Im talking just about the physicality. You can judge for the insight on your own. [laughter] but as nick said very cogently, this book covers a 30year span of American History in the middle of the 19th century when nothing much happened. [laughter] there was just, oh, i dont know, the Womens Movement and the country divided in two, and there were spiritualists and spirit rappers and p. T. Barnum all part of the same cultural moment. And then just in case you were getting bored, there was a war, a dreadful war where 750,000 people were killed, and thats probably, thats probably a figure that is not finished being revised upward. And, of course, there was the period of reconstruction that occurred in the south, and at the same time there was the settlement of the west augerred by the gold rush back in 1848 and completed with the slow and painful and very disturbing removal of the indians from that particular part of the country. Just a few things that i concerned myself with for the last
This is not an attempt to rewrite history, its not an attempt to fashion a legacy, it is an attempt to be a part of the historical narrative. Also Supreme Court justices. Every single justice on the court has a passion and a love for the constitution and our country thats equal to mine. Then you know that if you accept that as an operating truth, which it is, you understand that you can disagree. And nobel prize winners. That, for me, whats interesting is negotiation of a moral position. Do no harm. Love somebody. And respect yourself and do some work you respect. All of that is reduced, simplified notions. The philosophers have spent their lifetime trying to imagine what it is like to live a moral life, what morality is, what existence is, what responsibility is. We visited book fairs and festivals around the country. And booktv is live at the annual l. A. Times festival of book withs on the campus of ucla in los angeles. Theres our signature programming, in depth each month and if yo
Begin to emerge from the lockdown. But first, we thought it was very important to begin the show, all of you, speaking directly to businessmen and women, what they are really going through. They are trying to fight tooth and nail to reopen and regain their livelihoods from these lockdownloving governors. George and nick are the owners of the brick and mirror beauty bar in parsippany, new jersey. After two months of complying with democrat Governor Phil Murphys lockdown orders, these two men finally had enough. They are defying the governor and reopening on june 1 trend, and its not just about their own livelihoods, but about the wellbeing of their staff, of ce it is, they desperately want to get back to work. Thank you both for being here tonight, also with me is frank mendoza, who has run a restaurant in boston with his brothers for 25 years, and he is one of many Restaurant Owners in massachusetts who are beyond frustrated that their lifes work is being destroyed. And its happening r
Be to cause chaos. Murder and mayhem at a festival in brooklyn. It basically accounts for the city. Two victims shot away from dozens of police officers. After similar carnage, why wasnt this event last year. Its all happening now. We begin with new revelations on the clinton email controversy and the benghazi terror attack. Im jon scott. An exclusive on clinton e malts suggests that the former secretary of states team manipulated the 2013 Senate Hearing on benghazi. With the Democratic Committee chairman getting primed to bring up certain topics at that hearing. Chief intelligence correspondent katherine is live. These emails were obtained by citizens united, who is seeking records from the state department including emails from Chelsea Clinton. In this exchange from january 2013, clintons media gate keeper writes to chelsea with an update on the benghazi hearing before the Senate Foreign relations committee. She uses diane reynolds. It reads, we were told they would address two topic