The party the people this is live coverage on book tv on cspan2. Good morning and welcome. I would like to give a special thank you to all of the festival sponsors. The theme for this years festival is what is your story and we encourage you to share the stories you hear this weekend on twitter, instagram or facebook. You can keep the spirit going by downloading the printers row app where you will find the Chicago Tribune premium book contents free and discounted ebooks for subscribers and that complete printers row schedule. Demo today and you get a free ebook and five dollars off merchandise. Todays program is being broadcast live on cspan twos book tv. We will leave about 10 minutes at the end for a q a session with the Live Audience here, so when the time comes if you have a question, please lineup at the microphone to your right so the home viewing audience can hear your questions. Lastly, before we begin this program i ask that you silence your phones and turn off the flashes on
Is your story and we encourage you to share the stories you hear this weekend on twitter, instagram or facebook. You can keep the spirit going by downloading the printers row app where you will find the Chicago Tribune premium book contents free and discounted ebooks for subscribers and that complete printers row schedule. Demo today and you get a free ebook and five dollars off merchandise. Todays program is being broadcast live on cspan twos book tv. We will leave about 10 minutes at the end for a q a session with the Live Audience here, so when the time comes if you have a question, please lineup at the microphone to your right so the home viewing audience can hear your questions. Lastly, before we begin this program i ask that you silence your phones and turn off the flashes on any cameras. With that said, i would like to introduce author thomas frank of listen liberal. [applause]. Howdy, folks. How are you all doing next thats my version of a chicago accent, howdy folks. I did liv
People talk about the idea of service. What would he think about a former secretary of state making 225,000 to give a speech . John well, thats an interesting question. Of course, in his day politics was not a root to wealth. The opposite. And when he was a young man, he ran for the state legislature of massachusetts. Most of his friends who were all lawyers like him wouldnt do that because the theory was first you make dough as a merchant or a lawyer, whatever it was, and then when you are comfortable, you can afford to go into politics because no one ever made a nickel. Congressman in those days would get 9 as a per diem. Adams struggled economically his whole life but he thought that it was right that he struggle. And i think that, again, part of his sense of its Public Service is that you accept the fact that youre not going to make money doing it and youll die poor. Indeed, the president s who preceded adams, jefferson famously, but madison not so famously, monroe not so famously
Ifor all the wrong reasons. Gical you may be muddling through allergies. Try zyrtec® for powerful allergy relief. And zyrtec® is different than claritin®. Because it starts working faster on the first day you take it. Try zyrtec®. Muddle no more®. Action news, Delaware Valley as leading news program, with jim gardner. This is marked storms of the lansdale and tonight he is behind bars on 250,000 bail. This is the man who Authorities Say shot and killed a member of his church, and during Services Last thursday. He said the d. A. Today it doesnt make any sense to bring a gun to church. It is thursday night, and the big story on action news tonight is now a case of voluntary manslaughter a at the Keystone Fellowship Church in montgomeryville. And tonight, action News Reporter chad pradelli has an exclusive interview with the father of the victim. Chad, what did you hear from Robert Braxton, junior tonight. Reporter jim, he forgives mark storms for allegedly shooting and killing his s
Thursday. He said the d. A. Today it doesnt make any sense to bring a gun to church. It is thursday night, and the big story on action news tonight is now a case of voluntary manslaughter a at the Keystone Fellowship Church in montgomeryville. And tonight, action News Reporter chad pradelli has an exclusive interview with the father of the victim. Chad, what did you hear from Robert Braxton, junior tonight. Reporter jim, he forgives mark storms for allegedly shooting and killing his son. Storms claims it was selfdefense but the d. A. Here in Montgomery County isnt buying that argument saying storms, brought a gun to a fist fight. This is such a tragedy that my son had to die. Reporter outside his lansdale home Robert Braxton, junior said that he is relieved mark storms is being prosecuted for his sons death but as a man of god, he and his family, forgive. Even though i have so much pain and so much hurt from the life that he took away from me, mark i forgive you, man. My family forgive