Good day from msnbc World Headquarters in new york. Welcome, everyone, to weekends with alex witt. Developing this hour, President Bidens 1. 9 trillion plan is one step closer to becoming a reality. In a new excerpt from cbs news, the president giving a new insight into where key provisions like Minimum Wage Hike Stand as lawmakers work to get the bill to his desk. Its somewhere between an individual making up to 75 and phasing out and a couple making up to 150 and phasing out. But im wide open on what that is. You also want to raise the minimum wage to 15. Is that something you would be willing to negotiate on to get republican support . Apparently thats not going to occur because of the roles in the senate. Youre saying it will not be in it . My guess is it will not be in it. Today marks one month since the attack on the u. S. Capitol left five people dead. The Impeachment Trial will start just days from now. Trumps defense team confirming he will not testify under oath. Congressman
Coeditor of the reed smoot hearings and investigation of a mormon senator and the making of American Religion who is reed smoot reed smoot . He was a Mormon Apostle back in the 80 or late 1800s, and in the early 1900s he was elected to the senate as a republican and once he was elected to the senate, a lot of people had a problem with that because not is he mormon, which was a big problem the rest of the country. But he was an apostle. So one of the hierarchy in the church and one of the themes people were worried about were that the church basically ran politics because the church ran the economy in utah the church ran society in utah and so reed smoot as part of the hierarchy of mormons at the time people were saying, well, what are you doing bringing the mormon hierarchy into the capital america . And so a lot of people found that very worthy of distrust. And so that led to a whole series of hearings that lasted several years. And so thats kind of what this whole book is about, is n
To have of investigation of the making of an american religion. Guest he was an apostle back in the late 1800s, and in the early 19800s he was elected to the senate as a republican. Elected to the senate, a lot of people had a problem with that because not only was he mormon, which was a big problem to the rest of the country, but he was an apostle, so one of the hire or around around key centers. One of the things people were worried about was the church basicallyec ran politics. The church ran the economy in, society in utah. So reid smoot, people were saying, well, what are you doing, bringing some mormon hierarchy into the capital of america in and so a lot of people found that very worthy of distrust. And so that led to the a whole series of hearings a that lasted several years. And soo thats kind of what this whole books about is not just so much about the hearings, but what is the heed . Why were they so concerning to people . And so thats kind of what the book is seeking to get
Beating. And it stood. It cant keep doing this. Somebodys going to take advantage, and i think theres a lot of people that want to take advantage of this time, and if we dont heal ourselves we will fall. Lincoln was right. It wont come from the outside. It will have to be national suicide, and i think the outside hitting us, when were so divided, national suicide. Host it is about islam. The name of glenn becks latest book. This is booktv on cspan2. Now on booktv, michael oren talks about his year at israels ambassador to the United States and shares his reflections on the arab spring and the israelipalestinian Peace Process. [inaudible conversations] hello everyone. Good afternoon. Thank you for your patience. Im suzanne call, the director of events and program at the store, and on behalf of our owners and staff id like to welcome you to politic and prose. Please turn off or sigh veins your cell phones and after the event we ask you leave your chair, and youre welcome to stay. We have
Guest never read a book out of its native tongue, because youll lose too much. And then he gets to the last one is religion. And he said when it comes to religion above all things, fix reason firmly in her seat and question with boldness even the very existence of god for if there be a god he must surely rather honest questioning over blindfolded fear. That changed my life. That coupled with the fact that Thomas Jefferson was the man who fought the first war against islam when he was in office. We had the first, you know, the barbary pirates, and he didnt really understand it. He was trying to understand, you know what do these people want . He owned one of the first copies in english of the quran in the United States. So he was a scholar, he Read Everything in its native tongue when he could he tried to be as fair as he could and he also read the entire quran. So i think he gives us a good example that this is a good place to start but we should all read the quran. We should all know