Host and on the leadership side, who are the ones to watch . Guest we have a woman on the Budget Committee and of course, nancy pelosi on the house side. As you mentioned earlier, the new congressman from phoenix, ariz. , when she was growing up, she lived in such poverty that her family lived in an abandoned gas station for two years with no electric anything. By the way, this she is in her 30s. This was not 60 years ago. This was 30 years ago. These are some folks who have been through some life experiences. They know what people are going through. Get some solutions and that means getting our economic house in order and giving opportunity for folks to succeed in this country. Host in virginia, good morning. Caller good morning. I understand that your goal is to increase the number of women in government, but i have problems squaring up with not a a supporting republican women or women who are not prochoice. Are you quitting makers . Or are you are you queen makers . Are you just the
Booktv is going to be live for the next three hours. We are going to begin our conversation, of course, inviting you to join us a little but later with the author of the new book, black hawk down. His name is mark bowden. This is the book. We were looking at it, a New York Times bestseller list that comes out tomorrow. And i know youre not surprised because you ought probably know already, but you are number eight. That still great to hear. What is that like . It is thrilling. I have been writing for 20 or 25 years. This is my third book. So it is thrilling, it is a fantasy that i think all writers have. What you think this book how do you think it is different than the other books and why it has gone popular . I think the subject matter of combat and war has a built in constituency with the military. What has happened with this book is that it spilled over even from that into a more general leadership. Because i do think there is such an amazing true story. I can say that because i di
When i was a child we grew our own rice here and. We never had to buy any the same with peanuts and millet. No days crops are threatened by rising sea levels salt water is destroying more and more fertile land this dike was built five years ago and provide some relief was money ignoring works for an environmental n. G. O. S he advises the women and help them get money from the un back to Green Climate fund he also helps farmers here. Well the Vegetable Growers also want to benefit from the fall short of what im going to do for them they need to acquire new skills youve helped us so far but you mustnt leave us alone now theres more to do the money for this project did not come from seneca but from an international fund. You know. The soil the women are working on is still salty but they want to find out if they can resume farming here. Theyve planted
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Has ever seen before. In the wake of a brutal murder of james foley and isis threats to kill more americans, hagel and the joint chiefs of staff are looking at every option, and that could include airstrikes within syria. Congressman ed royce is joining me. Also Douglas Olivant from washington was director for iraq at the National Security council during the bush and obama administrations. Chairman dempsey says isis will be defeated only when confronted in syria. Do you, sir, support airstrikes in syria . Yes. We have for some time made the observation that the use of armed drones on isis leadership in syria, the support for the Free Syrian Army, i think strikes at this point against the syrian isis, which has bled now into iraq, those steps should be taken and had they been taken some time ago i think isis would not have as much influence on the ground as it has right now. Douglas olivant, can we win this battle with airstrikes alone . Im a civilian. Youll have to school me, but it se
Night. I have to sleep when he sleeps. I havent had much sleep, by the way. You never sleep. The babys excited because there are sharks among us. I dont like sharks very much. Im going to put that out there now. I know you love them. I love sharks. Youre very into sharks. Its very weird stuff. The baby shark song . Baby shark Doo Doo Doo Doo doo doo. Baby shark Doo Doo Doo Doo doo doo. Were going to play it and the audience, direct all the hate mail to pete hegseth if you get that song stuck in your head. From ba baby shark we go to actual news. A victory for the Trump Administration and the American People as the Supreme Court paves the way for the use of military funds for the border wall. This ruling very big and this is President Trump by the way here, wow, big victory from the Supreme Court, a hows the southern border wall to allows the southern border wall to proceed. The department of defense money and some other places they were trying to pull it. This is the 2. 5 billion from