Focuses on international, diplomatic and military history of the 20th century. In particular the era of the world wars and the cold war. And in addition to the age of eisenhower, dr. Hitchcock is the author of the bitter road to freedom, a new history of the liberation of europe which was a Pulitzer Prize finalist and a winner of the george lewis spear prize and was also a Financial Times best seller in the united kingdom. Following dr. Hitchcocks remarks, ann compton who you all know will join dr. Hitchcock for a conversation on this great biography and the 34th president of the United States. Ann is a pioneer of journalism in america. She was the first woman to cover the white house for Network Television and was on the air for 41 years with abc news. Her longevity and her impact are inparalleled. Anns career at abc news span seven president s of the United States, ten president ial campaigns. She anchored from the white house, from capitol hill, and president ial travel that took he
Wash journal. And if you missed any of the live coverage, watch any time on demand at cspan. Org or listen on the go with the free cspan radio app. Now to the lecture part of our program. Our speaker tonight is dr. William hitchcock, author of the age of Eisenhower America and the world in the 1950s. Dr. Hitchcock with the William Corcoran professor from the university of virginia where he focuses on international, diplomatic and military history of the 20th century, in particular the era of the world wars an the cold war, and in addition to the age of eisenhower dr. Hitchcock is the author of the bitter road to freedom, a new history of the liberation of europe which was a Pulitzer Prize finalist and a winner of the george lewis spear prize and a Financial Times bestseller in the united kingdom. Following dr. Hitchcocks remarks, ann compton will join for a conversation on this great biography and the 34th president of the United States. Ann is a pioneer of journalism in america. The f
Now to the lecture part of the program, i riskier tonight is william hitchcock, the author of the age of ice and how are in america and the world in the 19 fifties. Doctor hitchcock is the william professor of history in the university of virginia, where he focuses on international and diplomatic history, in particular the areas of the world war and the cold war. In addition to the age of eisenhower, hitchcock is the author of the bitter road to freedom, and you history of the liberation of europe, which was a Pulitzer Prize finalist. And the winner of the george prize, a financial best seller in the united kingdom. Following dr. Hitchcocks remarks, and compton who you all know will join doctor hitchcock in a conversation on this great biography and the 34th tremendous tour of the interstates. A pioneer of journalism in america, the first woman to cover the white house for network television, and was on the air for 41 years with abc news. Her longevity and impact our unparalleled. And
30 minutes, a curfew in walnut creek went into effect 2 hours ago after looters hit several stores there. This is Broadway Plaza in downtown walnut creek. It is of course the center of that suburban shopping district. This these pictures shot about 2 hours ago and you can see large groups of people heading toward the mall. They were seen looting in stores, including Lululemon Ray ban a liquor store. The macys and more mayor has who told us earlier today that this was criminal behavior and broadband liz im not in the spirit of the peaceful protests seen elsewhere kron fours dan thorn has been in walnut creek all day long he joins us live now with the latest details dan. The ken and pam heavy Police Presence here in downtown walnut creek is you can see behind me here. This is main street its pretty much blocked off by dozens of officers. All the way through downtown towards Broadway Plaza. Its unclear if there was any damage that was done to some of the rtaurants and shops that are along
Peaceful protests have turned into riots right here in the Nations Capital a large group of protesters have gathered right outside of the white house now these protesters arent alone National Guard troops are starting to arrive on the streets of washington d. C. And just moments ago President Trump spoke to the nation from the rose garden saying he will deploy National Guard troops to states dealing with massive protests he also said he will do what he can to protect washington d. C. With the latest on the ground just outside of the white house his art he is very project. But only put out here all afternoon and i got to tell you one thing before there was hundreds around the south who knew now there are at least thousands here in front of the white house i want to talk about the people that are here in front of me right now we have a lot of young old black white brown all together standing in unity saying that they want a peaceful protests now the curfew ended just a couple minutes ago