She is the author of textbooks as well. Including vice and virtue and a booklet as well. Thanks for being with us on booktv. Thank you very much. Comprise, thawl be talking about the development of the united. Joining us now on the host joining us now on the set here at miamidade colleges susan herman day job him is president of the aclu also author of the book taking liberties the war on terror and the erosion of sorican democracy. Where do we stand with the patriot actde today . Guest with the patriots back to people dont understand it is enacted after 9 11, 2001. They did not yet know what was going what liberty as we gave the government to try to prevent terrorism. So it has been defective and is solely directed to doh surveillance over two things but when george of the bush left the white house people were saying what you have to do now that there is a big the door that is Mission Accomplished . Prospect for change. Where . Guest one thing that happened. I started writing this wea
Development of the united. Joining us now on the set is susan. Day job president of the aclu. Shes the author of this book taking liberty. Susan herman, where do we stand with when it comes to patriot act today . Guest the status of the patriot act is something i think a lot of people dont understand. Because when it was enacted five weeks after 9 11, in october of 2001, congress hasnt had any hearings. They didnt get any idea what was going wrong. They had ideas about what tools to [inaudible] so the patriot act, ever since 2000 has been [inaudible] given the government all the dragnet tools to do surveillance and all these things. I found when george w. Bush left the white house people asiewmented the patriot act had gone away. People were telling me what does the aclu have to do now . Couldnt grow out of business and saying Mission Accomplished . The patriot act is very much with us. The Current Events i actually one thing i hope we can talk about. I think there might be some prospe
Of setting and how backwards we were on Race Relations in america, 30s and 40s. Her voice on a National Level and started bursting through. She has the place of honor in the civil rights movement. She cared about equality. Finally, on our website, cspan. Org first ladies, we have a companion book available for this series. Alita black worked hard on that book. And its available to you as well, at cost. Were not making any money off of it. If you like to see it, it profiles all the first ladies to michelle obama. Alita black worked on that. We like to thank our partners in this series, the White House Historical association for their work for us in getting everything together for the programs. Next week, its bess truman. Going to leave you this week with a little bit of Eleanor Roosevelt from 1953 talking about what it means in her view to be a liberal, we thank Doug Brinkley and alita black. Thank you. This is a you have been become known as the leader of what is loosely called the lib
The last day of february is proving to be a brutal weather day no matter where you live. Take a look at the radar. Heavy rains are taking aim at bonedry california where evacuations are under way at least in one neighborhood because of mudslide fears. Heres abcs tahman bradley. Reporter theyve been praying for rain, just not this much. This morning, droughtstricken california soaking wet. We need it. I dont necessarily like it, but we need it. Reporter in the bay area the storms have snapped trees. On roads, trucks are sliding out of control. In l. A. County yesterday more than 100 crashes. Theres a lot of anxiety in foothill communities outside los angeles. The worry, mudslides. In glendora residents filled sandbags near land scorched by recent wildfires. I think were a little aware that a lot of rain in a short period of time could create some problems with mudslides. Reporter mandatory evacuations are ordered and continue in some places. No entry zone except for authorized personnel
Wants. Your date. Watching him aircraft. While the Supreme Court heard arguments today on the hot button issue i see in the digital age the forgotten war and telstra to sell tons of people they dont grasp this morning the Supreme Court began to consider that option while educating two cases related to the issue had to do so that justice is one half to decide how to interpret and apply an eighteenth century amended that is the Fourth Amendment of course it has the right of the people to be secure in their persons houses papers and effects against unreasonable searches and seizures shall not be violated and others our own fall under that category to discuss this more i was way earlier. Like John Whitehead hes the president of the Rutherford Institute which ill dynamic its brief in the United States vs worry one of the cases of the challenging the warrantless searches of cell phones. John is also author of the government on wolf the emerging American Police state. At present and to break