Host let me be clear as the name of the book. Katie keeper is the author. This is book tv on cspan2. Book tv is on instagram, follow us for publishing news, schedule updates, behind the scenes pictures and videos. Instagram. Com book underscore tv. We have the privilege of welcoming historian rita davis today to discuss her book, my grandfathers pass, my jewish family, search for the truth. She will share her journey as a daughter of a lithuanian catholic mother and a russian jewish father. In a mission to unravel the truth about her beloved grandfather from 19411943. She discovered he was the Security Police under the gestapo bow where lithuanian town where a thousand jews were murdered in the fall of 18 her awards include residencies that got on the Fine Arts Work Center and provincetown, as as well as grants from the connecticut state Art Foundation and new York Foundation for the art. Her publication list list includes harvard reviews, massachusetts review, poetry and more. She is
Marriage licenses. What do you make of that and does that reflect on the court and how people view guest it is a reflection on andy warhol. Everyone is going to get there five minutes of fame were few minutes of fame, whatever he said, and i think thats what this is about. Kim davis is about kim davis and loves the attention that shes getting and these rallies and awards and is on tv everyday. I think that is what has grabbed her. Every federal judge and the same thing with glenn moore in alabama every federal judge has looked at these issues and agrees there is no merit for them and the ruling in the Supreme Court archive rulings of the Supreme Court and they governed the supremacy clause so again while you are going to see these the reality is whats happening there getting married in alabama today and they are getting married where kim davis is the clerk. So the reality of the ground is that quality is happening but particularly in this kind of instant culture that we live in this in
Going to make the debate very interesting. But is that being a usefulledot for the kind of duopoly we have . It probably is. Until we break our Single Party System in this country, nothing will ever change. We have legalized corruption and legalized bribery called campaign finance, where huge corporations are able to purchase candidates in both parties and they know which way the wind is blowing so sanders gives some legitimacy to this process by engaging in it. If we took our brightest minds, either from congress, where theres not many bright minds, or broader society, and actually said, lets try to run candidates that are not democrats or republicans and not bee holding to corporate interests and actually have really serious political killeds . Jill stein, a candidate for the green party, extremely sharp person, very smart, good ideas, no public profile whatsoever. If you have higher profile people that are willing to cast their lot by to try to shatter the duopoly, you can imagine s
Marine environment to get more on this first of its kind deal. Also coming up in the next sixty minutes life on Eastern Ukraine frontline a reporter visits a village called between Ukrainian Government forces and russian backed separatists after almost four years of conflict well ask a Top International monitor about the prospects for t. Pieces. And out the Berlin Film Festival the story of a kenyan girl with cancer who wants to be a superhero well talk with the films director. Hello im terry Martin Thanks for joining us. Russia is blocking a u. N. Security Council Resolution that is trying to bring a cease fire to Eastern Ghouta on the edge of the syrian capital damascus russian. Has put forward a raft of amendments and a boat has been delayed until later today syrian Government Forces are bombarding Eastern Ghouta and the un chief antonio good terrorists has called the situation hell on earth human rights monitors say government shelling has killed more than four hundred people there
Emirates that their oil tankers have been sabotaged the u. S. Says it could be a rock targeting shipping in the region. Filipino voters head to the polls crucial said it seats are up for grabs in the countrys midterms a strong result for president were brutal to tears or could boost his war on drugs. Plus commemorating a little known episode of germanys nazi past today marks the 75th anniversary of the gestapo led raid on hamburgs Chinese Community to scars i have yet to feel. Im sumi so much god its good to have you with us u. S. Secretary of state mike pompei o has arrived in brussels where hes expected to discuss iran with European Partners the top u. S. Diplomat scrapped plans for a trip to moscow and made a surprise visit to the belgian capital at. You Foreign Ministers gathered for a meeting today the e. U. Is determined to Keep Iran Nuclear Deal Alive after washington withdrew from the pact and reimposed saying sions on tehran the u. S. Is urging the e. U. To walk away from the