Thats a list according to publishers weekly. Youre watching booktv on cspan2. Here is our prime time lineup for tonight. Rachel sheldon report on the political at fear in washington, d. C. , in the 18 40s and 1850s. The author reports that the personal relationships forged by many of the politician of the day impacted legislative writing and left lawmakers ill prepared for succession. This is about half an hour. Thank you for coming. Its great to see some familiar faces and others and its great to be at one of my favorite bookstores. Ive been coming here for a long time. I appreciate the invitation. Its really appropriate for us to talk about the role of whatd here in capital. In the midst of the civil war. It commemorates 150 years of the civil war which lasted four bloody years and captured the lives of more than 700,000 americans north and south. And when we think about the civil war, its typically with a sense of the divisive relationship between north and south. And the violence t
The chaplain let us pray. Immortal, invisible, god only wise, we look to you today for wisdom, as our lawmakers seek to do what is best for our nation and world. Lord, we admit that our human intellects have limits, for we know not what tomorrow holds, but you do. So guide us, sovereign king, we are pilgrims on planet earth. We are weak but you are mighty; lead us with your powerful hand. Amen the presiding officer please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance i pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. The presiding officer the clerk will read a communication to the senate. The clerk washington d. C. , september 6, 2013. To the senate under the provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable al franken, a senator from the state of minnesota, to perform the duties of the chair. Signed patrick j. Le
Country. Department of labors tracking entrepreneurs. As the president was implementing his spending agenda, that agenda that took us from record high deficits of the bush administration, to record deficits three times higher in the Obama Administration. The number of new establishments, entrepreneurial activity, for the yearending march 2010 march, 2010, was lower than any other year since the series began. Since they began keeping record, mr. Speaker. In 2010 under this administrations stimulus policies, entrepreneurial activity was at the lowest level in america since we began keeping records. I dont mean at the lowest level of people succeeding. I mean the lowest level of people trying. The lowest level of people trying, mr. Speaker. What does it mean about us . What does it mean about our future when we have beaten the enthusiasm to try out of our people . Frightened it out of our people. Mr. Speaker, thats not just a department of labor report. We talk a lot about that. What is i
Russia is stepping up its military campaign in syria to a new level. Russian ships in the kas peian sea shoot dozens of missiles on what it calls isis and other terrorist targets on wednesday. Translator we are aware of how difficult such ansi terrorist operations are. And, of course, its too early to discuss the results, but the things that have been done so far deserve a high positive mark. Well, Syrian Rebels say the russian strikes are not targeting isis. One u. S. Backed group posted video online of a weapons depot outside of alepo that it says was hit by russian jets. Cnn cannot independently verify the claim. And take a look at this map, most of the russian air strikes have hit russian syria. Thats where rebel forces are fighting the government and a few strikes have hit isiscontrolled areas. The strikes that weve seen them take today have not been against isil or Al Qaeda Affiliated terrorists. Theyve been largely against opposition groups, groups that want a Better Future for