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Stuart stevens, welcome to firing line. Great to be here. Thank you. Listen, you have worked in republican politics for more than four decades. You were part of five republican president ial campaigns, including that of mitt romney, george w. Bush, and bob dole. And now you are working to defeat the current republican president through a group called the Lincoln Project. And were going to get to all that, but first, you have just published a book. It is titled it was all a lie how the Republican...

Melania trump . Well be getting a clearer picture of her, from tracy smith, in our cover story. Melania trump, thank you very much. Reporter shes one of the most private people toter inhabit the white house, but a new book says First Lady Melania Trump has considerable clout, and shes not afraid to use it. This is very different than the narrative that some people have painted that she is trapped. Oh, hoh makes her crazy to say shes poor Melania Trump. Shes not. Pauley the melania you dont know ...

[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] youre watching booktv on cspan2 live from jackson, mississippi, this is the mississippi book festival, and the next author panel will begin in about ten minutes. This panel on history and biography, former Governor Haley barbour will be par tis night the panel as well. If you want to see a full schedule of events go to ms msbookfestival. Com and if you want to see the coverage of booktv, go to...

Its the word, schedule, and you can scroll through that. More live coverage in just a few minutes. Sought to recapture Something Like the intense comradeship that sustained them during the crisis years so the launched the inklings, this two dabble in ink, who meat weekly to read and cuss their work and have a pint or two or three. Well, token helps lewis to find a are for his first Science Fiction novel in 1938. Most importantly it was tophickens conversation with lewis on the night of september...

Thank you, chris, and thank you all for being here today. Delighted you got off to such a good start for the mississippi book festival. To put our best foot forward, put on a court and tie, and governor barbour wore socks in the summer. Anyway, before i make the introductions of the panel, i see former governor william winner in the audience. Were so glad to have you. [applause] and i saw former governor ronny muss grove earlier but i dont know whether he is in here, but he is on the grounds, to...

More closely with his other battalions were doing that was his failing. He should have kept better track of that seeing that reno was and moving forward like he was supposed to. He should have seen that movement and responded to it. The only thing i can think of why he would keep going was that other column that was supposed to be coming south to meet them in a pincer movement, maybe there was the remote idea that he could see carry in the distance or Something Like that. He was way far away. It...

With susan rice because ive had private conversations with people who went through it. Not this time but in previous cycles. All senators, and they all hated it. And one of the reasons i realized they hated it is elected officials dont ever go through a vetting process. But susan rice had gone through the vetting process multiple times before for administration jobs. And so she was completely accustomed to the way it works. Yes. And for her to say, listen, i was vetted twice for cabinet level po...

Both candidates emerged wearing masks, removing them only to speak. Yet, when they did, they wasted no time in drawing a stark contrast with the current president for losing control of the pandemic and the u. S. Economy. No real leadership or plan from the president of the United States how to get this pandemic under control. Hes issuing executive orders and making promises. This president says, its not my fault. The governors should thank me more. As on old saying goes, give me a break. We have...

But susan rice had gone through the vetting process multiple times before for administration jobs. And so she was completely accustomed to the way it works. Yes. And for her to say, listen, i was vetted twice for cabinet level positions, like i thought i knew what this was like, i thought i had been through it, and this was way more rigorous than anything i had previously been through, thats a person who speaks from a position as you say of knowledge of how these things are supposed to go. Not s...

Silent rollout. Both candidates emerged wearing masks, removing them only to speak. Yet, when they did, they wasted no time in drawing a stark contrast with the current president for losing control of the pandemic and the u. S. Economy. No real leadership or plan from the president of the United States how to get this pandemic under control. Hes issuing executive orders and making promises. This president says, its not my fault. The governors should thank me more. As on old saying goes, give me ...