announcer: and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. earlier this month, naacp president, cornell brooks and others arrested at the alabama office of senator jeff sessions. president trump s pick of course for attorney general. he johins us to talk about his concerns about the president s cabinet picks and this ongoing fight for civil rights in the social media activism. pleasure to have you. thank you. nomination of senator sessions which we, cory booker on this program last week, courageously came out against, sitting senator, to oppose his nomination. that, you know those hearings have been postponed. until next week. until next week. so what do you expect is going to happen next week? well, we are hopeful. here s what we notice. they are there is a super pac that its running ads in support of senator jeff sessions as the astoe attorney general. that its rare if not unprecendented. what that suggests to us is we may
and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. can democrats and progressives successfully resist donald trump? and if so, how can democrats beat trump on something early to show that he s not an invulnerable power or is the political left about to get steam-rolled for the next four years? robert kuttner s one of america s best-known, most respected and most outspoken progressives. he is, of course, with the american prospect magazine and teaches at brandeis. he joins us tonight from boston. robert kuttner, good to have you back on this program, sir. thanks so much for having me. thanks for doing what you do. thank you, sir. let me jump right in. are progressives about to get steam-rolled for the next four years? i don t think so. i think at this point their best ally is donald trump because trump is so impulsive and so crazy that he s making so many mistakes that he s making it easier for democrats. take for example the attack on john
their own community. [inaudible conversations] good evening, welcome to bind and noble at union square. thank you for taking time to join us celebrating the release of chelsea clinton s at 18. chelsea clinton has always expressed an interest in improving the world. 50 simple thing as to save the earth. today she served as vice chair of the clinton foundation where childhood obesity, climate change and increasing opportunities for women and girls around a globe. chelsea s latest accomplishment is it s your world: get informed, get inspired, and get going! a book which explores some of the biggest challenges young people shares stories about the future generation making a difference around the world. joining her on change devastates tonight is rookie magazine founder and co editor in chief, actress and singer tavi gevinson. just last year, the most influential teens by time magazine. leaders and gentlemen, join me in welcoming chelsea clinton and tavi gevinson. [applause] [
margo jefferson recalls growing up among the black elite in america, will haygood on justice thurgood marshall. booktv.org for a complete schedule, and a reminder to follow us on twitter, facebook and instagram for updates all weekend. booktv, 48 hours of nonfiction books and authors. television for serious readers. now, we kick off the weekend with two authors in a mock trial from freedom fest, a libertarian conference. robert kuttner defends the federal reserve, and robert murphy prosecutes it. lisa kennedy montgomery, host of kennedy on fox business, acts as the judge. hear ye, hear ye, freedom fest court is now in session for this trial about the most important subject of our lives, money. [laughter] and how the government s central bank, the federal reserve, influences our lives every day. judge kennedy is presiding at this hearing. all rise! [cheers and applause] let s hear it. hello, everyone. how are you? ladies and gentlemen, members of the jury, we are gathere
freedom fest is now in session for the trial of the most important subject of our lives, money, and thousand federal reserve implements our lives every day. judge kennedy is presiding at this hearing. all rise. [applause] let s hear it. hello, everyone. how are you, ladies and gentlemen, members of the jury, we are gathered here in the state of nevada to decide central beng bank federal preserve to provide a healthy economy and banking system, stable prizes and a lender of last resort or is it responsible for a series of banking crises and lost of purchasing power of the very engine of enflaición. inflation. is this economy more stable or disstable? did the fed keep it from getting worse. they must decide this are we better off without the fed and if so what shall we replace it with. shall we go back to the classical gold standard. you love gold? can i hear a little bit of applause for gold standard. representing the reserve, professor, let s hear it. big fan, big