You can watch them on our web site, booktv. Org. Booktv recently visited capitol hill to ask members of congress what theyre reading. Heres what oklahoma congressman Steve Russell had to say. I read all kinds of stuff. Im a voracious history reader. Not much onion fiction although there are some. I just finished a fiction book, i should say im not much on fiction. But i did just finish a fiction book by Derek Robinson that was kind of a british antiwar protest on a world war i setting, and it kind of reflects the times. But i have a great interest in world war i. My great grandfather and his brothers were world war i veterans, one of my relatives is buried in france, killed in the first world war. And since were in the 100th anniversary of our entry into that war and our participation in the campaigns, ive been reading quite a bit about that time. Congressman, youre also an author as well. Could you kind of talk about your experience as an author . Well, it is i have a Great Respect fo
Oh, god, i cant ad lib so i will do something to read sorry. I dont know anything about immigration. You live with an immigrant, my boyfriend said but i think of you as englishman in new york just passing through, yes, im an immigrant just passing through. Its change showed me how racialized immigration is for me as a subject. Is there a distinction between company xenophobia and racism, maybe frightened or whatever but they wont be proceeding from priority. Elizabeth ordered council to promulgate an order to expeople black from kingdom because they had become numerous, because it because they were black or historians because they were nonchristians. Did black skin did mean nonchristian and muslim. What do we know about family tree . Bethoveen had a black grandfather. According to black journalists and amateur historians, late 1940s, rogers published on his own fourvolume work, race and sex arguing that theres no unpure unmixed race apart from japanese and look good had it done them. R
A vigil for a georgia particular student shot and killed by police turns violent. A Police Car Set on fire. Students urged to stay inside. Well have the latest. Those stories plus bill oreilly joining us live for his First Television interview since his firing. Toysrus files for bankruptcy overnight and snooze you can use. With the cameras rolling, my night of interrupted sleep as we shed light on a problem millions of americans face. Today, tuesday, september 19, 2017. Announcer from nbc news, this is today. With matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Its 7 00 a. M. On the west coast. Were glad to have you with us. The Hurricane Season has been relentless. Were going to talk about a couple of major storms. Theres still nine weeks to go in this Hurricane Season. As you mentioned, not one but two storms were following this morning. Maria now charging into the Eastern Caribbean after tearing across dominica overnight as a dangerous category 5 storm. Th
A Police Car Set on fire, students urged to stay inside. Well have the latest. Those stories plus today exclusive. Bill oreilly joining us live for his First Television interview since his fox news firing. Toys r us files for bankruptcy overnight and snooze you can use. With the cameras rolling, my night of interrupted sleep as we shed light on a problem millions of americans face, today, tuesday, september 19th, 2017. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to today. Nice to have you with us on a tuesday morning. The Hurricane Season just seems relentless this year. And keep in mind as we take you through these storms well be talking about in a second, still nine weeks to go in the Hurricane Season. And let us bring you up to date at the moment. Two hurricane threats going on. Weve got maria charging into the Eastern Caribbean after tearing across dominica overnight as a dang
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