In kenosha and as we have seen in portland . Pres. Trump i would say almost everything i see is from the left wing, not the right wing. I am willing to do anything. I want to see peace. Mr. Biden say it. Pres. Trump what would you like me to call them . Proud boys stand back and stand by. Kathleen belew, you have literally what the book on White Supremacy and have written the book. When you heard that moment what was your reaction . Kathleen very concerning for a number of reasons. I have long since as many analysts have given up trying to understand the president s motivations. Even if he takes the most generous interpretation of trump comments, perhaps he said proud boys, perhaps you meant to say stand down, there is a large and complex White Power Movement in our country that heard the president s words as are called to military preparedness. This is a movement interested in violence against civilians, our democracy and its institutions, and even if the president did not mean to cal
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Cspan2. Tonight beginning at 8 00 eastern booktv features several programs with the late author and columnist William F Buckley junior. And joy booktv on cspan2. I am the director of programs and partnerships for the massachusetts political society. Our program is a look at tradition summaries. We are joined by professor Donna Harrington who will speak about books for 19thcentury publishing. She is a professor of English Communications in new rhode island, she has a degree from marymacs college and a phd from the university of illinois. As a former magazine writer and editor her Research Interests include 19thcentury culture, womens magazines and the radical alternative press. Before we begin i would like to extend a special welcome to anyone who will be joining us for the first time. If you are not familiar with the massachusetts Historical Society, we are the first Historical Society collecting and publishing and sharing our histories in 1791. An amazing collection of 14 million page
Professor imani perry, what is the structure of your newest book, brief . Guest well, there are three sections. Fear, fly and fortune. It is a letter, a series of letters to my son but its also a letter to the larger world. Both about the reality of the terror and anxiety and the worry that comes along with being the parent about black children in particular at this moment but its also filled with my desire for them to lead a life of beauty and joy and excellence and self regard, much of which i think one finds the lesson for an extraordinary tradition which we have to draw from. Host where did you come up with the idea to write your sons a letter . Guest i have written some letters privately for years and my editor at beacon press said is this something youd be interested in doing in large part because ado talk about my children all the time and i write posts about them on social media and initially, you know, i think what we both had in mind with something that was probably bit more
Us. Gina martin adams from wells fargo. First, first world with Caroline Hyde. Caroline thank you very much indeed, david. Yes, lets look at the stage being set at the moment for the battle between apple and the u. S. Government. Apple is refusing a federal magistrate order to help the fbi unlock the iphone from one of the shooters in the San Bernardino terrorist attacks. Apple ceo tim cook says the company has given the fbi data that is in its possession, but cooks as building a back door cook sayse but 10 buildin him cook says building a back door to retrieve the information would not be good for security for customers. President obama says the senate needs to consider his nomination for the replacement of antonin sculley on the Supreme Court. The Obama Administration had reportedly planned a vast cyber attack against iran if the dispute had led to military conflict according to the New York Times. Disablingas aimed at the power grid and communications. Global news 24 hours a day, po