Time lineup at 11 with author richard [inaudible] talking about president lincolns sense of humor. That all happens tonight on cspan2s booktv. [inaudible conversations] mark, how are you . [inaudible conversations] hello, everyone. Thank you so much for coming out this afternoon. My name is david childers, im art of the event staff here at politics and prose, and its our honor just behalf are of the staff and others, its our honor to welcome you here for this event for the author brad snyder and his new book, the house of truth a washington political salon and the foundations of american liberalism. I have a few housekeeping notes i want to cover right before we get started. If you will take this time to silence any cell phones or noisemaking devices so we dont have any unnecessary interruptions during the event. I will also mention that if youre a regular here, sometimes you know that we ask you to put up the chairs. Were going to have an event following this one, so after the events
[inaudible conversations] hello everyone. Thank you so much for coming out this afternoon. My name is davis shoulders. Im part of the event staff. Politics and prose, and its her honor just on behalf of the staff and the owners to welcome here for this event for brad snyder and his book house of truth a washington political salon and the foundations of american liberalism. A fe housekeeping notes i want to cover right before we get started. If you will take this time to silence any cell phones or noisemaking devices so we dont have any unnecessary interruptions during the event. I will also mention if you are a regular come sometimes you know we ask you to put up the chairs. We will have an event following this one so after the event is over you can just leave the chairs as they are. We are honored to have cspans booktv who comes out to many of our events, so this is being recorded. But as a part of that we would really like to have come up whenever you ask a question because it will b
Going to be talking to the people whose lives could be impacted by a major shift on the Supreme Court. So thank you, reverend sharpton. Good evening, im alicia menendez. We begin with major breaking developments. In just a bit, the president will take the stage in fayetteville, North Carolina. He is hosting another rally there. We will be listening to see if he addresses the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg and what his message is to the crowd about filling that vacancy on the court. As he left the white house, he said his pick could come next week. This hour will also talk about the pending fight over that nomination. And remember, a legendary justice who touched the lives of millions americans. This is the premiere of american voices. Who touched t millions americans. This is the premiere of american voices. Today the country is mourning the loss of judicial legend turned pop culture and feminist icon Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg. I believe rbg was the
Court justice. Joe biden once again would not answer, when asked if judge barrett is confirmed, what he back a move to add more members to the Supreme Court . A move that could change over 150 years of Court Composition and one that might help turn out the progressive wing of his party. Listen to joe bidens nonanswer here. Whatever position i taken that that will become the issue. The issue was the American People should speak. You should go out and vote. You are voting now, vote and let your senators know how strong you feel. Vote now. Take sure you in fact let people know. Your senators. Im not going to answer the question because the question is the question is the question will you shut up, man . Martha so essentially saying vote first and then i will tell you what my stance is on this. I think its fair to say that if President Trump had opened the door to expanding the court to ensure a conservative majority there would likely have been outcry from democrats on that. So we are goi
Dad, thank you for always being there with us. Please stay at our sides forever. And to all of japanese people and my little brother in japan [ speaking japanese ] never, never, never forget. This is my prayer. [ applause a and our cousin, paul, who would have been a grandfather for the first time this year. Paul would have done a great job with his granddaughter, danielle jean, and my uncle, too, john monihan, who our family hasnt been the same the past 13 years, but we carry on with his spirit. Thank you to all the First Responder who is sacrificed so much that day and continue to protect us and the u. S. Troops who protect our freedoms at home and overseas. God bless america. [ applause ] Tyler Victor Ugolyn michael a. Uliano jonathan j. Uman anil Shivhari Umarkar allen v. Upton diane marie urban John Damien Vaccacio Bradley Hodges vadas William Valcarcel Felix Antonio vale ivan vale Benito Valentin Santos Valentin jr. Carlton francis valvo ii Pendyala Vamsikrishna erica h. Van Acke