your questions for author christina sommers. year,g ahead to the new join radio talk show host mark levan. book tv, the first sunday of every month. >> a conversation about the politics of climate change. harvard university political scientist, speaks with students theda skocpol. this is one hour, 25 minutes. [applause] >> it is a great pleasure to be here in oklahoma. yes, even an august when i left my beloved summer home in maine to come. i am stunned at how many people are here and looking forward to the best part of one of these events for me which is comments and questions from all of you. after i make my introductory remarks. i -- some people probably were surprised when they saw the name theda skocpol attached to a talk about the politics of climate change. heads andhing their said what did she know about that? that is a good question. a couple of years ago, i was approached by the dean of columbia school of journalism and the had of a small as afeller foundation little offshoot thing. what they me to do said would take a

your questions for author christina sommers. levan new year, mark january 5. the first sunday of every month on c-span two. >> of both chambers of congress are back in session tomorrow. we talked to a reporter about what was on their agenda. >> on the phone is niels callewski, cq roll reporter to tell us about what you had for congress. and to give us an update on possible congressional action regarding iran. thank you for joining us. the house returns on monday for legislative business and on tuesday they will start -- that will start debate on energy security. can you about details? but what it looks like is planning to do in this getaway week is a number of measures that would sort of expand access to domestic energy production and the movement of -- a natural that woulde measure set guidelines for requiring the federal energy regulatory commission to issue permits. there is a measure that would essentially a block of the federal government from regulating hydraulic fracking in certain cases and the states where regimes and oversight already exists. has the

your questions for christina hoff sommers. year,g ahead to the new markng mark within -- join levin. first ladies continues tomorrow night with a look at the life and legacy of lady bird johnson. that, a conversation with the former first lady's daughter. she shared some of the personal memories of her mother. >> your mom is a bigger than life character to a lot of people who have written about her. when they do rankings of first ladies, she is in the first five or 10 in terms of influence. can you tell me what she was like as a mom? >> mother was so organized. she did not show a lot of emotion. that was so unlike my father. my father was always on. she was a calming influence to all of us. she was my best friend. we had a special relationship, so i would say, i'm telling you this, not as my mother but as my best friend. when your mother, and i am an expert now that i have three almost perfect daughter's, a mother has to say "eat your spinach." you need to go to bed and clean your room. where is a best friend, you can say, i a

sunday, your questions for author christina hoff sommers. and looking ahead to the new in on joint mark leva january 5. nd awe.as like shock ad i could close my eyes and see him on the stretcher. i could see him putting his hands up and his eyes. i could close my eyes and see it. i will never forget that first case, bringing me to reality of what was going on here. after he got into the tent, there was an initial triage. we got the report and saw him. the other team starts to work. we got pulled in, myself and my colleagues that wrote the forward. we both got pulled in. the other team wanted us to begin right away. they did not want us to be bystanders. "get involved right away." once they did that, it was like a jolt. to you have to act, you have be a doctor, a surgeon, a care provider. emotion to dismiss your and talk that away, what you are feeling -- tuck that away. you have one objective. you have to stop the bleeding. you have to get him back home to his family. >> he uses his own military experience is to write about physicians workin

authorestions for christina hoff sommers live for three hours. looking ahead, join radio talk show host mark loven on january 5. levin on january 5. >> "washington journal" is next. president obama pardons the national turkey in a ceremony at the white house. in 45 minutes, the aviation reporter for "usa today" talks about the effect of airline mergers on holiday travel. amtrak ridership heading into the thanksgiving holiday. yahoo! motors gives an update on the u.s. auto industry. host: good morning. a live view of the u.s. capitol as the rain continues in the east. with congress and recess this week for the thanksgiving holiday, it is a getaway wednesday as millions toward planes, trains, and drive to your destination. of the busieste travel days of the year. we want to focus on the terminals, the roads and the rail lines but carry freight and passengers. this question, is america's transportation infrastructure up to 21st-century first cent

hoff sommers. 5 >>mark levine on january five days after the assassination of president kennedy, resident lyndon johnson addressed a joint session of congress. remarks, objute talks about carrying out the work and the wishes of his predecessor. >> members of the congress, i had the high privilege and personal honor of presenting to the president of the united states. >> mr. speaker, mr. president, members of the house, members of the senate, my fellow americans. all i have i would have given gladly not to be standing here today. the greatest leader of our time has been struck down by the foulest deed of our time. today john fitzgerald kennedy lives on in the immortal words and works that he left behind. he lives on in the mind and memories of mankind. he lives on in the hearts of his countrymen. no words are sad enough to express our sense of loss. no words are strong enough to express our determination to continue the forward thrust of america that he began. the dream of conquering the vastness of space -- the dream of partnership across the atlantic -- and across the pacific as well --

sunday, december 1, your questions for christina hoff sommers. levin.n mark span2.v on c- john kerry spoke about climate change. remarks for to the organization of american states meeting. >> more than two decades ago i visited rozelle as part of the u.s. legation to the rio summit. this was the first time the global community came together united to try to address climate change. it was also the trip where i got to know an amazing portuguese speaking woman who three years later would become my wife so i like to. it is a good place. about and i still talk our 12-year-old girl from vancouver. who took the stage at that itmit in order to as she put , "fight for her future." rememberlater i still what she said about climate change. as follows. i am only a child, she told us. yet i know we are in this together and should act as one single world toward one single goal. that aerstood something lot of folks today need to grasp, something still missing from our political debate. i said asaying goes, moment ago. we need that more than ever now. with respe

sunday on "in-depth," your question for christina hoff sommers. to the year ofad "in-depth," book tv's "in- depth," the first sunday of every month on c-span2. >> in 1838, a white southerner became the first american woman to address a legislative body. she spoke about the slavery and women's rights before the massachusetts state legislature. coming up, event honoring this early feminist including a panel looking at women in politics. from boston, this is just over two hours. ♪ [applause] >> welcome, everyone. i will be your evening moderator. we are here tonight to explore how women become political. we will look at the past in the present and consider the future, too. there will be some remarks and a panel. regretfully, senator elizabeth warren is not able to join us because she needs to be in washington. someone has to work. she is there to work in the senate. [applause] however, she has made a short video for us that we will share in place of the remarks she would have given. now, during the evening we invite you to tweet and send your quest

foray, your questions christina hoff sommers. looking ahead to the new year, join mark levin january 5. >> in the next hour, supreme court justice elena kagan. she will talk about the workings of the nation's highest court. she gave a lecture at the university of alabama law school. >> i have to get used to that title. we appreciate your service in this role. i are welcoming justice kagan to the university of alabama. we are honored by your presence. i want to give you first a few vital statistics about our speaker. she was born in new york city. she received her a.b. from princeton. then she went to oxford where she was awarded a masters of philosophy. then she got a jd from harvard law school. clerkedw school, she for a judge in the united states court of appeals. then she clerked for justice marshall. then she became a law professor at the university of chicago. she went from there to serve at president clinton's administration in several roles. teachingwent back to at harvard. she was subsequently named as dean of harvard law

sunday, december fourth, your questions for christina hoff sommers live for three hours beginning at noon :00 eastern. -- noon eastern. and join radio talkshow host mark levin january 5 on c-span2. continues. journal" host: joining us from boston is jon kingsdale, former executive director for the commonwealth health insurance connector authority, also director of weekly consulting group. thank you for letting us. for our final segment we are taking a look at it -- insurance exchanges, especially what is being done in massachusetts and comparing them with the u.s.. can you talk about your role in the exchanges that the massachusetts level? guest: sure. we and act the legislation that was in some regard to the template for the affordable care act accu 2006 under governor romney and a democratic legislature, and a key agency in implementing that reform was the massachusetts health connector, which was an independent -- semi-independent authority i was appointed to run and reported to a board of directors that was ofointed in part constitutional officers and in part appointees to the bo

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