Live coverage of the lost Angeles Times festival of books on the campus of the university of southern california. A couple more hours of live coverage ahead. You can get our full schedule at book tv. Org and you can follow us on twitter or facebook to get the behindthescenes photos and other photos of the festival. We are now joined by Bob Streisand are who has written this book, incarceration nation a journey to justice and prison around the world. In your book you write america is the Worlds Largest largest jailer . Guest we are and it is a title we should wear shamefully. We have 5 of the worlds population, but 25 of the world prison population, 2. 3 Million People incarcerated. We spend over 50 billion a year on corrections and when it comes to the Racial Disparities that our system there are more africanamericans under correctional supervision today than there were slaves at the height of slavery in 1850. Host how did we get there . Guest its all really goes back to the war on dru
That i can do. Any idiot can see that you need to be supervised. Does that mean i am any idiot . I am going to be there because this is my granddaughter. Grandma, only playing in theaters. And now, bbc world news america. Counciln security adopt a resolution. Assad is going to have to leave in order for the country to stop the bloodletting. Laura Mother Teresa is set to become a saint after pope francis sends signs off on a second miracle. And capturing concerts there his camera lens. This line photographer is giving people a look at the show. Welcome to our viewers on Public Television in america and also around the globe. The Human Security Council Meeting has voted for resolution endorsing a Peace Process in syria. It calls for political talks early next year, ceasefire, and elections. Does not say what role president assad will play. President obama reaffirmed his view that assad must go if the crisis is to be resolved. President numerous Foreign Ministers gathered for another hard
Any idiot can see that you need to be supervised. Does that mean i am any idiot . I am going to be there because this is my granddaughter. Grandma, only playing in theaters. And now, bbc world news america. Counciln security adopt a resolution. Assad is going to have to leave in order for the country to stop the bloodletting. Laura Mother Teresa is set to become a saint after pope francis sends signs off on a second miracle. And capturing concerts there his camera lens. This line photographer is giving people a look at the show. Welcome to our viewers on Public Television in america and also around the globe. The Human Security Council Meeting has voted for resolution endorsing a Peace Process in syria. It calls for political talks early next year, ceasefire, and elections. Does not say what role president assad will play. President obama reaffirmed his view that assad must go if the crisis is to be resolved. President numerous Foreign Ministers gathered for another hard bargaining ses
Evenyearsold being in buffalo new york. It was my first time in that elevator, my first time seeing an escalator and it was so different and it had an impact on me because some people working together, living together. Host why did you make that trip . Guest i went there to spend part of the summer with another brother of my mother and some of my First Cousins. Host and other date in your history, september 2, 1986 democratic primary. Guest that was the reduction day in atlanta in the fifth Congressional District of georgia. It was a very difficult race with a closed and the differing mind by the name of julian bond who we had worked together in the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee with a wonderful, wonderful friend. He served in the state house, the state senate, to come to congress and i wanted to come to congress, and it was a race that i never wanted to repeat like that. Host and you won . Guest i did prevail. And some people thought they didnt have a chance and didnt have
Virgins. [laughter] first well check in with the situation in eastern europe. Last time we looked Vladmir Putin was insisting russia had no soldiers in crimea, russia had no designs on crimea and russia wasnt that stumped in a crossword clue for six letters former soviet ma peninsula starting with c. Most are under russian control. Armored vehicles slashed through wall walls and troops took over the last remaining Ukrainian Air base. Jon there has to be an entrance. What are you doing . What are you kool aid man, come on be a person. Obviously the kool aid man could be forgiven. Theres no way old san degreea hip sangria hips is getting through there even if there was a door. [ laughter ] this is empire takes back. President boobs akimbo here. [laughter] has finally gotten what he wanted not only annexed crimea but crushed the spirit of the Ukrainian Army. Look at this incredibly sad retreat. Its an army not so much defeated as laid off. It looks like theyve been laid off. Sure take you