Of three books plus a Childrens Book and a novel. His first book came out in 2010 called the other wes moore 1 name, 2 fates and his book the work searching for a life that matters came out in 2015 and his most recent book is about baltimore during the arrest and death of freddie gray which came out 5 days ago. In your book the work searching for a life that matters you wrote the military saved your life. What do you mean by that . Guest the military plays an incredibly Important Role in my life where the most important times in my life happens when i was wearing a tshirt and jeans. I was first introduced to the military system when i was 13 years old. I was sent to military school with a mandatory year in military school. I got some issues and challenges and ever since i was 8 years old, the first time i felt handcuff to my wrist was when i was 11 years old. I was intentionally hurting people that love to me. So i could impress people who could care less about me. One day she came up
Air force. You ran against Kamala Harris for state attorney general. There has been some criticism from the left that she was too harsh as a prosecutor. Is that a problem for her with a left wing of the Democratic Party . Rep. Lieu i do not think so. My advice is never run against Kamala Harris. In terms of her record, you do not get to be elected as the District Attorney of San Francisco and then elected statewide in california as attorney general if you were not progressive. She has a record she can put up against anyone, and she will prosecute donald trump in terms of showing his failures and addressing this pandemic, in terms of creating job, in terms of his failures on the Foreign Policy front. She has done that with other witnesses before her in congressional hearings. She will do that as Vice President. Ticketdoes she help the in this respect that President Trump wants to make law and order a major issue, does she pull teeth on that argument a little bit . Rep. Lieu as a former
Now it is a great honor to introduce our guests. What an amazing panel. Americas most distinguished historians and scholars of congress to help us understand our current vexations. Edward ayres is president emeritus at the university of richmond. He is the author of many books on the civil war and reconstruction, including, i will highlight one of his many Award Winning books the thin light of freedom the civil war and emancipation in the part of america, which he discussed at the National Constitution center in 2017. His forthwomaning do ining book southern journey. Welcome, it is an honor to have you. My pleasure, thank you. And Joanne Freeman is 1954 graduate of Yale University and is a professor of American History and american studies at Yale University, where she specializes in the politics and political culture of the revolutionary and Early National period. She is a cohost with edward ayres of a Popular History podcast back story. She is the author of many books as well includi
Oil, 41. 40 we talked for a long time about mike pences hawkish speech on china from a year or two ago but pompeo yesterday oneupped that and this consulate news from china is weighing on sentiment too. Yeah, he upped the ante jim did focus us at the time on Vice President pences speech because it was quite truck lant would be a word to describe it at the time but it continues to go up in terms of the tensions, carl weve talked about it pretty much every day, whether its a backandforth over huawei, whether it has to do with conversations about closing down the app tiktok in the United States, whether it is the closing of consulates here and the response from the chinese. This is not going in a direction that many, who at least are invested in the idea of global trade, certainly, mike, would wanting to see. For sure. On the one hand the market is not necessarily overly focused to this point on these relationships and not really counting on anything to come out of it. Its not quite like
In your book the works you write the military saved your life. What you mean by that . I think the military plays an incredibly Important Role in my life with the most important times in my life but wearing uniform of this country and i was first introduced i was 13 years old. I was sent to military school i had on mandatory year. I got some issues and challenges when i was younger every year she said i will send you away and i blew her off. I built handcuffs on my risk for the first time at 11 years old. I was intentionally hurting people that love to me so finally one day she came up to me and said im sending you to military school. Honestly i thought she was kidding or exaggerating then finally i realized she wasnt sent me a mandatory year. I hated every minute of it when i first started. I remember those first days they are. I ran away five times the first four days. Also the longer i stayed i began to fully understand what it was they were trying to teach me and what my mom is try