so, i was delighted when another supreme court justice, sonia sotomayor, agreed to sit down with me. third time. i've talked with her before. she's amazing. people love sonia. she has an inspiring life story which she tells in two new children's books: "turning pages" and "the beloved world of sonia sotomayor." and i recently sat down with justice sonia sotomayor. in our nation's capital. >> stephen: the supreme court of the united states. in just a moment, i'll be sitting down with justice sonia sotomayor, over there, at the library of congress. they wouldn't let me film in there. i'm not entirely sure why. but, that's nice, too. justice, thank you so much for talking to me today. >> it's so wonderful to see you again, stephen. >> stephen: what's been going on in the supreme court lately? i haven't heard much. anything-- anything exciting happening? >> just read the newspapers. >> stephen: but what's the hot gossip? who's a diva over there? >> we all are. ( laughter ). >> stephen: congratulations on not one but two new books. got them here. "whose boat is this boat?." i'm sorry-- >>

as you know our host tonight is justice sonia sotomayor. we are pleased to have her with us tonight and want to think or on behalf of the society for giving her time when we call upon her to participate in events like this. it is quite important to us and quite important to you. we very much appreciate it. i will tell you briefly a bit about the justice. she is a native new yorker, born in the bronx, very unhappy about last night baseball game, i gather. undergraduate work at princeton and went to yale law school, then joined the district attorney office in new york county as an assistant district attorney. she was a litigator in the international and commercial law area. that attracted attention and before long, she had become a federal district judge on the southern district of new york. six years later she became a circuit court of appeals judge on the second circuit. that was 1998 and 11 years after that, she found herself here in the supreme court. so she, and one other justice in the modern era, justice charles whitaker, are the only

. >> we're talking about the beloved world of sonia sotomayor. the young adults book her autobiography of my beloved world, her best-selling autobiography of a couple of years ago. zoey goes to school in hampton virginia, she has a question.go how did books open the world to you? something you write about? snoen well wrote about that zoey. it's called "turning pages: my life story." you'll see me walking up the supreme court steps and in my left hand is a little key. and i tell people when they look at the key remember it's the key to my success. and the book explains that that key was books opening the world to me. you see, we live in our neighborhoods. we know our family, we know our friends, we know our teachers. and our classmates and maybe some of their families. lbut the world is a very, very big place. and in many ways we're very small persons. one person among billions and billions of people. and the only way that i could access that very big world and even the bigger universe, was through books. books let me see possibilities i .never kn

>>> tonight on the axe files, one on one with supreme court justice sonia sotomayor, weighing in on brett kavanaugh's bitter confirmation battle. >> i know you guys are sort of cloistered but not cocooned, how do you shift from the inside. the shifting dynamics on the back. >> do i expect i might be dissenting a bit more, possibly gl a . >> and her journey to the highest court in the land. >> this is not something you found in a law book. this is what you have lived. >> it is what i have lived. >> welcome to the axe files. justice sotomayor, so good to see you again. good to be with you. >> it's always wonderful to see you, daifld. >> i w-- see you, david. >> i was telling you before, i found your book, your biography, your memoir, absolutely riveting and you have written two more books, derivative of it for young people. i want to talk to you about that. we're in this room, this conference room at the supreme court, surrounded by portraits of the chiefs who have presided over the court, and i just wanted to spend a couple of minutes on the moment that you think the court is in now. i kno

and at noon, an interview with supreme court justice sonia sotomayor. at 1 p.m.astern, trump 2020 campaign media advisory board member june allowed in discusses her book, "my politics." and, national review columnist jonah goldberg with his book. our live coverage continues at 10:30 a.m. eastern with allender sure with discussing his book "the case against impeaching trump. a.m., lisa court from the guardian on her book. at 2:55 p.m., fox news politics editor on his book "everyman and king." john kerry, with his memoir, "everyday is extra." book fair life this weekend on c-span 2's book tv. makes on a gregory discussion on lessons learned fm elections, and looking ahead for democrats in 2020. this is just over one hour. good morning, welcome. i'm sure this is going to be a week that is full of postelection analysis for most of us, definitely for the folks on the panel. going to bel it is so much more fun than last cycle. the vice erickson, president of social policy and politics at third way. thank you for joining us. if you are joining us on the livestream or wa

i want to go back outside again and start crying and see sonia sotomayor. she is my touchstone but i feel it's coming but going to have to be a massive revolution and has to come from ongoing people like in my era, the of 60s. >> has to come from automatic -- all of us. you what enabled the new deal, not only was franklin roosevelt elected president in 1932, he was elected with on the wave of a genuine movement. there was a democratic wave, progressive wave, in that election and it continued into '34 and '36 and so he was able to make these wholesale changes in american life, say, bernie sanders had been elected in 2016, but say he had gotten the congress we have now, he would have been able to do very little. so, i think what is it going to take? i think it's going to take -- there's a thing in the book i call the fantasy industrial complex, and basically it's media saturation, we are inundated with screens and messaging, practically every minute of our day, and i think it makes us numb and dumb. and i don't think it necessarily makes us evil but it makes

the discussion took place in a supreme court chamber with introduction by justice sonia sotomayor. prime time on c-span 3 at 8:00 eastern. >>> coming up this weekend on book tv, saturday at noon eastern, the southern festival of books from nashville with adam parker and his book outsidage tater, the civil rights struggle. followed by a discussion on the political divide with jennifer kavanaugh and michael rich, authors of truth decay. on sunday our coverage continues at 1:00 p.m. eastern with elliot born and his book "let the people see". at 8:05 p.m., "new york times" talks about her book "to obama." >> the woman with the gold tooth was in south carolina at a rally for obama in 2007. the rally was a bust. no one there but a small gathering of local folks needing something to do. obama was looking out at the emptiness. fired up, ready to go, the woman with the gold tooth shouted. and as it on cue, the people around her repeated her words, began to chant, and the rally went from dismal to glorious. it can show you what one voice can do, that one voice can change a room he said over

justice ginsburg has given speeches, sonia sotomayor, has spoken.process. president trump doesn't seem to respect that. if he doesn't like the courts following along, that's all that the courts are doing is following the laws as they are written. he should be going to congress and ask asking them to change e law. judges are supposed to be impersonal, and most are. >> ebony: let me ask you this real quick. we have heard from ruth bader ginsburg it, we have heard from other justices, but we never hear from justice roberts. he has a rather quiet justice. so for him, i think many are in all that it is him this time coming out and speaking not so subtly around what many view as the protection of the political nature of the court, and what you are speaking about right now. i am asking do you think the timing of the cabin i hearings and what many across the country saw as a very partisan divide, when it comes to the court, and i know that is all land to know justices want to go to, do you think that played a part? >> absolutely. i think he is saying he is

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you had a fascinating conversation with supreme court justice sonia sotomayor.ould have been talking about this couple, how polarized the country is right now. let's play that for everybody. >> i'm a citizen. there are things that happen, whether it was the shooting, recent shooting in the synagogue or other things of that nature that have occurred, that strike my soul. that obviously make me very, very sad. if that's a reflection of the suspicion with which we're treating each other at times, it's a sad statement. we all have families we love. we all care about others. we care about our country. and we care when people are injured. and unfortunately, the current conversation often forgets that. >> i was watching that, i was wondering if that impacts the court. i mean, she's saying we're not immune to the news. we're not immune to what's going on in the world. >> absolutely. it was really interesting to watch her navigate all of this because she feels strongly that the court should be apart from partisan politics, and she said she recoils from this notion of con

. >> david, you sit down with supreme court justice sonia sotomayor for the upcoming episode of "thefiles." here's a clip. >> surely you know this clip is going to be probably for the duration of your tenure on the court a conservative court. >> i don't know what that word means. conservative, liberal. those are political terms. do i suspect that i might be dissenting a bit more? possibly. but i still have two relatively new colleagues. one very new colleague, brett kavanaugh, and neil gorsuch. and we've agreed in quite a few cases. we've disagreed on a bunch. but you know, let's see. >> mr. axelrod, she sounds almost optimistic. >> yeah. well, i think she sounds like you'd expect a supreme court justice to sound. she's very conscious of the fact that there's a certain comedy expected of the court. and she does talk about how the politicization of the process is disturbing and the perception of the court as a political institution. but what was really interesting was when she got into some fundamental issues based on her own life story, affirmative action, for example, when she talke

at noon an interview with supreme court justice sonia sotomayor with her book, "turning pages." at 1:00 p.m. eastern, trump 2020 campaign media advisory board member gina louden discusses her book, "mad politics." at 3:45 p.m., jonah goldberg with his book, "suicide of the west." on sunday our live coverage continues at 10:30 a.m. eastern with allen discussing his boo "the case against impeaching trump." and then at 11:15 a.m., guardian columnist alyssa court on the middle class with her book, "squeezed." at 2:55 p.m., fox news politics editor chris discusses his book, "every man a king." at 6:00 p.m. former secretary of state john kerry with his memoir, "every day is extra." watch the miami book fair

after that it's justice sonia sotomayor taking questions there students across the country. live coverage on booktv. [inaudible conversations] >> good good morning again and e take your seats. we're about to begin. thank you so much. good morning again. i am marilou harrison, and i'd like to welcome you to miami book fair, the 35th edition. i'm so proud to have served as a volunteer for 29 years and loving every minute of it. [applause] so thank you so much. miami-dade college is so proud to host miami book fair here at our college that serves over 165,000 students. and talking about, you know, students, faculty and staff, those are among the hundreds of volunteers that make miami book fair happen each and every year. in addition to that, i'd like to recognize the many youngsters from our school system, from our area institutions as well as others in the community who also volunteer their time to make sure that this book fair is as special as it is every single year. and as you know, miami book fair is actually year round. so thanks to all, particularly miami book fair's cir

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supreme court justice sonia sotomayor joins axe files what she told justice kavanaugh when he joineds are sort of clo cl clois teared but not cocooned. how do you view it from the inside? how does the family community adjust to those moments? >> i'm going to steal a line from one of my colleagues, a story, actually, not a line. >> okay. >> and it was justice thomas who tells me when he first came to the court another justice approached him and said, i judge you by what you do here. welcome. and i repeated that story to justice kavanaugh when i first greeted him here. now, i've november him, and of his work, but when you are charged with working together for most of the remainder of your life, you have to create a relationship. the nine of us are now a family. and we are a family with each of us are our burdens and our own obligations to others. but this is our work family. and it's just as important as our personal family. we probably spend more time with each other than most justices spend who have spouses, with their spouses. >> david axle road is joining us host of axe files. than

at noon, an interview with supreme court justice sonia sotomayor with her book, "turning pages." at 1 p.m. eastern trump 2020 campaign media advisory board member gina loudon discusses her book, "mad politics." and at 3:45 p.m., national review columnist jonah goldberg with his book, "suicide of the west." on sunday at 11:15 a.m. guardian columnist alyssa court on the middle class with her book, "squeezed." at 2:55 p.m., fox news politics editor chris stirewalt discusses his book, "every man a king." and at 6 p.m., former secretary of state john kerry with his memoir, "every day is extra." watch the miami book fair live this weekend on c-span2's booktv. >>> michelle obama's autobiography was recently published and is already number one on most bestseller lists. she's on book tour now speaking to tens of thousands of people in arenas across the country. here's an excerpt. growing up, everything that mattered was within a five block radius; my grandparents and cousins, the church on the corner, the gas station where my mother sometimes sent me to pick up a pack of newports and the

she is one of the four liberals on the supreme court with elena kagan, sonia sotomayor and stephen briar. if she left and gave donald trump another appointment, it would be six republicans, and the republican advantage, which is already in tact with the confirmation of brett kavanaugh, would be expanded. so it's enormously significant. >> she's made it very clear she had no intention -- prior to this accident, that she has no intention of stepping down any time soon. >> she is about five feet tall. i would be surprised if she weighs 100 pounds. you went through the medical ailments she's had. the only thing i can add to that is that this woman is as tough as any nfl linebacker i have ever encountered. i mean, this woman is just fe o ferocious and determined to stay on the court so that donald trump doesn't appoint her successor. however, 85 is not the new anything. you know? i mean, she's very old. >> 85 is 85. >> 85 is 85. >> broken ribs are not necessarily, you know, a sign of, you know, a major life threatening disease. but it's a big deal, and we're going to have to see if she rallie

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at noon an interview with supreme court justice sonia sotomayor with her book, "turning pages." at 1:00 p.m. eastern, trump 2020 campaign media advisory board member gina louden discusses her book, "mad politics." at 3:45 p.m., jonah goldberg with his book, "suicide of the west." on sunday our live coverage continues at 10:30 a.m. eastern with allen discussing his boo "the case against impeaching trump." and then at 11:15 a.m., guardian columnist alyssa court on the middle class with her book, "squeezed." at 2:55 p.m., fox news politics editor chris discusses his book, "every man a king." at 6:00 p.m. former secretary of state john kerry with his memoir, "every day is extra." watch the miami book fair live this weekend on c-span 2s book tv. >>> the white house national council peter navarro discussed policy on national security at the center for strategic and international studies. this is an hour and 10 minutes. >>> good morning everyone and thank you for joining us here on it this morning's discussion of the security. we are so pleased that dr. navarro has agreed to come and t

you will also have a chance to see and speak with justice sonia sotomayor.has written a children's version of her best-selling autobiography "my beloved world," and she will be taking questions from students across the country. we have an educational department at c-span, and we solicited questions from teachers and students who participate in the c-span classroom initiative. she will be taking those questions at about noon today. some of the other folks you will michael, hislude newest book is about presidents during wartime. he will be taking your call. gina loudon have a book out called "mad politics ."'s,erin: ." she will be talking about her book and politics today and how she perceives it. john grisham will be speaking. we will talk to jonah goldberg. that is today. tomorrow, john kerry will be on in the afternoon, julian castro as well. this weekend during the miami book fair, we will show you footage from michelle obama's book tour. -- kept it off tuesday night she kicked it off tuesday night from the united center in chicago. how much of the street

the discussion took place in the supreme court chamber with an introduction by justice sonia sotomayor. american history tv in primetime tonight on c-span3 starting at 8:00 eastern. >>> coming up this weekend on booktv, saturday at noon easter the southern festival of books from nashville with author adam parker and his book, "outside agitator: the civil rights struggle of cleveland sellers j jr." >> our coverage continues at 1:00 p.m. eastern with elliot and his book "let the people see: the story of emmett till." at 8:05 p.m., jean marie talks act her book, "to obama, with love, joy, anger and hope." >> the woman with the gold tooth was in greenwood, south carolina, at a rally for obama in 2007. the rally was a bust. no one there but a small gathering of local folks needing something to do. obama was looking out at the emptiness, fired up, ready to go, the woman with the gold tooth abruptly shouted and as if on cue, the people around her repeated her words, began to chant, and in an instant, the rally went from dismal to glorious. it shows you what one voice can do, that one voice ca

at noon an interview with supreme court justice sonia sotomayor on her path to the high court with her book "turning pages." at 1:00 p.m. eastern, trump 2020 campaign media advisory board member gina louden discusses "mad politics." at 3:45 p.m., national review columnist jonah goldburg with his book "suicide of the west." on sunday our live coverage continues at 10:30 a.m. eastern with alan dershowitz discussing, "the case against impeaching trump." at 11:15 a.m., guardian columnist alyssa court on "the middle class." politics editor chris steyer discusses his book, "every man a king." at 6:00 p.m. former secretary of state john kerry with "every day is extra." watch the miami book fair, live this weekend on c-span 2's book tv. c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies. today, we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and public policy events in washington, d.c., and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite

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supreme court justice sonia sotomayor introduces the professor after brief words from a society's advice resident. >>> i am jerry levin, i am the vice president of the historical society. i want to welcome everybody here to our first lecture

with chiefterview justice sonia sotomayor.mps campaign media advisory board member discusses her's book. p.m., jonah goldberg, with his book suicide of the west. on sunday, our live coverage continues at 10:30 a.m. eastern with allender show with discussing his book the case against impeach trump. alissat 11:15 a.m., quart on the middle class with her book squeezed. then, chris steigerwald discusses his book, every man a king. and it 6:00 p.m., john kerry with his memoir. fair, liveiami book this weekend. >> c-span was created as a public service. today, we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress. and public policy events in washington dc and around the country. c-span has been brought to by your cable or satellite provider. >> yesterday, senators jeff flake and chris coons talked about their bill to protect special counsel robert mueller from interference by the white house. shortly before this news conference, mitch mcconnell blocked the floor vote on the bill. this is 15 minutes. >> thank you for being here. w

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sonia sotomayor, you want me to go through all of it or shall we stop now?e can stop. >> sandra: a moment to take in after everything that's happened. thursday night football on fox. the saints suffered a big loss to the dallas do you boys 13-10. cowboys defense stopped a 10-game-winning streak for the saints. >> bill: big victory for dallas. i think the saints scored 180 points two weeks ago. 10 in dallas. good defense on dehalf of the cowboys. >> sandra: all about the defense? >> bill: i was expecting them to carry on. president trump doing high stakes wheeling and dealing now. this isn't settled yet. is there a deal to be made with china? congressman sean duffy reacts coming up next. plus this. >> sandra: amazing new video from california. a sheriff's deputy reports his own close call with the deadliest wildfire in state history. - [narrator] meet the ninja foodi, the pressure cooker that crisps. it's the best of pressure cooking and air frying all in one. with tendercrisp technology, food will be juicy on the inside, crispy on the outside. (upbeat drummi

"the beloved world of sonia," the young reader's decision, and she has an even younger edition of the book, "turning pages," want to show you that cover now, justice sotomayor, you will see her later m during our coveragef the miami book fair. thank you. [applause] >> mr. beschloss thank you for your time. do you get anybody complaining about being at the miami book fairen? >> host: in your talk in texas you were talking about the fact that we have invested a lot of power in the president of the united states and that can affect judges. >> michael: our founder were worried about that because they were worried that our presidents were trying to be like kings of england. what they specifically wanted to make sure was that no president could get us into a war single-handedly or almost overnight. and in over 20 years, that's the lstory of my book, i tell the story of 8f9 guys who took us into major wars and grabbed more power for themself, and made it possible in our own time and also made it possible for a president to take us into war with little input from congress. guest it isfl telling the last time a president asked congress to declare war was 1942. >> mi

. >> as you know, the host tonight is supreme court justice sonia sotomayor. we are pleased to have the justice with us. we want to thank her for giving her time when we call upon her to participate in events like this because it is important to us and you and we appreciate it we will tell you briefly about the justice. she is a native new yorker born in the bronx and very unhappy about last night's baseball game with the boston red sox. undergraduate work at princeton and went to yale law school and joined the district attorney's office in new york county as an assistant district attorney. after several years, they entered the private practice in new york and was a litigator into the lawyers. that attracted attention and before long she became a federal district judge on the southern district of new york pick six years later she became a circuit court of appeals judge on the second circuit in new york. that was 1998. 11 years after that, she found herself here in the supreme court. she and one other justice in the modern justice is charles whitaker and the on

doing presentation on the beloved world of sonia sotomayor, that's coming up next from miami on book tv. while we are switching out the guests we want to show you a little bit of author gina lowden on our after words programs from a month ago. >> you know, here is the thing about our president that's fascinating and i want to give people assurance, he's not traditional politician, right, you and i know that, he's disruptor at his core. [laughter] >> but you look at his fame of origin, his birth parents, family, fascinating, i love that part of it. >> i was hoping to get to the birth order. >> the birth order fascinating, but also i think his personality type is fascinating which i don't know for sure, i have not done and i point out clearly a psychological evaluation with the president but he did tweet about me so after the book so i'm pretty sure he approved of some of the things i've said at least but do i believe that he is of such a sound mind in the ways that matter, you know, for such a time as this to serve our country in the capacity that he is, i believe all of his life expe