Nonbiased, freespeech platform. We will take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. Washington journal is next. Host good morning. A live look at the u. S. Capitol this sunday, july 12. Middle of athe twoweek recess, the house and senate returning next monday. An oped today, former special Counsel Robert Mueller defending his investigation into russia, the 2016 campaign, and the prosecution of longtime friend of the president roger stone. This on the news that the president is commuting roger stones sentence. And this week, a new book with details on President Trump and his family. That will be released on tuesday. Mary trumps tellall book is set to be coming out this week your reaction. For democrats, 202 7488000. If you are a republican, 202 7488001. If you are an independent, 202 7488002. We are also on social media. Send us a text message at 202 7488003. On twitter, we are cspanwj and on facebook, facebook. Com cspan. A lot to get to over the next thr
And free speech. The website is parler. Com, and joining us from las vegas is the ceo of that website, john matze. Thank you so much for being with us. Guest thank you. Host if you were to put a Mission Statement to your website, what would it be . Guest our Mission Statement would be to create a town square for free Speech Discussion and to protect peoples privacy while doing it. Host so why a need for yet another social media site . What is motivating you and others to start this . Guest well, lately i am sure you have seen a lot of the present surrounding what is going on politically and people feeling like they have been censored in the United States. Theres a lot of people that feel that they cannot reach out on social media, and they think that they are going to get ba attacked for their point of view, and they are looking for another place to go. And actually, this is a lot broader than the United States. This is happening all over the world. I spoke to people in israel, brazil,
Good evening, everybody. My name is katie willard, and im part of the event staff here at politics and prose. Before we begin, id like to go over a few announcements. Announcements. Please type in your cellphones and other boys making devices. Not only is it courteous to the author, but we are also on cspan tonight, so you do not want to be the person whose phone goes off on cspan. Second, during the questionandanswer portion and in the interest of our video and audio recording if you could come up to the microphone over here and it is right here by the pillar that way we can all hear your questions and engage in a nice discussion afterwards. Lastly, once everything is done if you could please fold up your chairs and place them against something solid, our staff, as in me, would greatly appreciate that. Tonight im pleased to introduce jared cohen to politics and prose. The founder and ceo of jigsaw alphabet inc. As well as an adjunct senior fellow at the council of foreign relations. H
Blueprint, we navigated pretty well, it is a remarkable story. I can almost say that except when Abraham Lincoln died, we were supposed to get Abraham Lincolns vision of reconstruction but instead the bullet of john wilkes move gives us johnson was a man born racist, died a racist, the last president to own slaves, a man who didnt anticipate his own slaves until 7 months after the emancipation proclamation, a man who has president ended up resurrecting every moment of the confederacy paving way for the jim crow laws which gave us segregation. If i look at the story of civil rights and postcivil war america it can be described as a story of two president ial assassinations beginning with Abraham Lincoln and ending with james garfield. When i set out to write the chapter about Andrew Johnson you think what can i write that great scholars havent written about this sort of seminal moment in history and i decided to vindicate the one stanley cans record which is putting Andrew Johnson a hea
Be the person whose phone goes off on cspan. During the question and answer portion in the interest of the video and audio recording if you could come up to the microphone over here its right here that way we can all hear your questions and engage in a nice discussion afterwards. Last once everything is done if you could fold up your chairs and place them against something solid im pleased to introduce the founder and ceo at alphabet inc. New york times bestselling coauthor with eric schmidt of the new digital age and has written several books on his own including the children of jihad. One of the great lessons of american politics that ive learned is the tale of two brothers. The Vice President isnt relegated to obscurity, namely when the president com, the pres president dies. In his newest bestselling book accidental president , he examines the legacies of these eight men john tyler, Millard Fillmore, Andrew Johnson, Chester Arthur, Theodore Roosevelt, Calvin Coolidge, perry truman