As well as a Panel Discussion on book selling and publishing from bookexpo be america, the publishing industrys annual trade show in new york city. For more information on this weekends television schedule, visit us online at booktv. Org. Cal thomas appeared at the 2014 Chicago Tribune printers row lit fest to talk about his book, what works. Mr. Thomas spoke with kristin mcqueary, and he also took questions from the audience. This is about 45 minutes, next on booktv. [applause] thank you all for coming. About six weeks ago i received an email in my in box asking io i would like to interview cal thomas, and, of course, i immediately said yes. Iate in my 20s i disagreed with him very, very much, and of course d did. But i kept reading 1w4 wren you read cal, you find yourself thinking about something that he wrote. That is the imprint of a gifted thinker and writer. Thinking about some things that he wrote. That is the imprint of a gifted thinker and writer. Without further ado, cal thom
The key to the Ranking Member. I have been very critical of the deal i thought it was a mistake but first we should have gotten the final deal that negotiated the interim deal with first should have made sure there was no path said we could negotiate the interim deals because the sanctions were working. I voted to ratchet up do u or do you want to function in the economy . We will continue to press the sanctions into the didnt have a functioning economy. I think that wouldve been the right way to go. But now we are here and we are here, and they think it is a very dangerous situation we are in. I think well get to july 20, and for sure that will want more time. Thats what we feared at the beginning. I think thats the case. Then what do we do . Into we say we will not negotiate and make us look like the bad guys . Its hard to put sanctions back on again. So where do we go from here . I do want to comment, i couldnt agree with you more wholeheartedly. If its a five year deal, if its a 10
Lived in sumner, mississippi where the trial of emmett till was taken. While she was in memphis, she was Teaching School there. If you were africanamerican and in those days, you did not need a College Degree to teach school. She moved back to be near my dad. That is where they got married. That was in sumner, mississippi, in 1925. Easy woman. She would sing. Every day she would be Singing Church songs. Oh, she was something. You know, with four boys at that time, she had four day boi boys the house. Im sure we had done something wrong, we asked, mama, when are you going to whip us . Thats how easy she was. We just when mom would leave the house we would be afraid that something would come out of the woods, a bear or something. But when she was around the house, we wasnt afraid of anything because she was always moving, always busy. She would do anything to protect her children. She was somebody. Last year you published a beautiful book simeons story about the emmett till case and how
On the average to remove cleared suspects, former suspected, director comey, i think that we have to carefully balance that with our civil rights and liberties under the law. What specific steps is the fbi doing to ensure that innocent americans are not incorrectly placed on the no fly list and what reforms are being made to ensure those are erroneous replaced are quickly removed . First of all, i agree with you u. The premise its important to protect and protect our liberties. I know we have an extensive process that we go through before someone can get on the list to make sure weve got it right and as you said, im aware there is a process to remove someone. If theres a mistake or the matter has been closed, i dont know enough to respond to your concern about the time lag or what improvements are needed. Could you respond to us in writing . Sure. Well, let me then ask about hate crime tracking. After the 9 11 attacks, hate crime and violence committed against individuals in the hindu
Journal cspan. Org. Front page of the Los Angeles Times this morning, obama weighs direct action on iraq militants is the headline. Heres the president from yesterday. But what weve seen over the last couple of days indicates the degree to which iraq is going to need more help is going to need more help from us and going to need more help from the international community. My team is working around the clock to identify how we can provide the most effective assistance to them. I dont rule out anything because we do have a stake in making sure that these jihadists are not getting a permanent foothold in either iraq or syria for that matter. Host and the New York Times says u. S. Scramble to help iraq fight off militants. You can see this picture on the front page here, some shiite muslim iraqis volunteering for military service. , obama weighs air strikes. The white house confronted by an unexpected crisis on a battlefield it thought it had left behind, scrambled thursday to reassure ira