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travel writer whose features and personal essays have been published in time smithsonian continuas traveler and suburb. she is the author of the other side of paradise life in the new cuba. the daughter of a former pan-am executive julia grew up in the pan am family a still strong network across the globe. she now lives in vermont from where she joins us today. julia is literally going to fly solo tonight for her presentation, but we ll have some time for audience questions at the end. so please post your questions anytime during the broadcast in the ask a question button at the bottom of the screen. i ll take a moment to remind you that you can order your copy of come fly the world from books and books below by pressing the green button at the bottom of the screen. we appreciate each and every order and the generous donations from viewers everywhere and now without further ado. i d like to welcome julia to the stage. hi, julia. hi christina. thank you for being here. t ....
we ll start with the news. violent continues between israel and hamas and now lebanon this morning. smoke, clouds and flames could be seen rising from gaza building following overnight attacks from israeli war planes this as sirens blared through an israeli city near the gaza border warning of hamas rocket attack. close to 90 rockets were launched from gaza overnight bringing the total to more than 3,300 since the conflict began last week. israeli forces also reported a shelling of lebanon last night in retaliation for six rockets fired toward israel. tensions have been high at the israeli lebanese border where protesters have come out in support of the palestinians. after a meeting with top defense officials, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu said yesterday that israel would, quote, continue to strike terror targets for as long as necessary. gaza s health ministry says 212 people have been killed since air strikes began last week including 61 children. israeli ....
side of paradise life in the new cuba. the daughter of a former pan-am executive julia grew up in the pan am family a still strong network across the globe. she now lives in vermont from where she joins us today. julia is literally going to fly solo tonight for her presentation, but we ll have some time for audience questions at the end. so please post your questions anytime during the broadcast in the ask a question button at the bottom of the screen. i ll take a moment to remind you that you can order your copy of come fly the world from books and books below by pressing the green button at the bottom of the screen. we appreciate each and every order and the generous donations from viewers everywhere and now without further ado. i d like to welcome julia to the stage. hi, julia. hi christina. thank you for being here. thank you for having me. i ll see you soon. it s a little different from the last time i was at books and books for a reading but it s also fitting to b ....
book and the full context you brought to that was really wonderful. well, thank you. i mean, ben rhodes has had a singular seat to recent history and his, the soberness with which he is approaching this moment and how his book is about how we are buffeted by all of the same forces that have pushed all of these great countries around the world into a really authoritarian space is a very sobering analysis from anybody but particularly given what he s seen and where he s been i found that book to be kind of a it changed my view on the world. yeah. you took us on that journey with him last night that he actually literally took after the 2016 election to go around the world and try to figure out what s happening. we learned a lot just from that and there is more in the book. excellent. thanks, lawrence. thank you, rachel. thanks. we ll be joined later in this hour on the 134th day of the biden presidency with someone who will consider the 134th day of hell that ....
this morning joe manchin made news on election reform that could mean the end of an voting rights bill. senator manchin wrote that he ll vote against the for the people act. however, he added that he does support the john lewis voting rights act. he also made clear he ll not support abolishing the filibuster. the senator appeared on fox news to explain his objection to the for the people act. i think it s wrong piece of legislation to bring our country together. i think it would divide us further. what is the difference? take a look. we broke it down into bullet points for you. the for the people act is pretty wide-ranging. it would ban partisan jerry mandering and standardize voting procedures across the country. the john lewis voting rights act is more narrowly focused. it would require states with a history of racial discrimination to get permission or preclearance before they change their election laws. if it came down to a filibuster, 60 senators would have t ....