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Mississippi festival board of directors, i had the pleasure of working with scott on the board. Hes something of a lifer. Hes been on the board since the very of the book festival in 2015. Scotts also a member of the mississippi arts commission, the Mississippi Institute of arts and letters hes an ardent champion of arts. Hes the coowner of books and cat island coffee, house and Pass Christian and gulfport gulfport. Thank you very much and welcome to our session this morning on nature and the environment for of my life, my entry to america in history was through the biographies of our founding fathers, washington, jefferson, franklin, and then through to lincoln, frederick douglass, Theodore Martin luther king, chisholm, henrietta lacks, james baldwin, eisenhower, among many others. But then two years ago, i was fortunate enough to read jack davis as the bald eagle. And then a whole new world opened to me and missed the little earth upon which our country was founded and without which
nikki haley s turn in the barrel. she was the target of attacks from the men around her on the debate stage last night. she says they are just jealous as she wants new endorsements and climbs in polls. it s all relative. haley may be in second place in states like new hampshire and south carolina, but she is still 20 or 30 points behind donald trump. trump was once again not on the debate stage. he was where you see him now, new york city, particularly in a courtroom in manhattan. that s where he is as we speak. listen to what he said just before going into the courtroom. it s for a civil trial threatening his buzz. nobody has ever seen the case. there s not a judge in the country that wouldn t have given it. this is a witch hunt. it s a very corrupt trial. jeff zeleny is still in tusc tuscaloosa, alabama, where i left you last night. good to see you. trump once again was not at the debate. what do you make of how he made out at that debate given the fact that he was the
There also is this big news out of nebraska. Regulators have approved the construction of the keystone xl pipeline through that state. We want to get your reaction to it. If you support the keystone xl pipeline, called 202 7488000. If you oppose it, call 202 7488001. You can weigh in on social media at cspan to vijay for our twitter handle and you can post a comment on facebook. Com cspan. Heres the headline one more time. It is from the omaha world herald. It is approved, but hurdles likely remain. That is out of omaha. Joining us by phone right now is ellen gilmer, illegal reporter there. A legal reporter there. Guest thanks for having me. Host explain what regulators and nebraska decided and what it all means. Guest regulators decided that keystone xl can build its pipeline across the state. Trans canada, the company that backed the pipeline, did not get what it wanted. Trans canada had a certain route it wanted to build on and state regulators said you can build, but you need to bu