Nonfiction books and authors. Cspan2 created by americas Cable Television companies of the Public Service and brought to you today by your television provider. Beginning now on booktv we will spend time with the late author and columnist William F Buckley. This is part of our summer bins watch series which features one wellknown author. He found the National Review and help to the political Debate Program firing line for several years, also the author of 50 books which included his thoughts on politics, religion, culture, literature and other topics. He appeared on booktv and cspan at 45, we will share those programs with you. First up tonight, in 1993 Mister Buckley sat down to discuss the collection of his essays from his book happy days were here again. Here he is on cspans Interview Program from 1993 book notes. Cspan on the cover of your book it says reflections of a libertarian journalist. You always call yourself a libertarian . Guest as of course you know, something called the
Mr. Buckley down to discuss a collection of his from the book, happy days are here again. Here he is on cspans Interview Program from 1993, footnotes. On the cover of your new book, it says the sections of the libertarian journalists. To call yourself a libertarian. Often on. As of course you know, the movement was encouraged by National Review. In the late 50s and the idea was to put a dot to the libertarians and the conservatives too much they had in common. And how effective it would be between them. And known that i am a libertarian. In the term, and most of whatever ideas and or intended to those or diminish the human liberty. Host remembering say you saying, made when you ran for the bear new york. They just seem people throw the garbage out the window. If the people would pick it up and deal with it rather than government deal with things. William no. Your memory is in which he was defending, lettering of the streets. On the grounds that is a form of something against the city.
We have the 4 men system and that could be 19 could be kind of. Funding. When the director general of the World Health Organization made this announcement on march 11th 2020 it came as little surprise to anyone by then from its origins and who had china the coronavirus had been spreading internationally for at least 2 months already infecting 118000 people and a 114 countries. As we now know tens of millions more would eventually be infected and to date at least almost a 1000000 people have died as things stand the covered 1000 pandemic is far from over. Yet back in those early uncertain weeks as the world was waking to an unprecedented threat the w. H. O. Came on to face attack. The agency is responsible to the United Nations leading the global respond. To contagious disease but critics accuse the organization of failing in its mission and every acting too slowly to the parents of the coronavirus some even claimed it had been too ready to believe what it was 1st told by the Chinese Go
[ wind howls ] [ thunder rumbles ] [ bird caws ] im jamie colby in houston, texas, the hub of the American Space program, to meet an heir whose strange inheritance is hundreds of bibles that went to the moon. My name is jonathan stout. My father made it his lifes mission to land the good book on the moon. Those lunar bibles are my rightful inheritance, but theyre locked up in a Judges Chamber because someone else is trying to claim them. Hi, jonathan. Im jamie. Its great to meet you. Thanks so much for writing and inviting me here. Jonathan brings me inside to show me a small sample of his strange inheritance this tiny piece of microfilm. Thats it . Its as small as a postage stamp. Whats on there . Thats the entire bible. On one little, tiny microfiche . On each sheet. When its magnified under a microscope, sure enough, theres the holy scripture. That was my dads dream to get the bibles to the moon. Wait. Your inheritance, these little teeny, tiny bibles, went to the moon . Yes, they d
Doesnt that bother you. Host all right, josh wark the key to principal negotiators on the current pandemic relief are the Speaker Pelosi good morning, everyone. As i know, you are keeping track, today marks 2 weeks since we passed the heroes act in the house of representatives. A bill to open up our economy by test, trace, treating, masks, sanitation, distancing and the rest. It honored our heroes, socalled because they are risking their lives to save lifes and now they may be losing their jobs, in fact a million and a half have already. That would be our health care workers, first responders, teachers, our sanitation, transportation, food workers who are all employs employees of state and local government to meet the needs of the american people. 1. 5 million already, at least, have been laid off, going on to unemployment. Thats not a savings. And it is a disservice to their constituents. Also, there are projected to be 3. Million more laid off in the weeks ahead unless we do somethin