I took plenty of Maternity Leave but i feel like that is the kind of woman there can be space for and the fact that there are some who are happy, do not entirely live in portland, oregon is okay too. We are the only National Television network devoted exclusively to nonfiction books and throughout the fall we are marking 15 years of booktv on cspan2. Here are some programs to watch this weekend on booktv. Then at 8 p. M. Eastern, Deborah Solomon recounts the life of artist Norman Rockwell from her book, american mirror. Visit booktv. Org for this weekends television schedule. Linda robinson is next on booktv. She talks about the role of u. S. Special Operations Forces in the world today and argues that they will be this countrys primary military force for many years to come. She was embedded with special ops in afghanistan in 2011. This is about an hour. So, ladies and gentlemen, good evening. So im the croatian a ambassador. Im just my role tonight is just a host and nothing else. Im
Meredith Attwell Baker is the new presidd ceo of ctia, the wireless association. Commissioner, tell us about your association, who do you represent, what industry . Guest well, first of all, thanks for having me here. Its delightful to be back, especially now that i am representing this amazing industry that is really the platform where everything is growing off of. Who is ctia . We are not only the network operators, we are the people that build those networks, we are the manufacturers, and we have the App Community as well as the new Silicon Valley. We are, we are the connective life, and thats what ctia represents, and what we are hoping to educate washington about, and i just couldnt be any more thrilled to be with them. Host what is the Biggest Issue facing washington and your industry . Guest i think our top priority is always going to be spectrum. Spectrum is what the Wireless Industry needs, its what we run on. Its been six years wince receive had a since weve had a spectrum au
Agriculture issues, but talk about what it was to be an american, what it was like to be free and experience the types of opportunities that we have in america. So i understand why families want to come to the United States and experience that American Dream. But we are a nation of immigrants, and we are also a nation of laws. So we do need to enforce the existing laws, but i believe we also need to secure the border. That needs to be done first. I see it as more than just an immigration issue, but also one of National Security. Weve had lengthy questions here. Ill give you a real brief question now. Ms. Ernst, is there any scenario that you would support raising taxes on iowa voters . No. I believe that we can find ways to make our government more efficient without raising taxes on our hardworking iowans. I would like to see our iowans keeping more of their tax dollars in their own pockets so that they can save for their childrens college education, so they can pay their bills, so the
I think the original story uncovered a lot of more deeper stories. This kid shot by a Police Officer, the unarmed kid shot by a Police Officer, now of thee the Response Police towards the citizens that pays their salary. Now have you the response the police towards media members that cover the stories. You have uncovered the racial wounds that st. Louis has so this story uncovered so many more stories beyond what happened to mike brown. Other stuff to deal with, because of mike brown. You think ive done this before, ive mentioned this before. Drivese media sometimes the protest. They might be not doing anything, but the tv camera people start going crazy. Do you think the media ferguson . D to that in anybody. Thomasink the night that the tank engine showed up in the sell something and a local wellknown homeless minister showed up to raise money, and im not sure the t shirt that were being sold, yeah, absolutely. They were a lot of people trying to manipulate the media. We in the media
Day to you, kristen. What have you learned . Well, this incident dates back to 2011. That is when a man his name is oscar hernandez, he, by the way, is in jail for this incident. Fired shots at the white house. He was a quarter of a mile away. He was outside the perimeter. But there was so much confusion at the time according to this Washington Post report that a supervisor told the other secret Service Agents who were on duty to stand down that the shots that were fired, or that they werent shots that were fired in essence. It was basically noise coming from a nearby construction site. There was an investigation. Four days later, alex, a housekeeper found shards of glass on the truman balcony and thats what secret Service Officials realized shots had been fired. They took that person in custody. Ortega hernandez the very next day. That was after five days. Now, the first family wasnt home. The only member of the first family at home at the time was sasha. The first lady, president oba