Which no one in either party, establishment of Neither Party responded to. And donald trump reached out to them. Whether they were wise to look to him as their trip and thats another can we can debate that. I have debated my relatives and friends in west virginia, but he noticed that those people were forgotten, or left behind, or look down on, were held in contempt, war was waged on their economy and he benefited. You can watch this and other programs online at booktv. Org. Welcome to lynchburg, virginia, on booktv. Located in the foothills of the blue Ridge Mountains along the james river and has a population of about 80,000 people. Founded in 1757 lynchburg was named for its founder john lynch. The city itself to poplar forest, Thomas Jefferson and private retreat, and Jerry Falwells Liberty University. With the help of our Comcast Cable partners come for the next and humans will feature the cities local authors and its Literary History beginning with poet anne spencer. Anne spencer
The presiding officer the senator from rhode island. Mr. Whitehouse mr. President , i ask unanimous consent that any pending quorum call be vitiated. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Whitehouse thank you, mr. President. Its nice to see the distinguished senator in the chair presiding. Im not sure in my 183 time to wake up speeches ive had yet had the pleasure of speaking while the presiding officer was presiding. I am here to wake up to the corporate capture of congress and this administration, the capture of governance by the fossil fuel industry that keeps us from honestly addressing Climate Change. There is a saying that personnel is policy personnel is policies. Well, well, the trump personnel for positions at the Environmental Protection agency reflect a policy to undo the Public Welfare mission of the agency and align it with the special interests of the fossil fuel industry. There is a word for that. It is called corruption, at least as the Founding Fathers knew the
Away now. Charlie gasparino gone the his hands on exclusive new details on the plan. Forgive us if we have to interrupt for the press conference, tell us what you have discovered . Reporter confusion reins, the 2400 limit, it remains in the views, heres the other thing, liz, gop leaders are discussing scaling back the Small Business tax cut. Initially it was a 25 going down from 39. 5 to 25, thats going to be scaled back and heres the one thing, liz, before she gets up there, we have to tell everybody the state and local taxes, major fights over that. Peter king, the new york congressman from long island is leading an effort, from what i understand, rallying representatives from hightax states to oppose this bill unless the deduction is in there or major compromise is in there. These are big issues. The salt deduction is considered a major Sticking Point for the conclusion of the plan. If you think about it, the 2400 limit is still in the plan as they announced yesterday, a contradicti
My name is cynthia chaldekas. Thank you for coming here tonight. Im a librarian at manhattan library. Im happy to present John Mcwhorter. Were lucky that john has come more than once. He has been very kind about that. This is his third visit. Tonight he will speak about his most recent book, talking back, talking black, truth about americas lingua franca. John mcwhorter is associate professor of english and comparative literature at Columbia University where he teaches linguistics, western civilization, Music History and american studies. New york times bestsellerring author and columnist for Time Magazine and regular contributor to the atlantic, the wall street journal, and the Washington Post and he is the author of 16 books, and tonight he is going to be speaking about his most recent book, talking back, talking black. Without further adieu, John Mcwhorter please. [applause] thanks, folks. Thank you for coming here tonight. What i want to talk to you about, for not too long is the l
My name is cynthia chaldekas. Thank you for coming here tonight. Im a librarian at manhattan library. Im happy to present John Mcwhorter. Were lucky that john has come more than once. He has been very kind about that. This is his third visit. Tonight he will speak about his most recent book, talking back, talking black, truth about americas lingua franca. John mcwhorter is associate professor of english and comparative literature at Columbia University where he teaches linguistics, western civilization, Music History and american studies. New york times bestsellerring author and columnist for Time Magazine and regular contributor to the atlantic, the wall street journal, and the Washington Post and he is the author of 16 books, and tonight he is going to be speaking about his most recent book, talking back, talking black. Without further adieu, John Mcwhorter please. [applause] thanks, folks. Thank you for coming here tonight. What i want to talk to you about, for not too long is the l