nick: former secretary william perry, thank you very much. sec. re very welcome. ♪ judy: now, an update on efforts to defund the police in nneapolis, where the killing of george floyd prompted calls for change. tonight, the city's charter commission will decide whether to ask voters to weigh in on this issue. special correspondent fred de sam lazaro has our report. >> we have eagle eyes, mace, water. sam they are called the : minnesota freedom fighters, an openly armed, mostly black citizens group, at in recent weeks has provided what ey call an added layer of security to the community through a particularly difficult time, says tyrone hartwell. >> we are tired of waking up, looking at the news or another facebook video with another person of my skintone shot down, strangled, whatever is the issue, because of a lack of understanding. sam: they came together soon after the uprising that followed events at a one nondescript -- a once nondescript street corner that is now named george floyd square. a growing shrine with artwork and tributes to floyd a

will go back to politicking we're talking with former us secretary of defense william perry and tom collina director of policy a plow shares fund co-authors of the new book. the new nuclear arms race and presidential power from truman to trump what secretary perry is what is the football and how does that work. the football is a nickname we give to the communication system which the president would use if he were on order a large demand that is in a briefcase is carried by his out a shady attachés always always with the president every time you see the president on a trip you'll see that an officer walking military officer walking discreetly behind carrying a briefcase that's a football football is a communication system in which he cures grand was also known. he also has to have the code to use that dept regular day and he carries out in his own pockets so restrain the. football in the car as he has all the everything he needs to start a nuclear war now this happened every day 24 hours a day. ok we remember the films fail safe and duck to strangelove supposin we get a false alarm but that

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is william good croft is following the story for us and joins us now in the studio good see you william perry so what does couple harris bring to joe biden selection campaign optics balance experience this is what a vice presidential pick wants they want that to be a vice presidential pick is always about balancing that ticket joe biden i even before the black lives matter protests and the state of the the racial justice movement that swept the country even before that people were rolling their eyes saying democrats this is who you have to 2020 an old white man so come on ours has the optics of being a black woman she also has a similar ideological profile to joe biden joe biden is reported to have said he didn't want anyone that would challenge him too much on the issues they basically said he wanted a vice president presidential because someone was basically seeing eye to eye to him and she brings a lot of experience as and as a attorney general of california as a district attorney of san francisco for that she has she knows how to argue she knows how to craft the question every saw in the

former defense secretary william perry and the director of policy talk about the nuclear arms race sincehe end of world war ii and the threat of nuclear war today. and joy booktv on c-span2. >> postmaster general lewis testifies about changes to postal service operations and their impact on the coming election on c-span before the senate committee on homeland security and governmental affairs. monday, live at 10 am eastern on c-span2 postmaster general d dejoy and robert duncan of the board of governors will testify before the house oversight and reform committee. watch live coverage of the hearing friday on c-span and monday on c-span2, listen live wherever you are with the free c-span radio apps. >> you are watching booktv, as we look at tom wolfe's 30 appearances on booktv and c-span. since 2006 the richmond virginia native shared his observations of southerners and his travel throughout the south.

omstill toon the newshour: former secretary of defense william perry on why the president shouldn't have the sole authority to order a nuclear strike. minneapolis struggles as it tries to defund the police and reimagine public safety. d much more. >> woodruff: at a fundraising event today, joe biden told supporters he hoped to set an example by attendi the democratic national convention virtually from his home rather than in person. "from the start of the process, we've made it clear science matters," he said. the pandemic's impacts not only the actions of political leaders but also upends the lives of those living in the most rural parts of ontry. for more on how voters outside the beltway are thinking about the pandemic and it's political ramifications, i'm joined by gary abernathy, in hillsboro ohio. he's a contributing columnist for the "washington post." and sarah smarsh, in rural kansas. she's a freelance journalist and author of the book "heartland." welcome to both of you. it's great to see you. let's start, sarah smarsh, by lking about what on the minds of voters you're hring fr

we are honored to have william perry and tom collina, the nuclear arms race and presidential power. as many of you know, doctor perry served in the clinton administration and a world-renowned expert on foreign policy, national security, defense policy, arms control and a long distinguished history here at stanford. and he is a senior fellow at the hoover institution oslo and the codirector of the center for international security and cooperation from 1988 it is impressive to me because i didn't get to stanford to be an undergraduate or graduate student and now the professor emeritus at stanford facilities great to reconnect with you, mr. secretary. we also are thrilled to have doctor perry's co-author, tom collina, the director of policies. he has 30 years of washington, d.c. and nonproliferation issues he's been directly involved in the efforts to tom head of the e degree of international relations from cornell he emphasizes 15 distinguished lecture at and research fellow at the hoover institution. before coming to stanford, the deputy secretary general of nato from 2016 to 2019 an

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battle began with a pair of sweatpants and ended with you asking a public question to secretary william perry. >> it did. from my base in kuwait they were making us wear long baggies sweatpants all the time on base. whatever the temperature was outside. when you're trying to exercise which you need to do to stay safe as fighter pilots it was another ridiculous policy of a little cultural senate sensitivity run, where americans were doing this to our own people so i was being irritated by that double standard in kuwait and ultimately i have to make a decision whether i was going to seek out, that was my first cup decision when secretary perry came to visit or whether i was going to be silent and do what was bestfor me this was not an easy decision . i share calling back to a mentor and asking for advice, i didn't want to do it. i was trying to keep my head down and show women belong and the last thing i wanted to do was raise a women's issue. we were still transitioning into fighter but my mentor told me to read the book of esther and i share this story in "dare to fly" and the line hit me , c

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and later, former defense secretary william perry talks about the nuclear arms raisins the end of world war ii and the threat of nuclear war today. enjoy booktv on c-span2. >> postmaster general louis dejoy testifies before congress amid concern about changes to postal service operations and their impact on the upcoming november elections live friday at 9 a.m. eastern on c-span before the senate committee on homeland security and governmental affairs. and then on monday live at 10 a.m. eastern on c-span2 postmaster or general dejoy and robert duncan, chair of the united states postal service board of governors, will testify before the house oversight and reform committee. watch live coverage of the hearings friday on c-span and monday on c-span2, on demand at c-span.org or listen live wherever you are with the free c-span radio app. >> and we thank you all for tuning in. finish in what we can only describe as interesting times, we're grateful for the opportunity to invite virtual audiences together in dialogue each when we're not exactly, you know, together in space. i'd especially like

william perry and director of policy talk about the nuclear arms race since the end of world war ii and the threat of nuclear war today. enjoy book tv on c-span2. >> postmaster general louis dejoy testifies before congress amid concern about postal service operations and their effect on the upcoming november elections. live friday and 9:00 a.m. eastern on c-span before the senate committee on homeland security and governmental affairs. then on monday live at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span2 postmaster general louis dejoy and robert duncan chair of the board of governors will testify before the house service and oversight, reform committee. watch live coverage of the hearing friday on c-span and monday on c-span2, on the man at c-span .org or listen live wherever you are with the free c-span radio app. >> book tv on c-span2 has top nonfiction books and authors every weekend. coming up sunday at 4:55 p.m. eastern, and the lead up to next week's republican national convention coverage we are featuring authors who have written about president trump and the upcoming election, including former s

and later, former defense secretary william perry and plow shares fund director of policy,ton killeena talk about the nuclear arms race since world war ii and the nuclear threat today. enjoy book tv on c-span2. >> postmaster general louis dejoy testifies to congress on changes in service operations and their impact on the upcoming elections. live friday, in front of the homeland security and governmental affairs. and postmaster general dejoy and the board of governors will testify before the house oversight and reform committee. watch live coverage of the hearings friday on c-span and monday on c-span2, on demand at c-span.org or listen live wherever you are with the free c-span radio app. in 2004, author tom wolfe spent a day in washington d.c. discussing his book "i am charlotte simmons," and he was then a guest on a radio show.

perry is here. plus, she stars in the new film, the new mutant's maisie williams is here.ve got music from trevor daniel it's a big show. guys, it's wednesday as you know, every week we like to bring you uplifting, creative videos. it's time for what are you doing wednesday. >> it's wednesday. what are you doing next wednesday? >> jimmy: first up, this girl figured out a way to play a drinking game alone in quarantine ♪ >> jimmy: yeah i won and lost next, this mom had a surprise for her son's first day of online classes i guess he's home schooled ♪ >> welcome, student, to the first day of online school this is your principal, mom. just a reminder, lunch today is, whatever you make yourself >> jimmy: he's like, i want to transfer, i want to transfer next up, this guy provided some musical accompaniment while his brother is getting yelled and and grounded >> i know you, i know you. i found it in your area. i found it in your box your box of stuff. ♪ >> jimmy: then the mom went full pete townsend and smashed it over his head finally, this mom tried a new face filter on her ba

president will attack athletes taking a stand for social justice, but then he will have william refrigerator perrye out and make a statement on his behalf at the republican convention. so he really has nothing against athletes taking political stands. he just has them that take them against him. because how do you bring out a retired nfl player and then talk about the people that supported colin kaepernick that were in the nfl sobs? you can't have it both ways. and to have this convention going on, nicole, where you feature on opening night, to a couple on their only claim to fame is that they held automatic weapons in front of their big house on non-violence protesters, who were indicted for and under indictment, they are part of the opening night of the republican convention. and you wonder why we're angry and why we're concerned and why we're marching? i mean, how do you become an opening night speaker, because you hold automatic weapons on nonviolent protesters, who are only saying, we want black lives to matter like everyone else in this country? >> shaq, i want to end where i started with th

governor carey has been critical of ben bernanke, making -- perry has been critical of ben bernanke, making some of the same points that william jennings bryan was making a century ago. >> the legacy of that debate was the federal reserve system. we got off the gold standard eventually in the early 1930's. what people on that side wanted was a more flexible money supply. in hard times, interest rates would go down and more money would be in circulation. in prosperous times, they would go up. it is kind of like the fed today. at the time, it was seen as a great reform. of course, when we get in economic trouble like we're now, people look for a panacea, going back to the gold standard, for example. as an historian, one of the reasons we have been able to avoid serious economic downturn between the great depression and now is because we have had a flexible money supply that has been able to take charge when necessary. >> one of the big issues that william jennings bryan was trying to confront with the silver issue and the gold standard was the great contraction of the american economy. we have lived through a similar contraction

because even rick perry has been critical of ben bernanke. to the callers point and what william jennings bryan was talking about a century ago. >> the gold and silver standard, the legacy of that debate was among other things, the federal reserve system. it was getting what bryan and those supporting him really wanted was a more flexible money supply. in prosperous times they were , happy that have prices go up, just as the fed does today. of course we get in economic trouble like we are now, and people look for panaceas, you might say, going back to the gold standard, for example. but i think, as a historian, in many ways one of the reasons we have been able to avoid serious economic downturns between the great depression and now is because we have a central money supply and the fed has been able to take charge when necessary. >> one of the big issues that bryan was trying to confront with a silver issue and the gold standard was the great contraction of the american economy. he lived through a similar contraction in the american economy. it is not surprising that some of these