Digital Humanities Initiative at the new school. And i want to let those in the audience who are tweeting know that the tag for this session is oah underscore bad president and add the tag oah 2016. So the theme of the conference, as chosen by oah president john butler is on leadership. And as 2016 is a president ial election year, and boy, is it a president ial election year, the Program Committee assembled a round table of scholars willing to talk about president ial leadership. But about its failures rather than about its successes. This seems particularly timely as the trump juggernaut rolls forward. And just yesterday the clinton and sanders campaigns engaged in a verbal sparring match about who is the most unqualified candidate to be president. So things are just really getting interesting. The panel we have here today, all of these scholars have written about president s who were bad in their own special way. Although, it did occur to me on the train coming up, that bad to whom
History programming in primetime. W well take you live to conferences and historic site. Go behind the scenes with us to museums and archives and travel with us to the nations classrooms where you will hear some college and University Professors lecturing about history. As the 2016 campaign continues, watch past and president ial campaigns on the way to if white house. And reel america that showcased documentary and other films. Watch our airing of portions from the 1975 Church Committee hearing of the cia, fdi, irs and nsa. Look for all of you are programming every weekend on cspan 3. All this week while congress is in recess showing American History tv on primetime here on cspan 3. Beginning with american artifacts and looking at photographs. Followed by an event in honor of the centennial ce and armstrong cable in help in coordinating the visits. View the winning documentaries at student cam. Org. Next, a discussion about the worst president in u. S. History. Three historians first
Next, a discussion about the worst president in u. S. History. Three historians first looked at what makes a president the worst, followed by their nominees. The panel was port of the organization of american historians annual meeting held this year in providence, rhode island. It is an hour and a half. Welcome to the oah 2016 and welcome to the planary panel, worst president ever. Im claire potter, professor of history and director of the Digital Humanities Initiative at the new school. And i want to let those in the audience who are tweeting know that the tag for this session is oah underscore bad president and add the tag oah 2016. So the theme of the conference, as chosen by oah president john butler is on leadership. And as 2016 is a president ial election year, and boy, is it a president ial election year, the Program Committee assembled a round table of scholars willing to talk about president ial leadership. But about its failures rather than about its successes. This seems par
Victims still in Critical Condition at this hour. Im going to continue to remain on the scene here in southern california. I will post updates and video to facebook and twitter. Live in San Bernardino, california, n. J. Burkett. Now to the victims murdered in this massacre. They were mothers, husbands, daughters and sons. All of them now positively identified. Officials will release their names in just a few hours. A safety with the new york giants tweeted today that one of his cousins is among the 14 killed. Meanwhile, weve already learned the identity of two victims including the father of six young children. He was at a meeting when the shooting happened. And a worker at the San Bernardino department of health who used to live in new jersey. Reporter john from our sister station spoke to his family. He is live in lynwood, pennsylvania. John. Wife lives here in lynwood, pennsylvania. She says he was born in new york, he grew up around toms river, new jersey, and got his degree at sto
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