Pandemic. We follow the advice of the attending physician and the sergeant of arms that were seated at least 6 feet apart. That means theres no room for the public or media here, but the media is participating we hope. And we hope the public is as well. Our website. Our witnesses are participating by Video Conference which is change for the United States senate and a welcome one because it makes it possible for us to attract witnesses to have busy schedules on the same day such as today some are participating by Video Conference senators may remove their masks since we are great thank yout a part to the press gallery and the architect in the capital police, Committee Staff for all their hard work to help keep us safe. Senator murray and i each have an Opening Statement then we will turn to our witnesses we think for being with usfoo today we ask that you summarize your remarks and five minutes to have time for the large number of senators we expect to iparticipate we will have one roun
Was an improbable dream. Its hard work and its controversial. Without information there is no freedom and its journalists who provide that information. Window rolls down and this guy says, hey, he goes to 11 00. [laughter]. Marc maron, welcome. How are you . Nice to meet you. Nice to meet you. Im a little intimidated, i have to say. Really . Well, youre a great interviewer, and for those of us who do this sort of amateur interviewing, you are a professional, man, whether you know it or not. And to watch you or to listen to you do it is really inspiring. Well, thank you. Thats very flattering. I appreciate that. Has it been hard for you to become five and a half years in this program now, 600 episodes. Yeah. I have to believe later episodes you feel more comfortable than your earlier ones, but how has that progression gone for you . I dont know that i feel comfortable, necessarily. I feel more comfortable with myself. Yeah. I think that the first 200 episodes were really thinly veiled a
Sides to every issue. So i guess we cant fire him now. I guess we cant fire him now. The night that i win the emmy. Being on the Supreme Court was an improbable dream. Its hard work and its controversial. Without information there is no freedom and its journalists who provide that information. Window rolls down and this guy says, hey, he goes to 11 00. [laughter]. Taylor branch, welcome. Nice to see you. Thank you. Nice to be back. Appreciate you being back. So, here we sit 50odd years from the Voting Rights act, from selma, from the assassination of dr. King. We have an African American president , which is a sign of progress in this country itself. Weve gone from we shall overcome to hands up, dont shoot. To black lives matter to i cant breathe. Yes. How far have we really come, in your estimation, as the preeminent historian of the Civil Rights Era . Pronounce wisdom on what were looking at today. [laughter]. Weve come a long way in Race Relations in the united states, which is now
Sides to every issue. So i guess we cant fire him now. I guess we cant fire him now. The night that i win the emmy. Being on the Supreme Court was an improbable dream. Its hard work and its controversial. Without information there is no freedom and its journalists who provide that information. Window rolls down and this guy says, hey, he goes to 11 00. [laughter]. Cokie roberts, welcome. Happy to be here. Thanks so much for having me. So nice to be here with you. This book is so its so interesting and such an interesting and creative choice. Although, if you look back at the last couple of books youve done, writing about women is not a foreign experience for you. No, its actually on some women, particularly. Well, it is actually a mission. My husband describes it as a mission and ill go with that. Okay. Because it keeps him it keeps him from killing me. [laughter]. Because, you know, when i get into these im not doing much else. Yeah. And so im glad that he sees it in those terms. But
Was an improbable dream. Its hard work and its controversial. Without information there is no freedom and its journalists who provide that information. Window rolls down and this guy says, hey, he goes to 11 00. [laughter]. Marc maron, welcome. How are you . Nice to meet you. Nice to meet you. Im a little intimidated, i have to say. Really . Well, youre a great interviewer, and for those of us who do this sort of amateur interviewing, you are a professional, man, whether you know it or not. And to watch you or to listen to you do it is really inspiring. Well, thank you. Thats very flattering. I appreciate that. Has it been hard for you to become five and a half years in this program now, 600 episodes. Yeah. I have to believe later episodes you feel more comfortable than your earlier ones, but how has that progssion go f you . I dont know theel comfortable,ecesri i feel more comfortable with eah. Lf. I think that the first 200 episodes were really thinly veiled attempts at me to get cel