he was one of the small group, as he recalled, who defended wendell phillips? during the speech in boston, where there was a real threat of mob violence for speaking at the antislavery society. that is what required him to enlist. i don't care about graduating, he said, and it was a real zeal for this ideal. the war made him really skeptical of causing all kinds. he said that every cause is tyranny, every cause is despotism, to make somebody do something that they don't want to. certainty leads to violence was the lesson that he drew from that. although i could not find a racist work or a hint of any racist feelings towards african-americans or anyone else in any of his writings, he was not very synthetic with the plight of the freed slaves after the war. several of what i think are actually even worse decisions that bug versus spill involved his blindness to the day-to-day plight of black people in the south and the indignities that they suffer. -- suffered. you see his views beginning to change in the 20's and 30's with the cases of mob dominated trials in th

it's essential areas such as wendell see all protected so stocks can replenish the proposal for this area would put the area thirty kilometers of show. off limits to the fishing industry so we tell us a solution you can continue to fishing and taught to question but keep it outside of these areas currently being proposed as protected areas because the reason they've been proposed. it's because it's so important for the eco system down him. later the green peace team and a full activism mode. as the vessels transfer that catch an opportunity for the campaign climbers to make a point. a port is attached to an anchor. the campaign is could live inside for several days. but the ship speeds up to the green peace team decides to pull out and cool they cruise back. but the photos had been sent around the world. soon will begin the long journey home but this time to make another landing and the variety of species here on livingston island. is just astounding . at the first seal population expanding rapidly as a penguin dial from the east last year. hi this is changing. populations are under

. >> the common laten by oliver wendell holmes is one the "books that shaped america" in our new seriesg september 18. stepdiansky recounted the f supreme court justice oliver wendell holmes who served on the supreme court justice from 1902 to 1932. >> i'm honored to introduce stephen budiansky to all of you. he's a historian, biographer, and writer. his work is a. in many locations. hose works have appeared in many publications, including the new york times and washington post.

books that shaped america" with a look at "the common law," by former supreme court justice oliver wendellolmes. up next, president biden announces an additional $95 million in aid for wildfire relief efforts in maui from the bipartisan infrastructure fund. the president also discusses his administration's response to hurricane idalia in florida and other states affected. pres. biden: folks, thanks for being here. earlier today, i made a point to speak to all the governors, most likely to be impacted by this storm. i spoke to governor desantis several times, governor cooper, about the impact of the storm that made landfall at 7:45 this morning as a category three hurricane. and it's moved over land and it's now shift over to category one but it is still very dangerous with winds up to 75 miles an hour. and the impacts this storm are being felt throughout the southeast, even as it moves up the eastern coast of the united states affecting georgia, south carolina, north carolina, and we have to remain vigilant. and there's much more to do. i just came from the oval office where i met with the

from spartak's penalty area, and with the help of a rebound from spartak's defender georgiy jiki, wendel gundel opened the score of the match. e, in the second half he scored a double, but even after that, spartak had a chance to save his mother alexander sobolev scored from the penalty spot. the penalty was set after watching the video and there were 15 minutes of pure time left to save this match, but instead the starter missed the third ball. right now. let's hear from the goalkeeper. mikhail kerzhakov's zenith he told how pleasant it was to play in an almost full stadium. today for the opening. arena came in the order of 35,000. fans are the most important indicator for a spartak match in the era of the background id gorgeous atmosphere i am very glad that many spartak fans came. thank you for this, oddly enough, but it's always nice to play in such an atmosphere. thanks to the results of the football match between spartak and zenit summed up alexander abramov well, now on our air, the continuation of the author's cycle of sergei stankevich, new russia birth hello, i'm sergei stankev

tonight at 9:00 eastern, an author and historian recounts the life of supreme court justice oliver wendell holmes and his legal philosophy. >> his real view about the constitution and democracy was that a statute had to violate a direct prohibition in the constitution for a court to strike it down. he said legislatures are every much as courts the defenders of rights and he thought it undermined democracy for courts to be overturning laws without a clear absolute beyond a reasonable doubt standard. >> just after 10:00 p.m., an author and curator talks about mark twain's life and legacy as a writer and public figure. and his influence on american popular culture. >> the empire of britain embraced mark twain before we did. there was a strong european and even global impulse toward mark twain that was probably stronger in some areas abroad then it was here but after tom sawyer and huck finn, he became our most celebrated -- is no other writer who can compare. >> from the c-span archives tonight on c-span and sure to watch our new series books that shaped america in rship with the library of c

the library has the papers of oliver wendell holmes. we will be able to show his personal correspondence and the movie the magnificent yankee at the end, he says i'm getting my papers to the library of congress and it's like oh boy. we will be able to bring out first editions of these books but everything that companies them. it's an exciting series. the exciting part is that we want to know what the viewers are thinking. what will you say? our librarians and curators are excited. >> will you be updating the list as well? hacks yes. we will keep and coordinate with you about what's coming in and revealing it, talking about it. it will be a way to get people to think about the importance of reading and getting ideas and sharing them as a collective. host: before we end this segment, we will show you the list of 10 books we chose. the ones we didn't choose include ben franklin, dr. seuss, margaret sanger, alex haley. those are some of the names on the list of books that shaped america created by the library of congress that we did not cho

the cia agent, wendell pierce, father u.s. army veteran in world war ii. as -- >> harris: are you going? >> i'm not going, i will be at jersey shore, irish riviera. >> harris: awesome, i would have spotted you the $50. >> emily: you were saying you own 50's businesses or help manage them, how do you juxtapose that with kamala touting success when americans are not feeling success. >> inflation 3%, what is beside that point, the sticky part, talking about barbers, hair stylists, salons, lawyers, that inflation has not gone down as much, where the rubber meets the road. when you look at the stock market, 31,000 when president biden got in, now 35,000, needs to go up more. we are landing that soft landing and not going through recession, there is more work to do. >> harris: what does that mean, soft landing that has to close. we can't keep enough money to help people. >> every year -- majority of them, 70% gone after first year. >> harris: existing ones that have been around since biden came into office and are having to fold out of the picture. >> a lot are

at nine eastern, author and historian stephen recounts the life of supreme court justice oliver wendell holmes and his legal philosophy. >> is a real view about the coaster to chin and democracy, was that -- his real view about the constitution and democracy for a court to strike it down. he said legislatures are every much as court the defenders of rights. for course to be overturning laws without a clear absolute beyond a reasonable doubt standard. >> 10:00 p.m., harry talks about mark twain's life and legacy as a writer and public figure and his influence on american popular culture. >> the empire of britain actually embraced twain before we did. there was a strong european and even global impulse towards twain that was probably stronger in some areas abroad than and was here. after sawyer and huck finn, he became our most celebrated writer. >> from the c-span archive, tonight on c-span. beginning monday, ber 18, live at 9 p.m. eastern on c-span c-span now, free mobile video app or online at c-span.org. american history exploring the events that tell the american story. david grant t

tonight at 9:00 eastern, author and historian recounts the life of supreme court justice oliver wendell holmes and his legal philosophy. >> his real view about the constitution and democracy he said legislatures are every much as courts the defenders of rights and he thought it undermined democracy for courts to be overturning laws without a clear absolute beyond a reasonable doubt standard. >> after 10:00 p.m., an author and curator talks about mark twain, his life and legacy as a writer and public figure and his influence on american popular culture. >> the empire of britain embraced mark twain before we did. there was a strong european and global impulse toward mark twain that was probably stronger in some areas abroad then here but after tom sawyer and huckleberry finn, he became our most celebrated writer. >> from the c-span archives toon c-span. be sure watch the new s books that shaped america in partneh the library of congress beginning monday, september 18 live at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> washington journal, our life form involving you with the latest issues. from washin

they dropped, they went into business with wendell murphy. they dropped the price of pork from 65 cents a pound to two cents a pound. it cost the farmer at that 0.35 -- that point $0.35 a pound to raise to kill eight. and they took over the whole hog industries. they put out a business, 28,000 hog farmers, they replaced those with 2200 factories, 80% of them owned by one owned or operated or contracted to one company. so and today, virtually 100% of hog production in the state of iowa. -- iowa is owned by that company. so you have the opposite of what thomas jefferson said was necessary for us maintaining our democracy, which is that our landscapes would be left in the hands of thousands, tens of thousands of independent human farmers, each with a stake in our system of government. we now have a colonial system. here in iowa and around the country with land base is owned by a corporate aristocracy. a corporate kleptocracy who is using their control. what the and to shrimp mine, the wealth from the, from the public. so this boy said to me, i w

i guess on data wendell in unique lenika out of my goodness. what was the name was he plays the days west on by sunday, mendel don't the, but i'm all sorts of us in a couple which the, you know, to force him on at the wheels, but as much as a man and it will be smoke story, female assembled estimation, i meant to be more fun. similar. yes. the same on a but she might not. the name was what for the typical buying the other day and having to be like getting all these young knew what the c matters. your took them and you know, get beat almost hitting, but some studies see, i say most went by the name of the, from life single the, i just, the took a k k noticed almost, but i'm what he paid all the pain. so the key model system, the handle of the ceiling, is either the it will be the low say they, me was measured on this is just plain, but as a land that is a just plain one valley mentos claim and see what he's like. the name was sentencing and let me in the limits and then we meet in the him. nice case. he let them up with nothing. we see must them

tonight at nine eastern, author and historian recounts the life of oliver wendell holmes and his legal philosophy. >> holmes real view about the constitution and democracy is that, violate a direct prohibition in the constitution for court to strike him down. he said legislatures are very much as court. he thought it democracy for courts to be overturning laws without a clear absolute beyond a reasonable doubt standpoint. >> 10:00 p.m., harry cat talked about mark twain life and legacy as a writer and public figure and his influence on america popular culture. >> there was a strong european and even global impulse towards twain that was probably stronger in some areas abroad then it was here. after tom sawyer. he became our most celebrated writer. >> f the c-span archives, tonight on c-span. be sure to watch c-span's new series, books that shaped erica and partnership with the library of congress. live at 9 p.m. eastern on c-span. our free mvideo app or online at c-span.org. >> the house and senate returns in september for legislative business following their summer recess. both chambe

tonight at 9:00 eastern, and author and historian recounts the life of supreme court justice oliver wendell holmes and his philosophy. >> holmes'real view about the constitution and democracy was that a statute had to be violating a direct prohibition in the constitution for a court to strike it down. he said legislatures are very much like courts the defenders of rights. he thought that it under minded democracy for courts to overturn laws without a clear, absolute, beyond a reasonable doubt standing. >> after 10:00, mark twain's life and legacy as a writer and public figure and his influence on american popular culture. >> the empire of britain embraced twain before we did. there was a strong european and even global impulse towards twain that was probably stronger in some areas than here. after tom sawyer and huck finn, he became one of our -- our most celebrated writer. there is er writer that can compare. >> the c-span archives night on c-span. watch c-span's new series books at shaped america in nership with the library of congress beginning monday september 18 live pan. c-span now, o

stephen mooney and recovered the work of oliver wendell holmes, who served on the high court from 1902 to 1932. >> i am honored to introduce our guest to all of you. he is a historian

wendell of oliver wendell holmes on the bench famously called that common law tradition a brooding omnipresence. the sky. unlike coolidge, stone was sanguine about social legislation. he saw no constitutional for protecting individual property rights, and he had no quarrel with national economic regulations. in light of their conflict, legal predispositions. it is ironic, though, under standard both politically that coolidge appointed his former to the us supreme court. in 1941 after franklin roosevelt had brought about a constitutional revolution through supreme court appointments. stone, in fact, over but authored the opinion that overturned the very coolidge had defended in his 1922 speech. the foundation such structural, traditional, have been challenged ever since the transformation by a heap of indies indigestible authorities. coolidge gained and the statesman prudence from early in self-government and traditional law training. as a result, he loved structural constitution and common law. his education and yields important lessons for those who would restore limited government and preserv

katherine's book a yankee from olympus is a life study of oliver wendell holmes.i did not which read the book when i was in high school. because it was boring. but the high school i attended was oliver wendell holmes high school in san antonio. we all had to read the book. was mesmerized. it was from catherine drinker bowen in that book that i realized writing history did not have to be boring. it was not just facts and names. she created such context starting the story with his grandfather, a minister in his father a famous poet. and how everything he learned fit into his time and place. and howde he'd the decision to help her render on the supreme court that changed america forever weren't just based on law but on personal experience. if you can write a book like that and not make it dry i thought gosh it must be possible to write history that is factual. that tells important stories people do not know. but people can enjoy reading it. i met this inspiration for a >> that book a lot when i am writing produce the ones for the future king, anyone who has read it n

jeff: the yankee from olympus is the life study of wendell holmes. i did not want to read the book when i was in high school, but the high school i attended was all over us wendell holmes has spoken i was mesmerized. it was from catherine drinker bowen that i realized rating history did not have to be boring. it was not just facts and names. she created context, starting starting with his grandfather, a minister and his father, a famous poet. and how everything he learned to fit into his time and place and how the decisions he helped render on the supreme court that changed america forever were not just based on law but on personal experience. if you could write a book like that, and not make it dry, i thought it must be possible to write history that is factual, that tells important stories people do not know and that people can enjoy reading. that is an inspiration. as far as the once and future king, anyone who has read it knows that is the arthurian legend presented by a great storyteller. he could tell you this story we all think we know and he

this boy from the river who goes on to his career in the 1870's, goes to boston and roasts oliver wendell holmes and all the great boston writers. it is a complete fiasco. but at the end of his life here he is, he is now in the establishment, but to get there from hannibal, that is a long way. to be seated in this group with all these amazing writers, to be considered that group, all of the literary attention that was shown to them, and he never became -- he never lost the child within him. he never lost that kid by the river was open to everything and completely transparent, and i think that is really the wonderful story about mark twain is who he became and how consciously he worked to become that man. [applause] thank you. we will open the floor to questions. tom: if you have a question about a specific slide, just let us know. we can try to get it back up on the screen and talk about it individually. >> [indiscernible] >> toward the end of his life he wrote the mysterious stranger, and literary critics have ba ttened on that because they see it as a revelation of how dark his vision h

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or they're hoping it would be a of chorus girls or the politician wendell willkie, who had recently made an around the world tour and written a bestselling book about it. they were expecting a vip, and yet they were astounded when eleanor roosevelt stepped off the plane and fdr specifically asked eleanor to visit island and other islands along the supply and communications route that the united states, with australia, it was vital to keep the route open and protected and yet the men on these islands felt marginalized, distant from the fighting, and as if weren't making enough of a contribution to the war. and fdr wanted eleanor to assure them that he knew the valuable job that they were doing. and on christmas, eleanor set the rigorous pace that she would keep throughout the trip after she got back from the pacific. she was giving a speech and an audience member asked her how many hours of sleep she got per night while she was traveling through the pacific. and she replied that she could get by on five, but that she didn't always them. so she went nonstop for five weeks, sleeping army co

other things you can trace is back to reptiles like crocodiles, this was the clincher, birds, oliver wendell holmes read there and wrote, i was astonisheded. i love about horse feet, is there anyt animal beside the bison we associate more with the west than the horse. royalt' bird of the west. this was convincing proof of two of the claims. made by -- darwin during this period. marsh sent him a copy of the bird, d the next day darwin wrote marsh back and said this is the best evidence confirming my ideas in the last 20 years, this was pub published in 1880. origin of species in 1859, saying that this is best proof of my ideas found since i published this book. so, is there a connection between modern america and this case, scientific super star and birth of the west? yeah. i think there is. this is one scientific area in which we could show this. point three, a little more complex. modern america and question of citizenship. united states of america from the beginning has been a society of remarkable rangema of races and origins, united states has extended citizenship and rights around citiz

sorry, i keep thinking and wanting to mention writers but read wendell berry. a librarian. his vision was, you go back to a small town. you see intellectuals in new york and los angeles go back to ohio and indiana. work in the community and build trust on environmental issues. so what sustainable farming is like. it is hard to do what barry is suggesting, but it is beautiful to read his thinking. he is one of my favorite writers alive. jenn: david, quickly. david: sure. just because douglas was talking about writers, it was so well known by mid century. you know the novel "alita," that came out in 1950 five but was written in the 1940's? he sent them to the arctic to research climate change. that is how long the science has been with us. writers have always been a great way to chart the progress. the three of us had a great conversation about environmental justice. i would flip your question and look at it from the point of view of people in the cities. one thing that made me really anxious is this divide we have seen already. doug wrote about it beautifully in "silent spri

oliver wendell holmes said you need to share in the actions of the passions of your time and a lot ofus didsh that. people like you are the people i write my looks for an eye thank you very much for being interested. dorian st. louis good afternoon to you. are you still there? >> terry terry we are listening, please go ahead. are you still there? >> we welcome back to calls in just a second. this is to get them straightened out. we welcome back to those calls in just a second. one of the things weec always do with our authors here at booktv on "in depth" as we ask them what they are reading and here is what jeff guinn told us he was currently reading and it's a riff action since world war ii trilogy the day of battle the at last light which atkso has set in that seat andalk to "in debout his work. whyve have you picked that up? >> every time i read a book like waco my book by book that has just come out and spend maybe three years feeling scared that there are so many moving parts that there are so many people to include in the story. i might separate when i start riding the book i th

the library has the papers of oliver wendell holmes.e will be able to show his personal correspondence and the movie the magnificent yankee at the end, he says i'm getting my papers to the library of congress and it's like oh boy. we will be able to bring out first editions of these books but everything that companies them. it's an exciting series. the exciting part is that we want to know what the viewers are thinking. what will you say? our librarians and curators are excited. >> will you be updating the list as well? hacks yes. we will keep and coordinate with you about what's coming in and revealing it, talking about it. it will be a way to get people to think about the importance of reading and getting ideas and sharing them as a collective. host: before we end this segment, we will show you the list of 10 books we chose. the ones we didn't choose include ben franklin, dr. seuss, margaret sanger, alex haley. those are some of the names on the list of books that shaped america created by the library of congress that we did not choos

ilyon woo: they were quite well-known known actually there is a quotation from wendell phillips who is a celebrated abolitionist lecturer, he is called the golden tongued man and he predicted that future people, millions will read their story and know it with admiration and applause because many people across the united states knew their name at that time. because their escape was phenomenal but also because they chose to tell their story. susan: what do you think we get from the history books? ilyon woo: that is an interesting question and it depends on which history books you are talking about. i would probably quote one of the great granddaughters on this one, she said whether people know the story or not has to do a lot with where they are coming from and the kind of stories they have access to. but it is certainly true that the crafts are not known like douglas or truman people who are known by a single name. i think that reason is complicated, it has a lot to do with which stories we decide as a nation, people in power in this nation have decided to tell. and remember over the ye

eastern, author and historian stephen, recounts the life of supreme court justice oliver wendell holmes and his legal philosophy. >> homes real view about the constitution and about democracy was that a statute had to be violating direct prohibition in the constitution for a court to strike it down. he said, legislators are every much the defenders of rights and he thought it would undermine democracy for courts to be overturning laws without a clear, absolute, beyond a reasonable doubt standard. >> after 10:00 p.m., author and curator talks about mark twain's legacy as writer and public figure and his influence on american popular culture. >> the empire of britain embraced between before we did, so there was a strong european impulse towards twain that was probably stronger in some areas abroad than it was here, but that was after tom sawyer and huck finn that he became one of our most celebrated writers. there'no other writer who could compare. >> from tpan archives wednesday night on c-span. ure to watch c-span's new series, books that shaped america in partnership with the library o

tonight at 9:00 eastern, an author recounts life of supreme court justice oliver wendell holmes and hisegal philosophy. >> holmes'real view about the constitution and about democracy was that a statute had to violate a direct prohibition in the constitution for a court to strike it down. he said legislatures are every much as courts the defenders of rights, and he thought it undermined it democracy for courts to be overturning laws without a clear, absolute beyond a reasonable doubt standard. announcer: just after 10:00 p.m. author and curator harry katz talks about mark twain's life and legacy as a writer and public figure and his influence on popular american culture. >> the empire of britain actually embraced twain before we did, so there was a strong european and even global impulse toward twain that was probably stronger in some areas abroad than it was here. after tom sawyer and huck finn, he became our most celebrated wr announcer: from the c-span archives tonight on c-span, and series books of that shapeds new america in partnership with the library of cs beginning monday, septe

this was the clincher, tooth birds oliver wendell holmes read this and wrote marsh and said, when i readout tooth birds, he said i was so astonished that the midwife in first look in the amount of richard the third, which will be about this. but her love the horse feet, is there any animal besides the bison that we associate more with the west and the horse? what does he call this? in the classical scholars here? the bluebird of the west. i love that. well, this was, this was convincing proof, these two things, convincing proof of two of the claims, basic claims made by darwin during this during that. darwin thought so. marsh sent him a copy of odontornithes. the next day after he got it, darwin wrote marsh back and says this is the best evidence confirming my ideas in the last 20 years. this was published in 1880. what's he saying? the last 20 years. origin species was published in 1859 think this is the best proof of my ideas published, i mean, found since. i wrote this book, since i published this book. so is there a connection between modern america, in this case as a scientific supe

oliver wendell holmes read this and wrote marsh and said, when i read this about two birds, he said i was astonished. is the midwife who first looked at from the mouth of richard the third and what's lovely about this what i love about the horse field of course. is there any animal besides a bison that we associate more with the west the horse? what does he call this has brought us regardless any classical scholars here it's the royal bird of the west. i love that. well, this was this was convincing proof. two things. convincing proof of two of the claims. basic claims made by darwin during this during this period. darwin also marsh sent him a copy of ode on tortoises. the next day after he got it, darwin wrote marsh. and so this is the best evidence confirming my ideas in the last 20 years. now this published in 1881. what's he saying? the last 20 years or two of species was published in 1859, saying is this is the best proof of ideas published. i've been found since. i wrote this book since i published this book. so is there connection between modern america this cases as a scientif