capital. it has been nearly a week now since thousands of residents in jackson, mississippi have been able to have clean tap water. a major water treatment plan began failing last monday after it was damaged by flading, but when will people there finally have clean water to flush their toilets or brush their teeth or take a shower? fema is now saying it s too early to know. where we are focused right now from fema is being able to make sure we can provide and support the mississippi emergency management agency with bringing in safe drinking water, bottled water, supporting their operations, and bringing in our federal partners that can really understand what it s going to take to bring this plant back to full operational capacity. we re providing temporary measures to increase the water pressure so people can flush their toilets and use their faucets. the longer term about how long it s going to take before it s safe to drink, we have more to learn about what it s going to
mishandled classified documents. we ll see if he s singing the same tune after what the fbi found at mar-a-lago. and russian shelling shutting down another reactor at the biggest nuclear plant in europe. is it safe and should the world be worried? it is a big disappointment on the launch pad in dpla flo florida. nasa pulling the plug on the scheduled launch of the unmanned artemis one rocket. engineers could not fix a liquid hydrogen like in time for liftoff and that s the second time this week technical issues forced nasa to scrub the launch. nasa officials say it will be several weeks. we do not launch until we think it s right. and these teams have labored over that and that is the conclusion that they came to. so i look at this as a part of our space program of which safety is the top of the list. the goal of the artemis program is return humans to the moon for the first time in more than 50 years and ultimately, take them to mars. police in mississippi arrest
Have made to washington, d. C. , over the years. The the doors that they have knocked on, the efforts that they have contributed are just are just considerable. And you start to name names. You start thinking about tara sweeney and the folks that have been there year in and year out. Those who have been supportive, either traveling back here or those who call, those who write. It really is it really is its gratifying, its heartwarming, and it is it is a its a reality that you can never say thank you for the efforts that you have made over the years. So to know that as you as you spoke as alaskans that your voices have been heard and that congress has finally listened is, indeed, gratifying. And, of course, we would not have reach this point without two particular alaskans, the one im proud to serve with here in our delegation, don young, the dean of the house, the congressman for all alaska. He has singlehandedly kept this issue alive in the house for a generation. It has been 13 times
The National Press clubs annual book fair and authors night in washington d. C. And later this month well be live from the Miami Book Fair on november 19th and 20th. Our coverage includes author discussions and callin programs featuring senator Bernie Sanders, fox news host dana perino and National Book Award Finalist coulson whitehead. For more information about the book fairs and festivals booktv will be covering and to watch previous festival coverage, click the book fairs tab on our web site, booktv. Org. [inaudible conversations] well, thank you, everyone, for coming. Were so well, on behalf of rick mcarthur, harpers magazine and book culture, were so pleased to be here to celebrate born on third base a 1 er makes the case for tackling inequality, bringing wealth home and committing to the common good. That author is Chuck Collins and, again, were so happy to have him here for our talk. Harpers magazine has a vested interest in keeping important written word in circulationing, and
That i think is a general mindset. Thats what i at the end of the day say if were going to solve some these problems, and i agree that there are a lot of guys who want to be working but are not, we ought to guarantee them jobs. During the recession, during the recovery act we had a program, a subsidized job program. We subsidize wages to the tune of 8090 , at tanf program. We subsidize wages in private or Public Sector jobs to the tune of 8090 , employed about two under 60,000 people, timelimited. I thought it was a pretty successful program. Weve come to the end of time. I will just close by saying that in a year which has been characterized by incredible polarization when people who disagree with each other, it has been assumed must hate each other, i think jared and i have done a terrific job. [applause] [inaudible conversations] you are watching booktv on cspan2 with top notch and fiction and authors every weekend. Booktv, television for serious readers. Thank you, everyone for com