President biden taking one of his final bows on the World Stage addressing the united Nations World Assembly against a backdrop of global conflict and chaos. All of which unfolded during his time as Commander In Chief. Bidens remarks touched on the turmoil in the middle east. His administrations disastrous withdrawal from afghanistan, the two wars which began during his presidency, and his decision to exhibit 2024 president ial race. This summer, i faced a decision, whether to seek a second term as president. It was a difficult decision. Being president has been the owner of my life. So much more i want to get done honor of my life. So much more i want to get done. As much as i love the job, i love my country more. After 50 years of public service, its time for a new generation of leadership to take my nation forward. My fellow leaders, let us never forget some things are more important than staying in power. Biden also acknowledge the challenges we faced and vowed that things can get
Ourif you missed any of coverage, watch anytime on rnc. D at cspan. Org joining us this morning is elie mystal. Thoughtsgin with your on the president s speech last night. The thing that struck me most over the hour and 11 minutes, the longest acceptance speech ever where the lies were the lies. Fact checkers and experts counted somewhere upwards of 22, 23 lies. I heard one as high as 125. There was a barrage of lying as high as 25. There was a barrage of lying. When you stood back and looked at it and got out of the weeds of the things that he said that were demonstrably not true, or merely misleading, and you stepped back, what you saw was an hours long violation of federal law. I know there that a lot of people do not care about the hatch act, the corruption by this president and his family, but you ivanka trump ivanka trump, president ial advisor, has no right to make a speech on federal property. It is just wrong. Every official that was in the crowd, at that Campaign Event at the
Coronavirus lockdown even though infections are rapidly on the run. On 2 nasa astronauts safety make it to the International Space station. In nearly a decade that. Is the scene as we go to protest as are once again gathering in cities right across the United States over the death of an unarmed black man in minneapolis last week we have reporters standing by in 6 major cities the outpouring of anger of a Police Brutality is now entering its 6th day hundreds gathered again in minneapolis where this all started to denounce the death of george floyd he was killed by a white Police Officer were knelt on his neck for almost 9 minutes last monday when the protests spread across the country from new york to. Los angeles so far gatherings have been fairly peaceful but past nights have seen looting and vandalism well the National Guard has now been mobilized in several states to help contain the violence nightly curfews have been imposed and theres already a heavy Police Presence on the streets
This is three and a half hours. Good morning, the committee will come to order. And without objection, the chair is authorized to declare a recess of the committee at any time. With that, ill now recognize myself to give an opening statement. Two days ago, the entire world came together to Mark International holocaust Remembrance Day. In addition, 75 years ago this week, in january of 1945, the auschwitz berknau concentration camp was liberated from the nazis. It was one of the most infamous sites of the nazi genocide. More than a Million People were murdered there. The purpose of todays hearing is to commemorate these grave anniversaries to remember those we lost, and to honor those who are still with us. But it is not enough to simply recognize these dates. We must also contemplate what led to these atrocities. We must remember the holocaust in order to help combat bigotry, hate, and violence of all kinds today. I am so pleased to have our distinguished panel here today, i have asked
Meeting of movement. She is interviewed by rebecca tracer. Afterwards is the weekly interview program, interviewing top nonfiction authors about the latest work. All afterwards programs are also available im podcasts. And is so nice to be here with you. Talking about your new book which is coming. I actually want to start by asking you about humor. Because your writing in this book is very funny. Would you call yourself a humor writer. I guess so. Thank you. People love to call me a comedian which i dont really feel like is accurate because i dont do santa company. I have but a long time ago. And it is very hard and i didnt like it. I wasnt good at it. I am a comedy writer. Im a humor writer. I do nothing but try to be funny all of the time. That is my main mission. I guess i want to ask you, as a writer, as a feminist writer, a political writer, a cultural critic, how is humor a useful entry. For this things you want to see. It has always been very useful to me i found. Maybe it is ju