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you know, i grew up texas. i was deeply ashamed of lyndon johnson, you know, and i didn't like the way he talked, you know, because i talked like that and i hurt myself for the first time ever. and spanish language class. and i said that like lbj ordering a plate of enchiladas. you know, i just i was i just didn't want to have anything do with him. he represented me in a way that and it turned out to be, you know, one of the great presidents of our era. and, you know and i didn't see he was accomplishing. i was only seeing things that i opposed. so this was a vietnam war era. johnson i was drafted and yeah, that was all of those things were feeding into my prejudice against him, but i wasn't noticing the, you know, the voting rights act, the civil act, you know, the all this the school higher education act, just one thing after another, the great society, he was himself since fdr, the consequential set of accomplishing in our history. and i didn't see it and i know it humbled me the same thing i could about nix
you know, i grew up texas. i was deeply ashamed of lyndon johnson, you know, and i didn't like the way he talked, you know, because i talked like that and i hurt myself for the first time ever. and spanish language class. and i said that like lbj ordering a plate of enchiladas. you know, i just i was i just didn't want to have anything do with him. he represented me in a way that and it turned out to be, you know, one of the great presidents of our era. and, you know and i didn't see he was...
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in texas. they asked several times at several facilities whether i could be transferred if there's different healthcare that could be provided somewhere else, if i could have received an abortion somewhere else. across the board, no matter who they asked they were told time and again that no, they wouldn't have been able to provide an abortion. not just my healthcare team but everyone they consulted during the three day ordeal as well as "after words". >> to be clear on my position, i don't believe doctors should be lawyers unless they have a legal degree and i don't think lawyers should be doctors unless they have a medical degree. my point was not about the doctors, they were in a difficult situation, trying to care for you. my question is what the motivation was. not to read the plain text of the statute a nonattorney can read, that should have been a legal basis for saying they could have proceeded with the procedure that resulted in devastating consequences for a prospect of family. thank
in texas. they asked several times at several facilities whether i could be transferred if there's different healthcare that could be provided somewhere else, if i could have received an abortion somewhere else. across the board, no matter who they asked they were told time and again that no, they wouldn't have been able to provide an abortion. not just my healthcare team but everyone they consulted during the three day ordeal as well as "after words". >> to be clear on my...
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and so what i also try to always that we talk about, you know, mexico and texas and the not texas most the southwest, this country used to be part of mexico until the u.s. went to war because they wanted to be able to perpetuate slavery. so that battle continues to rage. and then i try to lift up in the second half of the book and all these examples, case studies of places which have made change, not least of which is arizona. and so when arizonans fought against the anti-immigrant, anti-immigrant law, sb 1070, in 2010, it produced a whole generation of activists who have done this work over a decade to register people of color, bring them the electorate changed the composition hundreds of of latinos have become voters over the past decade and that what propelled biden to win this. that is what propelled mark kelly to the senate, which transformed the whole united senate. so that's the kind of the essential essence of the message. and so i'm putting forward i'm not advocating a militaristic framework. i'm just pointing out that we had a civil war in this country where the equivalent of
and so what i also try to always that we talk about, you know, mexico and texas and the not texas most the southwest, this country used to be part of mexico until the u.s. went to war because they wanted to be able to perpetuate slavery. so that battle continues to rage. and then i try to lift up in the second half of the book and all these examples, case studies of places which have made change, not least of which is arizona. and so when arizonans fought against the anti-immigrant,...
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there was an expectation amongst the white residents of texas that there would be texas justice here. that it would be a quick trial and a quick execution. it was shocking to me. in modern terms that trial happened like 60 days after the killing. he was tried in front of an all-white jury in a very conservative part of the state. there were vietnam veterans on the jury. astonishingly, and it took me years, but i got all of them weeding out potential jurors. but he was acquitted on the grounds of lawful self-defense, that he had every right to protect himself in that moment. to some audiences, myself as well, it's kind of a redeeming moment that goes against what you thought was going to happen to the kid. but everybody knew it was a disaster in terms of tensions rising between these two camps on the coast so tsao and his brother fled texas and because the whites felt wronged by the justice system, they felt the courts did not give them what they wanted so they would get it their own way and bring the clan in. there was this mystery for 40 years. why was the klan so interested in billy
there was an expectation amongst the white residents of texas that there would be texas justice here. that it would be a quick trial and a quick execution. it was shocking to me. in modern terms that trial happened like 60 days after the killing. he was tried in front of an all-white jury in a very conservative part of the state. there were vietnam veterans on the jury. astonishingly, and it took me years, but i got all of them weeding out potential jurors. but he was acquitted on the grounds...
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what happened in texas? okay amanda i want to say i i am so sorry about your loss of willow and i'm so sorry your doctors miss understood texas law for i have reviewed texas law of course because i practice understand want to as well as all the other laws in the state. every single law allows an exclusion for a doctor to use their reasonable medical judgment to determine when to intervene in a medical emergency which is usually defined as a threat to thehe life of the motr or permanent irreversible damage to an organ or an organ system. none of the states and the terminology the threat must be immediately. doctor snow and obstetricians have always known, even prior to dobbs the hyde amendment has been in place since the late 70s and the hyde amendment allowed an exclusion for life of the mother. her doctors have been practicing. ie nd have not changed my practe in any way since the dobbs decision. the american college of obstetrics andnd gynecology in regards to the horrible situation that amanda found herse
what happened in texas? okay amanda i want to say i i am so sorry about your loss of willow and i'm so sorry your doctors miss understood texas law for i have reviewed texas law of course because i practice understand want to as well as all the other laws in the state. every single law allows an exclusion for a doctor to use their reasonable medical judgment to determine when to intervene in a medical emergency which is usually defined as a threat to thehe life of the motr or permanent...
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i fact checked a story about texas, actually. and hb2, which closed down more than half the clinics here in texas. so i sort of just fell in love with the beat. and i had been thinking a lot. gender inequality and sexuality particularly because of where i come and the ways that my life was changing. moving from middle tennessee to the bay area. yeah. and just sort of carved out that space for myself at mother. the book came about by there is this that i did. it was a cover story for mother jones and i followed a young woman who was a graduate, university of mississippi, and she was going back and forth from oxford mississippi to little rock, arkansas, to try to get an abortion. it was arduous. it was a really intense journey. and i'm so grateful that i got to be there for her story. but i spent time with her. i spent time with the activists in jackson, mississippi, who were helping her get care. and it's one of those stories that i kind of had to fight to do. it came together at the very last. i had to argue with my editor puttin
i fact checked a story about texas, actually. and hb2, which closed down more than half the clinics here in texas. so i sort of just fell in love with the beat. and i had been thinking a lot. gender inequality and sexuality particularly because of where i come and the ways that my life was changing. moving from middle tennessee to the bay area. yeah. and just sort of carved out that space for myself at mother. the book came about by there is this that i did. it was a cover story for mother...
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nobody knows him in texas. yeah, texas. yeah. so the republican party today, the richest, have kind of a long, strange trip or. is it permanently altered? i yes. to both. it's had a weird trip and. it will be altered in some ways. i'm not certain how big the ways will be and i'll be interested. your reaction? i think this whole popular national national populism of, you know, we are going to be america first was a meeting where neo isolation us we want to withdraw from the world that ain't gonna work. i don't think it's there. i mean it's like it's like people opposition to biden's retreat from afghanistan was not. hey you boggled it and 13 americans died in it in kabul was why the hell are you giving up the advantage and letting the bad guys win? and so is an element in our party that our new isolation but the vast majority of them retain instinct. that is, america has a role to play in the world. and ronald reagan was, right. peace through strength. but there are some things i there is a healthy concern, i think, among a lot of
nobody knows him in texas. yeah, texas. yeah. so the republican party today, the richest, have kind of a long, strange trip or. is it permanently altered? i yes. to both. it's had a weird trip and. it will be altered in some ways. i'm not certain how big the ways will be and i'll be interested. your reaction? i think this whole popular national national populism of, you know, we are going to be america first was a meeting where neo isolation us we want to withdraw from the world that ain't...
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the senate in texas and then writes the voting laws texas fact until 1944 the voting laws of texas with the terrell laws alexander watkins terrell the white primary which strangely in the two years of texas history a middle school that my kids were forced to have never came. the alamo came up all the time but the white primary. i just gave a talk a few days ago to a group of lawyers in houston and asked them, so lawyers, educators in texas, if knew about the white primary, they don't know about the white primary. it was these former confederates left the country committed treason by any definition of the term pardoned return then get elected to office, write the laws, the actual governing voting in a state like texas and most texans don't even know the story today. well what's what's the point here? the point is that resistance is not only at a low level below legitimate discourse. resistance is actually actually becomes the mainstay dream of politics in many parts of the country. i think that's part of the story we have to talk about with law enforcement today. one of the other things
the senate in texas and then writes the voting laws texas fact until 1944 the voting laws of texas with the terrell laws alexander watkins terrell the white primary which strangely in the two years of texas history a middle school that my kids were forced to have never came. the alamo came up all the time but the white primary. i just gave a talk a few days ago to a group of lawyers in houston and asked them, so lawyers, educators in texas, if knew about the white primary, they don't know about...
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>> the challenge started off in texas, amarillo. the federal judge there basically the group or the plaintiff led by the alliance defending freedom argued the fda not approve the drug in the first place, it did so without the proper processes even though there's been evidence of abuse so judge kaczmarek an injunction on the drug but had a delay so the biden administration appealed the decision, fifth circuit said we can't stay on the 2000 approval itself because of the statute of limitations but said that the changes the fda made could be saved so that includes allowing the drug to be prescribed over telemedicine. and also they in 2016 increased when the pill could be used from seven weeks in pregnancy to seven weeks. the appeals court put a stay on those restrictions so basically it goes back to the situation before 2016. the supreme court this alito put a stay on that order so we could hear from the supreme court as to whether the stay the fifth circuit put in place moves forward or if that will be stayed as litigation and texas c
>> the challenge started off in texas, amarillo. the federal judge there basically the group or the plaintiff led by the alliance defending freedom argued the fda not approve the drug in the first place, it did so without the proper processes even though there's been evidence of abuse so judge kaczmarek an injunction on the drug but had a delay so the biden administration appealed the decision, fifth circuit said we can't stay on the 2000 approval itself because of the statute of...
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you have an array of experience in law enforcement with the texas department of public safety. you're now researcher with the center for immigration and studies, as well as in the past, being a journalist down at the border. so tell me why you decided to do this. well, i think it's the journalist in me that's spotted this as of really major, historic event early on when it when the crushing numbers first started pouring over the border. and i went down there and i saw what was happening. i saw this conveyor belt forming of immigrants that would cross the border by the thousands and then be very quickly put on charter busses for the interior. and i realized that before too long that this was happening all along the border and nobody was reporting any of it. this was really shortly after, i think in january of 2021, when i first spotted this right after the inauguration. and as i continued to follow this, i realized that the numbers were breaking record after record after record. every national record. i was thinking this is actually a historic event that we're in the midst of. a
you have an array of experience in law enforcement with the texas department of public safety. you're now researcher with the center for immigration and studies, as well as in the past, being a journalist down at the border. so tell me why you decided to do this. well, i think it's the journalist in me that's spotted this as of really major, historic event early on when it when the crushing numbers first started pouring over the border. and i went down there and i saw what was happening. i saw...
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laws kind of different from state to state in the texas case. i believe call fairer pled guilty and also played guilty on behalf of backpage to human trafficking. okay. um, the next question is the epstein prince andrew case indicative of similar ongoing crimes for the wealthy and then this audience member added. thanks for your amazing dedication to this cosmaggy. thank you. and you know, i mean, i think it was good to see guilty verdict in the maxwell case because to me that said that you know being really wealthy doesn't mean you can get away with buying and selling teenagers for sex. you know, i think backpage is another example where you know, we were going after some pretty well-heeled defendants. you know, i think. you know, what what you what you read about the criminal justice system and you know wealthy people having some advantages. i mean, i think that's definitely true. but what we've seen with these recent high profile cases is that and you know, even even a lot of money doesn't mean get away with this. great. um, so this is a ques
laws kind of different from state to state in the texas case. i believe call fairer pled guilty and also played guilty on behalf of backpage to human trafficking. okay. um, the next question is the epstein prince andrew case indicative of similar ongoing crimes for the wealthy and then this audience member added. thanks for your amazing dedication to this cosmaggy. thank you. and you know, i mean, i think it was good to see guilty verdict in the maxwell case because to me that said that you...
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you've spent the decade since building the republican party in texas nationally. where is the republican party today? well, it's a mess. it's ironic. party parties can be simultaneously strong and weak. and the republican party does have strengths. and take the last election. normally, what happens of the distribution of of what congressional districts look like because of the voting rights act? there are a lot congressional districts that are democrat that have 75 or 70% or 80% democrat than there are republican districts that have the same notion. so typically in a election for the house, the republicans are a point or two behind in the popular vote. and we were four points ahead this time around. and yet we have an anemic majority in the in the house. and it's because we have a dozen seats where we where we put up terrible. and you we put up the the guy western michigan against peter endorsed by trump because peter meyer voted for trump's impeachment. the guy had no connection to the district had lived in born on the other side of the state had moved there to r
you've spent the decade since building the republican party in texas nationally. where is the republican party today? well, it's a mess. it's ironic. party parties can be simultaneously strong and weak. and the republican party does have strengths. and take the last election. normally, what happens of the distribution of of what congressional districts look like because of the voting rights act? there are a lot congressional districts that are democrat that have 75 or 70% or 80% democrat than...
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earlier, judge kasczmarek in amarillo texas. the five decades of evidence to revoke approval of the medical abortion drug mefiprestone. the medication is used in half the abortionsin america . it say, and extremely effective in fact studies showed it's safer than tylenol. it presents fewer risks than routine medical procedures like colonoscopy. in the past years millions of american women have used this . >> plan for every contingency, the biden white house should be allowed to wash its hands of the mess that they've made. now you would think that anyone who witnessed mothers throwing their children over barbed wire fences into the arms of our soldiers would at least hesitate before making excuses for the terrible decision making that led to those images. biden and his team are kidding themselves if they think we've forgotten what happened, but the american people are not fooled. they remember that it was joe biden who chose to close bagram airfield, that it was joe biden who set an arbitrary evacuation deadline even though his
earlier, judge kasczmarek in amarillo texas. the five decades of evidence to revoke approval of the medical abortion drug mefiprestone. the medication is used in half the abortionsin america . it say, and extremely effective in fact studies showed it's safer than tylenol. it presents fewer risks than routine medical procedures like colonoscopy. in the past years millions of american women have used this . >> plan for every contingency, the biden white house should be allowed to wash its...
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. >> linda from texas. >> actually i live near fort hood. i appreciate the opportunity to express my feelings, because i am a republican, i've been republican but i have not voted for president trump. in fact, when he ran i couldn't believe that anyone could support him. however, i'm particularly concerned when you're talking about toems domestic terrorism, well, you can imagine what it's like in texas but i'm afraid to talk politics with anyone. i try not to. i did lose a friend back in 2016 because i told her i could not put my mark by his name. and but i just don't talk about it pause it's actually dangerous. i would not mention that. i'm afraid of what the fringes would do. i am a john mccain republican, colin powell republican, and but i am afraid to mention anything about trump. i will never be a democrat so i consider myself to be a conservative independent but i am a registered republican. so anyway, i just, i'm wondering if your guest there would consider the republican party becoming more cult-like. i don't want to call them a cult
. >> linda from texas. >> actually i live near fort hood. i appreciate the opportunity to express my feelings, because i am a republican, i've been republican but i have not voted for president trump. in fact, when he ran i couldn't believe that anyone could support him. however, i'm particularly concerned when you're talking about toems domestic terrorism, well, you can imagine what it's like in texas but i'm afraid to talk politics with anyone. i try not to. i did lose a friend...
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i spent time in texas, he may have killed 100 women with his bare hands. i have seen people who are extraordinarily violent. i have seen sociopaths in prison. they are a tiny infant is more percentage of the people we incarcerate in this country. yet those are the faces we see, the stories we hear going back to lily horton. you put this guy in front of the country -- and says mike dukakis is soft on crime. we would have a president dukakis if it wasn't for that philosophy. every politician has learned it doesn't pay to appear soft on crime, bs tough as crime as you can, build more prisons, put more police on the street, get the support of the police officers union, prosecutors union, correctional officers union, which most of you don't know -- the officers fund -- christian officers union funded the commercials to increase overtime pay. that is the kind of stuff going on in the background of this system. politicians use fear so effectively to have us follow along and follow in those things. the first is to take a sensible look at this stuff and be more cre
i spent time in texas, he may have killed 100 women with his bare hands. i have seen people who are extraordinarily violent. i have seen sociopaths in prison. they are a tiny infant is more percentage of the people we incarcerate in this country. yet those are the faces we see, the stories we hear going back to lily horton. you put this guy in front of the country -- and says mike dukakis is soft on crime. we would have a president dukakis if it wasn't for that philosophy. every politician has...
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will continue on the debt some debate talk about immigration policy texas democratic congressman al green. watch washington journal live at seven eastern on c-span now are free morning at. during the discussion with facebook comments texts and tweets. cspanshop.org is c-span's online store. beausoleil's collection of c-span products apparel books, home to core and accessories. there is something for every c-span fan. and every purchase help support our nonprofit operations. shop now or anytime as cspanshop.org. senators ben cardin of maryland and alaska talked about the history of equal rights amendment shortly before the senate held the procedural vote pretty much of that would have removed the deadline for states to rate ratify the era and declare senate approval of the amendments. that vote failed following nine votes short of the 60 necessary to move the legislation forward. >> mr. president will shortly be voting on the cloture motion for sj rose for. we are joined by senator murkowski. first i want to start by thanking her, for extraordinary leadership on this issue and so many othe
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i was in college at austin, texas. all i think why can't i be in san francisco or los angeles where the culture is great, the music is wonderful, the philosophy is there? manson gets out of prison. he ends up in berkeley, california. a hotbed of protests. then, he goes across the bay to san francisco. these were places where young kids flocked. they were looking for gurus like the beatles had. i found people that knew manson at this time. they would describe how manson would go to golden gate park where every day there would be dozens of self-appointed gurus that would preach to the kids gathered around them. all of the kids hoping they would hear some great wisdom. charlie would call two or three things that seemed to be very effective. then he would go to the free clinic in haight-ashbury where sick kids were jammed in the lobby and preach to them there, getting his patter down. then he would go back to golden gate. he would proclaim himself as a prophet. it worked enough with some ragtag kids that they decided charl
i was in college at austin, texas. all i think why can't i be in san francisco or los angeles where the culture is great, the music is wonderful, the philosophy is there? manson gets out of prison. he ends up in berkeley, california. a hotbed of protests. then, he goes across the bay to san francisco. these were places where young kids flocked. they were looking for gurus like the beatles had. i found people that knew manson at this time. they would describe how manson would go to golden gate...
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and brownsville, texas. well, the subject of school book bans came up at a recent congressional hearing after house republicans introduced a bill aimed at giving parents more say over what happens in public school classrooms. here are some of the back and forth over the issue. you'll hear from democrat jim mcgovern of massachusetts and guy reschenthaler of pennsylvania, a republican. look, i've heard some my colleagues say that this is not about banning books, but give me a break. look what's happening in this country. republican led legislature is are going on a censorship spree that would make the chinese communist party blush. we have we have 25 states that have passed laws telling students what they are and aren't allowed to learn about in school. we have republican leaders calling to investigate librarians. we now have 1500, 1500 banned books in schools across the country. we have teachers in iowa being told they can't teach that slavery was wrong. we have teachers in texas being told that if they have
and brownsville, texas. well, the subject of school book bans came up at a recent congressional hearing after house republicans introduced a bill aimed at giving parents more say over what happens in public school classrooms. here are some of the back and forth over the issue. you'll hear from democrat jim mcgovern of massachusetts and guy reschenthaler of pennsylvania, a republican. look, i've heard some my colleagues say that this is not about banning books, but give me a break. look what's...
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life today here in la hoya, you have university of california at san diego with scripps or i live in texas. we have university of texas has, a marine center at port aransas on the gulf of mexico, where the university of miami is booming. and marine science. but the woods hole was where intellectuals win. it was like the advanced institute in princeton, where brainy yaks go to study. you would go there the woods hole and you'd find a study the natural sea world. she started studying migratory patterns of eels cause lot of people do birds but not a there was no woman in the field of eels and they do have remarkable journeys, eels from africa all the to the interior rivers of pencil danger. and she started writing columns. the baltimore sun. she did an advanced degree in zoology at johns hopkins. she gets hired in world war two to write marine scripts for radio about our shad populations are cod fish stocks and then fun pieces about sea urchins or ocean ocean observations, radio and pr kind thing? before npr was born and she working for fdr adores the new deal. by 1946, she's writing a called
life today here in la hoya, you have university of california at san diego with scripps or i live in texas. we have university of texas has, a marine center at port aransas on the gulf of mexico, where the university of miami is booming. and marine science. but the woods hole was where intellectuals win. it was like the advanced institute in princeton, where brainy yaks go to study. you would go there the woods hole and you'd find a study the natural sea world. she started studying migratory...
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along the coastline in my home state of texas are most at risk. data shows flooding happens almost as often in england states as coastal states. in fact 99% of u.s. counties are impacted by flooding yearly. this means no one is safe from a flood event impacting their homes, their business and their lives. flooding causes more than $85 billion in damage and economic losses in 2021 alone and is responsible for two-thirds of the cost from all natural disasters combined. i would like to point out the national disaster and particularly flood event disproportionately impacts low-income americans and americans of color. the chairman instructed each subcommittee to consider an endeavor to include issues during all of our hearings as her subcommittee of diverse inclusion was eliminated. i would like to very much make it clear that flood insurance is not just a financial or industry related issue, it is an issue of equity diversity and inclusion. this context lays out why it's so essential we work together across the aisle to reauthorized the nfip on a long
along the coastline in my home state of texas are most at risk. data shows flooding happens almost as often in england states as coastal states. in fact 99% of u.s. counties are impacted by flooding yearly. this means no one is safe from a flood event impacting their homes, their business and their lives. flooding causes more than $85 billion in damage and economic losses in 2021 alone and is responsible for two-thirds of the cost from all natural disasters combined. i would like to point out...
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florida, texas, utah. tennessee. >> iowa. >> we think it only impacts writers and readers in someplace else, we are protected here in our bible. peter, i am wondering if you can give examples of look bans that hit closer to home so we can understand if this is happening someplace else, it is happening here in the state of california and why we should be worried about it from where we sit today. >> a couple months >> and alameda county, the alameda county library had a drag queen story time that was disrupted by a group of proud boys. the fbi treated it as a hate crime. because -- they showed up and they were threatening. i don't know if they had weapons, but that is troubling. you can't have a library event without a group coming to protest. it was scary for the staff. i talked to staff members. we don't expect that at a library. they were doing a story time for children. what is threatening about that? that is happening in california. there is a bookstore that had a similar program, a children's museum as
florida, texas, utah. tennessee. >> iowa. >> we think it only impacts writers and readers in someplace else, we are protected here in our bible. peter, i am wondering if you can give examples of look bans that hit closer to home so we can understand if this is happening someplace else, it is happening here in the state of california and why we should be worried about it from where we sit today. >> a couple months >> and alameda county, the alameda county library had a...
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and i was like, well, we're going to tell the story of the vietnamese refugees in texas because they are now a part of texas and going to corpus christi, christi, not crispy christi and giving them like to a vietnamese refugee woman who said, yes, have this freedom, but i'm so alone. i'm so alone. and then she took the mic and she sang the star-spangled because she wanted to say, but still, i love this country. so what are your thoughts about because like to me, the vietnamese dynamic is just so important in my life. and that's why i'm so honored to be here and so excited, so happy for all of the success that your memoir is having. thank you so much. well, what's interesting about the boat people is that i my family and i don't belong in that category of boat people because we came over by plane through something known as a humanitarian operation in 1993, which helped resettle all former prisoners of war here in the states. and my father served almost a ten year sentence as a prisoner war in the reeducation camps of vietnam. and so when he heard in 1993 that there was this operation
and i was like, well, we're going to tell the story of the vietnamese refugees in texas because they are now a part of texas and going to corpus christi, christi, not crispy christi and giving them like to a vietnamese refugee woman who said, yes, have this freedom, but i'm so alone. i'm so alone. and then she took the mic and she sang the star-spangled because she wanted to say, but still, i love this country. so what are your thoughts about because like to me, the vietnamese dynamic is just...