Hello everybody, i have the job of introducing dr. Moore for todays book presentation and discussion. Now, when i agreed to do this, she and i talked about the best way to introduce her in the talk, and we decided the best way to do it was to mix things up from the traditional way and change it up a bit. So im going to begin by briefly introducing her Research Interests and professional activities and then say a bit more about where shes coming from in the book by liberal libor rowing from within the preface of the book. Her first book examined the interaction of race with the United States Senate Procedures from the 1950s onward. The book shes currently working on probes the politics of the Supreme Court Decision Making on race. And the book to be discussed tonight is about race and criminal justice. I guess you can say dr. Moore practices what she preaches. She was appointed by governor paterson to a fouryear term on new York State Commission on judicial conduct and was later appoint
Passage. We have a rare moment for the Senate Foreign Relation Committee and the senate as a whole to demonstrate this. And coming together to demonstrates our ability to give constructive input on one of the most Important National Security Issues of the day and strain our divisive influences in this body and demonstrate our ability to overcome them and show the relevance and Work Together to come together in the best interest of our nation. With that, madam president , i yield the floor. Next, the Supreme Court Court Hears Oral Argument in several samesex marriage cases. Then we open it up to you and later a debate on samesex marriage on todays washington journal. Throughout the day we have been seeing comments from a number viewers. This one from maxwell who says it has been legal in the uk for a while and their society is still entact and no one elses marriages have been ruined. Get the government out of marriage all together. Facebook. Com cspan. And on twitter jennifer who covere
Laid to rest. John . Good afternoon. This is the program that was handed out to all the guests here at the funeral this morning and if you can see behind us, the procession leaving the church here is getting ready to begin and we can tell you hundreds have filed in. Just behind us, you can see the Prince Georges County Fire Department hoisted this massive u. S. Flag and Police Officers from all over maryland filed in under it. The last to arrive here today, the fallen officers family escorted by high ranking officials. Talk about her all the time. This picture shows officer Brennan Rabain with his lovable, happy little girl over his broad shoulders. Today shes surrounded by anguish and pain. From the time he come out of the academy, hes done nothing but a wonderful job. Im proud of him. A 26yearold father lost too soon, two year veteran of the Prince Georges County Police Department taken abruptly. Today, fellow officers wept as his casket was carried into the church here in temple hil
Needing a part of this truth. Article tv this weekend on cspan2. Online for this months booktv bookclub, we will be discussing the liberty amendment by marco van. Join the conversation at booktv. Org and click on bookclub to enter the chat room. Up next on booktv, after words with the executive director executive director of the American Society for muslim advancement. This week burqas, baseball, and apple pie. In it, the coauthor discusses her attempts to assimilate into u. S. Culture while confronting both americans who fear her family because of their faith and fellow muslims who she says distort islam. This program is about one hour. Host most people would not think about this when they look at you. Tell us about your story. Where do you come from . Guest i am often told that. So it is sort of a double whammy that way. Originally my father left around 1948. He was a 16yearold in the 1950s and landed in chicago and ended up graduating and spending a year at the university of illinoi
Know that i am palestinian and often im told you dont look like a muslim so its sort of a double whammy that way. Originally my father is from tiberius and he left around 1948 he came to the states as a 16yearold in the 1950s and landed in chicago and ended up majoring in engineering and graduated from the university of illinois, champaign. And, my mother is from and she was very young in 1948 and her father was a Civil Engineer. He ended up being employed in kuwait and so my background if you will has my father going back to the oilrich gulf states seeking a job as a young man at around the age of 26 or 27 meeting my mother in kuwait and starting a family. I also grew up in dubai. Host so they didnt have an arranged marriage . Guest oh not at all. In fact he has a Civil Engineer was working on a home and he would watch her going in and out of the house often and he fell in love with her. So yes, they were eventually introduced by mutual friend. Host and then you came to america and ob