Poverty law center. Senator Lamar Alexander chairs the committee. Good morning. The Senate Committee will please come to order. We are holding a hearing on exploring free speech on College Campuses. Senator murray and i will have an Opening Statement and then introduce our witnesses. His is an Exceptional Panel we look forward to learning from you. After your testimony we will have five minutes of questions. Before we get into the hearing, i want to make a comment about the recommendationssenator marie senator murray and i made to the senate, along with 22 other senators equally divided , republicans and democrats for a shortterm bipartisan agreement to reduce premiums and avoid chaos in the individual Insurance Market during 2018 and 2019. Im very encouraged by what has happened since we introduced that a week ago. From the Congressional Budget Office yesterday which said in effect that as we believed the alexandermurray proposal would continue costsharing payments for 2 years, 2018 a
Green mountains of vermont, the champlain valley, so in some sense, you can in part explain the reaction because it is almost a bubble within a bubble. Every liberal Arts College Campus is something of a bubble, which is a good thing, because liberal learning takes place there, but it is in vermont, the home of ben jerrys, the home of bernie sanders, and also the states in the union with the smallest percentage of voters who voted for donald trump. That context is very important for understanding what transpired. Host how many students . Guest 2350 . Fairly small. Host i saw the Number Online that says that is what tuition and room and board costs for one year. Guest it is an expensive proposition, but we make a real effort to make the experience available to as many bright, capable young people as possible. Ahere are significant number of students on for financial aid. A greater number pay that enormous amount, which is quite extraordinary. Host where did you get your education . Gues
This topic firsthand with much authority and much sensitivity. Randall horton is a poet having won or Gwendolyn Brooks poetry award and National Endowment of the arts in literature. He teaches at the university of newhaven and serves on the board of directors of panamerican prison writing program, it is his life before these distinguished honors that gives him the authority to write this powerful book about forgiveness and what it is like in the Prison Industrial Complex both during and after and the effect that writing has. Michael mckay is a writer having published a book on the palestinian israeli conflict. We are fortunate to have randall and michael with us today. They will speak and do some reading, and then we will have a few minutes towards the end of the hour to take your questions, and i will turn over to did you a critical first, michael . To michael. Thanks everybody for being here. The title of my book is where the river bends considering forgiveness in the lives of prison
Dylan roof gun down tween 9 africanamericans at the manual amd at charleston, south carolina, republican president ial frontrunner donald trump fired up his silent majority audience of thousands in july 2015 with a macabre promise, dont worry, we will take our country back. You can watch this and other programs online at booktv. Org. We are back live in nashville. Next, authors Randall Horton and Michael Mccray discuss their books, this is booktv on cspan2. [inaudible conversations] good afternoon. My name is mary gray james and i welcome you to the southern festival of books session on forgiveness and what forgiveness really means. Life in and after prison. Our office today can speak on this topic firsthand with much authority and much sensitivity. Randall horton is a poet having won or Gwendolyn Brooks poetry award and National Endowment of the arts in literature. He teaches at the university of newhaven and serves on the board of directors of panamerican prison writing program, it i
Slippery conditions. Heres a look at the system, as it churns its way toward us tonight. Newscenter 5 at 4 begins in the Weather Center with meteorologist mike wankum. Jc nice to have you here. Mike we will have a few issues. It is going to be pockets here or there. Let me show you what is happening. We have no clouds around us. That looks like its going to be winding down. As we look overnight we have a lot of great guys. We have these slivers, a little bit of rain, a little bit of ice. We may see a few pockets north and west of the system. Tomorrow night we start with the with it. Perhaps some spotty mixes. Out towards the berkshires, some areas getting an inch of snow. Its not going to be a widespread event. Your thanksgiving day, few sprinkles in the afternoon. Not terribly warm. We have warmer temperatures in the forecast coming up in a few moments. Roads. Kevin brennan is here to tell is what driver should be expecting. Kevin the rest of the rush having and an outoftown, expect d