[applause] i know that youre applauding because youre here at the 2017 Miami Book Fair here in miami, florida. What a Beautiful Day it is here in miami this morning. Thats why we live here, and thats why such a wonderful destination for our visitors. Welcome again to Miami Book Fair, and we have a truly wonderful treat in store for you today. I hope many of you have had the opportunity all week to enjoy the outstanding presentations that have been taking place this year. I hope that you will continue with us through tomorrow evening when the sevenday fair closes. You know, this fair just would not take place each and every year without the cooperation, the collaboration, the passion, and the volunteerism of many people in our community. Namely, the students, faculty, staff of Miamidade College. [applause] and really hundreds of high school students, middle School Stunts and others in the community. So we truly thank everyone for coming together and unifying behind this Miami Book Fair.
Bill frist and had the opportunity to watch firsthand governor alexander work was a pretty rowdy Democratic Legislature and tennessee that he came forth with education reform, with infrastructure, investments, industrial recruitment. I think regular order is back in the senate and will be a better country for that. Is fortune is going have a good partner in the house, someone for the good fortune to settle the Energy Commerce committee with, diana degette, and diane reminds me, when i think of her i think of a story my grandmother may read the of the detention a good. I think i can, i think i can. I know i can. Thats diana. Come forth with a major bipartisan vote in the house. Senator alexander come to the good partner and diana, tell us whats going on with you. [applause] thanks, part. Im so happy to be here. They dont invite us to come over from the house very often so its really a treat for us. Im so happy, lamar, to hear your reflections on some of these issues, because to some of
[inaudible conversations] book tv is live coverage of the 2017 National Book festival continues. Rogue h that was ted mcintyre talking about his book rogue heroes. Coming up in ten minutes, John Aloysius carol talking about his book, richard nixon. Ut we have about ten minutes between these two authors and we want to hear what you are reading. 748820 7488200. For those of you in the Eastern Central time zones, 202 7488201. If you live in the mountain and pacific time zone, these are the comments weve got on facebook and what people are reading. Robert hunter writes in and says he is reading shakespeare the man and martin is reading young radicals by Jeremy Carter and book tv has covered that book, young radicals. We will read some more these comments as we go. O. Lets hear from kathleen in plymouth michigan, cap lane, good evening to you, what are you reading. Right now im reading robert service, my favorite poet. Ob im not sure how familiar you are with robert but one of the most poig
Instagram at book underscore tv, or poster tour facebook page, facebook. Com book tv. Book tv on cspan2, television for serious readers. And book tv is on location on the campus of ucla. Were talking to professors who are also authors and history professor is our guests. She is the coauthor of this book the american war, the history of the civil war era. Joan, 1850, give us a snapshot of the United States. Guest 1850 was the first year of the decade that brought on the secession crisis led to the civil war. 1850 was the year that california came in to the union. 1850 was also the year that a compromise was forged, it was the last great compromise, they did not know it then, but we know it now that save the union. It was a compromise forged by the north and the south. That involved a number of major changes to the way territories would come into the United States and involved the passage of the new fugitive law act. Another compromises that neither side, north or south, pro free labor o
And that is what brought us here. Not that time there was a puerto rico referendum that shows since march that year. That is the problem. Not allow the government to play games. Translator okay come on the topic of new sanctions. Yeah, well we will see we dont see the process of the oil sales the venezuelan people. [speaking in native tongue] translator the expectations are the maternal of the they are higher than places like theory and they are the worst in the country. We are seeing at the dominance arise that had been eradicated decades ago. People are dying because they are not receiving treatment for their chronic illnesses. None of the oil profits benefit the people. They are going to the regime. They are being used to buy support. They are being used to buy the weapons of oppression. They are being used to kill venezuelan and true owners of the resources at backcountry the regime is using for a salve. So, i dont see the oil profits going to the people. I do believe that there ar