We had down here this weekend. We will be live all week. About hundred thousand people attend this event every year as well as about 350 authors are down here. Was founded by mr. Kaplan, founder of books and books as well. The big bookstore down here in south florida. Well, the cspan buses also year, and we are handing out but banks with our partners comcast here in the miami area. If you happen to be in the area, come on down. We are at Miamidade College the north side of downtown miami for the Miami Book Fair. In just a minute the panel in chapman all here at Miamidade College will begin will be beginning. Dave barry in the onion editors, humor columnist solve them. There will be introduced by brad meltzer who will be moderating the panel. The novelist will be joining us later. Ms. Kaplan will also be speaking, the founder of the Miami Book Fair, introducing and opening the weekend coverage. In just a minute well take you now to chapman all. Its rather full. We will be beginning or c
[inaudible conversations] [patriotic music] turn to [patriotic music] [patriotic music] [patriotic music] [patriotic music] the marine band is leading the procession from the capitol to the white house. It apparently was almost a lastminute decision and i believe that the ban was put in at the request of the white house. This is pennsylvania avenue looking back towards the white house. There is the apex building at sixth street and pennsylvania avenue. The marine band was just passing this horrifying sight for all of us, swinging down pennsylvania avenue, the west point cadets in the contingent from annapolis and the air force academy and the coast guard. Escorting their late commander and it is hard to realize that on this marvelously clear and beautiful, understandably beautiful day, this is what we are all coming to washington to witness. The crowd that has gathered is not a large one. It is one deep in most places because most of the crowd will be along the large march later. Beyon
Cathedral, and the Burial Service at Arlington National cemetery. We are on the steps of the capitol. Theres is a huge crowd that has gathered. The watch is almost over. Van is about to play hail to the chief. The casket will be brought down. The family is looking into the rotunda. A very quiet crowd. They are paying their last respects now. Thed morning air cason will roll to Arlington National cemetery. Will notice in the crowd they are conscious that there is a Television Camera on them. You will see no waves. I saw one. There always tends to be just one. This day of mourning is reaching its final act. Feeling. Only one just one. Shared by all of us. Lets go back to the studio. That from jack on the steps of the capitol. Thing,n incredible beginning with the tragedy and the assassination. That seems aftermath like a mad unraveling. In chicago, a man turned to his wife and said the president was shot in the head grid i am going to shoot myself in the head. He did. It was fatal. In io
[applause] what an honor and treat to be at the Eisenhower Institute and especially an honor to have susan introduced me. You know, families can be a little touchy about the great man and their family, but the eisenhowers were amazing with me. John, susan, david are completely open, not defensive, which is unusual. Incredibly helpful and i could not have done this book without them. So thank you, susan. Six weeks after Dwight Eisenhower became president , stalin died. Paik caught together top advisers and officials in that, whats the plan . Is little bit like Colonel Sanders of kentucky fried chicken. Was clearly a figure. Ike was rooting for the general, the head of the red army was ikes ally in defeating the nazis in world war ii. Eisenhower sent his son john out to do a little spying. John seidel up to him. Things are not as they seem. President eisenhower did not find out who was really in charge until the fifth day of the conference, when ike proposed what he called his opened sco
Then finally, when i was 25, i took my fathers name. Cspan where did you get the name skippy . Guest from the time i was born the day i was born, my uncle raymond called me skipper, and then it became skippy. We were piedmonts on the river piedmont, West Virginia, is on the Potomac River, two hours west of washington, so theres a whole marine mentality there, and so i became the skipper. Cspan before we go back and talk about the past, what are you doing now . Guest im the chairman of afroamerican studies at harvard and a professor of english. Cspan and how long have you been doing that . Guest this is the beginning of my fourth year. Cspan you write to your daughters in the beginning and you suggest that, eventually, after going through all the different names, they may get back someday to calling people of africanamerican descent or whatever colored. Do you really think so . Guest yeah, it could well be. I mean, Stranger Things have happened. You see, most people dont realize that we