u.s. uses its most

joe biden's favorite irish poem, poet, seamus hainey says there are moments in time where hope and historyope is that the republicans can see that this is that time. and we have to respond to this historic moment. >> senator ed markey, we wish you the best of luck. thanks for joining us this morning. >> thank you. >>> several states are this morning really sounding the alarm on their vaccine supply or lack thereof. new york governor andrew cuomo says here in new york the supply will be depleted in a few days and is essentially begging the biden administration for more help now. we'll have more on that, next. sofi made it so easy to pay off my student loan debt. they were able to give me a personal loan so i could pay off all of my credit cards. i got my mortgage through sofi and the whole process was so easy. ♪ express yourself ♪ ♪ ♪ express yourself ♪ ♪ >>> so there was no plan. striking news this morning as sources tell cnn that president biden's team will begin a vaccine rollout plan from scratch. >> how can that be despite inheriting no plan, they are still committing to 100 million pe

use the search box at the top of this page should look for seamus hughes or the title of his book, homegrown >> i'm excited to be here for the book in a different fashion. i am your host, i am also a writer, i do a lot of things in my everyday life. i'm excited to be here having this conversation with these incredible working working in tech their exception and their experiences. i like to start the session by talking to amy. when you sign up for the session i'm sure you heard that i'm material science and a science writer. she has written this incredible book if you have not seen the cover yet. it is a great read.

. >> reporter: seamus hughes is many don't care they have no chance of stopping the inauguration. >>just want to watch the world burn. it is getting to what they want to get to, which is dividing this country. >> reporter: troops marshaling at the national guard arm m armery will be all over the city. armed soldiers are not so easily dismissed. when are they allowed to use lethal force? >> they're allowed to protect themselves and come to the aid of others to protect others. that's all. >> reporter: we saw what happened at the capitol. would that situation in which police were being overrun, does that justify the use of lethal force? >> no, sir. >> reporter: so you could allow a crowd to storm the capitol and take over? >> no, sir. i have a right to protect myself. if you pull out a weapon me and you point it at me, and i'm convinced you're going to try to kill me, i have the right to defend myself. >> reporter: some of the extremists who stormed the capitol once had, or still have, ties to the military. which is why the joint chiefs of staff put out this extraordinary message to all

. >> to watch the rest of the program visit our website, booktv, use the search box to look for seamus hughes and hi book holiday homeground ." >> next, on booktv, senator john mccain's former speech writer and add, mark salter, shares his thoughts on the love of the late senator, then historian katherine grate katz looks the relationship between daughters who attended the yalta conference with their fathers and followed by david davis who provides a history of wheelchair basketball. visit booktv.org for more information or consult your program guide. >> good evening. my co-host this evening is the pulitzer prize-winning and distinguished foreign correspondent and columnist for the "washington post," and i'm happy to say my friend, jim hogeland. hi, jim. >> hi, barbara. do to be here. >> our author is mark salter and the book is ---under -- "the luckiean

watch the rest of this program visitor website booktv.org research box the top of the page look for seamuse the title of his book, all grown. >> you are watching tv on cspan2 on this three-day holiday weekend. television for serious readers, here are some programs to look out for, tonight heritage foundation senior fellow mike gonzalo argues that identity politics of dividing america. and then on her author interview program "after words", adam gentles and his deputy chief of staff performer democratic senator harry reid of nevada suggests the modernization of the senate is damaging american democracy. on monday it's an extra day book tv on martin luther king day, featured programs include whole foods ceo john mackey on leadership, look at the life of malcolm x with tamera payne, former german ambassador to the u.s. wolfgang thought on his challenges facing europe. and katherine flowers on her efforts to improve water and sanitation conditions in rural areas across america. find more schedule information online a booktv.org or consult your program guide. >> good afternoon everyone. i am ro