Blood. Well, good evening, everyone. Welcome. [cheers and applause] on behalf of all of us with the Miami Book Fair we want to welcome you to the 29th book fair, believe it or not. [cheers and applause] remarkable undertaking and takes the work of literally hundreds and hundreds of volunteers. We have a remarkable board of directors who work extremely hard at doing this year round, none of this at all could happen without the good, good support of everyone here at Miamidade College and lets give them a huge round of applause. [applause] and we are particularly appreciative of the sponsors. Without the sponsors and the funding from foundations and governmental agencies, we would not be able to bring you all of this wonderful literary extravaganza. I would also like to tell you to pick up a guide on the way out. We have a remarkable program. We start at 4 00, for all who have kids, he is coming with his new series and will be there at 4 00 along with manuel diaz, wonderful writer. And ch
Good afternoon, good evening, happy fat tuesday, thank you very muchsd for spending your evening with us. Im joe capizzi, the institute has been here for 3 years, ross has been an important member of the institute. Since our founding, hes been the media fellow and helped coordinate some of the events, some of our contentious events you have seen ross was involved with. [laughter] right. Anyway, we are super pleased that ross is joining us today i think on the day of the release of his latest book. All of you know ross as one of the most important commentators on American Culture today. He writes for the New York Times opinion page and written more than a few books at this point. They seem to all or at least a couple of them have the title how we became something, right. [laughter] right. You might want to steer clear of that or explain that at some point. Anyway, today the format is going to be that i will engage ross in a conversation about the book. I actually had the pleasure of rea
morning. we have major announcements, joe biden will hold a phone call with the president of china. the state department offers a deal to russia to get brittney griner and paul whelan release from jail in moscow. at what price? we have the host of way too early and the bureau chief of politico, and the author of the big lie. we have u.s. special correspondent for bbc news, and the former chairman of the republican national committee. good morning to you all. let s dive in after a year and a half of on and off negotiations. joe manchin has reached a deal with party leaders to pass a number of democratic agenda items through the reconciliation process. in a statement, he wrote in part, this bill will cut the inflation taxes that americans are paying. it will lower prescription drugs and health insurance. it will ensure that we invest in energy security and climate change innovations. he went on, it is time to put away the partisan swords and advance legislation that is in the b
Palestinian protesters at another university. Well look back at an infamous antiwar protest that turned deadly 54 year ago today. Usc professor Christina Balentoni and Michael Beslash join me to talk about the lessons of kent state. And sarah jacobs is here to discuss the latest political fallout over the protests. Hope hicks, one of Donald Trumps closest advisers offers emotional and damning testimony in his trial. And the queen of chaos. Marjorie Taylor Greene prepares to force a vote on ousting mike johnson. Should democrats help save his life . Im jonathan capehart. This is the saturday show. Student protests against the Israel Hamas War continue to royal campuses as universities grapple with how to handle disruptions at upcoming graduation ceremonies. Just hours ago, tensions escalated at the University Of Virginia after police began removing an encampment near the Chapel Grounds that had been in place nine days. Officials say the situation is now stabilized. Though police are sti
lamar alexander: this is a book about a shy boy in alabama who was inspired by henry clay to be a senator and he did and then he set out to be a centered needed. here s what i thought when i was asked to do this. how can anyone get mitch mcconnell to talk for an hour. because in your own book, as you point out, only speak to the press when it is to your advantage. and talk about a time when bill gates came in to see you, the two of you just sat there and people were uncomfortable waiting for what he viewed to speak and you recount that someone once told president george w bush, that you are excited over a certain vote and he said really, how can you tell. so why so few words. mitch mcconnell: i am not afraid of talking but i found i learned a lot more by listening. so frequently a start out listening and i think about what i want to say before i do it. so i think it is fair to say i m in the era of trump, probably very different approach to commenting on public affairs. lamar