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eastern on afterwards, in her new book, everyday is a gift, mmr, and like democratic senator tammy duckworth talks about her life and career in the military into descendants. she is interviewed by the politico code -- political editor. portable tv this weekend and tune into in-depth sunday, may 2 at new eastern. -- at noon eastern. >> sunday on cue and day, i conversation on the influence of lady bird johnson had on the lbj presidency compared to other first ladies with a senior research fellow at the lbj school of public affairs at the university austin. >> i see her as the bridge between eleanor roosevelt and hillary clinton. she has the commitment to developing policy agenda that reinforces and of the fate her husband -- and elevates her husband. she does not have a radio program or column like eleanor did but she was out campaigning for her husband but was working hand in glove. er was in the white house much longer than lady bird but i see lady bird modernizing the office of the first lady, the first person to do that since after world war ii. >> author of lady bird johnson: hiding in p

eastern on after port in her new book, every day is a gift, a memoir, illinois democratic senator tammy duckworth talks about her life and career. she is interviewed by politicos congressional editor. watch book tv this weekend. and be sure to tune into in depth on sunday, may 2 at noon eastern with the author on book tv on c-span2. >> american history tv on c-span3, exploring the people and events that tell the american story, every weekend. saturday at 2:00 p.m. eastern on oral history, they talk about their time serving in the vietnam war and as a prisoner of war for five years. saturday at 6:00 p.m. eastern on the civil war, a look at confederate boat burners on the mississippi during the last years of the civil war. saturday at 8:00 p.m.

judy: senator tammy duckworth, the book is "every day is a gift." thank you, senator. sen. thank you for having me on. ♪ judy: the pentagon announced new rules today allowing transgender military members to serve openly. it follows a pledge from president biden just days into his administration, restoring an obama-era policy that was overturned by his successor, president trump. the newshour's ali rogin spoke to transgender service members who have been waiting for this day. ali: when navy lieutenant commander emily schilling visits this retired warplane, known as a prowler, it's like seeing an old friend. >> she's tried to kill me, she's saved my life. she's been there on some of my scariest moments. ali: schilling's been in the navy 15 years, most of them as a pilot, with more than 1700 flight hours, and 60 combat missions in iraq and afghanistan. for a long time, the cockpit was the only place she could be herself. >> somebody once asked me, did i ever fly as trans? did i ever fly as em? we're the same person. we're the same person. i am always em. i always have been. al

democratic senator tammy duckworth of illinois reflects on her life and career in the military and the u.s. senate. that all starts at 7:00 p.m. eastern tonight, find more schedule information at booktv.org, or consult your program guide. >> i'm patty james of the commonwealth club's health and medicine for you. it's my flour extend a special welcome to any new club members here for this digital program. the commonwealth club continues to be an all-digital program and we'll be for the coming months. i encourage viewers to become members of the commonwealth club and to learn more but membership good to thecommonwealthclub.org and support the club with a tax deductible gift donation using the blue button on the screen. an upcoming program on may 11th which we'll be talking about his new book, metabolical, the lures and lie 0 processed food, nutrition and modern medicine. mark bittman has been a leading voice in food culture for three decades. born in new york city in 1950 he ban wright professionally in 1978, after five years as general assignment reporter, he turned all of his attention

. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> weekly author interview program, "after words", democratic senator tammy duckworthed her new memoir every day is a gift. >> and he -- his book was my inspiration. in reading born to crime i thought the title was amazing at first. very deeply personal about being born biracial and south african even his own birth was a crime the fact that his parents got together and had him. and in fact would my parents met each other and fell in love and had me, my dad in his home state of virginia could not have married my mother because that had not yet passed. so i learned so much about apartheid inexperience of apartheid to the individual on the black side of the equation of the white side of the equation through this book. i wanted to do the same thing the expansive growing up biracial in asia. they wanted to teach the reader a little bit about what was like to grow up and southeast asia post- vietnam and why i to the day believe america is worth it. america's worth fighting for. i got to writing this book because my six troll daughter, abigail, asked me that question. moment,

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. >>> with booktv "after words" democratic senator tammy duckworth of illinois talks about her life and career as a military and u.s. senate. interviewed by politico congressional editor sure. >> thank you for joining us today, senator, to discuss your book. >> thank you for having me. i am excited to be here. >> i wanted to start, your entire life story is incredibly moving and has so many emotional moments. as a congressional editor, i loved the portion of the book where you say people tell me i'm the first senator to have a baby while in office. no, i'm the first to give birth while in office. senators have been having babies for years. so, the passages in the book are fantastic but i'm hoping you and i can have a counted conversation with that would look like on a personal level. we all know, more than others, it is a very tradition bound institution. how awkward was that talking through i think you actually used the phrase on the senate floor. >> as soon as i became pregnant, we began having the conversations because again, remember the senate even then when democrats were the mino

eastern, its everyday's a gift, a memoir by tammy duckworth. talks about her life and career in the military and u.s. senate. she is introduced -- interviewed by the politico congressional editor. watch book tv this weekend. and be sure to tune into in depth with -- on book tv on c-span2. >> american history tv on c-span3. exporting the people and events that taught the american story every weekend. saturday at 2 p.m. eastern on oral histories, the vietnam war and serving as a prisoner of war for five years. saturday at 6 p.m. eastern on the civil war, a look at confederate book burners on the mississippi during the last years of the civil war. and american university professor joseph campbell on public opinion towards the vietnam war. at sunday, u.s. army veteran david bass or taylor reflects on his time serving as a clerk in the vietnam war. on sunday, the presidency, he look at newly elected president's first addresses to a joint session of congress. with president george w. bush in 2001 and president barack obama and president barack obama

eastern on afterwords, illinois democratic senator tammy duckworth talks about her life and her life in the military in his interviewed by politico. watch book tv this weekend and be sure to tune into in-depth sunday, may two at noon eastern on book tv on c-span two. >> president biden announced for actions aimed re

eastern on "afterward," in her new book "every day is a gift," senator tammy duckworth talks about her life and career in the military and the u.s. senate. she's interviewed by politicos editor alana sure. be sure to tune into "in-depth" may 2 with author ross doubt that on book tv on c-span2. >> next, senator chris coons, the cochair of the bipartisan senate climate caucus, discusses climate change and other legislative priorities at an event hosted by punch bowl news. before senator kunz spoke, punch bowl news

. >>> with booktv "after words" democratic senator tammy duckworth of illinois talks about her life andareer as a military and u.s. senate. interviewed by politico congressional editor sure. >> thank you for joining us today, senator, to discuss your book. >> thank you for having me. i am excited to be here. >> i wanted to start, your entire life story is incredibly moving and has so many emotional moments. as a congressional editor, i loved the portion of the book where you say people tell me i'm the first senator to have a baby while in

i want to thank senator hirono and tammy duckworth, senator duckworth, as well. and, of course, we're very proud of grace meng and her leadership on this legislation. she also had another hate crimes bill earlier, well, in the last congress, so she's been on this with great ideas, leadership and values. and to andy kim from new jersey, thank you for your leadership as well. >> it's close. close. >> he means new york is close to new jersey. [laughing] again, thank you, senator schumer. here's the thing.s the senator talked about visits that he has made into the community and heard the concerno that people have put forth. i, myself, last week, was in chinatown in san francisco. i visited the north east medical services medical center, which is a recipient of our rescue package money, so it was very hopeful to hear how the community, aapi community, was taking the lead in a culturally, linguistically appropriate way to reach out to the community and successfully test, trace, vaccinate and the rest, again, leading the way. leading the way. it gave us so much hope. it

. >> and now on booktv's "after words," democratic senator tammy duckworth from illinois talks about her life and career in the military and in the u.s. senate. she's interviewed by politico's congressional editor elana schor. >> host: thank you so much for joining me, senator, to discuss your book. >> guest: thanks for having me on. i'm very excited to be here. >> host: i wanted to start, you know, your entire life story has so many emotional moments. as a congressional editor though, on a lighter note, i loved the portion of your book where you say people tell me that i'm the first senator to have a baby while in office. no, i'm the first senator to give birth in office. [laughter] >> guest: it tells you when the average age is something like 70, it's hard for a senator to give birth. we need more younger senators and more women senators. >> host: absolutely. so, you, the passages in the book on this are fantastic, but i'm hoping you and i can have a candid conversation about what that was like on a personal level. we all know, us more than others, the senate is a very tradition-bo

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eastern, illinois democratic senator tammy duckworth talks about her life and career in the military and in the u.s. senate. she is interviewed by politicos congressional editor. watch book tv this weekend. and be sure to tune into "in-depth" sunday, may 2, at 8:00 p.m. eastern, with all the rest out the -- author ross douthat. >> next, asian-american officials and activists talk about anti-asian violence and racism. this was held by videoconference. >> welcome to anti-asian violence in america's virtual event. i am coming to you from axios headquarters in arlington, virginia. welcome to our audience. you can join the conversation on twitter using the @axios handle or #axiosoffense. -- #axiosevents. i will be joined by my colleagues to talk about the social political movements affecting national discourse, with respect to how activists have an hour shaping -- have been and are shaping the conversation. senator chang, welcome. thank you for being with us. sen. chang: thanks for having me. >> you were elected in 2014 to the michigan house. you were the first asian-american woman to do

in her new book, "every day is a gift," tammy duckworth talks about her life and career in the military and in the u.s. senate. she is interviewed by politico. watch book tv this weekend and be sure to tune into in-depth sunday, may 2 at noon eastern with us on book tv on c-span2. >> congress returns from their holiday recess next week. the senate returns monday at 3 p.m. eastern to continue work on the nomination of polly trenton to be deputy transportation secretary, the number to post undersecretary pete buttigieg. later in the wii, senators begin working on more nominations including wendy sherman to be deputy secretary of state and gary gensler to chair the securities and exchange commission. the house is back tuesday for legislative business. members this week are expected to work on equal pay for women legislation as well as a bill to prevent workplace violence against health-care care and social services workers. president bidens infrastructure and jobs package is not expected on the house floor until later in the spring or early summer. watch live coverage of the house on c-spa

democratic senator tammy duckworth of illinois reflects on her life and career in the military and the u.s. senate. that all starts at 7:00 p.m. eastern tonight, find more schedule information at booktv.org, or consult your program guide. >> i'm patty james of the commonwealth club's health and medicine for you. it's my flour extend a special welcome to any new club members here for this digital program. the commonwealth club continues to be an all-digital program and we'll be for the coming months. i encourage viewers

something like water policy it's literally about jobs it's about the fundamental source of life that tammy duckworth is talking about it will sustain life and it's about strengthening up our nation. around a commodity that is a precious commodity while she just about summed up capitalism in 15 seconds this thing here is the source of life it's precious it allows us to live how much money you think we get for it. it's a commodity to be bought and sold don't give it away for free and it's let's hoard it so that other people will want it so that they can remain alive and then no be willing to pay us lots of money for it what a good person i am. now take a moment and imagine what it will good person outside of capitalism what actual good person might have said in that video they would have gone clean water is one of the building blocks of life everyone needs it everyone should get it. no matter whether they can pay for it no matter whether they live in the us or iran or china or mcdonald's play land doesn't matter by the way don't drink the water puddled at the bottom of the mcdonald's ball pit as not w

eastern on afterwords, illinois democratic senator tammy duckworth talks about her life and her life in the military in his interviewed by politico. watch book tv this weekend and be sure to tune into in-depth sunday, may two at noon eastern on book tv on c-span two. >> president biden announced for actions aimed at preventing gun violence. he is joined by vice president harris and attorney general garland in the white house rose garden. this is about 40 minutes. laws which would allow families to petition courts to block people from obtaining firearms of the present a danger to themselves or others. this event with the president and the attorney general was held in the rose garden. vice president harris: good morning. i have seen gun violence up close. i have seen with photographs. i have seen with my own two eyes what a bullet can do to a human body. i've held hands of parents who have lost a child. i have seen children who were traumatized by the loss of a parent or sibling. and i have fought my entire career to end violence and to pass reasonable gun safety laws. time and again,

democratic senator tammy duckworth talks about her life and career in the military and in the u.s.enate, interviewed by politico's editor. watch book tv this weekend and be sure to tune in to in-depth on sunday with an author on book tv on c-span 2. >> all week we have been featuring lyrical podcasters -- political podcasters. the host of the attitude, thank you for giving us your time. >> it is a pleasure, it is a gorgeous morning. >> so, the podcast. tell us about it and why you titled it the attitude. >> anyone who has met me knows i have one so that may be the reason why. back in 2011, we started a radio show on a small community radio station and began podcasting. my husband was dying of stage iv cancer and that

eastern on "afterward," in her new book "every day is a gift," senator tammy duckworth talks about her life and career in the military and the u.s. senate. she's interviewed by politicos editor alana sure. be sure to tune into "in-depth" may 2 with author ross doubt that on book tv on c-span2. >> next, senator chris coons, the cochair of the bipartisan senate climate caucus, discusses climate change and other legislative priorities at an event hosted by punch bowl news. before senator kunz spoke, punch bowl news founders interviewed tom fanning. >> i think we can probably get started. i am and a palmer, founder of punchnbowl news. i'm joined by jake sherman for our first pop up conversation with senator chris coons of delaware. i wanted to extend a thank you to southern company for making this possible. jake: we want to bring you closer to key decision-makers in washington. please tweet at us using #punchbowlnews. you can subscribe to our newsletter at punchbowl.news. anna: i want to bring in tom fanning. he ceo and president of southern company for a fireside chat to talk about what t

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senator contest for months and there's a lot to choose from and we've been pretty focused on tammy duckworth hirono. can anyone be dumber? you could not be, can it operate a microwave. we forgot about kirsten gillibrand. then we saw the tweets. it's amazing tweet, support of the bite infrastructure build. if paid leave his infrastructure. because aleve is infrastructure. caregiving is infrastructure. caregiving is infrastructure? because caregiving is infrastructure what is infrastructure? could kirsten gillibrand be infrastructure? she is in a way. she's a bridge, you never notice her until you run into her and get hurt. she's a rusting trestle, i'm infrastructure says kirsten gillibrand. like a lot of the infrastructure, she should be replaced. you think of bill gates and you look at some guy who made billions creating super clunky software, you did not realize that bill gates doesn't think of himself that way. bill gates doesn't think of himself as some guy who got super rich making bad software, he thinks of himself as god. controlling the solar system and that's why bill gates backing s

senator contest for months now and we have been pretty focused on tammy duckworth.umber? no. she couldn't operate a microwave. totally forgot about kirsten gillibrand and then we saw this week. it's an amazing tweet. "paid leave his infrastructure. child care is infrastructure. caregiving is infrastructure. caregiving is infrastructure. so, if caregiving is infrastructure, the question is, what isn't infrastructure? could kirsten gillibrand be infrastructure? you never really noticed her until you kind of run into her and get hurt. i am infrastructure says kirsten gillibrand. like a lot of our infrastructure, she should be replaced. so, when you think of bill gates, he's a a guy who made billions with corporate software. bill gates doesn't think of himself that way. bill gates doesn't think of himself who got super rich. he thinks of himself as god. he controls the solar system. and that is why he is back in something called sun dimming technology that would reflect sunlight of the earth's atmosphere causing global cooling. that's not fraught with risk. you thought

democratic senator tammy duckworth of illinois reflects on her life and career in the military and u.s senate . pedro discussed the importance of having civil discussions over political disputes and history professor canis major looks at laws that were enacted by free states to restrict the rights of african-americans prior to the civil war. that all starts at 6:50 5 pm eastern . for find more schedule information at booktv.org. >> c-span shop.org is our new online store. go there to order a copy of the congressional directory with compact information for every member of congress including bios and committee assignments and also contact information for state governors and provided administration cabinet. order your copy of c-span shop.org, every purchase helps support our operations. class during a recent virtual event whole foods ceo john mackey about his approach to leadership in business. here's a portion of the program. >> capitalism or i prefernina mccloskey's word for innovation is in , innovation is an is the greatest thing humanity ever created . and if you don't lack 200 years

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you said what is daddy's name and what is mommy's name and she said in the professional voice tammy duckworth. [laughter] was it tough to talk about your current situation as a working mom? to have them maintain their privacy? how did you wrestle with that quick. >> if you asked me about it when i first ran for office i would not have talked about it but after having my kids are having gone through senate campaign while on ivf and trying to get pregnant. i decided i had to talk about it for other moms are women that are struggling with fertility issues. because people would come up to me and have this idea with the heroics with the treatment and i want people to know there is no such thing of work life balance. it is a lie. it's a lie that is perpetuated the person nation and families in the long run. there is a worklife balance we must pass things like universal family leave, paid family leave. we need to have it and here is why. the fact military women. in 2014 they have to report back even if they had a cesarean even added a duty station was afghanistan they have to do that. that is wrong.

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and on our weekly author interview program "after words", democratic senator tammy duckworth of illinois reflects on her life and career in the military and in the u.s. senate. find full schedule information online @booktv.org. or consult your program guide. now we kick off this weekend with journalist robert stross is look at the life and impact of america's fourth supreme court justice john marshall. spinning well good evening everyone thanks much for joining us this evening for our latest washington elaborate taco. a special hello to all of our friends affiliate with the john marshall house and the center for constitutional history and civics. we are delighted to hear gray for to both organizations were cosponsoring tonight's events. i am at the library center for digital history in addition to hosting -- in my hosting duties this evening i also hold podcast conversation at block washington library we feature interviews about early america comic george washington's world and the practice of history. i would encourage you to check on her most recent episode was republished just today w

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in her new book, "every day is a gift," a memoir, illinois democratic senator tammy duckworth talks about her life and career in the military. and in the u.s. senate. she's interviewed by "politico's" congressional editor. watch book tv this weekend. and be sure to tune in to in depth sunday, may 2, at noon eastern with author on book tv on c-span2. >> sunday on q&a, a conversation on the influence lady bird johnson had on the l.b.j. presidency compared to other first ladies. with julia, senior research fellow at the l.b.j. school of public affairs at the university of texas-austin. >> i see her as the bridge between eleanor roosevelt and hillary clinton. she has the commitment to developing a policy agenda that reinforces and elevates her husband's that eleanor had. she has the public role, no the quite as broad because she didn't have a radio program, she didn't have a column that eleanor did, but this was the woman who was out campaigning for her husband and working really hand in glove to elevate his presidency. where e.r. was in the white house much longer than lady bird was, but i s

. >> tammy duckworth pounced. she said president trump failed to have any action in response to the russian intelligence for killing u.s. service members in afghanistan. russia will expel people in russia. and the dhs chief will also be banned from visiting russia. martha? >> martha: thanks, lucas. joining me now ambassador robert o'brien, former national security adviser for president trump. great to see you again. thanks very much for being here. i do want to obviously talk to you about japan and about china. good to have you, sir. i want to first just go back to this issue that lucas was just reporting on. we remember clearly in the heat of the campaign and the summer of 2020 the story that hit "the new york times." it was huge. it was all about how russia was paying the taliban to hit american soldiers. there was all of this shock on the part of the american media that the president wasn't doing more to push back on putin about it. take a look at this montage. >> paying rewards for americans death. the preside

eastern on "after words," in her new book every day is a gift, senator tammy duckworth talks about her life and career in the military and in the u.s. senate. i got to writing this but because my sexual daughter abigail asked me that question, you don't have legs, she wants to learn to ride a bike and choice. teacher because a more patient than my husband with these things, but i can't run alongside her and push her bike. so she's like why couldn't something else's mommy or daddy gone to iraq lost the likes? how come it had to be you? i both his book and one to be upfront about it to show americans with it, this democracy is worth it and it began with me growing up as an american in southeast asia revering american and understanding what a privilege it was. i said i was an american but i could i had that american passport. >> watch tonight at 9 p.m. eastern on booktv on c-span2. >> i would like to welcome our online audiences and we are bring brought into another virtual discussion with an author here at the commonwealth club we've done

vice president at the national partnership for women and families and workforce -- for senator tammy duckworthh recently criticized president biden for a lack of representation in his administration. the u.s. senate confirmed gary gensler to chair the securities and change commission. he is expected to push tougher regulations on wall street. most republicans opposed his nomination. disgraced financier bernie made off -- bernie madoff died in prison. here is a look at the massive fraud that shook wall street and beyond. the scope of the scam shocked the world. >> this is one of the biggest fraud cases ever. stephanie: victims numbered in the tens of thousands. their losses recently estimated between $17 billion and $20 billion. the man behind the con, financier bernie madoff. he had the image of a self-made financial group, eventually becoming the chairman of the nasdaq stock exchange. the ruse was in full swing in the 1990's. madoff fabricated profits, attracting new investors, while paying bigger returns to old ones, the biggest ponzi scheme ever. he swindled major charities, universities, a

it's led by mazie hirono and tammy duckworth. it was meant to be bipartisan.welcome some bipartisan amendments. i know senator moran, a republican of kansas, is working with dick blumenthal to strengthen it. we welcome that kind of approach. >> one policy item in terms of the administration. president biden had promised to lift the refugee tab that had been in place. raise the number of refugees that could come to the united states. he needs to sign the determ determination. he has not done so. that number has not been raised and democratic senators, including tim kaine, have been critical. they said they'll return to a more normal posture with respect to refugees. >> they haven't yet done it and yet is the key. >> what's the wait? >> i think we should admit more refugees. they have to take a careful look at -- again, the last administration so screwed up immigration in every different way that looking at this in a thoughtful, careful way and then coming up with a policy which i believe -- i can't imagine they won't move the refugee cap considerably higher. it

. >>> with booktv "after words" democratic senator tammy duckworth of illinois talks about her life and career as a military and u.s. senate. interviewed by politico congressional editor sure. >> thank you for joining us

eastern on afterwords " every day is a gift" tammy duckworth speaks about her life in the military and in government. watch tv this weekend. be sure to tune into in-depth sunday, may 2 at noon eastern with us on book tv on c-span2. >> next, he discussion about economic policy with global financial leaders including federal reserve chair jerome powell. the discussion is 50 minutes and begins with remarks by the imf managing director. >> it is great to be bringing some good news. we have upgraded the growth projections for the world to 6%, and it is on the basis of three things. one, vaccinations advancing, two, major economies putting in more stimulus, and the united states recently did that, and three, lockdowns do not cause the same decrease in economic activity, but there are two things to watch.

eastern on afterwards, in her new book, senator tammy duckworth talks about her life and career in theitary and in the u.s. senate. she is interviewed by politicos congressional editor. watch book tv every weekend. be sure to tune into in-depth sunday, may 2 at noon eastern with an author on book tv on c-span2. half-hour we will get your thoughts on this plan announcement by the biden administration, several executive actions when it comes to the topics of guns and gun violence. we will go through them and get your thinking as far as what you support or oppose it. if you support it, 202-748-8000. if you oppose it, 202-748-8001. and we will take up that when " washington journal" continues. before that though, he will go to a previous interview that we did -- we will

. >> on her weekly author interview program after his democratic senator tammy duckworth of illinoiscussed her new memoir every day is a gift. >> a book i've really enjoyed is one of crime. his book was my inspiration. because born of crime i thought i was going to edit of the title is amazing at first. very deeply personal about being born biracial in south africa. even his own birth was a crime the fact that his parents got together and had him. and in fact when my parents met each other and fell in love and had me, my dad in his home state of virginia could not have married my mother because it had passed. i learned so much about apartheid to the individual both on the black side of the equation and the white side of the equation offer the book. i wanted to do the same thing biracial in asia. i wanted to teach the reader a little bit about what it's like to grow up in southeast asia post- vietnam. but also, why i to this day do believe america is worth it america's worth fighting for. i got to write this book because my 6-year-old daughter, abigail, asked that question. mama you d

. >> and now on booktv's "after words," democratic senator tammy duckworth from illinois talks aboutand career in the military and in the u.s. senate. she's interviewed by politico's congressional editor elana schor. >> host: thank you so much for joining me, senator, to discuss your book. >> guest: thanks for having me on. i'm very excited to be here. >> host: i wanted to start, you know, your entire life story has so many emotional moments. as a congressional editor though, on a lighter note, i loved the portion of your book where you say people tell m