show lost history. and he is also the host of decoded. we although why you are here, with out further do let s welcome mr. brad meltzer. [cheering] [applause] stomach or having fun now just you all know, c-span is here but you know what that means questioning that means all of us book nerds are being watched by her fellow book nerds. that that were altogether one place. [applause] we have as many viewers as espn right now. [laughter] that joke does not work in sports places. i love coming to virginia, obviously the washington d.c. area was our home in a beautiful place for us where we had our children here, we had our lives here. we started writing here. it s especially important today, today s the day my dad died. and we mark today. and i know it seems like something sad part by loved my father specially loved biggins barnes & noble because my father used to go into our local barnes & noble, and he would always go yes i m here for brad meltzer s to but he is my favorite auth
especial good morning on sirius xm channel 119, and the path of hurricane laura. that will be a long pass of rain over the next number of days. it is a natural disaster, and every expert says, not that it will affect national gdp, but nevertheless a profound storm. lisa: it really raises the question of what resources the united states has to do with a storm of this magnitude, the biggest storm hitting the u.s. in records going back to the 1800s. how much we have to combat this at a time of such economic distress. tom: galveston here, i believe, and the sunrise over to lake charles and onto new orleans. the path really centered right on the louisiana western border and texas eastern border. landfall with 150 miles per hour, a scope back to 1856. we fall back to the jobless claims in 28 minutes. we are numbed by one million a week. lisa: i don t understand the relationship right now between the economic at and markets. we are at record highs for the s&p and nasdaq, a little of
a plan for order put forward by elizabeth warren. if you support the idea of medicare for all. if you are opposed, (202) 784-8001. if you are still undecided, (202) 748-8002. you can send us the text or jonas on facebook. read your, we will tweets. we have a lot to talk about in the second half of the program. we will look back 40 years on those americans held hostage in iran. we will begin with the debate over medicare for all and new polls coming out showing joe biden holding onto a lead nationally, a lot of voters still undecided. the trillion dollar bet on taxes. that is a proposal put forward by elizabeth warren. she insists it will not result thep tax increase for middle class. she said private health forrance workers could work the medicare instead. proposes a host of tax increases, the middle class will not pay an additional burden. the plan was hammered by republicans and repelled democratic rivals. unreliable.lled it republicans were blunt in there pretty crit
contributor. pete, the news about this new hurdle potentially right for team trump as it relates to secret documents the committee investigators want to see that team trump doesn t want them to see. you talked about witnesses. this is about the documents they want from the national archives the january 6th committee. i don t know if i d describe this so much as a setback as a miniature review for the trump lawyers about how the law actually works. we re waiting for a district court judge here in washington to rule on the main question in this case, how much executive privilege does a former president like donald trump have and how much can he have if the current occupant in the white house decides not to exert it over the document. is it up to the former president, the current president? we re waiting for the judge to rule on that. late last night one of mr. trump s lawyers said okay, judge, while we re waiting for a ruling for you, we want you to give us a temporary injunc
bringing people into your cause, not turning them away. and with donald trump strapped for cash, the new york times is reporting he met with the world s richest man, elon musk. did the man behind the book think like a billionaire convince this billionaire to help him out? plus, what this epic rematch means for down ballot races including control of congress as senate minority leader mitch mcconnell endorses the former president. we ve got all of that coming up. but we begin with the next critical 31 hours for president joe biden, now putting the finishing touches on a speech he ll likely have the biggest audience between now and november. the state of the union is tomorrow night, and it s right on the heels of donald trump becoming the presumptive republican nominee. the president is expected to contrast his vision for america with trump s apocalyptic view. they want open borders, and open borders are going to destroy our country. we need borders and free and fair e