Thank you, and welcome to greenlight bookstore, we are here to presentew charlotte alt. Shell be talking to jasmin hughes. Before i turn things over to them, housekeeping things, current off or silence cell phones. Books are for sale at the register and charlotte will be signing and if you havent gotten your copy, please do so at the end and going straight back to the table. Upcoming events are available at the register. Great stuff coming upb as well. Tonights event will be recorded by cspan so we will be passing handheld mics for q a portion. Wait w and we can give a mic. Our interviewer is Jazmine Hughes and she will be speaking with our featured author charlotte alter. Her work is has appeared in the New York Times, wall street journal and appeared on good morning america, morning joe and cnns reliable sources. The new book the ones weve been waiting for is a hopeful glimpse of generation of political leaders and what america might look when they are in charge. The book received pr
When he was chair. Told them hem and that fisa was not used of thely, that the power government overstretched their the other ven when elements of government says, no, even when others told us everything was fine with fisa, it was not until the Inspector General got his report and the truth was known. And i want to thank congressman nunes for being the truth and telling it to the American Public and staying with it when others wanted to lie. Thats why we are here today. Thats why this will never continue or happen again. You know, madam speaker, at the heart of our constitution is a simple idea, the idea of checks and balances. These principles protect americans freedoms by providing safeguards by governments overreach of power. Unfortunately in 2016, those checks and balances were not in place to stop individuals at the highest level of the f. B. I. And Justice Department from spying on carter page, an american citizen, who could have been one of us, but used the secrettive fisa court
The subcommittee will come to order. Good morning all. Dr. Collins, welcome back to the labor hhs education appropriations subcommittee. Let me also welcome all of you, the five institute and Center Directors who are joining in this morning. Dr. Bianki, director of the u. S. Kenne kenne Kennedy Shriver National Institute and committee. Dr. Anthony fauci, director of the National Institute of allergy and infectious diseases. Dr. Gary gibbons, director of the national heart, lung and Blood Institute. Dr. Ned sharpless, director of the National Cancer institute, and director of the National Institute on drug abuse. Again, welcome, welcome, welcome to all of you. This is leader hoyer asked me this morning, he said do you have the nih coming . I said, yes, indeed. And he said, are you ultimately going to be able to get all the Institute Directors to come up. This is one of the most remarkable hearings that we have, and we thank you for the great work that you do and what a difference you ma
Member for the president s Reelection Campaign, talk about the africanamerican vote. As always, we will take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. Washington journal is next. Host good morning. This is the federal holiday marking the life of dr. Martin luther king jr. Today is the National Holiday and this is a live picture of the mlk memorial in washington, d. C. After about 20 years of planning and fundraising, this memorial twoopen to the public in thousand 11. The mlk holiday became law in 1983, signed by ronald lakin reagan into law. How are Race Relations doing as we enter 2020 . Are they Getting Better . 2027488000 is your number. If you think Race Relations are getting worse, 2027488001. If you are not sure, 2027488002 is your number. You can send us a text at washington journal. The number is 2027488003. Please leave your name and the town you are calling from. You can post a comment at facebook. Com cspan or a comment at cspanwj. Usa is the fro
Editorial, they are throwing their weight behind two democrat candidates for president. Senators Andy Klobuchar and elizabeth warren, for various reasons. What do you make of this double endorsement . Guest is unique both in how they did it and also in endorsing two candidates, but it is something i have been thinking about for years. It is time for newspapers to stop endorsing candidates. For a couple reasons. First of all, im not sure how many people are waiting around for a newspaper to tell them who to vote for. I think that that time has gone. But also, you and i know that there are walls within the Editorial Board, the reporting side, i think most people either do not know that that exists or they do not believe that that exists. When an Editorial Board makes an endorsement, people assume that the whole paper is in the tank for that candidate or those candidates, and i think that hurts the reporting, the journalism side. Andow it is a big deal in the New York Times is a wellrespe