Intellectual feast. Every saturday American History tv documents americas story and on sundays, book tv brings you the latest in nonfiction books and authors. Funding for cspan2 comes from these Television Companies and more, including charter communication. Charter is proud to be recognized as one of the best internet providers and were just getting started. Building 100,000 miles of new infrastructure to reach those who need it most. Charter communications, along with these Television Companies support cspan2 as a public service. Good evening, im tony clark from the Carter Library and im really glad you all are here because i think this is going to be a fascinating evening because it kind of tells why we are in politics the way we are right now. You know, when i was growing up, folk music was a really big deal and there was a group called the chad mitchell trio that had a song called the John Birch Society with lyrics like if mommy is a commy, youve got to turn her in. And its really
North carolina passed itspasseds controversial bathroom access a law and then there were theseere dueling bills and duelingnduelig lawsuits between the white b house and North Carolina andolia that led so many Public Schoolso districts around the countryar to just barrage the u. S. Ou department of education with questions about what does thatt mean for their schooloo districts and so today, the answer from the department ofm e education and department ofartmn justice is going to be clearisnt that Public Schools must allowlw transgender students mustus treat transgender students in the way that they would that corresponds with their gender identity. Now, this does includenc covering to this letteret bathrooms and locker rooms. Ms the directive will be sent to Public School systems friday,l thats today. It will be accompanied by a 25page document of questionsio and answers about bester practices and ways tos make transgender students feel moreor comfortable in the classroom clm also pro
Joe johns is live from washington monitoring the situation. Joe, what is the latest . Well, chris what was a hometown story has become National News all because of knewly ex newly exposed email traffic. The scandal involving closed leans at the nations busiest crossing has exploded and enshared governor christie. It started in september when several leans of the lanes of the George Washington bridge were shut down dpr four days without warning. Resulting in an hours long traffic nightmare for the town. And now a letter from an emf official suggests even Emergency Responders were delayed. There were questions whether the gridlock was politically motivated payback for the democrat mayor of fort lee. Cnn obtained text and emails that seemed to be the closest thing to a smoking gun. It was sent august 13th. A message from the email account of bring jet ann kelly one of the governors top appointees at the agency that controls the bridge. When the mayor called about the gridlock, kelly then
Developed earlier tonight on what we will not hear from donald trump this week. This was the week when donald trump was going to announce his plans to avoid conflicts of interests with his business. That has been delayed till next year. The. What im hearing here is an ignorant person. The overwhelming consensus of the intelligence agencies is that the russians hacked into our democratic institutions. They have no idea whether its russia or china or somebody. The. Its not at all clear to me that this hacking was not a false flag operation. There is no higher degrieve confidence can you get within the cia. It could be somebody sitting in a bed someplace. I dont know where he gets these images, theyre kind of creep eye. I have the highest confidence in the Intelligence Community. Stop tweeting, start taking your intelligence briefing. I dont have to be told the same thing every day. It isnt the same thing every day. Its constantly changing. Its another reason why hes incompetent. You dont
Charlottesville violence, hoping to boost support, the president s holding a campaignstyle rally in phoenix, arizona, this tuesday. Even though local officials are warning against it. The citys mayor is asking the president to cancel this event out of fear it could lead to violence and congressman Ruben Gallego of arizona tells the Washington Post, quote, i think it is inappropriate to be holding a political rally a few days after an innocent woman was mowed down by a neonazi. Its throwing tinder on to an ongoing fire. Ill talk to congressman gallego and i want to go to cnns Boris Sanchez near the trump golf resort. Boris, lets start with the president ial address tomorrow night. What are you learning about this decision on afghanistan . Hi there, ana. The president is set to speak to the nation at 9 00 p. M. Tomorrow night. We dont know exactly what this decision will be, but we know that the white house has been working on this afghanistan strategy for several months. The president h