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today is a historic occasion. the proceedings of the united states senate are being broadcast to the nation on television for the first time, not that we have operated in secret until now. millions of americans have set in the galleries and observed senate debates during their visits to washington. but today, they can witness the proceedings in their own homes. we might say that the nation is tuning in late. woodrow wilson said that the informing function of congress should be preferred to its legislative function. today, as the u.s. senate comes out of the communications dark ages, we create another historic moment in the relationship between congress and technological advancement in communications through radio and television. that was june 2, 1986, 30 years ago this month, and the occasion was the first day of permanent television of the united states senate. we are going to use the opportunity of the 30th anniversary to look back at the senate and how it is chan ....
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you re watching booktv on c-span2 with top nonfiction books and authors every weekend. booktv, television for serious readers. this weekend on booktv arthur brooks is live on in depth. jason so kill sits down on after words, nick childs and robinship advise african-americans on how to deal with police and the criminal justice system in the u.s., robert baer provides a history of political assassinations and a literary tour of waco, texas. check out our full schedule online, booktv.org. you give me your name and the title of the book and tell me how you came to the project. hi, i m lawrence knutson, the title of the book is a wave in the white house, i came to the project because i am a retired reporter for the associated press and in my last three or four years i exploited a personal interest and wrote a column about american and washington history. that led me to the publisher of this book which is the white house historical association. we started talkin ....
up next on booktv after words with guest host michael meyers executive director of the new york civil rights coalition. this week jason sokol in his latest book all eyes are upon us. in that the historian argues that while the northeast enjoyed a reputation as a bastion for racial equality in reality blacks were relegated to living in ghettos and working menial jobs until northern leaders challenged citizens to practice what they were preaching. this program contains language that some may find offensive. host: jason it s very difficult to decide where to begin with your book. we are going to make a teaser to the audience. we are going to get to the conflict in a clash between at brooks and joe biden. that s a teaser. let s begin where you you began and that is with some history. this is a history book but the precipice to brown v. board of education and the springfield locale. guest: right. well the sense of history, i do have an argument they are about the way ....
ellen karel has written a book called force. what s on the front of starbucks? it is a motorcycle deleted or not and it is in the middle of nowhere in the southern south america actually. it is a bmw because i took that motorcycle for three years alone and with it all over the world. we have passions and dreams. i always wanted to travel around the world. my passions have been certainly writing and motorcycle riding and i find myself at a fork in the road, unemployed and recently divorced. so, i decided that instead of just scrambling to try to find the next job i sold everything that i had, and i hopped on a motorcycle to visit and experience different cultures and different people all over the world. we come to forks in our lives and they are the things on the motorcycle that keep us going in the right direction and what we share and eat food with and finally, you know if you are a musician and you know what a tuning fork is in that brings harmony and resonance ....