Summer reading list. Send us your choices at booktv is our twitter handle. Post on our facebook page, facebook. Com booktv or send an email to booktv cspan. Org. What is on your Summer Reading list, booktv wants to know. Booktv covered a book shoot after it was called the confederate battle flag a historian at the American Civil War museum in richmond. Ten years ago, what has changed with regard attitudes on the confederate battle flag in the last ten years. The question is how much change in the last ten days . Met has been the remarkable shift in attitudes or a remarkable period for the history of the battle flag as an object of discussion. Ten years ago when the book came out still fresh some of the controversies that occurred in states like alabama and South Carolina where compromises had been reached to retire flags, flags from the capital of those two states to other positions on the Capitol Grounds and they were contextualized with historical displays by confederate monuments in
Have acceded to the southern demands that they be a separate country, and if lincoln had gone along with the congressional reconstruction, would the radicals have done to him at least in modified form what they did to johnson . Is. Let me just say one thing thatll connect baseball to lincoln. [laughter] yes, i can do that. In the election of 1860, theres a wonderful political cartoon that shows Lincoln Holding a bat and the other three candidates holding balls, and its using baseball as a metaphor for which candidate should be elected. And lincoln is talking about striking the ball fair and hitting a home run. So [laughter] there are long connections here to baseball and lincoln. As for the election, you know, lincoln wrote a blind memorandum beforehand saying in the event that he lost, he felt it would be his duty before the inauguration of the next president to resolve the conflict in some way. So i dont know, jim if you have thoughts about what would happened had mccellen been elect
To work to terminate mama saw this woman now identified as 30 yearold mia hamilton she left her room at lovelands budget host host motel and approached a parked minivan. She went to that door when she seen who was in the door slid she took off running singh who was inside the eddies of the women started screaming and bolted should only got to two about here i think them the van he grabbed her by the arm and she was in the van and a time shes heard her screams turned pleas for help. I kind of ball that appear with my pickup i think may be noticed. And they can squealing around me pictured here in surveillance photos of was like they knew what they were doing because no plates and nothing he says that there were at least two men in the car one man looked right at him was wondering about getting get out and he was now hes left a meanwhile in boulder the sketch of a man tried to lower a teenage girl into a car to take a good look at the sketch they say they try to talk to a 14 yearold girl
The committee on Homeland Security will be in order. Without objective, the chair has authorized to declare the committee in resource at any point. Good morning. I would like to begin by saying that my thoughts are with those living in alaska, puerto rico california and oregon who are experiencing disasters. Over the weekend, alaskans felt the impact of a typhoon. Puerto rico was hit with Hurricane Fiona. Nearly five years to the date since Hurricane Maria. Meanwhile, americans in the west are dealing with wildfires and record breaking temperatures. As the nation continues to cope with simultaneous disasters, as we recognize National Preparedness month todays hearing on preparedness under the limbs is the preparedness and resilience of Critical Infrastructure and particularly Water Infrastructure hits close to home. My community of jackson mississippi suffered serious flooding last month, leveller of a water pumping station eyelash more than 100,000 of my constituents without clean wat
From this. Good evening, everyone. Im heather holmes. Im ken pritchett. Well, another mishap in the race for the americas cup as two sailors are thrown overboard this hour on a windy and choppy bay. Jade hernandez joins us live with the condition on the sailors and hue the races will go and how the races will go on. Reporter were live at the marina. Today, spectators saw the most dramatic action here just a few hours ago. As they make the turn, look at the acceleration. Reporter some spectators called it scary. You are watching the emirates team. During a sharp turn, two crew members went overboard. Both men suffered only bumps and bruises. The safety boats had them scooped up within less than a minute. So but just it gave me a real impression of how dangerous the collision itself was. Reporter high, strong winds initially delayed the Louie Vuitton cup races. As for the italian teams luna rossa, they finished despite boat issues. We spoke to the regatta director who told us today was b