Let me just say that its a very timely book. And without further ato do, please help ado, please help me welcome lyz lenz. [applause] hi. Can everybody hear me okay . Im used to doing, like, midwestern events where theres always the one woman in the back with, shes like, please, talk louder. Youre like, im talking as loud as i want to, ethel. [laughter] so when i heard cspan was going to be here, they were, like, do you have any questions . And i said [inaudible] cspan encourages shorts, but i felt after that reply that i had to. The i want to also just acknowledge the shirt i wore specifically for you, washington d. C. It says, iowa for some reason you have to come here to be president. [laughter] sucks. So is i wanted to just tell you the origin story of the book, because this is a book about religion, and you dont really want to, like, just hear me read from a book about religion. If you wanted to do that, you could go to christmas dinner with your grandma. She misses you. So i want
Onto the main events we are lucky to have a guest with us this evening the writer contributing to the columbia journalism review. Her writing appeared over the place the new york times, Washington Post and huffingtonpost in her essay appeared in the anthology not that bad. You will be hearing about this one tonight but she also has a second book that is coming out in 2020s keeping a keep an eye r that one. What is happening to faith in america at the time when more than 70 of americans consider themselves christian of some sort yet many are decrying the loss of faith in the genre and investigation of the religion, relationships with division the country is facing. Let me just say that it is a very timely book. Without further ado, please help me welcome liz. [applause] can everybody hear me okay. Im used to doing midwestern events where there is always the one woman in the back like please talk louder and you are talking as loud as you want to. Then i heard cspan was going to be here,
Automatic sequester cuts. Kentucky senator rand paul will offer an amendment to lower spending caps over the next decade. We expect final votes later this morning and we may also see more work on President Trumps judicial nominations. Now live Senate Coverage here on cspan2. The senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Black, will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal god, who has created humanity in your image, look upon us and hear our prayers. Today, give our lawmakers the desire to do your will and the energy to complete the tasks that will glorify your name. That which they dont know, reveal it. That which they lack, supply it and that which they doubt, confirm it. Keep them blameless in your service, so that their lives will be living letters causing people to exalt your name. Lord, strengthen their minds for your service, so that your wisdom will permeate their endeavors. We pray in your mighty name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in re
Self. The queer eye star reveals what it took to accept himself and the joy of others. Its june 11th, 2019. Heres your world in 90 seconds. People running everywhere. I felt a vibration. I thought it was an earthquake. Would definitely hear boom. Reporter a Helicopter Crashes into a new york city skyscrap skyscraper. Theres no indication this was an act of terror. David ortiz is back in boston, recovering from being shot in the Dominican Republic. Hes a superhero. He will be okay. Trump claiming there is not deal in mexico announced soon, or he will bring back the threat of tariffs. Why are the mexicans denying it, sthen . I dont think they will be denying it. As a result, i see no need to result to the criminal contempt statute, at least for now. The owner of the crane who collapsed killing a texas woman, has been cited with 17 federal violations. The wall street journal is confirming the brother of kim jongun, may have been working with the tt. I. A. When he was executed. The gold me
Focus on outsiders. Amy plantation disaster capitalism. Fear is growing among native hawaiians that wealthy interest will seize land and Water Resources in this time of crisis on maui. As the death cap continues to rise. We will go to hawaii for the latest. Then teach no lies. We go to florida to speak with a historian who is leading the fight against the states new black history curriculum that claims black people benefited from being enslaved. And we will look at a shocking New Washington post expose revealing the smithsonian has a racial brain collection gathered in part by a racist anthropologist. There were children in the collection. There were men and women, fetuses. Many of them were Indigenous People, other people of color. Many of them did not have their identities actually recorded, partly because they were looked at as specimens. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In canada, officials hav