that's isabel wilkerson. you need to read this book, the book is entitled "caste", the origins of our discontent, the pulitzer prize winner, and oprah interviewed her for her show. what else can you say? it's in our honor to chat a bit here tonight with this magnificent author and remarkable intellectual and great writer. god bless you, ms. wilkerson and thanks so much for writing this book. >> thank you. thank you. >> i don't know if-- if they'll give us more time, or what we'll do. i don't know if miss cox is on here, i don't know if how it's supposed to do i don't know in the cast of characters that somebody will come on and tell me-- otherwise we can keep going, i just thought we were supposed to end at 8:50, but if they ain't giving us the hook and we ain't got to stop, i think we do-- they just gave me the, yeah, shut up. [laughter] >> thank you so much again. such an honor to speak to you. >> i have enjoyed it. [laughter] >> this has been great. you all take good care now. go watch lebron james with ne

stick with wilkerson. >> thank you both so much. have a good night. >> thank you, bye. >> the senate returns today at noon eastern to continue debate on overriding the president's veto of the defense programs and policy bill. at 1 p.m. they'll vote to limit debate. if that passes they'll be up to 30 more hours of debate, if they do not have a time agreement setting up a potential final vote on saturday. a veto override requires two-thirds of majority of nos present and voting. none of president trump'se

looking at british prime minister winston churchill leadership during the london blitz and then isabel wilkerson for what she calls a hiddencaste system in the united states . >> welcome, thank you for joining us. this is very exciting for me because i'm a huge fan of trends erik larson and about a little bit ofchurchill as we are warming up . i'm directorial director of a collaboration between it state university. we look at the implications of the impact of technology on society. also professor at our contact school of journalism at arizona state university. it's an honor and pleasure to have you with us today. and all what brings us here today is your latest book "the splendid and the vile", a song of churchill's family during the blitz. as all of you probably know i'm sure eric is also the author of such fabulous books as deadweight, under struck the white city, i have read most of your books but i have not read your first book. i was intrigued looking at your biography that you wrote about called how companies spy on individual pursuers and it's actually a very weighty subject so i'm please

virtual author talk host bid the atlanta history century, pulitzer prize winning author isabelle wilkerson cricked walt we called a hiddencaste system in the out. >> the caste determines the respect access to resources or lack thereof or deprivation, all these things that awe crew through no fault of ones on and nobody alive today is responsible for the inherited rankings and fraction of what we now live with to this day and live in the shadow of the originating ones that started with the founding of the -- was the united states colony, the british colony, which is where the divisions and categorizing of people occurred. in a caste system, categorize people. in india it's based upon religion and inheritance, and then occupation. and it could have been in the founding of the united states and the expiration of the world by europeans where they came no contact with people who of different from them and began to categorize the people they found and then building this country, bringing in people from africa to be enslaved to build a country for free in the process of doing that, creating a bip

do the race so we're taking the plunge by asking if guests might want to go on a tour with us mr wilkerson circles the tour system and is able to recover some of the expenses by offering docs like tours which also provide further training for the animals although that venture is compromised by having to tailor the tours to the wishes of his guests. 6 months on march 20 twentieth's and the finn mark slipping is about to begin the toughest dog sled race in your up with 1200 icy kilometers awaiting the competitors. but ben has doubts as to whether his team is in top shape. you would know they haven't done those long distances so far this year but have had to work really hard. not to be on board in the spirit i hope she puts on another good showing this year oh sure . has the clout of the team it's been great in the preparation it's. the dokes get a pretty race check up from veterinarians otherwise the national out to compete. and then is worried about the swelling on this one's leg. much as we were here doctor says that if he has sound alternatives she'd suggest taking a different doctor. for

it has been a tremendous week of literary celebration and we are very grateful to isabel wilkerson and michael eric dyson with us

topping the list, pulitzer prize winning author isabel wilkerson explores what she calls a hidden caste system in the united states. then he first weimar the presidential memoir a promise land, former president barack obama reflects on his life and political career. after that and keep sharp neurosurgeon sanja gupta offers advice on how to maintain brain health. that's filed by the late basketball coach john thompson's autobiography, i came as a shadow. and wrapping up our look at some of the best selling books according to washington d.c. politics and prose bookstore, is twilight of democracy pulitzer prize winning historian and on the rise of nationalism and authoritarianism around the world. some of these authors have appeared on book tv and you can watch the programs online booktv.org. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ spigot good afternoon. and welcome to washington post live. i am carol emma national investigative reporter here at the "washington post". and i am privileged to have with me today former fbi director jim comey. welcome jim, we are going to talk about your book,

and cast by isabel wilkerson, a provocative book that exposesan american history in which few can take pride . to all of the finalists, we needed your voices this year. and you for sharing your talents with us and congratulations to all of you. the winner of the 2020 kirkus prize for nonfiction is -- stakes is high by mychal denzel smith. >>. [laughter] wow. wow. i genuinely am just so excited to be a finalist. it's such an honor. i don't expect to win anything and it's been an honor to be a finalist among such an amazing group of authors who are doing incredible work. thank you to the judges. foreseeing something in this book . thank you to kirkus. $50,000 the day before my birthday is nothing to sneeze at. that's a lot of money to be responsible with and ipromise i will let you down .it's genuinely just -- my editor katie o'donnell is the best editor in the wholeworld . she makes me abetter writer . this is as much or award as it is mine notmore so . my agent jessica penn was been with me for so many years and through so many iterations of my career. and who is, has just been a rock

. >> to watch the rest of this program, visit booktv.org and search for isabel wilkerson for the title of her book, cast using the search box at the top of the page. >> discussion these days, the stigma and fight for justice, this is the story of the colony in the continental state and thousands of american who were exiled hidden away of the shameful diseases. sure the public health and policy, a professor of journalism and pediatric new york university, a good time to be born, the first time in human history, the exception rather than the rule. >> you like working with children and like being part of the journey from the time children are this is a good time to be born, assigns and public health give children a future, a came in part out of the it must have been like to do my job. one hundred physical when my grandmother was having. what it must have been like children take care of children as a pediatrician and a doctor when so many children did not grow up and extended on from that and began thinking about what it must have been like. we talk about this a lot, we've gone from countr

topping the list, pulitzer prize winning author isabel wilkerson explores what she calls a hidden castein the united states. then he first weimar the presidential memoir a promise land, former president barack obama reflects on his life and political career. after that and keep sharp neurosurgeon sanja gupta offers advice on how to maintain brain health. that's filed by the late basketball coach john thompson's autobiography, i came as a shadow. and wrapping up our look at some of the best selling books according to washington d.c. politics and prose bookstore, is twilight of democracy pulitzer prize winning historian and on the rise of nationalism and authoritarianism around the world. some of these authors have appeared on book tv and you can watch the programs online

then isabel wilkerson explores what she calls a hidden caste system in the united states. that it's bag man, rachel maddow and television producer, their examination of richard nixon's vice president. that's followed by dade alan sinly's what it's like to be a bird. and wrapping up our look at some of the best selling books according to "the boston globe" is "the best of me," a collection of stories and essays by author and humorist david sedaris. >> hello, and welcome to in conversation with p.j. o'rourke and dave berry. my name is jack perry. we are honored to sponsor this dialogue with the authors. as a locally-owned automotive group proudly serving south

stick with wilkerson. >> thank you both so much. have a good night. >> thank you, bye. >> the senate returns today at noon eastern to continue debate on overriding the president's veto of the defense programs and policy bill. at 1 p.m. they'll vote to limit debate. if that passes they'll be up to 30 more hours of debate, if they do not have a time agreement setting up a potential final vote on saturday. a veto override requires two-thirds of majority of nos present and voting. none of president trump's nine vetoes have been successful. the last in 2016 on legislation vetoed by president obama allowing 9/11 victims families to sue saudi arabia. >> and see that on c-span2. ♪ >> like the office they commemorate, presidential libraries are living institutions. certainly, it is my hope that the reagan library will become a dynamic intellectual forum where scholars interpret the past and policy makers debate the future. >> well to the ronald reagan presidential foundation and institute to fulfill, and offers lectures and forums, presentle

isabel wilkerson in her book talks about the incidents where it would allow otherwise reasonable peopleto do some of the most beastly things to people, whether it was in germany, whether it was during slavery or after that point here , or what has taken place in parts of india. she did this comparative analysis where you have the right type of emotional plug-in to individuals who have a different type of fear, they are looking for somebody or somebody -- somebody to blame for their hurt and buy into white supremacy or entitlement and sanction the taking of children on the border or sanction calling the global pandemic a china virus and politicize the wearing of a mask, or sanction the mass murder of a synagogue or destruction of a black church -- the list can go on and on. that is coupled with elected officials who should be voices of reasons become puppets of corporate interests who see this level of fear mongering so they can get bigger tax breaks. at the end of the day, you have a lot of individuals who are hurt in the white community. we have watched over time the opioid epidemic. w

and pulitzer prize winning author isabel wilkerson explores what she calls a hidden caste system in the united states . after that it's bagman, rachel maddow and television producer michael yaris examination of richard nixon's vice president. that's followed by orthodontist david allen simply what it's like to be a bird. and wrapping up our look at some of the best-selling books according to the boston globe is the best of me, a collection of stories and essays by author and humorist david sitter is a reminder that all the tv programs are available to watch online at booktv.org. >> book tv is television for serious readers all weekend every weekend. join us nextsaturday beginning at 8 am eastern for the best in nonfiction books . >> for the past four years, he has chaired the federal medications commission and he is leaving that office when joe biden comes in on january 20 . what's your legacy, what have you accomplished ? >> ..

. >> to watch the rest of this program, visit booktv.org and search for isabel wilkerson for the titler book, cast using the search box at the top of the page. >> discussion these days, the stigma and fight for justice, this is the story of the colony in the continental state and thousands of american who were exiled hidden

then isabel wilkerson explores what she calls a hidden caste system in the united states. after that it's bag man, rachel maddow and television producer, their examination of richard nixon's vice president. that's followed by dade alan sinly's what it's like to be a bird. and wrapping up our look at some of the best selling books according to "the boston globe" is "the best of me," a collection of stories and essays by author and humorist david sedaris. >> hello, and welcome to in conversation with p.j. o'rourke and dave berry. my name is jack perry. we are honored to sponsor this dialogue with the authors. as a locally-owned automotive group proudly serving south florida for more than half a century, it is our pleasure to be a small part of miami book fair, its books and authors instill in our wonderful community. p.j. o'rourke and "a cry from the far middle: dispatches from a divided land," in which he secures current events and assesses the state of the nation. after nearly five decades of biting satire and everything from political struggle and to cross-country road tr

then isabelle wilkerson explore what she calls a hidden caste system in the united states. after that it's bagman, rachel mad maddow on the investigation of spiro agnew and then the what it's like to be a bird. and wrapping up our look at some of the best-selling books according to "the boston globe" is the best of me, collection of stories and essays by author and humorist, david sedaris. a remind-under all booktv programs are available to watch online at booktv.org. >> pj o'rourke discussed views 0 libertarianism and american politics. here's a portion of the program. >> every time you ask government to do something, however lovely that thing seems to be, you are asking them to do it while a gun is pointed to the head of the people who are going to pay for the thing that government does. so, i think one should also ask ones self, would i shoot my mother, my only mother at gunpoint. -- i would hold my mother at gunpoint in order to accomplish what i'm asking the government to accomplish. so, i would hold my mother at gunpoint to pave i-95? i've personally think that's some

the acting attorney general monty wilkerson says the policy instructs prosecutors to act on the meritsdividual cases we could hear more on this by friday when the administration's daily theme of action will be immigration. britain, ainsley, steve? steve: it will, indeed. griff, thank you very much. the lawsuit was prout by the attorney general of texas ken paxton. he celebrated this as a victor on twitter and declared texas the first state in the union he said to bring a lawsuit against the biden administration and we won. and as griff just said today is going to be climate day. we heard from the president that he has got those four crises that he is working on. he is working on race. is he working on coronavirus. he is working on economy and today, ainsley, he is, woulding on the climate. the big idea is to move away from oil and gas. unfortunately, there are millions of people in the country who have jobs tied to oil and gas. ainsley: that's the thing. republicans penned this letter saying you have to think about the jobs. you sign your name on that executive order and it effects tho

. >> as i've been doing formany years i like to associate myself with doctor wilkerson remarks . i think that it's possible to heal the country but you can't heal people who can't distinguish fact from fiction. among that 70 million people that deal referenced i believe that in the end it is possible for patriotism to prevail over partisanship. at least for the majority. that may be nacve, maybe nacve in washington but my sense is in this country to the extent thatthe vaccine can be rolled out , people can be educated about the truth and they can begin to see theirlives get back to normal . this fever will break and we will be able to move forward. itwill be easy . and it will take skill and empathy. on everybody's part but i'm reasonably optimistic that we can get through it. >> let me say thank you to all four of you, thank you for your leadership, your expertise and service. thanks to the entire future of health or really finding bipartisan consensus and showing the nation a bipartisan way forward. i want to thank the bbc health team for all its efforts in this project. thank

booktv, search for says bell wilkerson or her book at the search bar at the top of the page. tonight on booktv in primetime, hoist professor donald johnson look as life measure british occupation in several port cities during the american revolution. journalist dan morano discusses the life and career of vice-president kamala harris. and helen andrews provides a credit cal look at six baby-boomers and their impact on seat. charles blough makes this case for blacks to amass political power and combat economics who an author discussion on whether the global economic is on a path toward higher inflation, starting at 6:45 p.m. eastern. find more information on booktv.org or consult your program guide. >> welcome to the manhattan instance constitute on critical race their rhythm i'm michael hendrix and aisle here to welcome you and our host of the conversation, my colleague, jason riley. first, as a bit of introduction, please entered your questions through the program, our initial conversation and our panel, and we'll incorporate them into the discussion. and without further adie

the truths we hold," she makes a statement about her mother that is more powerful in light of what wilkersonnd me as black girls and she was determined to make sure we would grow into confident, proud black women. harris went to howard university, the brightest beacon among america's historically black colleges and universities. there she joined alpha kappa alpha, the first black sorority in america. we were told that we were young, gifted and black and we shouldn't let anything get in the way of our success. in howard, you could come as you were, and leave as the person you aspired to be. there were no false choices. and this brings me back to shamala. as much as we celebrate vice president harris, we should be in awe of her mother, a woman who chose and was welcome to in the black community. that is what makes harris' ascension all the more powerful for me and remarkable for our nation. at a time when america openly robbed blacks of our dignity and treated us as unworthy of our respect, she choice us, and it was a decision that would help change america and save america. i'm jonathan capeh

will serve as hosts and executive producers of this ten-episode series, and will be joined by april wilkersonl has firsts left to experience. this is a big one. arizona state university is honoring the oscar winner with the sidney poitier new american film school. the university president stating, he embodies everything the school and their film program stands for, saying about sidney, quote, look at his life. it's the story of a person who found a way. so how do we help other young people find their way? poitier was the first black male to win an oscar for best actor back in 1964 for his role in "lilies of the field." his daughters say the arts and education are two of the most important things in his life saying, quote, the arts were a form of education. he wants to pass that on to all young people but specifically young people of color. the family says they look forward to seeing the next generation of artists emerge from the sidney poitier new american film school at asu, an honor very much deserved. >>> finally this morning, if you're having a rough one and you just want to be left alone