Basically a country where 30 or 40 or 5060 percent of people are in the middle. And what government to get something done. And we aint doing it. David and doesnt mean that we wont. We have come from very hard and baffling times. Very pessimistic to times. David inappropriate behavior times as far as leadership. Bullying come through the mall. Im very we do come through them. These difficult times. These dark dark sky times. When you come through, were better for having done it read people talk about that was a simpler time back then. No it wasnt. There was a simpler time. Things have never been so bad are so dark. So for voting. Yes they have. And if you dont understand that, he dont understand the reality of our story. Like to point out the influenza epidemic with my parents and your parents probably went through pretty 1918 and 1919. 500,000 americans died of the disease. A disease that they they didnt know where it came from, didnt know if it would ever go away at all how to cure it
I was about to say how special this night is that you all beat me to it which is great. Welcome. I am the executive director of the Jfk Library Foundation and on behalf of our colleagues in the library we are thrilled you could be here all forms are great but tonight it is a treat because its also the beginning of the centennial weekend and we planned this months ago we literally thought would be the best pair a speaker and moderator we could get for this historic time . This is we have and we are thrilled they are both here. [applause] first a few brief announcements first the underwriters and sponsors including our media is spent on sponsors and for the centennial. We are kicking off the centennial about what were doing over the next few days but over the next few days there are opportunities from seeing a new exhibit with 100 items with those that have never been seen publicly before opening tomorrow. Doing a peace corps day we have an astronaut here as part of the attribute to nasa
Feminist. Find more information on your Program Guide or online at booktv. Org. Good evening, everybody, im name is weir harman, on behalf of our organization its a pleasure to join live stream presentation by Katherine Stewart in conversation with david. I want to acknowledge that our institutions stands unseated traditional territory which people, we thank them for Natural Resources of ancestral homeland. I want to thank you for tuning in the strange, strange times. We are thrilled to present virtual editions of our Program Using live stream to go build a digital stage to serve town halls of serious and engaged seattle and i want to thank katherine and david for helping us keep the conversation. Unfortunately tonights broadcast does not feature closed captioning services however they are available once its available to youtube page which we will do as soon as we can. Noted economic explain robert and eric thomas and dar jamial, bearing witness to end of isis and many talks are availa
[applause] i was about to say how special the slightest but you beat me to it. Welcome. My name is steve, im the executive director and on behalf of all the collects in the foundation and jamie the collects in the library, were thrilled to could be here. All of our forms are great, but tonight is a tree. Its also the beginning of the john f. Kennedy centennial weekend. We plan this months ago and we really thought would be the best speaker and moderator week again for this historic time. Were thrilled theyre both here. Before i introduce them, few brief announcements. First, want to thank our underwriters and sponsors. Bank of america, the Lowell Institute including bill and andrea, i media sponsors. As i say, were kicking off the centennial was information when you leave about what were doing over the next few days. Over the next few days there are opportunities to see new exhibits with a hundred items on saturday will be doing a special peace corps day, on sunday we have an astronaut
I was so worried. [applause] i was so worried. It was raining, and i thought booklovers are going to want to stay in bed and read. But here you are. Thank you and good morning. [applause] and welcome to the 2017 National Book festival. I am carla hayden and im the 14th library and of congress. As you can see, as you can see, i am pretty excited to open this event, our 17th consecutive celebration of books and reading and it is wonderful to see a bold house in our largest presentation space. Not only do we have a full house here at the Convention Center but we also have millions of people joining us live on facebook. Thanks to everyone for joining us. We have a fantastic lineup of authors this year and what better way to kick off the festival then with one of our nations most beloved historians, mister David Mccullough. [applause] David Mccullough is here for his sixth National Book festival appearance, we hope you will continue to make this a habit. He will be followed by diana, the au