i'm delighted to be here at the annapolis book festival. i am even more delighted that we are seeing each other in person as opposed to overseas. everyone if your cell phone volume is turned on which you might turn it off. and i'll let you know a little bit about the program. we're going to talk about 35 minutes and then we're gonna open it up to audience questions. so i know that you are here to see these two gentlemen not to see me. so come with your

in annapolis, the sitting governor consistently enjoys a approval rating in the 70s. a republican governor in a blue state with an approval rating higher than 70%, amazingly, that is not a work of fiction! in washington though the sitting president approval rating way below 40 on a good day. the best of times, the worst of times. there are also to reason for those differences. i have to think governor larry hogan has taken an optimistic practical common sense even raisin-esque approach to he is he was the 1980 chair of youth for reagan, the delegate for the republican convention 40 years later it is reported he wrote in ronald reagan for president just to send a message those now governor hogan's prac leadership gets results. those results earned him an easy reelection. which is no small feat. he was the first republican reelected governor a maryland since 1954, before he was born. by the way, if you happen to catch a recent video of him drinking with oriole span during opening day last month. it's not hard to see why he is so popular. that popularity combined with th

in annapolis the governor can enjoy an approval rating in the 70s. a republican governor in a blue state with an approval rating higher than 70% amazingly that is not a work of fiction. in washington though the sitting president's approval rating is in the low 40s on a good day. the best of times and worst of times. there's all sorts of reasons for the differences but one reason might be governor larry hogan has taken an optimistic practical common sense approach to governing, and it's not surprising. he was already with reagan in 1976. he was the chair and delegate at the republican convention in 40 years later it's reported he wrote ronald reagan for president just to send a message. the pragmatic leadership gets results and those results earned him an easy reelection which is no small feat. he was the first republican reelected in maryland since 1954, before he was born. by the way if you happen to catch recent video of him drinking with orioles fans during opening day last month it's not hard to see why he's so popular. that combined with the fac

they published the following verse in a palm entitled annapolis. the four long years we tarried here, we always the and to rome. but when the time came, it felt like leaving home. 22, like every class that has come before you, during your time in annapolis, your gaze has been focused on the horizon and the challenges to come. by design, your four years by the bay are spent in constant preparation for what comes next as officers in the fleet and the great adventures that await each and everyone one of you. within the hour, each of you will raise your right hand and take an oath to defend the constitution. that action and that promise will bind you to every naval academy graduate that has come before you and every graduate that will follow. take your oath today with the knowledge that you have a strong foundation upon which to continue your journey as navy and marine corps officers. also, know that the yard, faculty and staff who have dedicated their life's work to their mission in this community of alumni that you are joining today, will forever rem

and the governor's house in annapolis is less than 35 miles. but the two cities feel like they are worlds apart today. in annapolis the sitting governor consistently enjoys an approval rating in the 70's. a republican governor in a blue state with an approval rating higher than 70%, amazingly, that's not a work of fiction. in washington though, the sitting president's approval rating is in the low 40's on a good day. the best of times, the worst of times. now, there are all sorts of reasons for those differences, but i think that one reason might just be that governor larry hogan has taken an optimistic, practical, common sense, even reaganesque approach to governing and it's not surprising. this is a guy who was already with reagan in 1976, he was the 1980 chair of youth for reagan and a delegate at the republican convconvention, 40 ys later he wrote reagan for president, and those results earned him an easy reelection, which is no small feat. he was the first republican reelected governor of maryland since 1954 where he was born. by the way,

in annapolis the city governor enjoys a approval rating in the 70's. a republican governor in a blue state with an approval rating higher than 70%, amazingly, that is not a work of fiction. in washington though, the sitting president approval rating -- racing is in the low 40's on a good day. come of the best of times, the worst of times, there are all sorts of reasons for the differences, one reason might just be that governor larry hogan has taken an optimistic, practical, commonsense, even reaganesque approach to governing. it is not surprising. in 1976, he was the chair for reagan, the delegates for republican convention. it took four years later, he voted ronald reagan for president just to send a message. governor hogan's pragmatic leadership aren't results, they earn him an easy reelection, which is no small feat. he was the first republican elected in maryland since 1954 before he was born. by the way, if you happen to catch a recent video of him drinking with orioles fans during opening day last month, it is not hard to see why he is so popula

thanks to the key school for hosting and annapolis books festival. so look i grew up in north carolina the child of two ibmers. i grew up like theo huxtable in the cosby show, and i think this based on the age range here and i think most don't know who theo huxtable is from cosby show, but i am the grandchild of sharecroppers my parents my mother from southwest, georgia my father from south carolina their parents were sharecroppers and grew up lived almost their entire lives under jim crow, but they were very religious people my grandfather or my father's side was a reverend. his father was a reverend and on my mother's side. my grandparents were one was a deacon another deaconess very involved in the church. we're just to say i grew up in the black church three to four times a week from ages of five to about 17 and it was a baptist church but much closer to full gospel where folks would often praise dance and speak in tongues, and it was very immersive experience. i bring that up because there is an unyielding optimism and faith in the black church

go ahead. -- and annapolis maryland. caller: i trust the president on this. i trust the bipartisan vote in the senate. i don't know the exact breakdown and i agree there should be oversight and there will be oversight i'm sure. there will be hearings on where the money will go, there will be accountability. we have to prepare ourselves. there will be some corruption along the way. a big program like that has that happened but i think the priority is first comes first, we have to do everything we can as a country and we owe it to ourselves as a country and people in ukraine to try to assure their victory. if president biden says $40 billion and republicans say $40 billion, let's get it over there now. host: the washington post is reporting on spending in the one of the previous covert aid packages. they are reporting billions in benefits siphoned by fraud. they write serena brown thomas just arrived home from her ship as a custodian when she noticed an envelope in the mail bearing her name, address, and last four digits of the social security number. the lette

host: let's hear from -- in annapolis, maryland. caller: thanks for having this program.

hello, annapolis. hello key school. thank you for having me and thank you to the town crier that never happened to me before that's and and hello mads. it's great to see you, especially without a camera. all right. i'll read this of course if i read them. the end of the book they're not going to read the beginning in the middle of the book, but all right. the weekend before we lost tommy i misplaced my glasses and could not find them anywhere. tommy helped me look for them in the house and in our front yard, but they were nowhere to be found. we gave up the search, but tommy comforted me saying i know you'll find them dad. this is why don't do readings. okay, we lost tommy on wednesday, december 31. when i woke up on sunday, january 3rd. i was i was more miserable than i've ever been just engulfed in grief tragedy and darkness. i went outside to our front porch in the early morning cold to see if there was food in our bird feeder. there was not i was about to go fill it up went out of nowhere a huge flock of birds lande

san francisco, chile, 50s and 60s and through the north bay, 70 in annapolis, 63 in mill valley, 67 in santa rosa. in san francisco we are holding with 60s through your memorial day weekend. i see gusty winds on sunday, 15 to 35. monday it is looking good on memorial day. sun in san francisco and we are dry over the next seven days. to the inland valleys, 74 tomorrow, 73 sunday, back up to 80 on monday. memorial day looks like the best day of the three-day weekend. we are seeing temperatures search up to 88 next wednesday, but definitely not nearly as hot as what we went through earlier this week. we have made it to the weekend. we will have a look at the weather forecast coming up at 5:30. >>> coming up, a new bill aimed at protecting your cat. the effort to be on a painful procedure that is picking up steam. or, yiu saved taxpayers over $55 millio. finding waste. saving money. yiu is for you. it's time for our memorial day sale on the sleep number 360 smart bed. why choose proven quality sleep from sleep number? because every green thumb, 5k, and all-day dance party starts the night

. >> reporter: before they had children, before they were even married, jason and liz mckenry of annapolis, maryland say this was their baby-- a cat, named ritz. >> i mean, at that point, they are your kids. >> yeah, it is a member of the family. >> reporter: at least, he was. until 2006, when ritz bolted out the apartment door, down the stairs, and never returned. >> we spent months, you know, looking all around, talking to the shelters and, yeah, anything we could think of, we tried. >> reporter: when did you finally give up? >> i don't know that you ever really give up. >> reporter: in fact, she still has his "lost pet" poster. >> i felt like if i deleted it, it never happened, and he would be forgotten. and i couldn't do that. >> reporter: and so, her sliver of hope remained, through that decade and into the next... and into the next. 16 years came and went, until... six miles from jason's old apartment building, a woman found a stray cat living in this trailer park. the cat was in such terrible shape, she brought it over to this veterinary office to be put down. but, before doing so,

she had many from janine annapolis to run back to jerusalem. people with stuff, the convoy, the pair bonded to fade away through roses. on the convoy, i've been covering the story for a while and have never seen anything of the sort. people laugh, she she, united them, christians, muslims, all across the political spectrum to him asked if people additions, your average palestinian person in the street surely managed to get into people's hearts before getting into their homes through the screen of hello. there's a little bit of everything going on in the weather across europe. we've got some light heat to the south last, the clear skies here, little more cloud, further north than some rain. and in fact, cold enough to snow over the mountains in north norway for example, quite a ways on the ice abbas here. so brisk wesley wind coming through it between we got this cold front just wriggling its way across. central positive. you're still seeing some live showers. some summary down paul sent your possibility here. pushing down into the balkans to wa

it's 79% santa rosa right now petaluma, only 68 but annapolis 81 89 at fairfield and we have 83 at concord and livermore and looking toward the golden gate from emeryville. we present the forecast headlines. we can expect low low clouds and fog to develop and and overnight it will be breezy and cooler tomorrow and monday, but by mid-week, we'll see a warmer pattern developing in temperatures will bounce back up. here's our forecast animation overnight. we'll see some low clouds and fog developing near the coast and bay high clouds will pass over as well. there will be enough moisture in those little clouds that there could be some spotty patchy drizzle, but we're not expecting any measurable rainfall and it's going to be a through tomorrow overnight low temperatures will drop down to low to mid-50s in most locations a little bit cooler on the coastline with lows there in the upper 40s and antioch will be our warm spot overnight with a low of 61 degrees and tomorrow bay to breaker is returns to san francisco starting at the marketero ending at ocean beach six o'clock tomorrow morning as run

analysis of video and satellite images that contradicts israel's initial assessment of who is behind sri annapolis, death. solidarity rallies have been held around the world in honor of sharing and all the palestinian journalists killed in the line of duty is coming out this hour . we look at covert destin u. s that have passed a 1000000 now we meet one family twana pods by the pandemic. mm. thousands of palestinians pay tribute to slain al jazeera janice st. ucla has been remembered as the voice of the occupied territory. sharon was shot in the head, buys riley forces and janine city early on wednesday, killing sent shock waves across the arab world. war veteran journalist was household name palestinian president. man with a boss has said that is ready, forces were fully responsible, fight death, and is rejected israel's offer of joint investigation into the shooting. it. abraham begins our coverage now from ramallah in the occupied westbank. they owe me the daughter of palestine. my shitty noble body was taken through my thousands gather to pay the respect her remains then taken to a state servi

and yes, i say funeral discourse, she had many from janine to annapolis. i'm online to jerusalem. people with stuff, the convoy, the pair bonded to been here fade away to throw roses on the convoy. i've been covering the story for a while and have never seen anything of the sort. people love shooting. she united them, christians, muslims, all across the political spectrum that the hamis be f, pete politicians, your average palestinian person in the street shitty and managed to get into people's hearts before getting into their homes. through the screen of jesse still ahead on al jazeera, we need the team, how we're doing all they can to ensure lebanon has a free and fair election. and parents in the u. s. a growing desperate to find baby formula. government is now promising to help. ah, jody has begun the free for world copies on its way to the capital group. your travel package today. hello, we got plenty of warm spring sunshine across smart show bureau. we have got a few flies in the ointment bottle, 2 showers just scattered around, but it is largely dry fine add war because of

the world needs to know what happened straight away to annapolis, where the doctor who conducted the autopsy on sure in speaking, listening to my lockers will answer all the questions that i started with a. 2 that a designer as gonna al jazeera network has issued that statement in this regard. according to the eye witnesses and according to what i have convey to the administration there, sharina bartlett was shot. this was a direct shot. and this was catherine. i v y a z, but very direct to her. while being with some journalists, the eye witnesses told us that the bullets were shot from the, from where the l. a capacious soldiers are. and it's clear that the bullet was shot back by a sniper, a she rain and the aisle is a movie. he works as a producer, as well with us, was hit in his bag and they were probably at the same instant, her mood said moment saddle and we ask allah almighty for him to be her recovered quickly. sharin was hit in the head despite the i work at the having the helmet live and the helmet is not only for protection, but to be known as a journalist. so even if the

now i passed the phil, this one, and i think the biggest issue for me is racism, annapolis, like a broken record, but you would have fall off the euros for england and the free blood plasma, snip noise and abuse. they got off the back of the campaigns and that went in off that things like kick out races and saw race in the red card. the players taken me off before every much you to for changes have been more clear in the game. but for me, it has been spoken about more, but no, no actual punishment or change that she happened. i think more needs to be done. and it's a big, big issue in the game. the hope is stamped out and say can seriously morsey going forward in football? oh, still spoiled what, what most of what was that anything during globally or into white man's aunt's or on this is an ins old seat over is not impressed me. well, actually school made an impact back on society after that because it was through things we saw in sport from taking a ne, a huge scores events, and from discussions around whether the need should be taken through to say actions which were commendable. life i

. >> let's hear from gayle up next from annapolis, maryland go ahead. thanks for having this program. given the fact numerous scientific studies have been reported showing that aerosol aerosol carried viruses by ultraviolet specific wave lengths especially 222 nanometers. why is it that none of public health people who have been interviewed on the radio and television have ever said anything to the public about that? why is this e being ignored? >> i would say ultraviolet radiation to kill pathogens has been ignored. in hospitals use ultraviolet radiation all the time in patient rooms and hallways. it is everywhere. the issue is, is this something that has value outside of hospital healthcare laboratory settings? is it something that makes a major difference in ordinary day-to-day life? that is the open question. can you deploy hospital-based normal situations and still get benefits does it make sense to do this? is the types of questions that have not been fully answered you haven't seen uv light something advocated for every situation. it may not nece

we take you now to annapolis. president biden will speak at the commencement ceremony this morning. live coverage is right here on c-span. you can get our free mobile video app or >> ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> a live picture from the navy marine corps memorial stadium, annapolis, maryland, where shortly, president biden will give the commencement address to the u.s. naval academy graduation. this is live coverage on c-span. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> awaiting the start of the u.s. naval academy graduation and -- ceremony. president biden will hand out diplomas shortly. live coverage, right here on c-span. a reminder, some of our other programming coming up. former president trump and senator cruz are expected to give remarks at the national rifle association leadership forum. available online or our website, c-span.org. >> [indiscernible] >> ♪ ♪ ♪ [applause] >> [indiscernible] >> [applause] >> the u.s. naval academy graduation and commissioning ceremony, happening this morning at the navy marine corps memorial stadium in annapolis, maryland. live coverage of the ceremony. president biden will

naval academy graduation and commissioning ceremony today from annapolis, maryland. this is just over an hour.

. >> let's hear from gill of next in annapolis maryland. go ahead. >> hello. thanks for having this program. given the fact that numerous scientific studies have been reported in reputable journals showing that aerosol carried viruses of all kinds and bacteria of all kinds can be in activated by ultraviolet energy at a specific wavelength. especially 222 nino meters. why is it that none of the public health people who have been interviewed on the radio on television have ever said anything to the public about why is this being ignored? >> i wouldn't say that, i wouldn't say that ultraviolet radiation to kill pathogens has been ignored. in hospitals, we use ultraviolet radiation all the time. in patient rooms and hallways, it's everywhere. i guess the issue is, is this something that has value outside of hospital and health care and laboratory settings? is this something that is really going to make a major difference in ordinary day-to-day life and i think that the open question. can you deploy these hospital basic knowledge is like uv light in normal situatio

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go ahead. -- and annapolis maryland. caller: i trust the president on this. i trust the bipartisan vote in the senate. i don't know the exact breakdown and i agree there should be oversight and there will be oversight i'm sure. there will be hearings on where the money will go, there will be accountability. we have to prepare ourselves. there will be some corruption along the way. a big program like that has that happened but i think the priority is first comes first, we have to do everything we can as a country and we owe it to ourselves as a country and people in ukraine to try to assure their victory. if president biden says $40 billion and republicans say $40 billion, let's get it over there now. host: the washington post is reporting on spending in the one of the previous covert aid packages. they are reporting billions in benefits siphoned by fraud. they write serena brown thomas just arrived home from her ship as a custodian when she noticed an envelope in the mail bearing her name, address, and last four digits of the social security number. the lette

of the society of professional journalists hall of fame and emmy award winner and he lives here in annapolis on spa creek where he sails his 36-foot sloop winsome, excuse me, follow the bed forty-foot it grows good by the end of our show will be 42 feet. now 45 sorry. sorry, sorry, sorry and he has been the chairman of the board of churches of the chesapeake bay trust and contributed a great deal to our community as you'll in a moment. please tell us about your book for wars five presidents a reporters journey from jerusalem to saigon to the white house. thank you. thank you stephen. he's also my boat partners. so you'd think he would i would get this sort of thing, right but you know. we'll compromise 38. yeah can't count on anything these days. anyway, i'm happy to tell you something about the book. i will show some images up there on that giant screen that so you all have very stiff necks. but they sort of illustrate some of the stories. i'll tell from the book and stephen can interject any time he thinks we're leaving something out or getting something wrong or and then we'll certainly w

he addressed the commencement in annapolis, maryland sang russia was trying to erase ukraine's national identity. >> attacking schools, hospitals, and museums with no other purpose than to eliminate culture. a direct assault on a fundamental tenet of rule-based international order -- that is what you are graduating into. judy: mr. biden also said the navy must defend freedom of navigation and the south china sea against china's increasingly aggressive claims in the region. new tensions are roiling the persian gulf after iran seized two tanker ships today. the iranian revolutionary guard commandeered two vessels cared armed men took the cruise captive. it followed the u.s. seizure of oil from an iranian flagged tanker off greece. in this country, u.s. southern baptist leaders have released a previously secret list of pastors and church workers accused of sexual abuse. the database includes more than 700 entries spanning the last two decades. the list first came to light and a scathing independent report last sunday. it detailed how church leaders suppressed and mishandled the abuse alleg

naval academy in annapolis today, the president wishing the midshipmen fair winds and following seas as they embark on missions in urn -- uncertain waters. and as memorial day weekend kicks off, the highly anticipate thed "top gun" sequel a maverick is making its final landing after being they. >>ed four times. yes, i saw it, yes, i have the hat and the aviators and, yes, it will be -- i predict -- one of the greatest recruiting tools the navy has ever seen. the blockbuster is expected to rake in more than $100 million this weekend alone and could fly even higher. let's check on the ticket sales. gerri willis is in new york city's times square with the latest. gerri. >> reporter: girl, you are something else, let me tell you. [laughter] here's what we've got, $130 million, that's what paramount hopes to earn in just three days from this unbelievable movie. people really excited about it. let's dig into those numbers. they would be the biggest open ever for tom cruise, the big star who stars in this movie as maverick, the navy pilot who has a need for speed. remember that phrase, righ

the president addressed the academy's commencement in annapolis, maryland, and warned that russia is trying erase ukraine's national identity. pres. biden: attacking schools, nurseries, hospitals, museums, with no other purpose than to eliminate a culture. a direct assault on the fundamental tenets of rules-based international order. that's what you're graduating into. vanessa: mr. biden also said the navy must defend freedom of navigation in the south china sea against china's increasingly aggressive claims in the region. new tensions are roiling the persian gulf after iran seized 2 greek tanker ships today. the iranian revolutionary guard commandeered the ships. the greek foreign ministry says helicopters landed on the vessels, and armed men took the crews captive. it followed the u.s. seizure of oil from a iranian-flagged tanker off greece. back in this country, u.s. southern baptist leaders have released a previously secret list of pastors and church workers accused of sexual abuse. the database includes more than 700 entries spanning the past 2 decades. the list first came to li

. >> the city of annapolis has its roots in flour milling. a new centerpiece of this historic district is a enterprise with a different take on that history. >> there was an important village here on this side of the ver where the restaurant sets. for us it isn active reclamation because we were able to bring the true namesake of this space back. >> that namesake is a restaurant , swirling water in the coda language -- in the dakota language. for sherman and his life and work partner dana thompson, the restaurant opening was timely. broadening the conversation about racial equity in a city still recovering in the aftermath of george floyd's murder. >> the fact it happened during a pandemic after the uprising and all of the different letters of complexity, it has been a really important place to heal, to have space to have these really hard conversations about race and culture and food and equity and sustainability. >> the more immediate conversation however has been about the food. >> amazing flavors. >> that is amazing. >> all of them are pr

cnn's john harwood is traveling with the president in annapolis for the naval academy's co commencement ceremony. they just did this two weeks ago. it's an american story. what are his plans for texas? >> reporter: well, i think once he finishes this diversion of this commencement speech which is not expected to touch on the gun issue, the president is going to deliver a very familiar message of consolation and empathy for the family members of the victims, for other members of the community. he'll pete with religious leaders, little dicier to meet with law enforcement given the way stories have been shifting, that was not part of the announced itinerary for the president meeting with law enforcement. but we can also expect the president to continue his pitch for some sort of action in congress on gun legislation of some type, whether it's red flag laws, whether it's expanded background checks, certainly don't expect the possibility of action on assault weapons which is something that president biden helped bring about in 1994 and late their ban expired ten years later but it's really t

so she made history yesterday in grandma, she made this to really be the day before and janine annapolis. she has gotten one eyes, the nation, and perhaps the freedom loving people who are glad. what did you make will come on to that element of what did you make of the events of today? first, the for thousands of tens of thousands of people who turned out to see her be laid to rest. and then secondly, these ready the responses read. so this is the story of, by this time for 74 years on the one hand, a loving people, a great people, rooted from stubborn people. people who are united, united by purpose, united by this to the united by love, love for each other. on the one hand, and on the other hand is the ugliness, ugliness, the pity of the occupation, occupation forces. not only the mother and janine, but they tried to spin it and to cover up by lies. and then when she arrived to her home town, they attacked their funeral. they attacked the mourners. this is the occupation we are talking about today was the palestinian story for 74. miss sharon has managed to reveal it at fun in front of

i'm jennifer palmieri, and i'm very excited to welcome my friend susan paige to annapolis. i'm a proud edgewater. yay. i'm a proud edgewater anne arundel county resident. i susan i have known each other for a long time because she's covered a lot of people i worked for i was hillary clinton's communications director barack obama's communications director worked for president clinton, john. edwards john edwards presidential campaign and you know in some ways it's the losses. i think this i think nancy blows you would say the same we would say the same thing you kind of grow and think about and learn from you know, the losses and you know a tough situation like the edward family more than other than other situations then the victories which come a little easy and susan so susan and i have first met her where you know, if she was usa today when i work for president clinton and very happy to i'm not sarah alfred states that are help with supposed to do this. they're in session. so sarah asked me if i would moderate that i was like susan page. i'm talking about nancy pelosi. thi

s naval academy freshman or taking part in the herndon monument climb at annapolis. it's an annual tradition considered a rite of passage at the academy. freshman marked the end of their first year by climbing a 21 ft tall monument that has completely slathered in vegetable grease. the goal is for the freshman to work together to reach the top. once they do they remove a hat known as a dixie cup and then replace it with an upperclassman hat. still to come. they targeted the wrong jewelry store what happened when employees refused to back down from these criminals armed with hammers? and up next we will hear from the warriors as they are now on the brink of returning to the nba finals. and i'm just plugging in those daytime highs from today's little warmer today is going to be quite a bit warmer tomorrow. some upper nineties maybe low, 100. also, you're back here with that. when it comes to cybersecurity, the biggest threats don't always strike the biggest targets. so help safeguard your small business with comcast business securityedge™ it's advanced security that

very good friend william kennedy annapolis to he wrote a book many books the william j kennedy. well, it's william kennedy of albany. he writes novels about albany and more. he wrote one of the best political novels called roscoe, but he also did iron weed which meryl streep and jack nicholson starred in but kennedy runs the for years with his wife dana randall writer's school at the state university of new york. and he was very tight with frank mccourt in when we go to these writers conferences heat frank mccourt would always be there talk to anybody and tell stories and and william kennedy's that way too one of our most underappreciated. novelist of my lifetime was is william kennedy. i when i would frank mccourt just reminded me of the story, but i went up to stivensen high school where he taught new york city to take his photograph for the first book notes book we ever did. and after it was over i was so excited because he just he was electric. that wonderful irish accent and afterwards he said were you going next i said, well, i have to go back up town. i said come on. i'll

host: let's hear from -- in annapolis, maryland. caller: thanks for having this program. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2022] >> we're going to leave "washington journal" to honor our 40-plus year commitment to live coverage of congress. you can watch the rest of the discussion at c-span.org. right now, house lawmakers are getting ready to vote on a number of bills, including several dealing with cybersecurity, law enforcement and veterans issues. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, proceedings will resume on motions to suspend the rules previously postponed. votes will be taken in the following order. h.r. 6824, h.r. 6825, and h.r. 5658. the first electronic vote will be conducted as a 15-minute vote. remaining electronic votes will be conducted as five-minute votes. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the unfinished business is the vote on the motion of the gentleman fr

she joined us from annapolis in the u. s. state of maryland. thank you for joining the program. now. many if this region's countries are already deeply indebted to china, were you surprised that they didn't sign the pack today? no, i'm not particularly surprised. i think that what we're seeing in this region is the same thing that we're seeing in a number of other places where the belt and road initiative has been so important to china. but that is a growing sense of doubt that beijing, in fact will deliver on some of its promises. and the fact that the by the ministration has been aggressively working with its allies in australia. in particular, to try this cement a and an alliance. to submit a message to show that the united states and the supporters of the western system are much more engaged in this region. is probably a real disappointment to beijing who is coming off of a couple of years. frankly, a pretty profound disappointments. how worried is the u. s. by china's overtures in the region and, and, and, and, to what extent do you expect them to counter it? well, there's

i'm delighted to be here at the annapolis book festival. i am even more delighted that we are seeing each other in person as opposed to overseas. everyone if your cell phone volume is turned on which you might turn it off. and i'll let you know a little bit about the program. we're going to talk about 35 minutes and then we're gonna open it up to audience questions. so i know that you are here to see these two gentlemen not to see me. so come with your questions. we'll have about 15 minutes for you. we we should have plenty of time. the title of this panel is a reckoning how systematic how systemically excuse me racism has shaped our history policies and education and we're really lucky today to be joined by two of the best writers in this country on history and race currently working adam harris is the author of the state must provide why america's colleges have always been unequal and how to set them, right? this book is a history of a higher education in this country, and it's a very clear distillation of how much harder black americans