Hi, everyone. Im nicolle wallace. It is 5 00 p. M. In the east, 3 00 p. M. In south dakota where donald trump will be attending a fourth of July Fireworks display with 7,500 of his closest friends tonight. One thing we wont be seeing at mount rushmore, mandated social distancing. South dakotas governor says they wont require that and face masks . Well, theyre optional. Trump and allies trying to leave behind the pandemic that only keeps growing despite his repeated and incorrect assertion that the virus will go away. The u. S. Begins the july fourth weekend with the death toll surpassing 130,000 but the cdc says the total could be much higher of confirmed cases and 65,000 new cases recorded yesterday with half of those new infections coming from 4 states. Arizona, california, florida and texas. And the nations top disease expert dr. Fauci issued yet another stark warning of what happens if we dont take immediate steps to reverse our trend. We need to realize that if we do not adhere to
Acknowledging that the constitution doesnt require it but our respect for the separation of powers really ought to lead to us sticking to the number nine. Dont pack the court. In recent days ive seen some in the media, some in this body, try to redefine what it means to pack the court. Some have suggested, well, Court Packing takes various forms and it can mean confirming a lot of people all at once. Some have defined it so as to suggest that it consists of doing that which the Trump Administration and the Republican Senate have been doing over the last 3 1 2 years which is filling vacancies as they have arisen and doing so with textualist, originalist judges. This may not be something that some like but this is not Court Packing. Court packing is itself manipulative. Its something that has great danger to do immense political and constitutional harm to our system of government in part because it would set up a oneway rachet. Once you create a position and confirm someone to that posit
Because i find that everyones being affected in some way. There are definitely people who feel recovered and that theyre thriving in their lives and there people who are really struggling, people now struggling because held it together when things were really stressful and they are now falling apart and people who had their support systems fall apart and then now theyre falling apart. And there are people who are kind of languishing in the middle. You know, its its not thats clinical, but its theyre tired. And so i just want to invite people, check in with themselves and feel how theyre feeling. I wrote this book. Because i was in my house with my two daughters and my husband when everything shut down, i had a front row seat to. The country experiences as a National Reporter for National Public radio looking at schools, i had contacts. I had people to talk to all over the country and i had a personal experience as a young person covering katrina. So new orleans was my hometown. My pare
Industry experts. Well also give you updates on current nonfiction and authors and books. The latest book reviews and well talk about the current Nonfiction Books featured on cspan, spook tv. And this is about books book tvs program and podcast that looks at the business of publishing. Now, in just a few minutes, New York Times books and publishing reporter Elizabeth Harris will join us to talk about how the book talks. Social media phenomenon is changing the Publishing Industry. Book talk is part of the social media empire of tiktok. But first, heres a look at some of the latest stories in the publishing world. Bestselling author Hilary Mantel has died. The british author of the historical novel wolf hall was the two time winner of the booker prize, englands highest literary award. And as the holiday months approach, various booksellers and literary groups are releasing their lists of best books of 2020 to being named to one of those lists can serve to boost book sales as much as they
And books. The latest book reviews and well talk about the current Nonfiction Books featured on cspan, spook tv. And this is about books book tvs program and podcast that looks at the business of publishing. Now, in just a few minutes, New York Times books and publishing reporter Elizabeth Harris will join us to talk about how the book talks. Social media phenomenon is changing the Publishing Industry. Book talk is part of the social media empire of tiktok. But first, heres a look at some of the latest stories in the publishing world. Bestselling author Hilary Mantel has died. The british author of the historical novel wolf hall was the two time winner of the booker prize, englands highest literary award. And as the holiday months approach, various booksellers and literary groups are releasing their lists of best books of 2020 to being named to one of those lists can serve to boost book sales as much as they do an authors prestige. Heres a few of the recent announcements from barnes an