And authorjournalist eberry discusses her book, the amazing story from freedom from slavery to freedom. Brian cate lineberry. When did you first get interested in Robert Smalls, and who was he . Cate i first learned about history a few years ago. I was looking for another idea. My youngest brother sent me a short article on Robert Smalls. I was astounded to find i have never heard of this man. I have done a lot of writing for the New York Times. I worked for Smithsonian Magazine and read about the civil war for them and i had never heard of him. It was a little article that encapsulated his life and i wanted to know more. I wanted to know how this man, who have been told from the time he was a young child that he was not worth anything could have had the courage and determination to find a way out of slavery. I was intrigued and could not reading about him. Brian born in 1839. Where was he born and into what situation . Cate he was born in beaufort, South Carolina, 75 miles from charle
Very well because i fly american every week. Thank you very much. My name is carrie philipovich testifying on behalf of airlines for america. Thanks for inviting me to discuss the impact tsa security lines is having on our customers. Theres nothing more important to the the Airline Industry than the safety and security of our passengers, employees and cargo. We have never seen tsa wait times that affect airlines and passengers throughout the United States like weve seen in recent months. Without immediate leadership, the 231 million earn a americans that will board airplane this is summer will be frustrated and angry. Last year, programs that had been in place were eliminated without adding resources required to support longer passenger processing times. The as a result that screening process caused unacceptably long security lines and a frustrated flying public. Our discussions with tsa revealed three other contributing factors. First, it appears tsa did not adjust its staffing model
Its been wonderful being with you again, lucinda. Spent thank you so much, dan. You are amazing. You are amazing. [applause] and thank you, all of you, for coming. [applause] you are watching booktv on cspan2 with top nonfiction books and authors every weekend. Booktv, television for serious readers. First lets just start with your name and the title of the book. Anne wilcox, with p. J. Wilcox. The name of the book at west point west point 41 the class that went to war and shaped america. How did you come across this project is . My husband and i were working with the general on his memoir and he invited us to 73 union at west point. He was in the class of 1941, which was the last class to graduate before the u. S. Entered world war ii. We went to the reunion and we start hearing stories of other officers that was classmates that were just astounding stories of closing the bulge in the bow of the bulge, and other historic incidents in world war ii they went on to the korean war and vie
Prosecutors talk about a possible deal to end the Insider Trading criminal case against the firm. Liz sales of new Single Family homes rising about 7. 9 last month to an annual rate of 421,000. But the increase did not make up for the steep decline in sales back in july. David orders support durable goods went up by just. 1 in august. This is a possible sign the company is beginning to hold back a little on spending because of uncertainty over federal budget and a lot of other things. Liz setback for boeing in china. Of airbus won contracts for nearly 70 a 320 aircraft worth 6 billion at list prices. David iconic Footwear Company is close to a deal to sell itself. The company is in advance talks with an interested buyer. We have a lot going on in the next hour. You dont want to miss a minute of it. After the bell starts right now. Liz they better not change the yellow shoelaces on doc martin that is priority. David she knows them well. Liz lets break down todays market action. We have
Voting. My favorite thing to do in the world. I sent mine in, too. We do it as a family in california. Sometimes that involves a conference call. Oh, nice. So we can all get together. Thank you, rachel. Your family is organized. With me its just pancakes. Thanks, rachel. Well, here we are at the fear and loathing and lying stage of what is now a trump campaign. That is the way Donald Trump Campaigns. Its the way he always campaigns. That is what he believes campaigns should be about, fear and clothing and lying, and that is what every Donald Trump Campaign will always be about. So remember what youre really watching tonight. Tonight you are watching a preview of Donald Trumps Reelection Campaign if he actually runs for reelection. Donald trumps very first speech as a political candidate was about fear. It was about fear of people crossing our southern border. They were rapists, they were murderers. They were coming here to rape and murder. There was donald trump trying to create fear o