Introduce our speaker for today. Todd harra tod is both an author and a funeral director. In fact, his family has been involved in that profession in delaware for four generations. Todds most recent book is last rites the evolution of the american funeral. And todd will be speaking to us today about how Abraham Lincoln was at the center, really, of the transformation of american funeral practices, both during his time in the white house and then also through his tragic death. Now we will have a question answer session at the end of todds talk. There will be a couple of walking microphones. I would ask, please take advantage of those, because we want our cspan audience to be able to hear both the questions and the answers. So at this time, ill turn it over to ty. Thank you, judge primos. And lincoln club of delaware is my pleasure to present to you. This evening. Now, we all know what happened. Good friday, 1865. But what im going to talk to you about this evening is about how the grand
A century as part of its ambitious Lunar Program for the coming years, the alive from moscow. Im rachel ruble, and this is our t international. Our top story, this, our, the African Union has expressed in support for the Economic Community of West African States in a resolution aimed at reversing last months military coup in these year. So that comes, as echo was, was ordered. Its stand by forces to activate and deploy. Missourians havent you has yet to respond to the move. The statement follows and echo laws leaders meeting and a booge on thursday, 2 weeks after the crew in the army started become a t, a be chief of defense stuff, to activate the aqua stand by force, with all its elements immediately order the deployment of the eco was stunned by force to restore Constitutional Order in the republic of new jersey. The ned, but also new jersey, a new way to get into fact is the one blow one side uh which ease uh, which one tends to continue like uh, quite deep would understand youve do
The Russian Foreign ministry has stated its supports of the Economic Community of West African States to restore Constitutional Order in new jersey or via diplomatic dialogue, but opposes a military intervention. The Economic Community of West African States is taking steps to restore Constitutional Order, india through political and diplomatic dialogue with the new nigerian or fortys, russia. Suppose the mediation efforts of the co us and finding ways out of the current crisis. We believe that resulting the crisis in new sure, by minutes remains may lead to a protracted confrontation in this african country, as well as to a shop, the stabilization of the situation of this a horizontal region as a whole. So this column is as eco laws has ordered and stand by forces to activate and apply new share has yet to respond to the move. The statement follows and echo was the leaders meeting in a boot on thursday, 2 weeks after the coo and the army started becoming a big chief of defense stuff t
Coming to from moscow. This is our to international with the latest in world news today. Im for your allies about welcome to the program. Western states are adding fuel to the fire of the ukrainian conflict and benefiting from human tragedy. Thats the message from Vladimir Putin at the 11th moscow conference on international security. Heres what the russian president had to say. In the community and all the bits of long standing conflicts are being inflated in different regions of the world and new ones ive been provoked with the goal of those who do this is obvious to continue to benefit from human tragedies to pick nations against each other. For the policy of adding fuel to the fire leads to is clearly seen in the example of ukraine, pumping billions of dollars into the neo nazi regime, supplying it with the equipment, weapons, ammunition, sending its military advisors and mercenaries does everything to further inflamed the conflict. To draw the states into it. The president stateme
Have already lived here for half a year, they have lived here for half a year of this war. Im sorry, you cant call them uneducated, thats already there. There is no big difference, who among them spoke and who are contract workers i started to understand you, yevgeny, the question is , from your point of view , is there a chance to liberate the left bank of Kherson Oblast by the end of this year . Predicted that it could happen in the summer until the end of the summer, but it seems that it is not so easy to do, is there any chance that it is very difficult to do, just as we do not allow the enemy to gain a foothold there , in fact, a 1520kilometer strip along the left bank of the dnieper is a kind of gray zone where the enemy cannot set up stationary positions and linger for a long time, because our artillery from the right bank simply carries it out, but in the same way their artillery, when it moves further from the shore, it itself covers the coastal strip. It can go to the right b