That can be part of our conversation as we move to open forum. Pat, virginia, a republican. Caller hi, greta. I found you. The reason i am calling is it is unconstitutional and we should not be renewing it. Host why do you think it is unconstitutional to begin with . Caller it is spying on people without a warrant and invading privacy. The thing of it is that if 100 Million People say and do something silly, it is still silly. Founding fathers put the constitution together ironclad. I have watched over the years as congress and others have attempted to break that constitution. That constitution is ironclad. I dont think we need section 702. Host as a reminder from earlier this morning, section 702 allows intelligence agencies to conduct warrantless surveillance of noncitizens outside the united states. Some can sneak in if americans are talking with nonus citizens overseas. Data is collected and stored in a database that intelligence agencies can tap as part of other investigations. Th
u.s. supreme court spiraling into controversy overturning long precedent and rolling back rights, some are turning to state courts. why strong constitutions can save the every day rights being eroded by a lob sided u.s. supreme court. this and more on another hour of velshi starting now. good morning it s sunday june 9th. president biden is wrapping up his trip to france today where he spent much of the week recognizing d day. this morning he will be at a cemetery near paris and he and the first lady will fly back home. but in a few days he will head back to italy. biden s upcoming trips to europe are valuable opportunities for him to highlight the importance of america s role in the world stage. he s cast his opponent as a strong man who will usher in an era of corruption in america and support such things abroad. trump s first term also saw the country shift toward a more isolationist stance which raised concerns among our partners that america might abandon its alliances
Good morning. Good morning and welcome to nashville and the southern festival of the books. Behind the curtain, money, politics and imperiled republic. We are fortunate today to have two authors who are really addressing some issues we deal with today. Weed to live in many ways in imperiled times and dealing with the concentration of economic power and political power, so again we are fortunate to have two very renowned speakers today after the session is over we will have a signing session that will take place on the war memorial section between the capital and library. We will go there and also have questions and answers, a q a session after the presentation this morning to your right there is a set of microphones and if you would like to ask questions of the authors to your right there is a set of microphones. Each speaker will speak about 15 or so minutes dealing with their books and then we will open it up to questions. If you could, you may want to take a moment to silence your c
Julian malvo, steve forbes and nobel prizewinning economist joseph stiglitz. Of this is a topic that interests you go to our website at booktv. Org and in the search bar type economics book and you will find a large archive of authors and materials would all of these are available to watch online. Host welcome to nashville and the southern festival of books. He will hear from many offers throughout the weekend including National Book Award Finalist Patricia Bell scott and nancy maclean, talk radio host eric erickson, basilica other liza monday and many others. For complete schedule visit booktv. Org or follow along on social media sites on facebook, twitter and instagram at booktv. We are kicking off todays coverage with biographer jonathan i on the life and politics of mohammed ali. This is live coverage on cspan2. [silence bracket good morning, everyone, thank you for coming and welcome to the 29th southern festival of books. It is my pleasure to have the opportunity to introduce jon
Talk radio show host eric erickson. Liza randy and many others. For a complete schedule visit booktv. Org. We are Facebook Twitter and instagram. Were kicking off todays coverage on the life and politics of mohammed ali. This is live coverage on cspa cspan2. [inaudible] of money. Think you for coming and welcome to the 29th southern festival of books. It is my pleasure to have the opportunity to introduce our author. Another that i really admire and have been reading his work for years. Hes here to talk about his biography of mohammed ali. This is only his third stop so thats an honor for us. Before he speaks the book festival is free but if youd like to contribute to the cause you can do that at the headquarters for the book festival outsider online. Also remind you that after the remarks will be heading over to the signing tent seeking to have him cite your book over there. Is one of the typewriters of nonfiction a fantastic author in addition to writing for bestselling books jonatha