And by contributions to your pbs station viewers like you. Thank you. Please to welcome Maria Shriver for this program. Youve been on a mission to wipe out alzheimers disease which effects people from all walks of life but disproportionately impacts women. Thank you for having me here. Tell me about the genesis of your work on this issue. My father, Sergeant Shriver was diagnosed in 2003 and he was as ive said many times, the smartest human being id ever met, the most finely tuned brain of any person id ever seen and everybody who knew him would agree with that and so watch that up close, to watch someone lose their mind, to lose their ability to know what a fork or a spoon or even who you are, its really an incredible experience to go through. So i started as any journalist would asking questions trying to understand what was happening in our family but also in my fathers mind, in his brain and to try to understand it myself and then try to do something about it. Couple questions come
He has a poverty summit. When you talk about using the power of the presidency to try to change and start a debate in this country of what we can do so the situations that are occurring every single day in america because children are abandoned by a system that is not focused on kids, i think we can make some real changes. Weve got about 10 minutes left. Well try to get in three more questions. Paul. Paul senator, four years senator santorum what if i filibuster . Paul senator, four years ago your family played a big role in your campaign. Youre a dad of seven. How have things changed in four years . Is it easier, harder . How do you how do you stay dad . Senator santorum its hard. Seven kids, going through those teenage years and everything its theres challenges out there. Ill be honest with you. I feel first, the biggest issue, if you recall four years ago, was our daughter bella and the Health Problems that she had. Im just were just real excited shes doing better she has ever done
Lives at sea in the history of this maritime nation. Some of the survivors are still alive today and many of course more to those who died and was kept secret at the time for reasons of wartime secrecy, and i think it is appropriate to do in this house of commons to them all of those who survived and those who died and their families who still mourn them. Here, here. Order. Views been watching prime ministers questions. Question time is live every wednesday at 7 00 a. M. Eastern cspan2 and reairs here on cspan. You can watch anytime at cspan. Org. Like many of us, first families take vacation time, and like president s and first ladies, a good read can be the perfect companion. What better book than one that peers inside the personal life of every first lady in American History . First ladies, president ial historians on the lives of 45 iconic american women. Inspiring stories of fascinating women who survived the scrutiny of the white house, a great summertime read, available from Pub
Lives at sea in the history of this maritime nation. Some of the survivors are still alive today and many of course more to those who died and was kept secret at the time for reasons of wartime secrecy, and i think it is appropriate to do in this house of commons to them all of those who survived and those who died and their families who still mourn them. Here, here. Order. Views been watching prime ministers questions. Question time is live every wednesday at 7 00 a. M. Eastern cspan2 and reairs here on cspan. You can watch anytime at cspan. Org. Like many of us, first families take vacation time, and like president s and first ladies, a good read can be the perfect companion. What better book than one that peers inside the personal life of every first lady in American History . First ladies, president ial historians on the lives of 45 iconic american women. Inspiring stories of fascinating women who survived the scrutiny of the white house, a great summertime read, available from Pub
Hospital, the chief of staff who so generously allowed us to broadcast from the harlem atrium. Its a wonderful place. It was important because while we usually broadcast from schaumburg it was important to introduce another harlem institution and interestingly enough to have a more literally the harlem hospital live, the schaumburg in another way but i wanted you to just know that harlem is a vibrant community, a community that in many ways sustains not only those who live here but is the idea of harlem and what it represents it sustains us all. So i wanted wanted to thank harlem hospitals. I wanted to thank christopher from the Public Affairs department who i have called too many times and i know he has answered the phone to many times. So thank you christopher. With all that is going on in the nation, i think it is important to begin the harlem book fair with an opening remark and that is, we know what is. My question is, what is the alternative and for me the alternative is for us t