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[inaudible conversation] book tv recently visited capitol hill to ask members of congress what theyre reading this summer. I hope to finish a couple books, first of all im reading freedoms task which was given to me by senator roy blunt and this is a book that is about the dome being put on the Capital Building precivil war but what i found is especially interesting is as i get into the book of focus on the House Chamber and Senate Chamber and how those were added to the original Capital Buildin...

We go along as well. Taye diggs, you mentioned that there was a bit of a kerfuffle when you were doing press for this book, but im going to quote you here and let you talk about this. Were talking about president obama here, and this is you speaking. Everybody refers to him as the first black president. Im not saying its wrong, im just saying that its interesting. It would be great if it didnt matter and that people could call him mixed. Guest uhhuh. Yes. Host so do you consider him to be the fi...

To new york historical. Lets give mr. Swartz a hand. [applause] the program this morning will hour. N leslie will be staying for a book signing and will sign her book right here. This is a great mothers day gift everyone. I am already signed up for three books she is going to sign. Get your books. They will be on sale in our museum store kiosk which will be just near the walters book signing table. I would just hand the book off. Also, Geoffrey Ward will have his book on the roosevelts and anoth...

Her relationship with her son, daughterinlaw, eleanor, and many grandchildren. The New York Historical society hosted this hourlong event. Todays program, grandmother power, the roosevelts is part of the schwartz distinguished series. I always like to thank mr. Swartz for his support which has enabled us to invite so many prominent authors and historians to New York Historical. Lets give mr. Swartz a hand. [applause] the program this morning will last an hour. Leslie will be staying for a book s...

Last an hour. Leslie will be staying for a book signing and will sign her book right here. This is a great mothers day gift everyone. I am already signed up for three books she is going to sign. Get your books. They will be on sale in our museum store kiosk which will be just near the walters book signing table. I would just hand the book off. Also, Geoffrey Ward will have his book on the roosevelts and another book, so he will be here as well. To begin, we are so glad to welcome Geoffrey Ward b...

Month that Franklin Roosevelt announced his Court Packing plan which is the subject of much of my book. Ill talk to in a moment. The clash between roosevelt and hughes at a critical time in American History is a great story and an important one. Also it raises questions that were important 75 years ago and are important today. One being whether life tenured justices, conservative justices of the Supreme Court can thwart the popular will. Alternatively, whether a popularly elected president can t...

Im i did a book on a liberal president and a conservative court. Have you ever heard of any of those . Well, of course you have. But its not the present liberal president and a conservative court. It is the president Franklin Roosevelt and the hughes court of the 1930s. Indeed, it was 75 years ago this month that Franklin Roosevelt announced his Court Packing plan which is the subject of much of my book. Ill talk to in a moment. The clash between roosevelt and hughes at a critical time in Americ...

Democrats 2027488000. Republicans 2027488001. Independent 2027488002. Join the conversation on facebook or twitter. We will get to your phone calls in a minute after this news update from washington. Politico, party of two. Politico magazine, how the two came together for this election cycle, he writes that one of the most important it hidden storylines of 2016 has been the obama effort to shape a race he is not running in an antiestablishment environment he can no longer control. For the past t...

Train hurtles down the tracks on a collision course with a truck. The quickthinking hero who ran through the cars and saved countless passengers. And good morning, america. Busy friday morning. Two big stories to get to. Overnight the news of a Major Development in the nations Public Schools. Thats right. The president is ordering an important change to the issue of transgender rights for children and were going to have much more on that in a minute. We do begin with Donald Trumps high stakes me...

Im gonna give you 1,000. [cheers and applause] thats right way to go good job i love ending on a high note. 1,000 winner. Congrats, jenny. Thank you so much for joining us. For everyone whos been a part of this one, im chris harrison. Well see you next time. [dramatic music] closed captioning sponsored by crowd two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten [cheers and applause] while i was on a combat patrol my c in baqubah, iraq,nned out. A rocketpropelled grenade took my arm off at the ...