Panel, the will make their way to the authors ten next door to that and will be happy to personalize and sign the books for you. Our moderator is timis bell. During his 30plus years as a journalist his has serve as writer, photographer, photo editor, pain designer, and shreddographyer. He researches and writes and photographs books on the civil war, civil rights history, and the gulf coast in 2007 he want inducted be usm communication and journalism hall of fame. Id like to thank all of you for coming. I was going to start the session off with the quote from another mississippi author, shelby foote. Any understand offering this nation has to be based on an noning of the civil war. The civil war deoffendded us as what we are and it opened us to what we game, good and bad. Its necessary if youre going to understand the american character of the 20th century to learn about this enormous catastrophe of the 19th 19th century. The crossroads of our being and a hell of a crossroads. Id like t
Minutes will be back with more live coverage of the mississippi book festival. If you want to see the schedule of events go to book tv. Org or you can visit the mississippi book festival website at ms book festival. Com. First heres more book tvs visit to jackson last year. When i was a writer i think i said in the south that i take for what i know for granted and i feel like i am judged because my eyes have been cleaned by experience so i know where a. M. I have a base to see people moving in that clear lights were in jackson mississippi it is a National Historical landmark and wealthy was a writer she was born in 1909 and died in 2001. She was a writer who won just about every literary prize there was. She studied throughout the world really published in many languages, she wrote wrote short short stories. That was the form she most value. She had four collections of short stories in total in just over 50 stories of that collection. There is onenr writers beginning to look at the tim
Live from center city in philadelphia this is fox 29 news at 10 00. Two big stories involving the nfl tonight. Thanks for joining us at 10 00. Im iain page. Mass protests by players across the country during the National Anthem, and an incredible win for the eagles in their home opener against the giants. Well start with that nail biter with the eagles look at this. Sell bra la tower video tweeted out by the eagles that is kicker jay elliot parents just beaming with excitement right after he seals the deal. Sports director tom srendenschek joins us. Tom this was stressful for eagles fan. Right down at the wire. Really iain the kind of game by i dont know years the eagles would have lost. They blew a 14fourth quarter lead at home to those the giants let new york take 2114 lead much eagles fans have seen this script before. But today, a different ending. Starting with corey clem mon from glassboro, new jersey, undrafted rookie right here 15 yards out he ties the game up at 21. Now 2421 u
Meetings without telling the Foreign Office or the ambassador in israel, or indeed the Prime Minister has gone leaving her in the dark when she met netanyahu last week. It extraordinary that this has happened, and she lied about it initially to the papers before finally admitting that she has had these meetings. And now we discover that a lobbyist was also present in these meetings. The point i would like to make is that both the blunders of patel and borisjohnson, ifi blunders of patel and borisjohnson, if i may bring him into the equation, are to do with the middle east at a time when the region is on the brink of a showdown perhaps between saudi arabia and iran is not an outright war. As you can find out from the Financial Times story here. Let me get to that a little bit later if i may because i want to stay with the conservative party for a moment because inside the times, you brought them together, priti patel and Boris Johnson, you brought them together, priti patel and borisjoh
Historic place toss learn about american history. General Douglas Mcauthur was a fivestar general who committed allied forces at world war ii. At memorial in norfolk, virginia we learn about his early life, service in world war i and career during interwar years. This is part one of a twopart program. Welcome to the mcarthur memorial in norfolk, virginia. Its my honor and privilege to be the director here. This is a museum and Research Center dead indicated to life and times of general of the army Douglas Mcauthur who lived from 1880 until his death at 64. We want to show you pressures from our exhibits. Lets go take a look. Were located in old Norfolk City Hall built in 1850. Given over to the memorial in 1964. City hall contains nine galleries which follow chronologically life and times of general of the army Douglas Macarthur. We begin with his family which answers the 64 dollar question, why in norfolk. The answer is mom. Let me show you a photograph of general macarthurs mother an