after the clarence thomas hearings. what she encouraged me to do is find my own voice. she also let me know, have a platform that i had as an african-american woman to be able to talk about these issues, and to shed some light on them as an african-american woman, as a lawyer, as a teacher, with something that i should not take for granted. and so i believe that this book is really a tribute to her because had i not had that conversation 30 years ago, i might have just decided to go back being a commercial law professor. the new book is believing: our 30-year journey to end gender violence. anita hill, thank you so much for being on with us. thank you for having me. morning joe is back in a moment.
them on. good morning, jonathan lemire, it s great to see you today. general milley has been in the news a lot lately obviously in the book written by woodward. if something were to want in the final days of president trump he ll try to give the chinese heads up. are you concerned this does not show into a show trial. anybody who sat on the committee as i have should know these military won t come milk the mill. communications are critical with our chinese counter parts and our russian counter parts
impact because of that alone. the range of behaviors it covers. tell me about the title, believing, that s a powerful title and it s timely. can you talk about why you entitle the book believing ? the book is about my journey as we look at gender violence and believing that we deserve to do better and believing that we can do better and solve this problem and we can change our ways and acknowledge that this is a crisis level problem that is impacting all of us, not just direct victims and survivors but it impacts our families and impacts our neighborhoods and impacts our nation. where do you think we stand in terms of addressing the issue of sexual harassments in the
was for many, it was the first time hearing a public account of harassment, something so many experienced themselves while thomas was ultimately confirmed to the supreme court, hills testimony left a lasting impact on this nation that is still evidence today. she s now back in the spotlight once again this time with a brand few book. joining us now, educator, legal scholar and advocate, she s the author of the new book believing to end gender violence. senator, i appreciate you joining us this morning. i would like to start by going very broad and pulling back 20,000 feet that you can first of all for our viewers to define gender violence and where are we