we believe these remarks by the senate majority leader to go live to a washington post discussion with house speaker nancy pelosi. she s expected to talk about her priorities under the issues facing congress. what americans can expect from the lawmakers in the months ahead. these conversations explore the fate of the nation s policy agenda where compromise is possible and where it s not. and now the politics of 2020 will affect congresses legislative work today. this morning were fortunate to have the most powerful member of the 116th congress, house speaker nancy pelosi. speaker pelosi has a habit of making history [applause] she has a habit of making history and breaking records. she s the only woman ever to become speaker of the house. she s the first californian to service speaker. she is a first person in more than six decades to reclaim the speakers a gavel having held the office before, and she s in charge of an energetic caucus of 235 members with a record-set
next from book tv in the coverage and the coverage of the southern festival of books. it s a real pleasure to be here. this is the panel discussion of power and politics. i will help moderate the discussion. i want to begin by introducing our speakers. she is an assistant professor in the department of agricultural economics and rural sociology at auburn university. she is a former award-winning journalist s work has appeared in books and sociological journals. she is the author of for-profit democracy why the government is losing trust losing the trust of rural america. we are looking forward to her remarks. responding into my left is katie cahill. associate director of the howard h center for public policy. and assistant professor in the department of political science. she has a phd in political science from purdue university. i think we will begin in the are going to give us some remarks about the book. professor cahill well then respond and then we will open up the floor
next from book tv in the coverage and the coverage of the southern festival of books. it s a real pleasure to be here. this is the panel discussion of power and politics. i will help moderate the discussion. i want to begin by introducing our speakers. she is an assistant professor in the department of agricultural economics and rural sociology at auburn university. she is a former award-winning journalist s work has appeared in books and sociological journals. she is the author of for-profit democracy why the government is losing trust losing the trust of rural america. we are looking forward to her remarks. responding into my left is katie cahill. associate director of the howard h center for public policy. and assistant professor in the department of political science. she has a phd in political science from purdue university. i think we will begin in the are going to give us some remarks about the book. professor cahill well then respond and then we will open up the floor
she is an assistant professor in the department of agricultural economics and rural sociology at auburn university. she is a former award-winning journalist s work has appeared in books and sociological journals. she is the author of for-profit democracy why the government is losing trust losing the trust of rural america. we are looking forward to her remarks. responding into my left is katie cahill. associate director of the howard h center for public policy. and assistant professor in the department of political science. she has a phd in political science from purdue university. i think we will begin in the are going to give us some remarks about the book. professor cahill well then respond and then we will open up the floor to the questions. thank you so much for the introduction. i m here to talk today about something i find particularly troubling. with the way that our government works. it can leave us all vulnerable at one stage. and i learned as much during my time is
is the mainstream media and hollywood partly to blame for the spread of hateful rhetoric? we re asking republican congressman jack bergmann who was at the scene of yesterday s shooting. we want to go to blake burman for the latest on the russia probe, possible obstruction of justice which is what the washington post is reporting. hi, blake. reporter: that is indeed the report from the washington post and others. president trump did not weigh in on this yesterday obviously due to the circumstances. this morning though, that changed with a couple tweets he sent out. he tweeted out following this morning, quoting from the president, they made up phony collusion with the russians story. found zero proof. now they go for obstruction of justice on the phony story. nice. he then followed that up saying you re witnessing the single greatest witch-hunt in american political history, led by some very bad and conflicted people. trish, here is what i can tell you. there is a briefing