Viewing on cspan which has been a supporter from the first year. We appreciate them very much, im with goodwin with the Mississippi Department of archives, if youve not already done so please silence your cell phones. Our panel this morning isa spotlight on mississippi civil rights. We thank bradley both cummings from sponsoring it, theyve also been withthe w book festival since the beginning, where grateful for that early support and for their sticking with us. We are in this room today, thanks to foreman watkins law efirm. We appreciate their support. Our panelists are Natalie Adams, Michelle Purdy and hezekiah watkins. Purchase copies of their books from vendors outside and you can find the times our authors will be signing in your programs. We will hear from our panelists forabout 40 minutes, and open the floor to questions. Please come to the podium in the center of the room to ask your questions. Be carefulof the ramp, dont trip. Now let me welcome our moderator, pamela said dc j
Respond better. To hike your husbands. Im filled now welcome to the program. Italian politics is facing yet another upheaval after a Prime Minister just happy content offered his resignation speaking in the senate and he called a sleaze far right interior minister matter of solving it was sponsible sparking a political crisis. Through this rolling 14 month Old Coalition into chaos by withdrawing support from the government and demanding snap elections he hopes new elections could see him become the next Prime Minister but now its up to italys president to decide whether to call the elections or to put together a new coalition. Is just have become to speaking. To join e. U. Days are the reasons that lead me to call the decision to spark the government crisis extremely irresponsible. I must say that the interior minister has shown he is acting out of personal and party interest. Lets go straight to believe that correspondent matt xander joins us on the line from rome welcome mats the Pri
Places of worship targeted by terrorists World Religions gather in germany to debate their social and political responsibility. Im so gail welcome to the program italian politics is facing yet another up tivo after Prime Minister content offered his resignation speaking in the senate he called it on the far right interior minister met him stealthily responsible for sparking a political crisis he threw me out through a grueling 14 month coalition into chaos by withdrawing his support for the government and demanding snap elections he hopes new elections could see him become the next Prime Minister but its now up to the president to decide whether to call the elections will try to put together a new coalition. So lets get the latest on this situation that from d. W. Correspondence of max zander in rome max hoffman in brussels welcome both lets start with you matt zonda so the Prime Minister told the senate to be the government and here and that hes to offer his resignation so talk us thr
Welcome to the 2019 mississippi book festival. This morning we celebrate the fifth anniversary of her literary long party. [applause] we are honored to have so many distinguished authors and friends join our celebration from the Mississippi State capital. Today more than 170 authors will visit with thousands of booklovers making connections through the love of books and the written word. Cspan has been with us since the very beginning and we are grateful for the partnership we start today by recognizing the readers to mississippi culturally a landscape. The writers trail is an ever list the places all over the state that mark significant places in the lives of mississippi authors. Ida b wells and richard ford are the very best writers. Two is famous for Investigative Journalism. And ford is famous for his novels. The hardhitting pieces about lynching of the 20th century achieve such notoriety that was known by some as the most famous black woman in america. Her marker will be placed in
Booktv continues now on cspan2, television for serious readers. [inaudible conversations] good evening and welcome to politics and prose. Finance jack bennett. Welcome. Before we begin, just a few notes. First we ask you to silence your cell phones. You dont want to be the person whose phone rings in the middle of the talk but we do want you to be heard in recording. Lastly after the talk please help us including the space by folding up your chairs and link them against the nearest wall. The signing will begin just afterward with a line stretching towards the front of the store books are available for purchase. Todays guest is professor Ganesh Sitaraman who teaches law at vanderbilt law school. Professor sitaraman worked as an advisor to Elizabeth Warren for the 21st century run and served as a genetic counselor in the senate. Additionally, he is a senior fellow at the center for american progress. Professor sitaraman is a to talk less news book, the public option how to expand freedom