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Of course we all know we are preparing to vote in a huge election collecting all sorts of folks and not just the president of the United States by congress and state legislators. Fascinating new book written by our guest today takes a look at the unelected , unaccountable elite and it is amazing and along to talk about it. Senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute also leader of legal policy you have read his book all over National Media and by the way he was a jd and mba from yale where he was a...

The title itself, the violence inside us. You take the readers for both the biology and history of violence and so id like to ask you why begin air, why did you choose to begin here . Guest thank you so much for doing this and im blessed to be joining you to talk about this book. I start with this question what kind of violence is inside us because for me, it was the first real question is why i began the mission of my political career. While the book is mostly a history of american violence and...

We have upcoming discussion wives charles king, how a circle of rein theyd anthropologist reinvested race, sex and gender in the 3,020th center and jeff rowe with if become, white flight, race, fiction and the american imagination myung many others. For details and our full excel all check out online or feel free pick up an event flier this evening. Ims to talk with conclude with time for your questions and a book signing right here at this table. Were pleased to have cspans booktv here attachin...

Coming up well talk with authors based here as we fir learn how the city was chosen as the states capital, and anyone 15 minutes the story of re olds and the auto company he founded in lapsing and then later well take a driving tour of the citys downtown. We begin our special feature as hear about james turner and the found offering lansing. The founding of lansing. James turner was pioneer. It wasnt until the state legislature designated this area as the new capital that he came with these othe...

Following the weather so first is getting weirder and wilder and greater extremes and second the forecaster is better at predicting what will get us. But their accuracy has definitely improved and so has the timeliness of their reports. These days not only one weather model but those simulating the future space of the atmosphere the north american model, european model and those over the next ten days. And then to get interested in this and then supercomputers with a knack of making complex syst...

2 05. Good morning. The judiciary subcommittee on crime is called to order. Mr. Biggs we thank you for being here. We will begin with the pledge of allegiance offered by the gentleman from california, mr. Kiley. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Mr. Biggs thank you, mr. Kiley and thank each of you. Without objection the chair is authorized to declare a recess...

Democrats, 202 7488000. All others, 202 7488002. We welcome your posts on facebook as well. And we look for your tweets. Send those. We will get to your calls momentarily. Again, this is a poll that came out from the Pew Research Center. A couple of the leading paragraphs that came out this weekend. A busy newsweek and we thought they get around to hearing your thoughts on this. The key take away for more than two decorates, partisan divide has been a force in politics. Today, the divide between...

Homicides in the u. S. Is cause for concern but not panic. Of a bit of context, rates Violent Crimes and all crimes has been falling fairly consistently since the early 1990s. It is only in 2014 2015 and 2016 that we have seen this pronounced spike in homicides. It is about an increase of 12 2014 to to 2014 2015. We have had an increase of about 22 in the last two years. That increase is the largest we have seen in about 25 years. T to minimizent no this, but also to keep it in perspective. Ther...

This $1.5 million initiative, called 'Save Lives Now,' involves St. Clair County, St. Louis and St. Louis County.

The initiative, endorsed in March by the regional East-West Gateway Council of Governments, aims to cut murders in the metro area by 20% in three years.