history of police violence. founded with the idea to create ideal communities. with colonialism. end to keep them out and a the mexican migrants. . and then we will police the archimedes in ways. i am not doing now hear anything wrong. that was the capital of the united states with mass incarceration is mass elimination. . and they have failed in the attempt so in all communities from here in los angeles. you saw a promotional trailer for this book city of inmates conquest, rebellion, and the rise of human caging in los angeles, 1771-1965 and kelly hernandez is the author. was the angeles is of largest prison population in the world. my goal was to excavate how that came to be. it is a much deeper story. with the era of mass imprisonment since 1955 but it goes much deeper by the spanish colonial period so here in conquest in the american west. i do you define the prison population? i did not generate that statistic but the largest local jail population i
poland i was prepared but it wasn t, the mightiest military behemoth world history up to that point and poland had a sizable army, very small navy, it didn t have the financial wherewithal that germany did and did think the germans rolled over them. the date was a surprise but was the rest of europe preparing for war? they suspected war was coming. most european countries hoped it wouldn t happen. half were neutral, declared their neutrality. some had prepared for war to a certain extent but none of them were really ready for what was about to happen. they hope to somehow something would happen to prevent germany from embarking on what hitler had been preparing for for a number of years, keeping their fingers crossed but obviously that didn t work. host: why weren t they prepared if they were aware of hitler? guest: remember 1939, only 20 years aftxx years after thed war i, the greatest bloodbath in history to that point. many of those countries lost hundreds of tho
history up to that point and poland was, had a, sizable army. small air force, small navy. it was basically a poor country. it didn t have the sense and financial wherewithal germany did. they thought they could hold off germany at least for a while but germans rolled over them. cspan: you say it wasn t a surprise. the date was maybe a surprise but was the rest of europe preparing for war at this point? guest: they expected war was coming. most european countries hoped it wouldn t happen. half the european countries were neutral. they declared neutrality. some prepared for war to a certain extent but none of them were really ready for what was about to happen to them. they hoped somehow something would happen to prevent germany from embarking on what, you know, hitler had been really preparing for a number of years. so they were basically keeping their fingered crossed. obviously that didn t work. cspan: why weren t they prepared? if they were aware of what hitler wanted?
[inaudible conversations] booktv recently visited capitol hill to ask members of congress what they re reading this summer. well, first of all, thanks to c-span for all you do on this front. it s very important service you give to the country. my folks are watching this. my kids will get a kick out of it. i hope they see their picture behind me. i ve got a pretty extensive reading list not only for the summer, but over the next year. i thought i d start off with prayer for people under pressure by jonathan aiken, written by a former member of the english parliament, so he knows a little bit about pressure, and i thought i could learn something from him. troublesome young men by lynne olson has to do with the rise of a small band of conservatives in the parliament during the churchill period and kind of motivated by i m a member of the house freedom caucus. we have 40 or 50 great folks that are trying to solve some of the fiscal problems. and just kind of represent the p
some going to start with a story. when i was a kid probably when i was 11 or 12 just entering adolescence, i lived in a house and we had a big front porch. a and i discovered one summer that if you open the window to my ope bedroom you could go out onto the roof of the front porch. the you know for a kid at that ageemed rea that seemed a real daring thing to do. ego out on tfihe summer afternoon, their feet with your shirt off. off and i wasn t that while the kids so that was a wild thing to do. we like to do it but in the neighborhood you grow up in there is always that kid who is kind of a wild kid, who will do anything and in my neighborhood that was teddy hannibal. one day we were sitting out there on the roof feeling very daring and he is like what is up? next thing you knew, his head popped out the window and he started climbing out, never asked permission just started climbing out and as he did so he goes have you ever jumped off the roof? are you kidding? i don t even