To see closeup and in dramatic detail who was responsible for rescuing and insisting upon the great invasion of france in june of 1944. As the trial turns to personal tragedy we watched with heartbreaking compassion the course of the disease and how they attempted to prepare the United Nations for an american backed postcold war era. Now we know that even on his deathbed he was the wars great visionary. Douglas brinkley says war and peace is a masterful reevaluation of dday, the demise and the conference and the pulitzer prizewinning coauthor of american war and peace are stunning achievements. Hamilton commands the talent both as a meticulous military historian and a seasoned biographer and the result is an intimate portrait of americas most consequential president. Hes the bestselling and awardwinning biographer of president john f. Kennedy, general Bernard Montgomery among other subjects. The most recent book 1941 to 1942. Hes a senior fellow at the Mccormack Graduate School at the
On saturday a budget official going against white house orders testifying behind closed doors about the decision to delay congressionally appropriated aid to ukraine. A setback for the president over night in louisiana with chuck todd and halie jackson. A sunday spotlight, a visit to sesame street. Then a sunday sit down with actor sterling k. Brown on the hit nbc show this is us. And those shaky early years in show business had his mother wondering about his career choice. I said mom, i appreciate you watching the by lot, if you dont want to watch anymore, i understand. My mother touched my knees and she said thank you. A sunday sit down with sterling k. Brown and our sundays closer as the family taking home school to a new level by studying American History firsthand in an rv. Another life welllived coming up later this morning. Lets begin with another day closed door impeachment inquiry. A new transcript given by white houses aid who were concerned of the july call with the presiden
Within the next couple of hours, were going to see a change and thats going to be the warm up. I want to show you the visibility. Were down to about 5 miles. Lets look at your temperature trend. A lot of sunshine expected today. A lot more sunshine compared to what we saw yesterday. Were under a bit of a warming trend in the upper 70s but enjoy the warmer temperatures because its going to be shortlived. By the time we get into the beginning of the workweek, we have big changes ahead. Ill go over that coming up in 15 minutes. Thank you very much. Tragic night in south bay, a child hit and killed by a train. The deadly crash happened in santa clara. Train service was halted for hours while investigators try to determine what happened. A 911 call came in around 4 20 yesterday afternoon saying a young boy was talking on the train track. A second call came in saying the child had been struck by the train. Were looking into how this happened with regard to who had custody of this minor and h
You are watching book tv on cspan 2 with top nonfiction books and authors every weekend. Book tv, television for serious readers. [applause] good morning. Im director of the center for learning, literacy and engagement at the library of congress. One of the major programs of this new center at the library is oversight of the National Book festival, whose overall theme this year is change makers. This is why im especially excited to introduce our new panel devoted to change makers. The focus of much of the programming at the library of congress this year. We are currently celebrating change makers at our Thomas Jefferson building, with an exhibition called shall not be denied, women fight for the vote, in recognition of the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th amendment. And this december, we will mount an exhibit devoted to the life and influence of one of our great civil rights icons, rosa parks. I invite you to visit the library to see these exhibitions. You can also view our
Renovation and research looks at Election Security as camping 2020 approaches. We will take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. Washington journal is is next. 24 hours ago at the white house, President Trump announcing the death of isis leader albaghdadi after a late Night Saturday raid in syria by u. S. Special forces. This is washington journal. We will start with your calls and comments on that raid and what it means for u. S. Military presence on the broader war on terror. Republicans, call 2027488001. For democrats, that line is 2027488000. Independents and others, 2027488002. You can send us a text as well. That is 2027488003. Make sure you put your name and where you are texting from on that. You can tweet us at cspanwj and we welcome your posts on our facebook page, facebook. Com cspan. That announcement coming just after 9 00 eastern yesterday morning during part of this program and we will show you some of the comments from President Trump in