correspondent david drucker explores the future of the republican party, and liberty is sweet historian woody holton suggests the founding fathers were influenced by marginalized americans, find these titles coming this week wherever books

shadow, david discovers the future of the republican party and in liberty is sweet, historian woody holton suggest that the founding fathers were influenced by marginalized americans. find these titles coming this week wherever books are sold and watch for many of these authors to appear in the near future on book tv. >> mitch mcconnell, what's on your reading listll these days? >> well, not surprisingly i tend to tilt toward american history, much of it political. but actually one book i just finished was not about politics. it was about the history of the polio epidemic from beginning to end. it came out in 2006 and won a pulitzer prize and as a polio victim myself, i have always kind of special interest and i thought with the pandemic going on i thought there were lessons going on particularly with regard with vaccines and we've been preaching lately to get vaccinated and the situation that is we found ourselves now and polio is it took 70 years, 70 years to come with two effective vaccines for polio. our marvelous country and our marvelous pharmaceutical compay came out with 3, vaccine

shadow, david discovers the future of the republican party and in liberty is sweet, historian woody holton suggest that the founding fathers were influenced by marginalized americans. find these titles coming this week wherever books are sold and watch for many of these authors to appear in the near future on book tv. >> mitch mcconnell, what's on your reading listll these days? >> well, not surprisingly i tend to tilt toward american history, much of it political. but actually one book i just finished was not about politics. it was about the history of the polio epidemic from beginning to end. it came out in 2006 and won a pulitzer prize and as a polio victim myself, i have always kind of special interest and i thought with

shadow, david discovers the future of the republican party and in liberty is sweet, historian woody holton suggest that the founding fathers were influenced by marginalized americans. find these titles coming this week wherever books are sold and watch for many of these authors to appear in the near future on book tv. >> mitch mcconnell, what's on your reading listll these days? >> well, not surprisingly i tend to tilt toward american hisry

correspondent david drucker explores the future of the republican party, and liberty is sweet historian woody holton suggests the founding fathers were influenced by marginalized americans, find these titles coming this week wherever books are sold and watch many of these authors to appear in the near future on the tv. . . . brings many years of public education and experience to the smithsonian before joining us in june she served as vice president for education policy and strategic initiatives at the american institute for research. so now please join me in welcoming. [applause] >> good evening thank you for that wonderful introduction. i like to start off tonight's event -based first offering a land acknowledgment birdlike to gratefully acknowledge the native people whose ancestral homelands we gather as well as the diverse communities who make their home in washington d.c. and for all of those streaming to acknowledge the land you're coming to us from. i am so excited and pleased about tonight's event both personally and also at the secretary of education. as you heard this is a special evening