citizens to vote and transform los angeles came up to the united farm workers and just about to be elected to state senate but you can see that it really had a big formation on people but today it has less of a presence. >> all right, so i think the moment, i hope many of you will come say hello t

huerta with cesar chavez cofounded the united farm workers and helped organize the delaine owe grape strike in 1965. she was the -- delano grape strike in 1965. she was the originalor of the phrase si se puede, and she has received several awards, including the united states presidential eleanor roosevelt award for human rights, and the presidential medal of freedom. she was the first latina inducted into the national women's hall of fame, and whereas during this renaming process, the fairmont stufd has abided by the renaming of hall 73410. be it further resolved that -- that the name change is established during the 2018-19 school year, and further be it resolved that district staff will work with the fairmont delores huerta will work with the public to create and install a plaque creating the new name. >> thank you, commissioner sanchez. so we have several speakers this evening on this item. i'm going to call your name and please come on up. evelyn rose, griselda amazula, gracie garcia, rosa hernandez, maureen sullivan va, and palom florez. and then, louise, do you want to open --

second that you can go to almost any latino labor leader of a certain generation and they calm up to united farm workers so head of the county of federation of labor responsible for mobilization of undocumented immigrants who then mobilized, latino permanent residents and u.s. citizens to vote and transform los angeles came up to the united farm workers and just about to be elected to state senate but you can see that it really had a big formation on people but today it has less of a presence. >> all right, so i think the moment, i hope many of you will come say hello to everybody at the signing table and hope you have a great rest of your day at the brooklyn book festival, thank you. [applause] all for coming. [applause] >> good afternoon, i have no card so i will introduce myself, i'm susan herman and i'm surprised moderator and that's why i wasn't on your list. i teach at school, constitutional law and the president of the american civil liberties union where we think about truth and journalism and many other things and i'm glad to have panel who had written three terrific rooms, next to me l

speakers include oakland congresswoman barbara lee, michigan congresswoman richie to to leave, and united farm workers union cofounder dolores where to. that she the people organizers say women of color are changing the face of american politics and culture and this event is decided to give women a place to share their ideas, tactics, and their opinions. >>> sal will share his tactics on covering traffic. sometimes opinions as well about people who maybe aren't to driving very well. >> occasionally, exactly. you see someone backing up and i will share my opinion. >> i can't believe people do that we see that all the time. >> happens rather often. good morning. hopefully we don't see that again. northbound 101 from gilroy to san jose you will see traffic off to a nice start. no major issues. a little slowing coming out of sam martin into morgan hill. that is just a brief slowdown into that area. silicon valley approach mostly looking good. we have a little bit of slowing on some of these side roads, but the main roads look pretty good. northbound 280 is off to a nice start if you're driving at

citizens to vote and transform los angeles came up to the united farm workers and just about to be elected to state senate but you can see that it really had a big formation on people but today it has less of a presence. >> all right, so i think the moment, i hope many of you will come say hello to everybody at the signing table and hope you have a great rest of your day at the brooklyn book festival, thank you. [applause] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> and brooklyn book festival on book tv will continue shortly, you have been listening author talk about states and their governments, next up a look at the relationship between politics and journalism featuring authors april ryan, eli and linda greenhouse, book tv look right back with live coverage. >> c-span launched book tv 20 years ago on c-span2 and since then we have covered thousands of authors and book festivals totaling more than 64,000 hours of programming, appeared on book tv dozens of times, here she is in 2003 on in-depth program. >> u grew up believing that i wanted to be educated and train sod that i wou

huerta with cesar chavez cofounded the united farm workers and helped organize the delaine owe grape strike in 1965. she was the -- delano grape strike in 1965. she was the originalor of the phrase si se puede, and she has received several awards, including the united states presidential eleanor roosevelt award for human rights, and the presidential medal o

. -- united farm workers organized with the leadership of delores huerta and cesar chavez. and to this day, i still don't eat grapes, for better or worse. i have a phobia my mom instilled in me. my mom's a huge, huge fan of delores huerta, as well. and i just personally feel she's one of the biggest heros of my life. i've seen her several times. she's over 80 years old, and it's astounding that on octogenarian can lead a meeting, as well. i saw her speak this bicycweek and she said how are we going to do this work to ensure that we live in freedom in this country? i want to echo commissioner merase's sentiment about female names of schools after women. i would be surprised if more than 15% of our schools -- you named, i think, half of them there -- are named after women. we're moving, in large part, naming two schools after women. we're lifting the bar, but we need to do more right there. it's an honor to honor her. it's really special to honor her while she's still living. we don't often get a chance to do that, you know, somebody who's still with us, who's still rocking i

icelandic courses near gribbin in northern germany today their son lives past john runs the farm they're united in their love for this unique course breed which is native to iceland but how did this animal get to germany. up until the one nine hundred fifty s. icelandic horses were mostly confined to their native land. but few germans knew of their existence. is what it took a while for these horses to gain mainstream acceptance in germany where warm and cold blood sweat common us traditionally small pony sized horses have not been one thousand to germany just by magic events. but then a german film producer bought five icelandic horses to feature in the one nine hundred fifty s. three part human oaf movie series which was filmed in northern germany. the movie project features the arrogant figure it'll back wearing a red jacket and white john pearse he gets too high to ship the film's main protagonist dickie then gives it a back to horse to ride plessy and icelandic course. plot yes i've seen this the time and even though i'm too young to belong to the him in wolf generation i really enjoyed wa

united kingdom. the attack in syria killed dozens of civilians hiding from pro- regime in our farm argument in the attack in the united kingdom was the first known instance of this type of military grade nerve agent used in any kind of attack. in both cases the international committee and intelligence community supported efforts by this administration and our allies to respond in unprecedented ways. relevant tip to biological weapons, we are closely monitoring the department of biological weapons in the arena of biotechnology. we know some states such as north korea have a long-standing interest in developing new or more potent agents and we expect the interest in this field to grow. taken together these developments signify an important and concerning evolution and the nature of the threat landscape. we, intelligence community must continue to be vigilant in our effort to counter this and other debts. let me address key developments from what we call the big four. russia, china, iran and north korea. with respect to russia the recently reelected president putin is facing growing economic stagnation, san

the farm bureau, which was an organization that represented mainly corn farmers and mainly the largest units. country withd the propaganda saying that the kennedy farm proposal was basic with the same -- basically the same as the soviet agriculture, rejected. farmers were right. the congress did not force them to take purely market prices without help from above it. after the failure of the kennedy plan, roll representatives, major farm representatives agreed to the series of bills that steered clear of production control. after 1964, the commodity support program started to rely on payments rather than price guarantees. farm commodities were to align themselves with market prices and armors were paid a difference between that and some target price. -- twoere two tears tears after the 60's and 70's. farmers were paid a different between market and target price. but the old-style new deal still continued. there were just set below-market prices. also developed after 1964 was a new funding formula that save the commodity programs by marrying them to food stamps, to food assistance. 1960 four,

and that development can be traced back to protectionist policies put in place by the united states of america the farm we construct for the bureaucrats will crims. to prevent other major conflicts the body that would eventually become the world trade organization was set up headquartered in geneva. its fundamental principle that free trade brings prosperity for all has never really been accepted on the contrary the w t o has come under heavy fire in recent years. and the us led by donald trump largely ignores it. is protectionism said to send the world into a new economic and political tailspin or are dire predictions just half the story. in the town of new locker in the german state of bunder timberg the story a group makes tiles business is brisk the construction industry is healthy. but the business is facing stiff competition from china titles from their unbeatable so the e.u. has put punitive tariffs in place. tiles imported from china now have an import duty of twenty six point three percent protecting jobs here from asian competitors. if they didn't exist says wilson baz and kitchens in germany

reagan recognized in this context the executive has the right to decide the kind of farm relations if any the united states who maintain and the trumpet ministration will not keep the office open when the palestinians refused to take steps to start direct and meaningful negotiations with israel the united states supports a direct and robust peace process and we will not allow the i.c.c. or any other organization to constrain israel's right to self defense. it's all we've been hearing in this speech a blistering attack on the international criminal court by john bolton he described it as a free wheeling organization that constrains u.s. security and sovereignty saying that it was ineffective unaccountable and dangerous we'll get into that in a sec let's speak to our white house correspondent kelly how because she's been following this in washington but very important there that bolton also confirmed in his speech the closure of the palestine liberation organization office in washington after a very cold for an inquiry into israel. yeah. the language of the speech which is still ongoing a little bit s

united as one nation under god. max velti grew up in a big family on a small farm in minnesota. was drafted out of high school into the united states army and served two years on the korean peninsula. like so many veterans of the korean war he reenlisted after the conflict ended. hee than 15 years later, took up the cause of liberty fighting in the jungles of vietnam. 1973, he became the last american combat soldier to leave saigon. 2001, he was11, among the first to be declared lost new the pentagon. today, on this september 11, we mourned with those who mourn. we grieve with those who grieve. grieve like those who have no home because heroes give us hope. today, we remember our beloved fallen. their names are enshrined at this memorial and will forever be asked in the hearts of the american people. today we remember the families of those we lost, who endured this tragedy, with strength and .ourage today we remember the brave men and women who respond here and in new york city and in the air over pennsylvania. in thefields of battle 17 years cents. who considered our lives more

farm labor housing. the manufactured homes are purchased with sales tax resignation and part of a deal the county bought two units and installed the utilities and the farm bought the other two. this owner says he began seeing signs of a housing crisis hitting the industry years ago when workers got tired of commuting an hour each way and quick. yearly turn over was at 40%. >> because they are losing your housing or they are moving to other professions. they are able to pay a bit more. >> reporter: there are three bedrooms, two bathrooms, a dining room and a kitchen. workers make between 12-$18 an hour but will only pay 10% of their salary towards rent. he sees this as a powerful recruiting tool for dependable labor. >> without labor these farms will fall apart. >> reporter: the supervisor says affordable housing helps to keep the farms profitable and out of the hands of private developers. to anyone that likes fresh food -- >> places like blue house farm have to survive. the only way to survive is to have good labor. >>> the city of cupertino hashing out a dispute between resident and a developer. sandhill proper

you can see one of the problems we have with farming and agriculture across the united states are the trump tariffs. they've not been helpful to the national discussion in the national debate. in addition to which twice during the campaign ms. amatul-wadud has suggested i is on because i voted against farm to pick up into with farm bill did. cut infant and women's healthcare programs. cut back on subsidies for poor people, and it cut back on the opportunity for local farmers to enhance that own on their own economic achievements like to understand as well making sure the infants in the pioneer valley who might not live on farms would derive some of the nutritional benefits from the farm bill. i was baffled in the course of this campaign to hear somebody say that my vote against the farm bill was inconsistent with the principles of farmers in worcester, massachusetts, and when you look at them the people who need food every single day, jim mcgovern in the next congressional district, a member of the agriculture community, he voted against the farm bill. every member of the house voted

farming in the united states is a tremendously industry. what do we do now? i saw the ten fastest growing pages in the united states and nurse. manufacturing is nostalgia. there are lots of ways to have a good economy. doesn't have to be steelworkers. >> i want to two back to 20008. there was a urgent cabinet meeting and she turned to the treasury secretary and this is what she told me about that moment. >> at that meeting, the secretary of treasury explained it a meltdown of our financial institutions that was so devastating and so i said to the chairman of the fed, mr. chairman, what do you have to say about what the secretary presented to which he said if we don't act immediately, we will not have an economy by monday. this was thursday night. an economy by monday, no commercial paper. so it was essential that we work together to stop what was happening in terms of this melt tow down. >> it is really dramatic. and let's not forget she ram through this. it also she admits that that sort of rescue in 2010 led to a lot of the pain amongst people and cost them

united as one nation under god. max bellke grew up in a big family on a farm in minnesota. o the united states army and served for two years on the korean peninsula. like so many veterans of the korean war he re-enlisted after the conflict ended and more than 15 years later he took up the cause of liberty fighting in the jungles of vietnam. on march 29th, 1973, master sergeant max bellke became the last american combat soldier to leave saigon. on september 11th, 2001, master sergeant bellke was among the first to be declared lost here at the pentagon. today, on this september 11th, we mourn with those who mourn and grieve with those who grieve. but we do not grieve like those who have no hope because heros give us hope. today we remember our beloved fallen whose names are enshrined at this memorial and will forever be etched in the hearts of the american people for as long as this nation endures. today we remember the families of those lost, who endured this tragedy, whose strengthrough st and courage. today we remember the men and women who responded here and in new york ci

for human consumption in the united states -- dogs and cats for human consumption in the united states. the farm bill currently in conference includes similar language from both the house and the senate, so regardless of what our colleagues across the hill do on this important issue, we can send an important message today. with this legislation we have the chance to be a leader and set an example for those countries in which the dog and cat meat trade is most prevalent. including south korea, vietnam, thailand, china and others. by passing the bill, we draw a clear line on this issue and send a message to the world that we will hold countries that abide this practice accountable. this tub -- it should be pointed out that while prohibiting the killing of cats and dogs for food may be seen as a no-brainer, this legislation does take a sensitive approach to the issue. with regard to the diverse cultural practices within our great nation. i appreciate the work of two gentlemen from florida, messrs. buchanan and hastings, and for their leadership on this issue. it's an opportunity to come together an

united states? alix: thank you so much. coming up, the ceo of farmingquipment giant adco will talk about how trade tariffs and incomes are affecting his company's bottom line. ♪ alix: this is "commodities edge." now, what you need to know the world of alternative energy. today, we look at natural gas. storage is tight. we are 20% below the five-year seasonal average. that is the white line. the average is the blue line. you can see the high and low as well. joining me now to discuss is anna of bloomberg nef. why are stocks so tight heading into a winter that will potentially be very cold? >> it is surprising. usually gas storage is the way we get through winter. it is our secret bullet. traditionally, we have about 3 ittraditionally, we have about 3 trillion cubic feet of gas in storage by this time of year. this year we only have 2.5. markets don't seem to be bothered by this. the big reason is production. production is up 8%. we have hit over 80 billion cubic feet of gas produced per day. alix: looking at prices versus storage, when storage is tight,

rivera worked at a local dairy farm and was in the united states illegally.ins in the spring. >>> the south and north korean presidents announced a sweeping set of agreements today after their second day of talks in pyongyang. the deals include a promise by kim jong-un to permanently dismantle the north's maybe nuclear complex if the united states takes corresponding measures. he accepted an invitation from the south korean president to visit seoul. >> i want to propose to end 70 years of hostility and take a big step toward peace. >> still, the summit failed to fulfill many of washington's wishes. the u.s. wants a complete list of all of the north's nuclear sites as well as an exact timeline on shuttering them. this meeting though wasn't just about politics. the leaders also vowed to work together to host the summer olympics in 2032. >>> a defendant serving as his own attorney, coming up next the bizarre twist in a vallejo kidnapping that could end up with the defendant questioning the woman he is accused of raping. plus -- >> breaks my heart saying he could

oldest, continuously operating marketplace in the united states, and during the civil war, this is the marketplace where women who worked on local farms would come in and sell fruits and vegetables to nurses, who would take them to the soldiers recovering in the hospital. while this was a legal practice, there were also illegal practices happening in the market square, and one of those practices was the smuggling of alcohol. alcohol was prohibited during the war, but they had access to this alcohol, predominantly whiskey. alexandria was a port city, so the union had taken over the city, including the ports, so there were very few boats coming in and out, but on a boat coming into alexandria, two young girls were caught selling alcohol. they confessed their parents put them up to this. three rotund women were carrying their weight different than a normal human being would. these women were stopped, and once they were stopped, they started pulling out 23 canteens, 15 bottles, and one jug of whiskey from the ruffles of their skirts. the confessed they were going to sell this to union troops, and they confessed this amount of whiskey woul

that wall will not be built on border betweenal united states and mexico. built on someone's farmnch and property using domain toof eminent take their property at a time of record security. senator cornyn and i introduced legislation that would invest in our ports of entry with a vast andrity of everyone everything that comes into that country. knowing who and what come in makes us safer. >> representative quick follow-up for you. you've addressed the dreamers. do you think anyone undocumented a pathhere should have to citizenship? >> there are millions of people in this country who are working the toughest job. we were in roscoe at a cotton with 24 jobs. that's the story of texas and of this country. we need it bring people out of shadows, allow them to get right by law. there should be an earned path to citizenship. the alternative as senator cruz to deported is 11 million people from this country. imagine the cost, the imagine stain on our conscious going forward for the generations who look back at this moment. you.ank >> senator cruz, this question is to you. dallas, officer

their skills everywhere people wanted to capitalize on their knowledge of intensive farming sugar in cuba. cotton in the united states and coffee in brazil the freedom slaves had snatched in haiti had a paradoxical consequence it reinforce lavery all over the american continent. in rio's back country the party of a valley had for a long time been covered with impenetrable primary forests. today bare mountains are all that is left. trees were cleared in the early one nine hundred centuries to give way to intensive coffee culture the new source of wealth. as good fuzzy and as a vent by about l.s.d. was visible a vamp. of his at the flick gun a g. to be made is it a. name. ls it. defies and this it just got out of was meant to happen that meet. some masters possessed up to one thousand slaves all applied a scientific organization of labor. rigorous accounts were kept every day. and persuaded became the fundamental principle guiding plantation organization. everything was built around the coffee drying grounds the slaves had to go out in groups in the morning to plant or to pick and the big plantations they had sl

members of the senate ag committee as we worked hard to produce a 2018 farm bill that would provide certainty and predictability for the united states farmers, ranchers and growers, everybody up and down the food chain. as i have traveled kansas and other areas around the country having a farm bill in place certainly tops the list of concerns that i hear about. and the conference committee is doing our work, our very best to be able to get it finished as assoon as possible. but along with that, i also hear about trade. i hear there wheat growers about the need for market access to sell what they produce. i hear from beef producers about barriers to trade that are preventing their product from entering an export market. and i hear from producers all across the agriculture industry and all across our value chain about how trade policies impact their prices, their decisions and their livelied hoos. livelihoods. these are not new concerns. the united states has long had to work to overcome barriers to trade around the world. those barriers are regulations not based on sound science. they might impact specific regions or products.