Goes. If you go and read, youll see a lot of parents. Like i dont mind if my kid stays up later if they are reading. Thats okay, yeah, they read till 11 00, so be it. Theres worse things to do in life than not. I think you can hold them through 11 and 12. Thats when it gets tricky with boys. At least if they read well, theres hope. They may pick it up later. They may get distracted. Some dont, but a lot do. The key thing is they develop the ability to read pretty well. I also know through your work on this whole Reading Initiative that you have i know theres teachers out there as well, and that you have its not the schools. Exactly. [laughter] i know theres programs within the schools you acknowledged as being some that are really quite great. There happens to be i happened to see her walking in my 4th grade teacher is here, mrs. Kay, now mrs. Harris. When i was in school, they did something, and it dawned op me they dont do it anymore. When i was in elementary school, they had the lib
Voice. Okay. Youre welcome. Hi, big fan, big reader. Bear with me. I get nervous. For the series i love the characters, you gave us a little of a i remember in the last book, you gave us a little [inaudible] a little insight [inaudible] its find. It may seem goofy, but the sound is okay. Insight on the one who is the one, and im wondering if youre going to let us in on the whole history of him because, well, im a little curious about him. Its a little darth vader moment. Did you hear it . Yeah, as we continue, well get more on that. How many of you read that series . A few, okay. Not how many how many of you read the series . As you read more youll get more. All right, thank you. Okay, thank you. Hi. Hi. I was wondering, i read where the wind blows, and i wondered where you got the idea . Im not sure exactly. You know, the whole idea of flying to me is a wonderful fantasy. You know, lifting off, whatever it is so ive always had that fantasy, and i remember actually going to a southeast
Theater. I want to welcome you to the special event. A talk with james l. Swanson. End of dais assassination of john f kennedy. Sam donlson has won numerous awards for excellence in journalism including broadcaster of the year from the National Press federation and best White House Correspondent. Sam is a 42year abc news cell phone, who served two appointment of chief White House Correspondent for abc news covering president s carter, reagan, and clinton. He coanchored prime time live. And abc news sunday morning broadcast this week with sam donlson. He continues to work on many freelance projects. We are thrilled to have him back for the discussion. James swanson is the ed the 12day chase for lincolns killer. In 2006 they named it one the best books of the year. And claimed crime writer patricia corner blank blag his other books include acclaimed lincolns assassination, trial and ebbing cushion, and bloody crimes that chased if jefferson davis. James swansons current book in the topic
Look for more booktv on line error write us on facebook. Next in this booknotes from 1999, Randall Kenan discusses his book walking on water black american lives at the turn of the twentyfirst century. In preparing the book mr. Sapi travel the country for period of six years and interviewed nearly 200 africanamericans. This encore presentation is about an hour. Cspan Randall Kenan, author of walking on water, whats your book about . Guest well, its a travel narrative about what it means to be black in america. I sort of set out to travel all over north america, traveling on a theme. And the theme was to ask the question what does it mean at the end of the Twentieth Century to be black . Cspan wheres this cover picture taken . Guest i dont know thats one of the reasons we chose it, it sort of looks like everytown, america. Cspan when did you start to travel . Guest i started in 1991, beginning in new england and traveling north and west, going to places like alaska, coming back around d
Captioning funded by cbs this is the cbs morning news for wednesday, november 6th, 2013. Good morning. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. This morning the postelection day analysis is focusing on the two governors races that highlighted the voting. Governor Chris Christie led. In virginia the race was more ideological and a cliffhanger. Longtime democratic fundraiser Terry Mcauliffe was elected in a contest that focused health care and abortion. Marlie hall begins our coverage reporter it was a nailbiter in virginia where democrat Terry Mcauliffe narrowly beat ken cuccinelli. Mcauliffe is the former head of the National Committee who campaigned against cuccinellis tea party voters. It was a choice about whether virginia would continue the mainstream bipartisan tradition that has served us so well over the last decade. Reporter in new jersey governor Chris Christie is keeping his job. The republican won his Reelection Campaign in a landslide against challenger bar r barbara bono.