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Program. This is our special your fiction on in depth. Youll see authors this month we are pleased to have Colson Whitehead as our guests. His most recent book is the underground railroad. Whats the appropriate response when its praised by oprah, president obama, was the appropriate response . Guest this book is taken off in a way thats unexpected and wonderful. Mostly i thank my lucky stars and i sleep a little better, im in a better mood generally i try to enjoy it despite my best efforts. Hos...

As i indicated during my visit to kenya the remarkable gains that country has made with a new constitution with its election cannot be jeopardized by restrictions on civil society. Likewise our hosts the ethiopians have much to be proud of. Ive been amazed at all the wonderful work thats being done here. Its true that the elections that took place here occurred without violence. As i discussed with the Prime Minister thats the start of democracy. I believe ethiopia will not fully unleash the pot...

Questions from cspan audience, we tell the stories of american 45 first ladies. Ellen edith wilson on first ladies. This is about 90 minutes. Susan swain this is the Woodrow Wilson house in washington, d. C. , the home of our 28th president and former first Lady Edith Wilson after they left the white house in 1921. Youll be seeing more of it over the next two hours as we tell the story of the two Wilson Administration first ladies, ellen and edith. Susan swain ellen and woodrow met in their 20s ...

So much focus on texas. Here are some of the headlines and front pages of texas newspapers this morning. Swampedston chronicle by harvey is the headline. You can see the images of the rescue effort that continue to be underway. The front page of the daily s out of Galveston County every story on the front pages focusing on harvey. Is right there in the heart of the storm. From the Beaumont Enterprise five died from the storm and well see if that number rises. About thealking forecast of the stor...

Ideally im raising their wages. Go, what kind u of business is it . Practice. Have a law host ben zipperer. Uest nathan raises a lot of points that resonate with me. One, i think there are two out of t points coming what nathan is saying, one is that when you raise the minimum its more expensive to hire people. However, it is easier to recruit higher in workers the wages that you pay and that is one reason why businesses have adjust to higher minimum wages. Second important point is sometimes th...

Have your back in terms of all people in our country, including people of color. This spending bill, it does just the opposite. I hope the members will understand the message that were sending to communities of color in this bill and rectify some of the problems. You have a chance to reject further institutionization of any quality and injustice and recognize how painful these cuts will be to people of color and women. Im going to give you my examples and my amendment shows what im talking about...

President trump is prepared to kick off a visit to colombia where hes expected to call on political leaders and citizens behind peace protests. First, we begin with our top story. A traile irma has left of devastation across several caribbean islands, reducing some to r rubble and leaving nine peopleleead. Dozens others have been injured officials have confirmed eight deaths a and considedeble aftertion in st. Maarten the category five storm tore through the region on wednesday. The death toll c...

David it is shaping up to be a very interesting friday. The stories of north korea. Dollaryen giving at the moment. The moment. T this activity story of cutting ratings in china. Already know. T we basics, the core of the issue is the amount of debt on the chinese economy has outpaced the size of the economy. It might not be the same as back in 2009. To othercompare china developing economies, that should not be at these levels. Downgrade. S haidi are the ratings agencies behind the curve . Peop...

Spacecraft launched to explore our solar system. Panel of scientists who worked on the Voyager Mission recounts the project genesis and discussed the discoveries made so far. Today in aere gallery that celebrates human and oration in earth orbit and human. Human exploration in earth orbit and beyond. We are here today to celebrate and commemorate with them the 40th anniversary of the voyager spacecraft. It was an epic mission to explore the outer planets. Commission that stands out as one of the...

Roy dable care act and moores victory last night in Republican Senate primary. He goes to general election in december. Democrats, 2027488000. Republicans, 2027488001. 2027488002. What does it all mean . Story do you want to talk about . Both . Give us a rang this morning. The star this morning out of alabama. Senate ps strange in runoff there. Roy moore with his mother eading to the polling place in alabama yesterday, ahead of that Senate Republican primary race. Nominee to face emocrat doug jo...