it's hard to dry out from politics but i wanted to say thank you, mark sanford. thank you for this thoughtful book and this wonderful conversation. good to see you my friend. stay well, stay healthy. >> "after words" is available as a podcast. to listen visit c-span.org/podcast or search c-span "after words" on your podcast out and watching this and all previous "after words" interviews at booktv.org. click the "after words" button near the top of the page. >> download c-span's new mobile app and stay up-to-date with live video coverage of today's biggest political events from live stream of the house and senate floor and key congressional hearings, the white house events in supreme court oral arguments even our live interactive morning program "washington journal" where we hear your voices every day. c-span now has you covered. download the app for free today. >> here's a look at some publishing industry news. last week the nobel prize in literature was awarded to tanzania and born novelist. he is the author of ten books including pilgrims way and memory of depa

it's hard to drive out from politics but i wanted to say thank you, mark sanford. thank you for this thoughtful book and this wonderf >> after words is available as a podcast or search c-span after words on your podcast app and watch this and all press after words interviews at booktv.org. just click the after words button near the top of the page. download c-span's new mobile app and stay up to date with events, from live stream from the house and senate floor and key congressional hearings. c-span now has you covered. download to app for free. >> a look at publishing industry news. last week nobel prize and literature awarded to tanzanian novelist. in memory of departure, the nobel prize committee cited his, quote, uncompromising and compassionate penetration of effects of colonialism and fate of refugee in culture in contents. left tanzania for england in 1984 request he still resides and first author to receive the prize since tony morrison in 1993. also poet and activist sonia sÁnchez, recipient of prize given annually since 1994 to someone who made outstandi

here's mark sanford on his political career and his thoughts on the future of the republican party. >> host: it's great to be with myy good friend, former govern, former congressman mark sanford here we are here this morning to discuss his

. >> it's great to be with my good friend former governor, former congressman mark sanford and we're here this morning to discuss his book, 2 roads diverged. i'm excited to talk about this because this book talks quite a bit about second chances. and i notice that governor sanford, congressman sanford is a great admirer of the author robert frost whose classic one of his classic lines of course was two roads diverged in a wood and i took the one less traveled by. that is has made all the difference . that's what this book seems to be about your personal journey, your eyes and your lows and i've always been so impressed by your ability to discuss your lows and you can often do that with a certain self deprecating humor. you understand the seriousness of the issues of course you also are able to not think too highly of yourself. you can acknowledge your shortcomings in a way that speaks to a humility that many of us would admire.so with that, i felt i'd start off with just asking you mark , your thoughts. whatmotivated you to write this book . >> i think the same thing that motivated y

here's mark sanford on his political career and his thoughts on the future of the republican party. >> host: it's great to be with myy good friend, former govern, former congressman mark sanford here we are here this morning to discuss his book, "two roads diverged" and i'm really excited to talk about this because this book really talks i know quite a bit about second chances and i noticed that governor sanford, congressman sanford was a great admirer of the author robert frost who's a classic come one of his classic lines of course was to make roads diverged and i took the one less traveled by.

now it's a block of programs by former andcurrent members of congress .former congressman mark sanford of south carolina reflects on his political career and weighs in on the future of the republican party. >> it's great to be with my good friend for governor, former congres m

sanford, with his book. kansas democratic representative sharice davids with her book "a native kid becomes a congresswoman," and senate majority leader mitch mcconnell shares his reading list. then later, a former u.s. senator from nebraska talks about his book "death of a senate: my front row seat to the demise of the world's greatest deliberative body," on the decline of bipartisanship in the senate. he is interviewed by republican senator ben sasse. watch american history tv and book tv every weekend on c-span2, and find the full schedule on your program guide, or visit c-span.org. ♪ >> c-span is your unfiltered view of government, funded by these television companies and more, including midco. ♪ >> ♪ no one can do it like you ♪ >> midco supports c-span as a public service along with these other television providers, giving you a front-row seat to democracy. >> the u.s. supreme court today heard oral arguments in the boston marathon bombers'death sentence case, this just over 90 minutes. chief ju

in two roads diverged, former republican congressman and governor of south carolina mark sanford weighs in on the future of his party. former democratic senator ben nelson of nebraska focuses on the lack of bipartisanship at the senate and offers his thoughts on how to restore it. his book is called death of the senate and the former republican congressman of georgia offers a first-hand account of president trump's 2019 impeachment hearing. the republican congressman jim jordan of ohio reflects on president trump's ten years in do what you said you would do. democratic congresswoman charisse davis also has a new book out the kansas congresswoman reflects on her life and path to washington. it's a children's book. and finally democratic congressman adam schiff recounts his experiences as the leader of the first impeachment trial of president trump. he recently spoke about his book on the author interview program "after words." >> he wouldn't disagree with him and he would have an outside party running the house of representatives and an ethical one to boot. the story as you know that i t

sanford with his book. kansas democratic representative charisse david with her book. and mitch mcconnell shares he is -- shares his reading list. ben nelson of nebraska talks about his book.

sanford. kansas democratic representative sharice davids with her book "sharice's big voice." and mitch mcconnell shares his reading list. at 10:00 p.m. eastern, former u.s. democratic senator ben nelson of nebraska talks about his book "death of the senate," on the decline of bipartisanship in the senate and his recommendations to restore it. he is interviewed by nebraska republican senator ben sasse. watch american history tv and book tv every weekend on c-span2, and find a full schedule on your program guide or visit c-span.org. >> sunday night on q&a, david wessel discusses his book "only the rich can play." >> opportunity zones created 87 64 tax havens across the country and gave wealthy people an incentive to put their money in those poor communities in exchange for a capital gains tax break. unfortunately, we don't really know how much money has gone into them as a result of that arcane sent a process known as reconciliation, which is now a household word. the provisions regarding repor

sanford with his book two roads diverge. the nation and ourselves. kansas democratic representative with the book -- a native kid becomes a congresswoman. senate minority leader mitch mcconnell shares his reading list. at 10:00, former u.s. democratic senator talks about his book death of the senate and makes recommendations to restore. interviewed by republican senator. watch american history tv and book tv every weekend on c-span two and find the full schedule on your program guide or visit c-span.org. >> next week on the c-span networks, the house and senate will be in session. watch on c-span and c-span2, also live coverage of several congressional hearings. on tuesday at 9:30 a.m., live on c-span, the senate finance committee considers the nomination of chris magnus to be the u.s. customs and border protection commissioner. at 730 -- 7:30 p.m. eastern, the january 6 committee will vote to refer steve bannon. the senate foreign relations committee holds a confirmation hearing for a few nominees, longtime double met nicho

. >> it's great to be with my good friend former governor, former congressman mark sanford and we're here this morning to discuss his book, 2 roads diverged. i'm excited to talk about this because this book talks quite a bit about second chances. and i notice that governor sanford, congressman sanford is a great admirer of the author robert frost whose

favorite books, including mark sanford. kansas democratic representative sharice davids with her book "sharice's big books go and mitch mcconnell shares his reading list. at 10:00 p.m. eastern, former senator ben nelson of nebraska talked about his book "death of the senate," on the decline of bipartisanship in the senate and his recommendations to restore it. he is interviewed by never ask a republican senator ben sasse. -- nebraska republican senator ben sasse. find a full schedule on your program guide or visit c-span.org. >> download c-span's new mobile app and stay up-to-date with live video coverage of the day's biggest events, with live streams from the house and senate floor, white house events, and supreme court oral arguments, even our live morning program "washington journal," where we hear your voices every day. c-span now has you covered. download the app for free today. >> c-span is your unfiltered view of government, funded by these television companies and more, including comcast. >> you think this is just a

. >> it's great to be with my good friend for governor, former congressman mark sanford and we're here this morning to discuss his book, two roads diverged and i'm really excited to talk about this because this book talks quite a bit about second chances. i notice that congressman sanford is a great admirer of the author robert frost who is one of his classic lines of course was two roads diverged in a w

sanford. with his book about the conservative movement in the nation. kansas democratic representative therese davis with her book, a native kid becomes a congresswoman. and mitch mcconnell shares his reading list. at 10:00 on afterward, former senator ben -- of nebraska talked about his book death of the senate, my front row seat to the demise of -- on the decline of bipartisanship in the senate and his recommendations to restore it. he is interviewed by republican senator ben sasse. watch american history tv and book tv every weekend on c-span two. find a full schedule on your program guide or visit c-span.org. announcer: the u.s. supreme court today heard oral arguments in the boston marathon bomber's death sentence case. you can watch it tonight at 8:00 on c-span. at

mark sanford, two roads diverged. a second chance for the recovered -- republican party conservative movement. charisse davis with her book, charisse is bad. and senate mitch mcconnell shares his reading. at 10 p.m. eastern, former democratic senator talks about death of the senate, my front row seat to the demise of the world's greatest deliberative body. the decline of the senate and the recommendation to discuss -- restore. watch american history tv and book tv every weekend on c-span two. find the full schedule on your program, or watch c-span.org. >> washington unfiltered. c-span is in your pocket. download c-span now, today. >> next, two representatives discuss access to affordable childcare. from the u.s. chamber of commerce, this is half an hour. neil: good afternoon. for those of you who are just joining us on the virtual aspect of this program, i'm neil bradley, executive vice president and chief officer at the u.s. chamber of commerce. hopefully you've turned to one of our common grounds series.

. >> it's great to be with my good friend former governor, former congressman mark sanford and we're here this morning to discuss his book, 2 roads diverged. i'm excited to talk about this because this book talks quite a bit about second chances. and i notice that governor sanford, congressman sanford is a great admirer of the author robert frost whose

sanford with his book, two rides diverge, a second chance for the republican party the conservative movement, the nation and ourselves. kansas representative the book, a native kid becomes a congresswoman and mitch mcconnell shares his reading list. after words, former representative ben nelson, the demise of the deliberative body and attempts to restore it. he's joined by senator van sant. watch for book tv every weekend, and find this on c-span.org. sunday night on q & a, brookings institution senior fellow and former wall street journal economist david wessel discusses only the rich can mra i. >> opportunity zones created tax havens across the country and they gave wealthy people an incentive to put their money in those communities in exchange for a tax break. unfortunately we don't know how much has gone into them after that arcade reconciliation. the reporting was stripped out. and i would say based on the stuff i said we're talking tens of billions of dollars going into opportunity zones, but unfortunately, i think the bulk of the money has gone into zones that didn't really n

also with me, mark sanford who served in congress where he was a member of the budget committee and the joint economic committee. thanks very much to both of you. secretary, let me start with you. the democrats, obviously, the stalemate within their own party right now. manchin and sinema absolutely no to $3.5 trillion. biden has admitted that won't happen. sanders is digging in 3.5 trillion or bust. and then, there are the deep substantive disagreements about what would even be in what they include. but the big question, secretary, is can democrats really afford all of this when you are looking at a overall debt load of $28 trillion? >> well, i don't think the question really, erin, is whether democrats can afford it. the question is whether the united states can afford it and i think the answer there has got to be a resounding yes simply because we are the richest country in the world. we have not made these investments in childcare, in k, pre-k, and community college. and in -- in -- in -- in children, in general, in years. and americans need it. i mean, in west virginia, for example

eastern, current and former members of congress discussing their latest and favorite books, including mark sanford with his book, two roads diverged, a second chance for the republican party, conservative movement, and ourselves. sharice davids with her book, a native kid becomes a congresswoman. and mitch mcconnell shares his reading list. at 10:00 p.m. eastern on afterwords, ben nelson of nebraska talks about his book, my front proceed to the demise of the greatest deliberative parties and his recommendations to restore. he is interviewed by the nebraska republican senator. watch history tv and book tv every weekend on c-span 2 and find a full schedule on your program guide or visit c-span.org. earlier today, president biden gave an update on the number cases of the covid-19 delta variant. pres. biden: good afternoon. i have just been briefed on the progress we're making in our fight against the virus. today, i want to provide a brief update and announce a plan to accelerate out of this pandemic. it is working. we are making progress. nationally, daily cases are down 47%, hospitalization

sanford with his book, today leo rose diverted -- two roads diverge. kansas democratic representative -- and senate minority leader mitch mcconnell shares his reading list. afterwards, ben nelson talks about his book, death of the senate, my front row seat to the demise. his recommendations to restore it. he is interviewed. watch american history tv and book tv every weekend on c-span two. find a full schedule on her program guide. host: the point person for redistricting programs. then williams explains to viewers what it is and what role you are hoping to play here. guest: it is the leading -- needs of legislators. all the legislators and over 25,000 legislative staffers are members. that is a pretty big group. our information is nonpartisan. we provide information so that they can take that information and create the best policies for their state. host: what should viewers know about how they go about redistricting? how many ways are there? guest: we like to say that there are 50 ways to do redistricting. a couple things that they look at. is it the

sanford with his book "two roads to verged, a second chance for the republican party." kansas democratic representative davis, "a native kid becomes a congresswoman." mitch mcconnell shares his reading list. at 10 p.m. eastern, ben nelson of nebraska talks about his book "death of the senate, my front row seat to the demise of the world's greatest deliberative bodies." his recommendations to restore it, he is interviewed by ben sasse. watch american history tv and book tv every weekend on c-span2 and find the full schedule under program guide or visit www.c-span.org. ♪ announcer: c-span's online store has our latest collection of c-span products, home to core and accessories. there is something for every c-span fan and every purchase helps support our nonprofit operations. shop now or anytime at c-spanshop.org. announcer: washington journal continues. host: washington examiner editor in chief hugo gurdon is back with us to talk about "restoring america." what is it? guest: it is a new product we have launched. we launched it with an issue of our magazine entirely dedi

sanford with his book two roadster verged, a second chance for the republican party, the nation and ourselves. can't a democratic president charisse davids with her book big voice, a native kid becomes a congresswoman and senate minority leader mitch mcconnell shares his reading list. at 10 p.m. eastern on "after words" former u.s. democratic senator ben nelson of nebraska talks about his book death of the senate my front row seat to the demise of the world's greatest deliberative body on the decline of bipartisanship in the senate and his recommendations to restore it. he's interviewed by nebraska republican senator dan sask. watch american history tv and booktv every weekend on c-span2 and find the full schedule under program guide or visit c-span.org. >> we continue with the cato institute with an hour-long discussion on the supreme court's role in mass incarcerations. >> it is my distinct honor to in our annual conference with the annual

former members of congress discussing their favorite books, including former south carolina governor mark sanford with his book, a second chance for the republican party, the conservative movement and ourselves. representative davis with her book, a native kid becomes a congresswoman. and senate minority leader mitch mcconnell shares his reading list. senator nelson talks about his book, my front road seat to the divides of the world's greatest deliberative body and his recommendations to restore it. he is interviewed by senator ben sass. watch book tv every weekend and find a full schedule on your program guide or watchline anytime at booktv.org. >> tonight on q&a, brookings institutions fellow david wessel discusses his book only the rich can play. >> teunts opportunity zones create -- opportunity zones created tax havens across the country and they gave wealthy people an incentive to put their money in those poor communities in exchange for a capital gains tax break. unfortunately, we don't really know how much money has gone into them as a result of that arcane senate process known as

daniel, | thank you, that is our home affairs correspondent daniel sanford. the government in wales says all businesses there are likely to be able to remain open throughout the winter, despite the possibility of a rise in covid 19 cases. the first minister mark drakeford has held a briefing about the welsh government's plans to keep covid 19 under control. he said wales remains at alert level zero but added that there is a "covid urgent" plan if a new variant risks overwhelming the nhs. having closely examined all the indicators and taken the advice of our scientific and medical advisers, the cabinet has decided that wales will remain at alert level zero. this means that there will be no substantial changes to the rules over the next three weeks, beyond those already announced. now, that of course includes the covid pass, which will become a legal requirement from monday for certain venues and events. let's look at the latest uk numbers. that's the latest 2a hour period. 127 new debts, that is as ever someone who has died within 20 days of the positive test.