you know, westboro's, you know, m.o. when it comes to ex-members is to generally pretend like we don't exist and to not acknowledge things that we say and do publicly. the can exception to that is when something gets attention. and so i mentioned that ted talk that i gave a couple years ago. they were tweeting about it. in the leadup to publication of this book, there were tweets saying things that i was ap antichrist -- an antichrist. i do believe that they will read it, and i definitely -- i wrote the book for so many reasons, and one of them is that i kind of see it as bread crumbs from my family and the people still in the church. like maybe by detailing exactly stopped believing the things that they believe, how i came to see the destructiveness in it and, hopefully, i mean, i've written it in a way that even they in their current position will, that it can be a bridge, you know, from where they are to where i am now. and even if it doesn't cause them -- i don't expect anybody, you know, any of them to read it and t

i've done a lot of work with interfaith group since i left westboro.hink it's really important to be open. this is one of the things that has become a foundation of my life, this idea of the importance of doubt. the importance of recognizing that we can have our beliefs and believe and think strongly but to recognize that there are things outside of our experience. >> tamron: you don't practice any religion at this point? >> no. >> tamron: you feel that's the healthiest way for you to move forward? >> for me es. >> tamron: does anybody from the westboro keep contact? >> now? >> no. >> tamron: are you at peace with that? >> i still reach out to them. i reach out to them partly to show them that i love them, the people on the outside are not what they are taught. and also time try and change minds. >> tamron: years dori is inspirational. you changed a lot of minds about you. we want to thank megan phelps-roper for sharing her incredible journey. we also want to, i have to say this, thank you to the men and women who serve our country whose families had t

there is a church it's called the westboro baptist church come in from his church.tests outside of funerals for american heroes who fought for this country and lost their lives, they even threatened the protest outside of a child funeral all because they are against homosexuality, they are against other religions, they are a hate group. one of the women there was a part of this church, in fact her father led the church, she broke free. her name is megan phelps-roper. she has written a book about it, she is going to join us. how she took out the hate and replaced it with love. it is a powerful story and she's going to share with us. and, how many student loan stories have we heard? oh, my god. a million student loan stories. we have a guest coming up, he was living in his parents basement and decided to run for office. he won from his parents baseme basement, josh is new york's youngest elected official. he ran his campaign in high school come he's going to join us about some of the things he wants to see changed in this country. i wrote him a card and say you might

she left the westboro baptist church november 2012 and as an educator of topics related to extremism and communication across ideological lines. at the age of five she began protesting homosexuality and of the alleged vices alongside fellow members of the westboro baptist church in topeka, kansas. the church was found by her grandfather and consisted almost entirely of her extended family. a tiny group gained notoriety for pickets military funerals and celebrations of death and tragedy. as the church twitter spokesman, megan with one of the few that interact with the outside world, and twitter actually did something that maybe we can applaud it for. caused her to begin doubting the strict church leaders and the message of humans are simple of the lock of the church itself be so confident about itself, question should left with. after a digital joust with critics she started when it sometimes they had a w point and then should begin exchanging messages with an intuitive for change her life and then here to welcome her. megan phelps-roper, everyone. [applause] >> good evening, everyone

megan phelps-roper left westboro church in 2012 with her sister. when she left the church, she still loves them and hopes they'll leave westboro as well. >> i thought we were just telling the truth of god and, you know, doing our duty to love our neighbor and these people hated us for it. >> reporter: megan phelps-roper grew up on the picket lines of one of the most infamous and influential churches in america, westboro baptist church. since she was a little girl she listened to the rhetoric that the church claimed as the word of god and others dubbed hate speech. >> louder, ladies. >> reporter: they protested homosexuality, other religions and famously were present at the funerals of military soldiers. >> it was just this very simple understanding of, well, this is -- this dead soldier is a curse from god because of this nation's sins. >> stand there with your [ bleep ] sign. >> reporter: counterprotesters at times clashed with the church and picket lines turned into war zones. >> people would be driving by screaming and yelling and throwing thing

director maria provides a history of latin america and megan phelps roper recounts growing up with the westboro baptist church. watch live coverage of the wisconsin book festival saturday starting at 11:30 a.m. eastern and be sure to catch the texas book festival in october and miami book fair in november, on booktv on c-span2. >> now portions of yesterday's democratic national committee women's leadership forum, nancy

. >> juan: this happened with westboro baptist church.hold a protest at the military because they oppose the acceptance of gay people. at some point, the courts did say you know what? you can't interfere. you have to stop. you're demeaning people in the midst of expressing their grief. >> greg: what is interesting about westboro, at least they set a standard. that's like that is so awful. >> dana: obvious. >> greg: yes. >> dana: what is ironic, you have a state like massachusetts where -- it's bipartisan but mostly coming from the left, that you should reduce jail time. now they want to increase jail time for this person. also, you listed the places where this originated and affected all of our places but you forgot the united kingdom. this happens in britain. you can be arrested because -- jesse overheard us talking and now -- then we're marched off of fox news. >> greg: or -- >> dana: and their list is not just the b word. it's anything. >> greg: you mix gender, you're a candidate, too. dr. nicole, swearing is therapeutic. >> it is cath

director maria provides a history of latin america and megan phelps roper recounts growing up with the westboro baptist church. watch live coverage of the wisconsin book festival saturday starting at 11:30 a.m. eastern and be sure to catch the texas book festival in october and miami book fair in november, on booktv on c-span2. >> now portions of yesterday's democratic national committee women's leadership forum, nancy pelosi on the upcoming elections, the impeachment inquiry and the passing of elijah cummings and remarks and democratic presidential candidate joe biden. he focuses on the violence against women act in the trump administration and offered that he would be able to beat donald trump in the 2020 election. ♪ >> house democrats are down with nancy pelosi, the once and future speaker of the united states house of representatives. >> nancy pelosi is the most powerful woman in american political history. >> that characterize the strength -- >> he has been speaker of the house not once but twice. and chief critic of donald trump. >> that is the way you clap when your husband finally puts

and in unfollow, megan phelps roper chronicles growing up as a member of the westboro baptist church. richard dawkins challenges the world's religions in outgrowing god. fox news' gregg jarrett in witch hunt. astrophysicist neil degrasse tyson provides answers to the questions on the cosmos that he's received from people around the world in letters from an astrophysicist. and in antisocial, andrew morans argued that the alt-right has exploited the internet to promote extremist views. look for these titles in bookstores and watch for many of the authors in the near future on booktv on c-span2. >> you're watching booktv on c-span2 with top nonfiction books and author it is every weekend. booktv, television for series readers. >> here are some programs to watch out for this weekend. our "after words" guest is washington times national security column bill gertz. of he'll discuss china's efforts to become an economic superpower. on sunday we'll be live of with journalist and best selling author naomi kline for our monthly call-in program "in depth." she'll answer your questions. also on s

in about a half an hour that will be megan felt on her reactions on twitter cost her to leave the westboro baptist church which is known for protestant soldier funerals and gay marriage. >> while we wait we want to show you part of a program that airs tomorrow evening. here is jim mattis on his military career and his thoughts on leadership. >> one passage in here we see the commitment to excellence is uncompromised and personal sensitivity is irrelevant if when there's a mistake. >> when i read that i thought the last 60 years just kumble. because in most workplaces and most schools personal sensitivity is not making people feel bad, is a high priority do think that comes as he extends of excellence? >> it is a good point, the fact is on the battlefield there is no trophy for second place much less ninth place. you have got to win. so you're brought up with a very grim set of skills by people who have been there, done it and they are not really interested in reasons white cannot happen. you have simply got to carry through but pretty soon what carries you along, you know everybody beside

and megan phelps roper recounts growing up as a member of the westboro baptist church. watch our live coverage of the wisconsin book festival today starting at 11:30 a.m. eastern. and be sure to catch the texas book festival in october and the miami book fair in november on booktv on c-span2. .. coming up in the next hour we will speak with local authors about the city's history and learn how it came to be known as a glass capital of the world. later the toledo van band crash of 1931. we begin our special feature with the city's mayor. >> i think places like toledo are often taken for granted there is a such wonderful history here. they had built things. the first big break that this region got was when the glass pioneers moved from the east coast primarily boston. drawn by rich reservoir natural gas. brought his glass company to toledo and opened a plant on ash street in north toledo. it's on the same site today. the glass industry was big and important into in toledo once did that. as the economy changed and things evolved we started building other things also. about

and growing up as a member of the westboro baptist church. watch live coverage of the wisconsin book festival saturday starting at 11:30 a.m. eastern and be sure to catch the texas book festival in october and miami book fair in november on booktv on c-span2. >> the consumer financial protection bureau's kathleen kraninger talks about payday lending practices and majority rules before the senate banking committee. this is an hour and 20 minutes. >> today we received testimony from cfpb -- cfpb director kathleen kraninger and the annual report. the cfpb offered it spring of 2019 annual report which outlines the bureau's significant work between october 2018, and march 2019, including rulemakings and supervisor and its regulatory activities. the report also provides insight into what the cfpb plans to undertake in the coming work. go. since the into her role last november kathleen kraninger demonstrated a commitment to ensuring consumers have access to a wide range of financial products and services that meet individual needs, fostering innovat

provides a history of latin america and megan phelps roper recounts growing up as a member of the westboro church. watch our live coverage of the wisconsin book festival saturday, starting at 11:30 eastern. catch the texas book festival and the miami book festival on c-span. >> washington journal mugs are available at c-span's new online store. go to c-span.org and check out all of the c-span products. washington journal continues. host: delicate stacey plaskett at our table this morning, we thank you for being here. on the your thoughts passing of congressman elijah cummings and what it was like to serve with him on the oversight committee. thisr: this -- guest: would have been my third term with representative cummings on oversight and he really was a mentor to me in many ways. you have heard so many reflections from individuals in the past day and the thing that stands out so much about him is he was a man of god. people talk about the fact that both of his parents for sharecroppers and they came to baltimore, he was born and raised there, but what is more important to know about his pa

and in unfollow, megan phelps roper chronicles growing up as a member of the westboro baptist church. also being published this week, richard dawkins explains why he became an atheist in "outgoing god." fox news' gregg jarrett argues the i mueller investigation was weaponized to hurt president trump in witch hunt. neil degrasse tyson provides answers to questions on the cosmos that he was received in "letters from an astrofizz vis." 9 and andrew me rants argues about the alt-right. watch for many of the authors in the near future on booktv on c-span2. >> booktv recently went up to capitol hill to ask members of congress about their reading lists. >> congressman congressman gerry from virginia's 11th congressional district, what are you reading? >> well, i've read a lot of really wonderful books. the one i'm reading right now is max hastings new book on the history of the vietnam war from 1945-1975. this is terrific. i'm not yet finished with it, but i'm getting close, and it, i mean, it's just gripping x. a lot of it is also told from the vietnamese point of view, both the viet cong a

in about a half an hour that will be megan felt on her reactions on twitter cost her to leave the westboro is known for protestant soldier funerals and gay marriage. >> while we wait we want to show you part of a program that airs tomorrow evening. here is jim mattis on his military career and his thoughts on

megan phelps roper recounts growing up as a member of the westboro baptist church. live coverage of the wisconsin book festival saturday at 11:30 a.m. eastern. be sure to catch the texas book festival in october. on book tv on c-span two. washington journal mugs are available at c-span's new online store. go to c-span store.org. check out the washington journal mugs and see all of the c-span products. >> washington journal continues. votedyesterday, the house 354-60, with 129 republicans joining democrats to oppose the presidents withdrawal from syria. we want you to let us know what you think about this debate. here is eliot engel. during the debate, he drafted this bipartisan proposal with mike mccall, who is the wrecking republican on the homeland security committee. [video clip] >> what kind of message does this send to the world? how can america be trusted to keep its word and we disc -- when you betray one of our close partners, loyal and faithful partners? just throw them out like an old shoe. how can america be trusted to keep its word when we make impulsive

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