coordinator of the moral university of lynn dissociate scientific director of the canadian stage but it seems the research and treatment we're talking about whether it's currently in place actually make society safer and better rosemary it's one of continue with societal line since we're trying to understand whether prisoners are should be a tool for retribution or reputation but isn't the idea of regular teaching of a criminal in itself a bit forward and show the perpetrators is the victim here right so really they're not the ones needing reputation are they well. i think it is a syrian crackly as you're saying when they look at the perpetrator of a crime ah how do we get the sympathy for the evening that person is also of a union rep in need. and the reality is money look at christmas and a colleague of mine is doing research and in our in alberta ronsard she found that upwards beyond 90 percent of the persons incarcerated experience it 1st chance in events if you look at their meeting condition i guess a health condition imagine persons who are incarcerated or addresses in its bra

robert watson is distinguished professor of american studies at lynn university and senior fellow at the florida joint center for citizenship. is the author of numerous books on history and politics including the ghost ship of brooklyn the nazi titanic and america's first crisis the war of 1812 and is the editor of two encyclopedias the american presidents and american first ladies. professor watson has served on the board of the harry truman foundation the calvin coolidge memorial foundation and the george mcgovern library and center for public service. professor watson has also served as a visiting scholar with many organizations including the truman presidential library gerald ford presidential museum, illinois, holocaust, museum and us military academy at west point. now let's hear from robert watson. thank you for joining us today. hello everyone. i'm robert watson. i'm here to talk about my latest book george washington's final battle the epic struggle to build a capital city and a nation so virtually any american school child knows that george washington was heroic and stoic. h

university of maryland. hi there. deneen: good morning. it is great to be here. >> so glad you are here. lynnilliams is a longtime friend and colleague who is an educational consultant to the museum. so good to see you. lynn: good to see you and good morning to both of you and our guests. >> please send your questions by posting them in the comments section and we will get to them as many -- get to as many of them as we have time for. lynn, let's begin with you. we have a lot of viewers less familiar with the american context. tell us about some of the pressures average americans were grappling with in the 1930's and 1940's, more specifically the way that racism influenced the country during that time. lynn: in order to understand this period, i will focus on three major realities. the first was that the united states was in the middle of the great depression. you see, this is a migrant -- these are migrant workers huddled in this tent during the great depression. the second was that we were coming out of about 12 years away from world war i. and americans were not interested in foreign engag

we also are going to be joined by the university of arizona women's basketball coach, adea barnes she was really greats and nfl agent nicole lynnver, a sister or whatever, and now they're kind of breaking through. it was a great conversation and we're going to have a lot to hear from them she'll be our honoree. >> and becky hammond was a player herself she's 5'6". >> she's 5'6", like there was no way she should have been in this at all. >> there's a bunch of nba teams that could use a new coach. >> she's a good one. the whole special airs again saturday night 8 eastern, 7:00 central, inspiring america, the 2021 inspiration list. >>> coming up next, hoda has another great one to share, music star turned mogul jessica simpson talking about her life, where she is on her journey and how her daughter helped her face a lifelong fear. . >>> welcome back jessica simpson rose to fame as a pop star on a level with a siems flighty reality tv newly wood. >> >>> since then, wife, mom, best selling author, fashion tycoon mogul. >> millionaire she revealed she was sober after years of alcohol and drug abuse. now jessica is releasing perform e