carol swain, pick up a copy of her book. she mentioned it. dr. swain, thank you. >> thank you.lian. jillian: the taliban marching on the northern city of kunduz after capturing six cities in the last few days alone. but the biden administration showing no signs of stepping up air support. congressman august pfluger, a colonel in the air force reserve, joins us next. jillian: good morning. welcome back. the taliban gaining control of six afghan capital cities in less than one week. now afghan military pilots are reportedly quitting amid the danger, leaving government forces even more vulnerable. here to react is texas congressman and air force veteran, august pfluger. thank you for being here. appreciate your time. >> thank you, jillian. good morning. jillian: of course. so let's go ahead and take a look at the numbers here, 19 military pilots left the air force in recent weeks, eight pilots have been killed in recent weeks. how do you think the biden administration should be responding to all of this? >> well, this is what makes it so important when have you a conditions based

join the conversation with your phone calls, facebook comments, and tweets for carol swain, on book tv. ♪ we are back with a discussion on voting rights legislation. ken cuccinelli, who is the national chair of the election transparency initiative. welcome to you both. thank you for being here. i want to begin with what the house did earlier this week. it passed the john lewis voting rights advancement act of 2021. here is what the registration says. it is captioners -- it establishes new criteria for preclearance before changes to putting practices may take effect, and outlines factors courts must consider when hearing challenges to voting practices such as the history of official voting discrimination. lisa cylar barrett, let me go to you first. what is the impact of this legislation? descendant has not passed it, but what do you think it would do? guest: first, thank you so much for having me this morning, for having this discussion. we are at a critical point in our country, so thank you. this is really important legislation. the voting rights act was designed to enforce voting rig

join the come first asian -- the conversation for carol swain live at noon eastern on in-depth on book tv. >> president biden held a virtual briefing today to discuss the federal government response to hurricane hideout, including where fema administrator as well as governors and local mayors of louisiana and mississippi affected by the hurricane. pres. biden: good afternoon. we are waiting for a couple people, we are going to get started. thank you for joining me. the fema director is on. i am here with my senior advisor . and senator from louisiana. what i'm going to do is make a brief statement and tell you what we are going to do for them, and hear from you. i know you're busy as the devil. you have a lot to manage in your states, the fact is, we both want to hear from you. we know hurricane ida has the potential to cause massive damage. is what we saw. we already know, at least one confirmed death, and that number is likely to grow. we've got a million people in louisiana without power. for time, ida caused the mississippi river to change direction. some folks are still dealing wi

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chair of the 1776 commission, carol swain on in-depth. how critical race theory is burning down the house. join the conversation. your phone calls, facebook comments, texts, and tweets. live at noon eastern on c-span. ♪ >> house speaker nancy pelosi held a briefing with reporters this morning on the legislative agenda from capitol hill, this is about 25 minutes. >> good morning, everyone. i want to salute my caucus for the values for excepting the budget, the build back better initiative. the team effort for us to win the vote. i want to salute the distinguished majority leader. kathleen clark, all of the members of the leadership who work so hard on this. it was not just about that vote. it was about how we proceed and make it law within the next couple of months, six weeks, whatever. really the vision of the president, he had said i want to do what i can in a bipartisan way on infrastructure but it is not the totality of my vision. my vision is to build back better, not only with physical infrastructure but personal infrastructure. i am

. >> september 5, carol swain is our guest on in-depth. her recent book is "black eye for america." join the conversation with your phone calls, facebook comments, text and tweets for carol swain on september 5 at noon eastern on in-depth on book tv. ♪ host: good morning and welcome to washington journal. the united states has lost some members in afghanistan and killed a member of isis-k that killed the dozen americans and more than 100 afghan citizens. this comes as the white house imposed deadlines of leaving the country this week. but with an active terrorist threat now and afghanistan some in washington are calling a president joe biden to leave boots on the ground to protect american lives and our afghanistan allies. our question for you this morning, should we extend our exit deadline in afghanistan? we open up regular lines. that means republicans, we want to hear from you at (202)-748-8001. democrats, your line is (202)-748-8000. independents, we want to hear from you at (202)-748-8002. we open a special line for afghanistan veterans. if you were part of the conflict in afg

join us for carol swain september 5 on "in-depth" on book tv. >> pentagon press secretary john kirbynd u.s. central command commander, general kenneth mckenzie, provided updates on the suicide bombing at an airport in kabul, afghanistan. this is half an hour.

so the best swain, having someone so close to, to the president found one that was the son in law of government, the nasa. and later the president said that was invaluable, full accumulating information and close to the decision making as was the case or for any coin. these are the spy in the moscow's a few years earlier. at 1st the suggestion that ashcroft more one, a man at the very heart of egyptian society, at spite or israel seems implausible. ah, the, what's intriguing about the my one case. again, there are many things that we don't know what we do. i think fairly well documented from the israeli side, not from the chips and site. is that one offered his own services to this, right? these there are several stories about how my one was recruited as an israeli spy. one comes from newly bod, joseph, and also who's written extensively about israeli intelligence. in 2016, bon joseph, published the angel, the egyptian spy. who saved israel. this account of my one's life says he was code named the angel by israeli intelligence. the book claims that my one phoned the israeli embassy i

join us for carol swain september 5 on "in-depth" on book tv. >> pentagon press secretary john kirby and u.s. central command commander, general kenneth mckenzie, provided updates on the suicide bombing at an airport in kabul, afghanistan. this is half an hour. >> good afternoon, everybody. today, the briefing will belong to general mckenzie. general, can you hear me? gen. mckenzie: i can see and hear you fine. >> the general will have brief opening remarks and we will address the events in kabul in -- and the evacuation mission and where we are, where we are going. i will moderate the questions as we have done before. i will call on you before you ask your question. identify yourselves and your outlet so the general has an idea who he is talking to. we have 30 minutes and we have a hard stop at 3:30. general mckenzie come over to you, sir. gen. mckenzie: it is a hard day today. as you know, two suicide bombers and isis bombers designated at -- detonated at the airport and hotel which is adjacent. the attack at the gate was followed by isis gunmen who opened fire. we know 12 u.s. ser

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the government is hoping to increase its vaccination rates during another nation. wide locked out. swain high explains in large part of sydney, the streets and now off limits. at night, around 2000000 people have been ordered to stay home from 9 in the evening until 5 in the morning. because you covers areas of city most affected by the latest outbreak of the coven. 19 delta variance, any one chord violating it could be fined and ordered to isolate for 14 days. but as the new restrictions were coming in, the leader of new south wales was already talking about easing some for people who were fully vaccinated. that's now around 30 percent of the state's population. obviously our 1st and foremost priority is to protect human life until it's fairly as possible while we do that. but we also have to accept that there's been no fatal nation on the planet that escapes the delta strain that escape having cases. and we just have to be real about that. but the handling of the situation by new south wales has increased tension with the leaders of other states. they say the virus must be suppressed b

now i have captured broad swain's of territory, including vital border crossings with iran and pakistan. now government forces and i've gone on trying to prevent 3 key cities from falling to the taliban as they fight the group on multiple fronts in an attempt to reverse major military setbacks . taliban fighters have long had a presence in the southern city of kandahar where violence has been intensifying with rockets raining down on the cities airport and all flights being cancelled. the auto group is also launched a campaign to take control of the, the vital city of lush, regardless is the procedure capital of hell mon province. why some of the fist fighting has been taking place. and then government troops have also been deployed to the western city of herat to stop taliban fighters there advancing the towards the city where one person was killed and 3 others injured. when the african air force bombed a private hospital and laska, the owner of the hospital says that afghan forces mistakenly believe taliban fighters were being treated inside. meanwhile, a military spokesman has warned

. >> live sunday, september 5, vice chair of president's 1776 commission, carol swain, is our guest on "in-depth." her other titles include "we, the people," and "debating immigration." join with you phone calls, facebook comments and tweets live sunday, september 5 at noon eastern on book tv. mark greenberg is with the migration policy institute. he is also the former hhs acting assistant secretary for the administration for children and families, certainly from 2013 2017. mr. greenberg what about these afghan refugees in re-steadily -- resettling the united states? first of all, what is the vetting process like? guest: first, let me just begin by saying a little more broadly, it is a devastating situation which has been very difficult. it is encouraging how many people have been able to get out over the last couple of weeks, but there are so many who are still there, and there is urgent need both for those who have gotten out and for those who have been -- as to the vetting process, and normal vetting process for the refugee program and for special immigrant visas, which we will talk

carol swain, congressman august pfluger and tommy laran all live.s it. ♪ todd: it is tuesday, august 10th. 10th. democrats on a spending spree as they look to push through a multi trillion dollar budget package. why republicans are calling it a socialist shopping list. jillian: florida governor ron de santis going head to head with school boards looking to impose mask mandates. what his office says it will do to those who defy his ban. todd: busting a move, breaking the rules, the internet crying foul as

she produces her own outside speechwriter susan swain -- outside speechwriter. realizes that ronald reagan has never even had a conversation with his own surgeon general about this. he gets nancy to set up a long overdue meeting with every coupe. some of the conservatives in the white house get wind that this is happening. they set it up like a cabinet meeting and it becomes this huge argument about everything. some want reagan to say that you can't get aids from swimming pools and mosquitoes and having your food prepared by somebody who is hiv-positive. to not only deal with the health crisis itself but the sort of bigotry and all of this that is accompanying it. the stigmas that are forcing aids victims even further underground. there is this massive argument i will promote in the reagan library. this feature did not do enough but if you could see some of the things some of the conservative advisors were looking to put into the speech, it is pretty horrifying. he ends most of his arguments by saying that this is the way the first lady wants it and when reagan

doctor carol swain joins me to discuss. he is a quote from that letter.her than reject our founding values embrace family, faith, and entrepreneurship. the curriculum maintains a special focus on stories that celebrate black excellence. do you think schools will listen to black conservatives saying crt is wrong, 1776 is right or will they continue to listen to the white liberals who get fired up about crt and wanted in your school? >> the white liberals own crt. for black schools that are predominantly black, people who are honestly looking for solutions would be enthusiastic, and black and city schools across america need to teach america's true racial history so i believe the curriculum will be used in places where parents and teachers make the decision and not liberal school boards. neil: college releasing 1776 curriculum to give k-12 features tools to teach a more patriotic approach to american history. our curriculum was created by teachers and professors, not activists or journalists or bureaucrats. he comes from years of study america, its history

during the conversation with your phone calls, facebook comments, text, and tweets for carol swain, livetember 5 noon eastern on in-depth -- eastern in-depth on book tv. ♪ >> the population of china in 1949 when the communists took control was 540 million people. during these 72 years, the prc has had five principal leaders. deng xiaoping, you jintao, and since 2012 the current head of state is she shing ping. -- xi jinping. david shambaugh has written close to 30 books devoted to the subject of asia. we talked with the professor about his newest book titled china's leaders from mow to now. >> listen to book notes plus at c-span.org/podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. >> washington journal continues. host: we are joined by michael kugelman, the asia program deputy director at the asia center. he focus on afghanistan, asia, and pakistan for the organization. let's begin with the attack at the airport and what does it mean for the future of afghanistan? guest: i think it is a reminder that even though the taliban has acquired an end to its war, there is still a lot of violence and

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carol swain is exposing how cr. >> it is being weaponized to divide our nation.t it and she is going to discuss it coming up next. ♪ i ainsley: a new book is challenging critical race theory as creeps into creeps into classrooms nationwide. opposing the threat crt posing to our students and american values. the author of that book dr. carol swain and christopher shoor join us both. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> why did you say burning down the house? >> well, the house is america critical race theory has permeated every institution. it is destroying our nation. so it is burning down the house. and if you think about black lives matter and antifa, they literally burnt down parts of america. ainsley: dr. shoor, what led you to write this book. >> we both came to this project because there was an outpouring of concern from parents, from citizens legislators all across the country for surrounding the spread of these devices and really racist themes out of critical race theory and into our major social institutions. so we wanted to just explain language nonacad