we re here with mimi swartz to talk but her book, ticker, which is a page turner. i m glad here here particularly in terms of headlines and disasters, just to be able to talk but something that affects us all in matters of the heart. is just a great opportunity. so, before we get started, a couple things. we re in this c-span booktv tent, which means we re live, and mimi and i will have a conversation for about 25 minutes or so and then we ll open its up to questions for ten or 15 minutes. if you have a question at the end, go up to a microphone and speak into the microphone and then books are for sell next door, and afterward mimi will be signing companies of their book copies of her book in the tent beyond that. so head that way. first my name is kate, and i m an editor at highline magazine and i know my my because we worked for men years at texas monthlying to and mimi a longtime executive editor at texas monthly and many of you know her pieces from the new york tim
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[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] .. we re here with mimi swartz to talk but her book, ticker, which is a page turner. i m glad here here particularly in terms of headlines and disasters, just to be able to talk but something that affects us all in matters of the heart. is just a great opportunity. so, before we get started, a couple things. we re in this c-span booktv tent, which means we re live, and mimi and i will have a conversation for about 25 minutes or so and then we ll open its up to questions for ten or 15 minutes. if you have a question at the end, go up to a microphone and speak into the microphone and then books are for sell next door, and afterward mimi will be signing companies of their book copies of her book in the tent beyond that. so head that way. first my name is kate, and i m an editor at highline magazine and i know my my because we worked for men years at texas monthlying to and mimi a longtime executive editor at texas monthly
the new military act you refer to is an important contribution to democracy. but we also have to make sure that we safeguard and protect the integrity of the voter. and we have to make sure that the machinery that we use is not used to subvert the very vote that we re trying to lift up. [applause] so i got you. there are places like oregon that are experimenting and it s a positive thing. but i m going to say this, brother. i m on twitter. bottom line the bottom line is we are going to use those social media tools. but we also have to engage where people are. there are people who are not plugged in and need to cast a ballot. there are some who are and they can have alternatives. but our job is to organize that community in the broadest sense and link issues of importance to what they do. you talk about economic jeff, my last point. payday lenders is a scourge, a scourge in our community. [applause] their are potential regulations that are going to be issued soon determine
good morning. we re going to begin with that deadly train derailment in new york. this morning, the death toll stands at four with dozens injured, some still in critical condition. all of this as investigators try to piece together what caused the train to jump the tracks. nbc s jay gray has the latest. reporter: this morning, investigators continue to work through the wreckage of a metro north commuter train in the bronx. our mission is to understand not just what happened, but why it happened. reporter: passengers say they sensed there was a problem as the train rumbled through the sharp turn at harlem and hudson river. about 20 minutes before the last stop at grand central station. it was going fast. it was flying. reporter: out of control and off the tracks. there were people screaming, crying out for god, asking for families. it was pretty gruesome. reporter: four people killed, more than 60 injured. i hit the window, all the chairs came out. a woman hit