coverage go to the book tab on our website, booktv.org. good afternoon and welcome to the session on trailblazing women. this is going to be an exciting channel and i m glad you re here. this is the seventh annual book festival, thank you c-span for covering it and thank you to all you all rated the cold rain and whether even though we are in june. i m cheryl kagan andis my honor to be the senator for pittsburgh and ross well in the maryland state senate . on social media today if you are following along at home you can to at our authors and the book festival we are also on histogram and facebook and everything so i m delighted to have marlene pressman and john noris here. our country is at the brink of possibly electing a first woman president and none of that would be possible without some trailblazing women the two who have been profiled in these wonderful books we re going to talk about today. i had never heard of betsy margolin before reading this book by marlene kessl
falls yesterday and reversing gains made in the last few months. presumptive republican presidential nominee donald trump who was in scotland out of business trip cheered the news of the brexit, calling it a great thing and claiming u.k. voters have taken their country back. that brings us to today s discussion. we will get your reaction to the british vote to leave the eu and its potential effect here in united states. democrats can call in, (202) 748-8000. republicans can call (202) 748-8001. independents, (202) 748-8002. and a special line today for those calling outside of the united states, our international viewers can call (202) 748-8003. you can reach us on social media as well as on facebook. the headlines are dominated today by the news of the brexit. the vote by voters in the u.k. to leave the european union. the wall street journal calls it a shot heard round the world. for the leadictory campaign was perhaps the single largest load to the british populace as de