Going to talk with. Homas schwartz he directed as an author and editor. Professional awards. Today we are going to take a to the time ofme Herbert Hoover. Tom, i want to make sure we can hear you. Are you with us . How are you doing today . Obviously the library is closed. How is everyone doing . The staff is doing well. They are eager to return on a regular basis and we are eager to be able to safely reopen to the public when the opportunity avails itself, but i appreciate the opportunity. Great. We have lots of questions. I will sign off. I will let you get into your program and i will pop back in when we are ready for q a. Have at it. Enjoy. Thank you, patrick. So, you see the exterior of the hoover president ial library museum. We are the smallest facility. We were founded as a quaker community. Hoover was our first quaker president. How did hoover get in . He predates roosevelt. This is the hoover tower at Stanford University. Herbert hoover was with president wilson in versailles
Patrick lets get to it. Today i am going to talk with thomas schwartz, the director of the Herbert Hoover president ial library. He has been with the Hoover Library since 2011 and before that he served as the illinois , state historian and went on to lincoln collection at the Abraham Lincoln president ial library as an author and editor, his work recognized with a number of professional awards. He will take a step back in time, not all the way back to lincoln, but to the time of Herbert Hoover. Tom, are you there . I want to make sure we can hear you. Are you with us . How are you doing today . Obviously the library is closed. How is everyone doing . Thomas the staff is doing well. They are eager to return on a regular basis and we are eager to be able to safely reopen to the public when the opportunity avails itself, but i appreciate the opportunity. Patrick great. I know you have a great set of images and stories and tales. I have a feeling we have lots of questions. I will sign off.
Martha teichner looks into it. uptempo music reporter snacks is one pampered pig. Is she just a little spoiled . I have no say in these things. A little bit, yes, but he says that, but then for christmas he bought a leopard print robe with a magenta boa and a big rhinestone s. Reporter and another human sized one with a big d on it. So they match. Reporter tim taylor and dana boyle, snacks pet parents thats what they call pet owners these days dont care if people think theyre nuts. I generally fall asleep on the couch with her and sleep there all night. So, when we went furniture shopping the last time, we literally said, we need something deep enough because i need to be able to spoon with my pig at night. Reporter tim and dana often welcome squirrel girl into their new jersey home, as well. Come on reporter shes not exactly a pet, but close. Nearly 85 million American Homes are home to pets as well as people. Three out of four dog and cat owners consider their pets members of the fam
Program. Guide. We can to. Well be exploring the story of witold pill electric could, the polishing resistance leader the subject of the book the volunteer the trustor of the hero that infiltrated auschwitz pow. We are joined by author, jack fairweather, a former war reporter in iraq and afghanistan and the author of wow a war of choice and the good war the is the Tampa Bay Bureau chief and a video journalist for the Washington Post in afghanistan and interviewing john is Robert Jan Vann pelt. He was an Expert Witness in the case against the british historian and author david irving. Robert jan its an historical adviser on numerous films. So before we get started i want to make a few housekeeping notes. Well have time, 15 minutes or so, for audience q a at the end of the program. So, make sure to hold your questions for the end if you and can well try to do our best to get to as many as possible. And please note that this program is being recorded and will be available on our Youtube C
With a group of friends who are doing bad things, this film shows you the end result of that. If you want to keep a career as a gang member. The bodies of 16 vietnamese people who were found dead in a lorry trailer in the uk have arrived back in vietnam. Good morning and welcome to the bbc news at 9am. Labour Leaderjeremy Corbyn has admitted people on lower incomes could pay more tax if labour wins power. In a bbc interview with andrew neil last night, the labour leader was challenged over his partys plans to scrap the marriage tax allowance and reform dividend taxes which could affect people with private pensions. Our assistant political editor, norman smith is in westminster. Jeremy corbyn will be talking about the nhs, rather more comfortable ground than it seemed at times last night. Whats your assessment of that interview . Well, for the first time in the election, you really felt thatJeremy Corbyn had been taken out of his comfort zone. We are used to seeing him talk about how he