stadium in hopes of luring the oakland raiders to vegas dominated day 1 of the special session. the idea had lawmakers from both sides voicing concerns about the stadium provision of senate bill 1 on monday. the contention was about whether 750 million dollars in new room tax revenue should fund the 65-thousand seat nfl stadium. several casino executives including steve wynn and mgm resorts chairman and ceo jim murren..made their case in facility. saying it would be beneficial and has the support from some in the nfl. many lawmakers are still on the fence and feel the funds used for the stadium could be of better use in other parts of the valley. ((st. sen. ruben kihuen/(d) north las vegas: we have students who are sitting on the ground, students who are in portables, why don t we invest this money in our education system, why don t we build new schools? that s going to put people back to work. )) ((nia wong)) the special session will continue today. ((nia wong)) an
if you are tweeting today, use the hashtag gbf, and we need your feedback. surveys are available at the tent and on our web site. complete a survey for a chance to win a $100 visa gift card. i m pleased to introduce author kristen green. she ll be signing books immediately after the presentation, and copies of her books are on sale in the politics & prose tent, a great partner for us this year. a quick word about buying books. even though this is a free event, it does help the book festival if you buy books. the more books we sell at our event, the more publishers are willing to send their authors here to the book festival. purchasing books from politics & prose does benefit the local economy. it supports local jobs, supports our book festival. so if you enjoy the program and you re in a position to do so, please consider buying the authors books here today. so let me introduce kristen. kristen green is an author who grew up in farmville, virginia, and that s important bec
were in their height, the number of private security contractors outnumbered the us troops. how did that come to be? again, i think we are like that one of the unintended consequences of relying on the all volunteer force and allowing the country to slide into a condition of permanent war. we ended up with too much work, too few warriors and so policymakers and the pentagon turned to the notion of defense contractors to try to fill the gap. at a very high cost. at a very high cost and i would argue with little evidence that they that they were worth the money. i know you re going to stay around and sign some books i want to thank you, colonel, professor,. you know, we barely scratched the surface of this book, so i really encourage you to pick up a copy and you will have a very in-depth although somewhat pessimistic understanding of the wars of the middle east. thanks again. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] this is book tv on c-span 2, television fo
impose a new set of regulations under the employment retirement income security act or erisa on a greatly expanded number of people. under current law, brokers and dealers that provide services to retirement plans are already heavily regulated. they are not, however, automatically consider labor law fiduciaries and therefore they are not subject to the increased liability provided under erisa. instead, these service providers are subject to regulations issued by the securities and exchange commission to protect investors from fraud and ensure transparency. under the new d.o.l. rule, virtually any broker that provides investment advice of any kind to individuals regarding their individual retirement accounts or ira s will be considered a pension plan fiduciary subject to higher standards and greater liability. as my colleagues have aptly noted, this rule will reduce the availability of investment advice for retirees and make the advice that is available more expensive which wi
it makes a lot of sense for us to amplify that. i understand that. i m talking about books that sat in your house inboxes.h, your panel has given me hope. thank you. [applause] a panel from the festival on the importance of libraries. live from the book festival is a panel on libraries. my name is gene taft. i am a committee member and manager pleased to have you all here. we are a wonderful city that supports the arts and humanities and we are pleased to bring you this event. please silence all devices that might make any noise. we need your feedback. you ve are intricate for a chance to win a gift card. our friends are here on site to brave the weather and would appreciate your support. it supports or book festival. hope you enjoy the festival and buy a book and come back and see us. if you are here or watching at home i really wish it didn t have the same connotation as ite does now. i remember my mother took my brother and i, we could barely walk and i ran off and t
cable or satellite provider. afterwards is next on book tv. florida university national security center karen greenberg discusses her book, rogue justice. she takes a look at the legal questions arising from policies and laws enacted to fight the u.s. war on terrorism after 9/11. she is interviewed by the author of the black answers, the inside story of 9/11 and the war against al qaeda. host: hi karen. another great book i see. rogue justice, rogue justice, the making of the security state. what you mean by the term, rogue justice? guest: rogue justice is the term i gave to the way in which the mechanisms that are supposed to keep us safe from interference from the state, they re supposed to protect the constitution went off the rails after 9/11. they have failed to really come back. so i call it rogue justice because it is out of control, outside the bounds of the law and it seems like a rogue element compared to what we expected and what we are use to. host: you have
as a scholar who painstakingly served the interpretation helped me understand the complex topic or phenomena in greater clarity. the invention of a place and idea is just such a book. i had the opportunity in 2016 with the professor of history and studies. both were impressed with the manner of which bottle me the context of the black communities ranging to the southside of chicago after world war ii but also how the concept itself in its application has shifted over time in the popular and scholarly imagination. we are not alone in our affirmation for ghetto. here the director for research. the professor has provided a detailed and timely survey in the phenomena. the professor insists we need a consequence of people specifically blacks and jews with their own choosing for the structure for success both inside or outside the ghetto while at the same time helping produce the inequality for the everyday observers. they solidify earlier the care career. they examined the institu
administration s guidance to public schools over allowing transgender students access to bathrooms and other facilities. democrats, (202) 748-8000. republicans, (202) 748-8001. (202) 748-8002s, . you can post on our facebook or twitter pages as well. this guidance came out last friday. it was a joint letter by the education department and justice department. it says that as a condition of receiving federal funds a school agrees they will not exclude separate deny benefits to or otherwise treated differently on the basis of sex any person in its educational programs unless expressly authorized to do so under title ix. the letter also gave specific guidance when it came to the use of restrooms and locker rooms. here s some of that section from the letter which you can find online at the justice department and education to urban. a school must allow transgender students access to facilities consistent with their gender. themchool may not require to use bathrooms inconsistent wit
my orking at ncta, and so relationship with the cable industry goes back a long, long time. and it was always a great privilege, i thought, to be associated with this industry at that particular point in history. and you know, michael powell was kind enough after i became chairman to ask me to come and meet with the ncta board. d i sat down and i said, you know, folks, everything that i relationship he etween government and industry were was a philosophy that was developed while i was at ncta. because that was a period in time when the cable industry s the voice of competition and innovation. and those who did not want things to change in those days, it was the broadcasters and hollywood, and the telephone company all working together to try and hold back the cable industry those who did not want things to change used government to maintain the status quo to the detriment of consumers. and so the philosophy that i developed coming out of that kind of experience is that th
business leaders, hollywood and other entertainment stars and public officials including the president. more and more those speeches have focused on the presidential race and other political topics. which brings us today s question for our viewers, have commencement speeches gotten to political? democrats can join the conversation at (202) 748-8000. republicans can call (202) 748-8001. independents can call (202) 748-8002. we have a special line for recent graduates to talk about their address experiences at (202) 748-8003. you can also reach us on social media, on twitter and on facebook. good morning. let s begin this conversation about the political messages in commencement speeches by taking look at president obama s speech at rutgers university earlier this month. [video clip] you were listening to today s political debate and you might wonder where this strain of anti-intellectualism came from. [cheers] let me be as clear as i can be. in politics and in life ignoran