Nominated twice for the pulitzer prize. The author of i think one of the great books about the civil war, america which was in the library a few years ago talking about it and talking about the importance of the evangelical religion in american politics leading up to the civil war and in some senses, the decline of evangelical religion, certainly the righteousness of evangelical religion after the civil war in the beginning of postreconstruction era and jim crow. It is i think a great book that refrains from what we have thought about the civil war and what we thought about race and religion in america. In a sense, you get his generation whose new book, when government was good is the subtitle. It may seem like a distant path for some of us today. We phrased also the conversation about the place of government in American History and particularly executiveleadership. Its really a book about truman and eisenhower and johnson who was the coda about those who came after. Here in kansas cit
Good evening ladies and gentlemen as director of the library we have professor of history at the university of North Carolina nominated twice for the Pulitzer Prize in the author one of the great books about the civil war talking about the importance of religion of american politics leading up to the civil war with the decline of evangelical religions after the civil war with the post reconstruction era and jim crow. It is a great book that refrains for race and religion in america. In his new book when government was good that may seem like a distant past we heard about the place of government and with executive leadership it is a book about truman and eisenhower with those who came after with the truman president ial library we know a lot about truman and his executive leadership with form policy with the great decisionmaking without domestic policy and in particular with race and those inequalities that we are very concerned with today but to use those executive powers of the presid
Cross. Three german coaches who are up for the award. Ever to put a man on seventy one trains younger coaches in south korea with his current political youre not a politician youre here as a coach you have a job and you try to do it as well as you can. Get a no or a sixty two coach the National Team a burkean a fast and you can see the bullet holes fortunately the boys were home for School Holidays with. Eighty three has worked as a coach throughout africa and since the one nine hundred sixty s. White. With. A jury of experts will decide on the winner under his direction holland is the chairman of the german football and bassett or Initiative Since two thousand and twelve its all. There are people who have helped others all over the world a lot of the spirit of football is common to them all but the problems vary from country to country. Potential ambassadors have to do good works abroad on and off the pitch so lets meet this years nominees. This is daniel hoare giving a little languag
Nightly news begins now. From nbc news World Headquarters in new york this is nbc nightly news with brian williams. Good evening. What happened in a residential area north of new york city last night turned into a mass casualty event. And its a huge warning about what can happen anywhere vehicles encounter Railroad Crossings in this country. This was a commuter train on the metronorth line out of new york. It hit an suv on the tracks in valhalla new york. The resulting flash fire consumed much of the first car and seemed to fuse the suv to the front of the train. The death toll stands at six including the driver now confirmed to be a mother of three. Its the third busiest rail line in the nation. The ntsb is there on the scene as is our own tom costello tonight. Tom, good evening. Reporter hi brian. Good evening. Just moments ago they moved the burned out carcas of that train just further down the train tracks just a little bit out of view. Meanwhile, the medical examiners now going th
Over the weekend. When the driver drove the wrong way and slammed in to katlins car, instantly killing her best friend. The mourners said their final goodbyes to marissa. No family should endure this. Reporter some disturbing posts on social media from the wrongway driver, Kayla Mendoza that survived. Two and a half hours before the crash, she tweeted too drunk to care and other messages of being high, like cant sleep without my bedtime cops are aware of the message sglls this young lady will suffer the consequences of her actions and statements. But it is a blow for katlin. s family. We have two Guardian Angels looking down on us. We are lucky if that is how you look at it. Reporter this female suspect is still in the hospital with serious injuries. We know charges have not been filed yet. Primarily because those toxicology tests have not come back. Reporting from south florida this morning, abc news. They say mendozas father found out about this by using an app to track down her phon