Continues. Host i want to begin with this call for civility that you have made in an oped piece that you wrote with your colleagues jared huffman. Who are you making this call for civility . State the obvious, because its needed. If you are a conservative you believe in government and Civil Society. It has always been a tension between the two. As a conservative you want government to do less and Civil Society to do more. For Civil Society to work there has to be civility in it. Its the grease that makes the machine run. To run you got to have a degree of stability the Founding Fathers talked about. Host what prompted you to write that . In this ine politico this margaret republicans lamented an agenda in quicksand. Hey have made little progress do you think if there was civility that there would be progress made . At times the president has hurt his own cause. Given the twitter account. Im not alone in suggesting you ought to put the twitter account away. You cant offend your way to l
Power and the family foundation. What a terrific day we are blessed to host such celebrated authors in Trinity United Methodist church today which has been made possible by the generosity of curt anderson, we like to stand special thanks to our literary members and individual owners who have made and continue to make the festival free. Before we get started saturdays, i said sundays. To make Saturdays Free festival events possible. Before i get started there are always housekeeping issues. Immediately following the presentation, Cassandra King will sign books. She will leave here and go directly there and it would be great if you would let her get there. We have a new policy. If you are planning to stay for the next author presentation please move forward in the church as the venue empties so that the ushers can accurately count available seats. In years past we ask you to leave, today we ask you to step forward. Please take a minute to turn off your cell phones. I know you think you d
Moonrise was a Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance bestseller. Cassandra king is joining us today to help celebrate the 11 writers and friend of the festival pat conroy. A leading figure in the 20th century southern literature, conroy has influenced a generation of writers and move readers both in and out of the low country with his unforgettable pros. Today, king will discuss low country heart, a book published posthumously. I always struggle with that word. Please give a very warm welcome to cassandra king. [applause] thank you so much. It is great to be here in the sister city of savannah because i live over in buford. But im here frequently and i love savanna, i always think of savannah as scarlet ohara and charleston is miss melanie. So i have a soft spot for that. This of course is bittersweet for me to be here. Talking about that, especially here because its been almost a year. We took two weeks off from a year since his death and so its been a very difficult year as im su
Tomorrow, but not where it is not a concern. Very much a concern. 69 foot storm surge. On the storm time line east of Saint Augustine, north, northwest at 12 miles an hour, probably comes briefly ashore at beaufort, charleston, South Carolina and rise up towards myrtle beach and wilmington and it will go back to the south and avoid places nor particular. But look at this rain. 610 inches. Not a good situation, inland and coastal flooding likely through the carolinas tonight and tomorrow. The storm already ripping through the bahamas, taking off roofs and homes in the path of destruction, evan has more. Reporter early thursday morning, Hurricane Matthew, a nassau. For hours, the town is pelted. When it was all said and done, extenseive damage. It was basically one hundred mileanhour wind. Reporter everywhere you look, trees are down. Thats not even the worst part, the southern part of the island quickly flooded. Cars were crushed. That marina rocking in the waves, just as fast as they g
East coast in more than a decade batters the florida coast. Matthew hitting the state with high winds and heavy rains, knocking out power for hundreds of thousands. Scott says . We are still very concerned about storm surge and the worst effects are still likely to come. Officials urging some two Million People along the atlantic to move to safer ground. That includes folks in South Carolina, where matthew is expected to bring high storm surges. Quagliariello says . It doesnt matter that you dont have a beach front home you can be impacted by the storm surge well inland, you need t president obama declaring a state of emergency in florida, South Carolina, and here in georgia, where the governor put the entire coast under evacuation orders. Its the first Hurricane Evacuation on the georgia coast since 1999. Obama says. Do not be a holdout here because we can always replace property, but we cant replace lives. On cam tag officials here in the south have been warning people to take this s