He graduated summa cum laude with a bachelor degree from university of oklahoma and phd. He served aaz political scientist, political economist and author, teaching assistant to former u. S. Secretary of state madilyn albright, who was here for a private dinner earlier this year, just to drop a name or two to impress you. Gary joined the William Jewell College Faculty in 1992 and serves as the political chair of Political Science and director of the International Relations major. The William Jewell student body has voted him professor of the year an amazing four times. Hes a long time supporter of the National World war i museum and memorial. Were very appreciative. Please give a warm welcome to dr. Gary armstrong. Good evening, and thank you for coming tonight. It should be a lot of interesting questions. On the 100th anniversary of the senates first rejection of the versailles peace treaty. What a moment to talk about americas place in the world. It was a time of growing polarization
143. 7 billion to be spent online alone. Thats an amazing number. 4. 4 billion is how much money we spent on thanksgiving day online alone, including our very own susan lee. What a way to kick start this Holiday Spending season. All right. So with that said, lets get straight to it. It is black friday, and our Lauren Simonetti is at some luxury e outlets in bergin county, new jersey. Lauren, whats going on . Reporter ashley, the big question is, is black friday dead . Got here this morning at four a. M. A long line started to form because folks were waiting for gift cards to the mall, between 50 500. Its an experience, go with our family, friends and show up. Steady traffic, as you can see, all morning long. And a lot of the stores, im in front of the kay jewelers outlet right now, take a look, ash, save 2580 on the entire store. Theres nobody in the store. The store is completely empty. On black friday. Follow me now. Were going to make it to a store where i spent a good chunk of my t
Welcome to the 2019 mississippi book festival. This morning we celebrate the fifth anniversary of her literary long party. [applause] we are honored to have so many distinguished authors and friends join our celebration from the Mississippi State capital. Today more than 170 authors will visit with thousands of booklovers making connections through the love of books and the written word. Cspan has been with us since the very beginning and we are grateful for the partnership we start today by recognizing the readers to mississippi culturally a landscape. The writers trail is an ever list the places all over the state that mark significant places in the lives of mississippi authors. Ida b wells and richard ford are the very best writers. Two is famous for Investigative Journalism. And ford is famous for his novels. The hardhitting pieces about lynching of the 20th century achieve such notoriety that was known by some as the most famous black woman in america. Her marker will be placed in
[inaudible conversations] good morning Everyone Welcome to the fifth annual mississippi book festival and welcome everyone doing on cspan which is been a supporter of our efforts from the very first year. We appreciate them very much. Im chris with archives and history. If you have not done so please silence your cell phone. Our panel this morning is a spotlight on mississippi civil rights, we think energy for sponsoring it. Theyve also been with the book festival since beginning and we are grateful for the early support and sticking with us. We are in this room today, thanks to foreman Watkins Law Firm we pretrade their support. Our panelists are natalie, johnny, michelle and heather and you can purchase copies of their books from vendors outside and you can find the times are authors will be signing in your programs. You will hear from our panelists for about 40 minutes and open the floor to questions. Please come to the podium to answer your questions. Be careful of the ramp. Help m
I am never going to have my son back. I dont get to go to his High School Graduation were see him go to college. I have no idea what happened. It was like a meteor hit. A 12yearold kid, loved to ride his scooter everywhere, lost his life at the hands of a killer. Hes a soccer coach. Great, on and off the field, great role model. They dont have a fingerprint. They dont have a witness. There is a darkness at work. People call me a murderer. I am 100 innocent. You could have heard a pin drop in that courtroom. A small speck on the map on the road to the canadian border. Upstate new york, a small speck on the map on the road to the canadian border. They like to joke that there are more cows than people and i dont think they are joking. In a sleepy place, you would think nothing happens that could interest the outside world , but an epic story has unfolded. A murder case, for sure, but so much more. Its a little bit fargo. Jesse mckinney, reporter for the new york times, was drawn to it. It