Republicans thought that but overall 53 and 39 of democrats believe, 55 of independents. The democracy of any kind that has these sort of deindustrialized elections, right, the election is notac run through the federal government, its run through the State Government and in many cases county and local governments and that means that there are different laws and different Access Points in the states across the country, in some states they mail you your ballot, theres not a polling place in places Like Washington and colorado and many parts of california, you get your ballot right at home and send it right back and other places there could be lines 2, 3, 4 hours on election day, the increased focus on Election Security and whether or not its actually going to be conducted in open and fair manner i think reflects a real crisis point in the confidence in our system that has worked so far for 240 years that now we are in a point where National Elections are flat, very narrowly and therefore
You can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. Michael we begin with york host we begin with your thoughts. The last of the u. S. Forces have left syria as fighting between turkey and the kurds escalate over the weekend. Your reaction to the president s decisions. We will get to your thoughts in a minute. Lets begin with mark esper, the defense secretary on the sunday shows. He was on face the nation, and here is what he had to say about the decision to withdraw these troops. [indiscernible] a deliberate [video clip] a deliberate withdraw from the entire country . From Northern Syria. 1000 troops. How long and over what time period . It will be a deliberate withdraw and we want to conduct it as safely as possible. We want to make sure we deconflict a pullback of forces and dont leave equipment behind. I am not prepared to put a timeline on it. You said you are doing this for u. S. Force protection. The armies are advancing after the u. S. Pulled back, after the u. S. Air force,
A National Reporter with the hill newspaper new ipsos cspan , talking about our new ipsos cspan poll, crisis of confidence in u. S. Elections. Americans who believe the 2020 election will be open and fair, 72 of republicans thought that, but total overall, only 53 and 39 of democrats believe that. What do you make of those . Reid it is remarkable. We are the only western democracy democracy of any time that has decentralized elections. That elections are not run to the federal government but to the State Governments and in many cases, county and local governments. That means our different laws and different access point in states across the country. In some states they mail you your ballot. Theres not an appalling place in places Like Washington or colorado and many parts of california, you sit get your ballot and you fill it out at home and set it right back. In other places, there can be lines of two or three or four hours on election day. On electiond focus security and whether or n
Welcome to book tvs live coverage of the National Book festival. Some of the authors you will hear from today, and get a chance to talk with historian doug brinkley, rk russell and chest and buttigieg. Some of the topics to be discussed, black literary identity, Environmental Activism and food and culture. It is a full day ahead. We are glad you are here with us on book tv. As i mentioned, this is the 23rd year in a row book tv has partnered with the library of congress to bring you live coverage of the National Book festival. Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden is here to kick off our coverage. Dr. Hayden, for those who were not with us 23 years ago, how did this get started . It is so exciting to be here. You can hear the buzz behind us as everyone is coming in. In 2001, First Lady Laura Bush had been successful as a first lady of texas, starting the texas book fair. It was renowned. When she got to washington, d. C. , she asked my predecessor, dr. Billington, wouldnt it the nice if w
Your books. Dirty Tricks Department and flirting with danger. Thank you for your time. [applause] available on book tv. Org. We went to introduce you to author our king russell. Here is his book the arts between us. Mr. Russell, when and where did you play professional football . Rk i was drafted to the cowboys and went to the buccaneers. Did you enjoy being out Football Player . Rk help me overcome odds as a black man from a single home. Birds to play college ball . Rk for the university. He was the first person in the football world you came out to. My college teammate. We met at purdue and were out all us with each other. I quickly realized he was the type of men i wanted to see. People who treated people kindly. He always open his heart and i was comfortable sharing my identity with. He was gracious of his time. Something normally who assumes would not be accepting of lgbtq people he was. Will happened to joe . Rk he was diagnosed with stage iv cancer. I was with them when he found