The National Press clubs annual book fair and authors night in washington d. C. And later this month well be live from the Miami Book Fair on november 19th and 20th. Our coverage includes author discussions and callin programs featuring senator Bernie Sanders, fox news host dana perino and National Book Award Finalist coulson whitehead. For more information about the book fairs and festivals booktv will be covering and to watch previous festival coverage, click the book fairs tab on our web site, booktv. Org. [inaudible conversations] well, thank you, everyone, for coming. Were so well, on behalf of rick mcarthur, harpers magazine and book culture, were so pleased to be here to celebrate born on third base a 1 er makes the case for tackling inequality, bringing wealth home and committing to the common good. That author is Chuck Collins and, again, were so happy to have him here for our talk. Harpers magazine has a vested interest in keeping important written word in circulationing, and
Conditions for firms so that they can compete best. Turning to the budget, one also from abroad has the impression that there has been a turn toward heavier military expenditures, certainly more aggressive stance than one thats perceived here. Is that important in terms of the budget or is it more show than reality in terms of spending . If its important in terms of a reallocation of spending, does that limit their opportunities for fiscal effective fiscal adjustment in the regard we have been discussing in the next few years . Well, i mean, if you look at the russian budget, you really have three key big budget categories, and one is social policy expenditure, social benefits. One is National Defense and security. And the third is spending on the national economy, which is in large part subsidies to the economy. This is not such an unusual structure of the budget, but of course, if your revenue situation dramatically changes, the question is can you just cut one or two of these budget
Last week we heard about trumps hopeless vision of our country. Said, i alone can fix it. Trumps person of the constitution. In order to form a more perfect later, i centuries or ask not what i can do for my country, ask what my country can do for me. [cheers] donald, you are so vain. [cheers] you probably think the speeches about you. Speech is about you. [cheers] here is what i know, we have got to stop donald trump. Our great country stands spans a continent but we are all connected to each other no matter where we live. When a minor in virginia has the dignity of a new job in the advanced steel industry, we all have dignity. When the engineering student in the Sunshine State bills the solar panels of the future, we all succeed. When the auto worker in detroit bills the electric vehicle that drags us forward, we all win. [cheers] whether you are in michigan or maryland or missouri montana. [cheers] when point water itst water poisons children, it hurts all of us. These are our child
Her or his watch. So, no, question about that. You cant defend what happened. It was wrong. Level Playing Field is what the dnc is all about. There was no level Playing Field. So i think lets understand that. Second of all, bernie was trying to be a gentleman. Hes trying to say, look, folks, lets be respectful. Lets not turn our back. But this group of women and men came to philadelphia to speak their peace and that theyre not going to Pay Attention to everything bernie says, lets listen what bernie had to say later on. Trish yeah, ive seen a lot of signs here, hehehe, Transpacific Partnership trade deal was a big mark through it, gash through it, in other words, people do not want the trade deals. Lou president obamas deal. Trish they dont want further these are all bernie platforms and yet Hillary Clinton has touted ttt over again. Lets not forget where she has been with these deals, and she just picked the guy to be her Vice President ial nominee whos calling for more banking regula
Extensively for Bernie Sanders. There is a lot of work to do. We have a more progressive platform but remains to be seen if shell be held accountable for it. Hillary clinton supporters like Robert Camacho told us theyre taking it in stride. When bernie came out, i cried. We were shaking hands, crying together. So much of a Democratic Party are standing behind president obama. I think some of us were a little upset when they protested during his speech. Reporter beyond reaching out to sanders supporters, billionaire tom stieer wants to hear about the economy and the environment, issues important to california. I think that the Trump Presidency from the standpoint of energy, climate and environment would be beyond a disaster. Its almost unimaginable. Reporter were back live here, there is another shade of yellow now, that is the wisconsin delegation, also representing with the achievements. Mrs. Clinton will be introduced tonight by her daughter, chelsea, like a good friend, chelseas goo