Booktv. Org. And no one book tv, were showing you some programs about u. S. President s. First this past february, lexus took talks about a biography of George Washington bridge offers her thoughts about why her book is different than other books on the same. She spoke with no times colonists in politics and prose bookstores in washington dc re read. I want to president ial history because the presidency and especially the one who it was it bill sora, who everyone pressured into it. Its really important that everyone understands him in the presidency. But i think the biographies are alienating those in the way that they their visual presentations, there title some of the way they are written. So i really wanted it the reader to be like that if they have never read a president ial biography, they had everything that they needed at the beginning of the book and then at the beginning of the section come to equip them to feel they are ready the experts. I really did think a lot about my re
Up next, live coverage as the d. C. Appeals Court Hearings argument via teleconference, will they should vote on the case of michael flynn, National Security advisor. 5143 in re michael flynn. And the honorable emma g sullivan. Good morning, well hear first from miss powell. Good morning, may it please the court. This is sydney powell for petitioner michael flynn. We are here now to stop further impermissible intrusion into the sole power of the executive branch under the take care clause to decide to dismiss a case and what circumstances warrant that dismissal. The government here provided an extensive and thoroughly documented motion to dismiss this prosecution weighing as it all of those factors that go into that, including the exculpatory evidence that came to light through an independent review by mr. Jenson who know the only had 10 Years Experience as an if ib fbi agent, but 10 years before mr. Barr asked him to review this case. It cannot go on any longer. This is the quintessen
Text us your thoughts at 2027488003. Wj. On cspan at cspan the discussion about confederate leaders, there was a recent poll on this topic. It asked what should be done with the statues of confederate leaders. Roughly 2 roughly one third of the voters in the poll expenses should be taken down. 44 said the statues should remain standing, down eight point since the survey was taken down two years ago after the riots in charlottesville, virginia. The poll was done with Morning Consult and politico. A history of some of those bases across the u. S. That have come into the conversation and its history such as for georgia. Ing located in it was established as a training down in world war i and was named after a confederate general who was present at the battle of antietam and gettysburg. Mr. Bragg, named after ragg. Established as an artillery Training Ground in world war i, named after a u. S. Army officer who served in the second aminal war and mexicanamerican war before becoming a Confede
Good evening. Welcome to mt. Vernon. My name is kevin butterfield. And it is my pleasure to welcome you here tonight on behalf of the Mount Vernons lady associations and Ford Motor Company which sponsors a free monthly book talk to learn from the greatest historians. Thank you for being here tonight. Were thrilled to have you. To begin the Program Shortly well hear a brief presentation from susan swain, copresident and executive officer of cspan and coauthors of the president s. Shell be joined by brian lamb, the founder and executive chairman of cspan and moderating and esteemed group of historians in discussing the american presidency. The american presidency is as you know a fascinating subject of inquiry in every possible way. In the constitution, theres not as much said about it as you might imagine. Article i is quite long, ii much shorter and the key phrase is about as short as you can imagine. The executive power should be vested in a president of the United States of america.
Good morning to you. Start dialing in. The New York Times that this story posted yesterday online, coronavirus cases spike across sun belt as economy lurches into motion. Arizona, texas, florida, reporting the highest case numbers yet as Assembly Coronavirus cases were climbing in 22 states amid reopening. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo yesterday democrat held a News Conference and he warned bars and restaurants of the consequences of not following state law on social distancing, masks and other guidelines. Were getting reports from all across the state that there are large gatherings, social distancing is being violated, people are not Wearing Masks. We have gotten 25,000 complaints to the state of businesses that are in violation of the reopening plan. 25,000 complaints. We have never received more complaints in a shorter period of time. P 25,000. Just think about that. Whats alarming about the 25,000 is the volume, but it also shows how smart people are and how offended people are t