Facebook. We want to hear from you. Tweet us, twitter. Com book tv post a comment on the facebook page. Hello Everyone Welcome to books and books. Thank you for being here. Especially the plan. Under little housekeeping and remind you to turn off your cell phones during the presentation. Immediately following the presentation will have a reception and book signing on the other side of the courtyard. If you exit through the courtyard so you will not interrupt the flow of the cafe, please do so. Tonight, we have laura in the making of a tree. This is her amazing book should tell you more about. But just to say they call this a mustread to understand the new america. Our moderator, tim will be introducing and say more about laura and her panelists. Tim is miami heralds news americas correspondent covering latin america and the caribbean is covered latin america from is 25 years for newsweek in mexico city. Chief from 1990 to make 1996. From time first in mexico from 1996 until 1989. In mi
Hello everyone. Thank you for being here tonight at books books we have a very special evening planned and i just want to do a little housekeeping to remind you to please turn off your cell phone during the presentation and let you know immediately following the presentation we will have a reception and book signing in the room so go through the courtyard not to interrupt the flow of the cafe please do so. Tonight we have laura widesmunoz and the making of a dream her amazing book she will tell you more about but this is called a mustread to understand the new america. But introduced him into the americas correspondent covering latin america for 25 years with a mexico series 80. Chief 1996 and then through 1999 and then in miami where he also covered florida and the u. S. Southeast through 2013. Lets welcome tim and have a great evening. [applause] it is always a delight to come to books books and present these very important books such as the one we will hear so long that you from in
Widesmunoz and the making of a dream. This is an amazing book that shes going to tell you a lot more about, but just to say that this was called a must read to understand the new america. Our distinguished moderator, tim padgett, is going to be introducing and sing more about laura and our panelists. Paper just to introduce tim, he is wlrn americas correspondent covering latin america in the caribbean from miami here keys covered latin america for almost 25 years for newsweek as its Mexico City Bureau chief from 19901996, and for time as is latin america your chief first in mexico from 19961999, and then in miami where he also covers florida and they u. S. Southeast 19992013. So welcome tim, and have a great evening. [applause] thank you very much. And thank you to mitchell and books and books. Its always a delight to comment just present the very important books such as the one we are going to hear from in the minute. You all know lauara widesmunoz, veteran miami journalist one of the
Earthquake of 2010. And we go back to North Carolina to look at how a group of africanamerican residents are fighting back against factory farms that spray liquid manure on their communities. You dont open your doors or windows. The smell takes your breath away. Then you start gagging. I shut my hog operation down and got out of it. I could not i just could not do another person that way, to make them smell that. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. We are reporting from tampa, florida. President trump and russian president Vladimir Putin agreed tuesday during a phone call to Work Together to seek a ceasefire in syria. According to the kremlin, putin and trump agreed to meet in july to discuss a resolution to the protracted conflict. Reporters were not able to ask questions about trumps phone call on tuesday, however, because White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer stormed out of Tuesdays Press Briefin
Against obama or george w. Bush, but to use the constitution as a standard, and sometimes hes good and sometimes not so much. Thats how we view what goes on in washington d. C. Not based on Political Party or personality, but based on the standard by which all americans should hold their federal government, the constitution. When you use that measuring stick, which president , in your view have adhered to the constitution and which havent. Its been a long time. Its been a very long time since weve had a president that was truly constitutional. Look at article two of the constitution which is the delegated authority for the executive branch. When we look at that, we realize how little power the president has, especially constitutionally speaking. I shall my students to look at the constitution, article one, the powers that are dedicated to congress i like this. Then you go to article two and then article three to the judiciary. In america, we have gravitated more toward an allconsuming