Booktv. Org for the full weekend schedule. Now we kick off with clay risens story of the rough riders led by Theodore Roosevelt. [inaudible conversations] good evening. Good evening and welcome to green light bookstore. Were excited tonight to have clay risen presenting his book, the crowded hour. Hell be talking to dr. Amanda foreman. Before i turn things over to them, a couple of housekeeping things. First, turn off or silence cell phones or electronic devices. Second, book withs are for sale at the register. If you want to see whats happening the rest of the summer here at greenlight, fliers are available at the desk. And tonights program is being recorded by cspan. Amanda forman is author of awardwinning best sellers and of the forthcoming the world made by women a history of women from the apple to the pill. Her documentary work includes wellingtons women, the georgians and the bbc networks [inaudible] her next project is the exhibition fit for a queen inside victorias palace, for
Hillary vaughn. Reporter source familiar with Republican Leadership in congress, says it is bestofthree really bad options they had. It is what they wanted to do, put the budget drama on the backburner for the next two years. Here is the deal House Speaker nancy pelosi worked out with the white house. Raise spending caps by 320 billion, including 22 billion for defense and 27 billion for Discretionary Spending. All that comes at a cost. The committee for a responsible federal budget blast its price tag, estimating the two Year Agreement could add 1. 7 trillion to the national debt. White house Economic Advisor this morning admitting the republicans didnt get to rein in spending as much as they would have liked. We never get spending restraint we like to get but i must say in the difficult atmosphere today, one of the key things that Steve Mnuchin, treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin, we got a two year extension on the debt limit. There is no threat to the credit standing. By the way in te
Welcome. Town hall. My name is Jessica Baloun and i am the community and outreach manager here at town hall. On behalf of our staff, well as our friends at third place books, it is my pleasure to welcome you to our tonights presentation with David Glasgow and jane park. As we get underway, i would like to acknowledge that our institution stands on the unceded traditional territory of the coast. Salish people, particularly the duwamish. We thank them for our continuing use of the natural of their ancestral homeland. Were very glad to have you join us tonight. The presentation will run for about 60 minutes, including q a. And when we get to the q a, you may ask your question, the mic over here and or you may use the qr code with your smartphone to submit your question digitally and youre joining us virtually at home. Then we will also post a link in the chat so you can add your question at any time. Well try to get to as many questions as possible, and you can always help us by keeping y
Actually involved. Get informed straight from the source on cspan. Unfiltered, unbiased, word for word on the Nations Capital to wherever you are. It is the opinion that matters the most. This is what democracy looks like. Cspan powered by cable. Thank you all for coming this evening. I want to welcome you. I have the privilege of being president and ceo of the foundation and we are so happy to have you here tonight. Our third series, a third of our series tonight. These informal events are intended to offer quinces of the United States history as it relates to Andrew Jackson america and enjoy some way which i see you are all taking advantage of. History is better. T [laughter] history is revealed so november 2001 marks 2021 bicentennial of andrew and Rachel Jackson in the sun future jackson junior came into the newlyly constructed ho. While significantly it was sandra from the twostory house they lived in for the prior 17 years. The question is, why did the jacksons choose to disrupt
United states of scandal is next for our country that bills itself as the worlds oldest democracy we sure do love a strong man from Teddy Roosevelt all the way up to our reality, and i get it. In an age where Congress Approval rating hovers somewhere around sewer rats, we wanna vote for the politician who can finally just get things done. That was Eliot Spitzer to a t. But when new yorkers sent the sheriff of wall street to the governors mansion, we all learned the hard way that White Knights can have dark secrets. Spitzer was caught breaking his own sex work laws, a level of hypocrisy we could never forget. Eliot spitzer blazed a trail through new york that had him in Spitting Distance of the white house, right up until the moment he set himself on fire. This will sound like a setup for a bad joke, but bear with me. [cheering] the change you seek, the new york you dream of begins tonight. [cheering] so theres this honest politician named Eliot Spitzer, a white knight, new york officia