And direct their way, training them in your school of humility so that they will strive to bring glory to you. We pray in your holy name. Amen. The presiding officer please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to the flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. The presiding officer the clerk will read a communication to the senate. The clerk washington d. C. , december 12, 2017. To the senate under the provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable ben sasse, a senator from the state of nebraska, to perform the duties of the chair. Signed orrin g. Hatch, president pro tempore. The presiding officer the majority leader. Mr. Mcconnell yesterday the senate advanced the nomination of Leonard Stephen grasz to be a judge on the eighth Circuit Court of appeals. Mr. Grasz has sterling credentials
Never forget. She said, mr. Davis. We live in america. I know, they have the classes, the rich, middleclass, and poor. She says the way things are going, youre going to look up one day and there is still going to be the rich, but there is only going to be the poor and the puddle. I chuckled. What are you talking about . She said you heard me. They are the people who wait for something in the mail to save them for another month before our the folks who used to be in the middle class but now, it is a rat race. One fork in the road and you are in a ditch. The rich, she says the rich, they have money. They can hang in and hold on. That is how i feel it has transpired for me. I was doing quite well in aerospace. We all know how that ended in california. I bought my first house at 23 years old and that is the only thing that is saving me. Living in inglewood, you hear about this Football Team moving back. That is what im went to get by on. I will sell my real estate when it spikes. I have go
Overwhelming against it. I was drug czar, director of National Drug control policy, 8 990. We didnt have this kind of research then. We had some, smattering. But now it is overwhelming, the harm that marijuana does. And i just have to believe or want to believe the American People are not informed of these facts. And so the point of the book was to get these facts out so they can make a second judgment on this, an informed decision. Let me get to the end of my story. I think in colorado which has been kind of ground zero here, that they will reconsider at the end of the day. Host uhhuh. Guest try to put this jeepny back in the genie back in the boding and recriminallize because theyre starting to see the results. You can watch this and other programs online at booktv. Org. And its day two of booktvs lye coverage of the Los Angeles Times festival of books. On your screen the campus of the university of Southern California, home of this 20th annual festival. Yesterday we covered programs
In the right territory. It depends the way you look at it. You can look at how many are convict did bush gives you a smaller number are how many are cleared by means other than the rest. I think 40 for that part of the city at that time. How does that compare to the rest of the nation and the rest of the city question arent one of the things i said was officially reported a nonreliable numbers in my point of view. I looked at 16,000 homicide cases and in the city of l. A. And counted each case in the resolution. Nationally for urban areas 50 was reported for the largest urban areas. Again i think those are a bit inflated and sometimes nodded in a malicious way they are easy to solve cases that accumulate outside of urban areas. What is the term nhi and why to use that question art guest you know the acronym was in the vernacular of prosecutors were in the 80s. In that no human involved and it was a quip that people would say for certain crimes that didnt attract a lot of Public Notice
Los Angeles Times festival of books. On your screen the campus of the university of Southern California, home of this 20th annual festival. Yesterday we covered programs on journalism publishing, World Leaders and more, and today we continue our live festival coverage with author panels on u. S. History, california history and crime. Youll also be able to talk with authors such Azzam Quinones and ben shapiro. Theyll sit down with us on our outdoor set to answer your questions via twitter and by phone. Check booktv. Org for a complete schedule of todays events, and you can see schedule updates all day long at the bottom of your television screen. All right. We kick off todays l. A. Times festival inside newman hall on the usc campus. Youre going to hear from Claudia Rankin author of a book called citizen, which was a finalist for the National Book award. Live coverage of the 20th annual los Angeles Times festival of books starts now on booktv. [inaudible conversations] hi everyone welco