headquarters in new york city. it doesn t get much bigger than this. a presidential debate for the ages on thursday, just as millions of voters are only starting to tune in to the presidential campaign. kamala harris today laying the groundwork for the issue that democrats think is a winner, abortion. two years to the day after the supreme court overturned roe v. wade. at the same time donald trump s blatant lies about the fbi raid on mar-a-lago putting him at risk of getting slapped with a gag order days before the debate. the special counsel s plea to judge cannon, insisting trump s claims that he was the target of a plot is putting lives on the line. hostage family ak kuhning benjamin netanyahu of abandoning their loved ones after he dismisses the white house cease-fire deal. we ll show you the video they just released of the october 7th abductions. first, this the a week that could change everything, a potential turning point, even determinative in the race for presid
[inaudible conversations] youre watching booktv on cspan2. Joining us now from chicago and the publishers convention is ron charles who is the editor of Washington Posts book world. Mr. Charles, what do you do for a living . Guest i assign most of the daily reviews in the Washington Post, and every wednesday i write my own review. Host of books . Guest of books, yes. Host how many books a week, seven books a week . Guest we review 20 books a week, and we get about 150 of them. Host about 20 books a week are reviewed in the post. Guest right. Host why isnt there a standalone book section . Guest there is online, but we decided about four years ago to spread the reviews out through the paper to try and see if we could find more readers. It seemed like a disaster at the time to me, but i have had to admit that we do, in fact, have more readers for book reviews now. We just put them in places that people read more. Book world, the old book world, the supplement, was much beloved but tended
Section. Host ron charles is the editor of Washington Posts book world. This this is booktv on cspan2. Guest thanks so much. Heres a look at some authors recently featured on booktvs after words, our weekly Author Interview program. Syndicated radio host dana lash contended the u. S. Is dividing itself into two countries, coastal america and flyover america. Wall street journal columnist kimberly stras el argued the political left is using scare tactics to silence conservative speech. Eric fehr talked about his time in iraq working as an interrogator for a private military contractor. And in the coming weeks on aftercords, ann coulter will make her case for supporting donald trump for prime minister. Georgetown University Law professor rosa brooks looks at the expanded roles for the u. S. Military around the world, and coming up former Bush Administration attorney general Alberto Gonzalez recalls his time serving in the Justice Department and as white house come. And this weekend come.
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Crony, a wealthy republican donor named louis dejoy, thats him right there. As postmaster general earlier this year. And this is the board of governors, all appointed by President Trump, a pretty Homogenous Group of men. Now dejoy is instituting changes at the post office, allegedly to cut costs, that are slowing down mail delivery nationwide, that could potentially create huge problems for mailin voting as the pandemic still rages across this country and if the mail takes too long to get back to the into the offices, then they cant count the ballots. Not to mention that its hurting countless Small Businesses across the country. In red states and blue states, rural areas and urban that depend on the Postal Service in the midst of a vast economic downturn. And then theres the legal battle. The Trump Campaign is suing Election Officials in pennsylvania, saying their use of drop boxes for mailin ballots is unconstitutional. The campaign is asking a federal court to bar them in november. T