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Here is the quick look at our Coverage Today. Michael weiss his new book called isis inside the army of terror followed by authors and books growing up in an upper class black neighborhood in chicago, of Voting Rights, Artificial Intelligence, looking at past and future technology and a new book out on president and mrs. Johnson. Coming up today on our live coverage to a number to of the texas book festival. For the full schedule go to booktv. Org to get behind the scene of dates if you follow w...

Commissioners asked City Council to consider building regulations, equity and affordability before adopting the new housing development plan.

We will send a message that Austin opposes the continued extraction and usage of fossil fuels, which are propelling global warming to perilous levels.

Mehcad Brooks was born in 1980 in Austin, and over the course of a steady career, hes starred in movies like 2021s "Mortal Kombat" reboot

Arnold García, who served as the editorial page editor for the Austin American-Statesman for 22 years, was born and raised in San Angelo.

gushing and giddy. before i get to the intro, ive already taken care of the housekeeping duties. you know where to go after the conversation with eugene robertson is over. so with no further ado, id like to introduce mr. eugene robinson. its okay to clap. [applause] >> he was born and raised in orangeburg, south carolina. thats where my mom is from. and earned his b.a. at the university of michigan where he was the first black student to be named co-editor in chief of the next -- michi...

be in austin, texas. [applause] >> id like to welcome you to the texas book fair. im alberta phillips, editorial writer and columnist for the austin american -- thank you. [applause] >> i will be your moderator today. you might say that this is like a first date for me because it is the first time i have moderate for the texas book festival and, boy, did i luck out on my first day. [applause] >> i get to introduce a great journalist, a great writer, eugene robinson. so forgive me if ...

>> joining us is richard rhodes, winner of the pulitzer prize in "the twilights of the bombs." richard rhodes realistically speaking is there a prospect for no nuclear weapons on the planet? >> i think so. they really lost the utility since the cold war. they cost us $50 billion a year. it is official u.s. policy that we move towards zero. its just a matter of working out some of the security relationships that are standing in the way. >> with regard to working out those relatio...

if the rest of us live so long. i think this is a very important moment where we say we get it, and were going to make a change because we think our culture is so important. .. i didnt say even that the process of writing this hook, their foundation had said to me, if any of this stuff continues, were going to take the foundation not sure. or conversely, we are going to step down. im not going to spend my time fighting with lawyers and accountants and the government over how to run thi...