That just a minute. I have to start out, full disclosure, and say that when johanna wrote me about this event a few months ago and said is there any chance youd be free . I wrote her immediately back and said absolutely. I would love to see you. The book sounds great. I cant wait to see it. We go back to the white house in the early 1980s when both of us were just out of middle school. Well put it this way, we were early on in our career as journalists. I think we bonded back then, even though i was in broadcast and she was in front. We always kind of gravitated towards each other. I was such a huge fan of her reporting and she was such a respected journalist. Johanna, youve gone on to even greater things. She went on to earn her ph. D. As youve just heard, she is a scholar and resident. Shes done extraordinary historical work. For those of you have not had a chance to read it or peek at it, you are in for a treat. Johanna, without going any longer on all the professes, just why havent
Was in print. We always kind of gravitated toward each other. I was such a huge fan of her reporting and she was such a respected journalist. But johanna, youve gone on to even greater things. She went on to earn her ph. D. , as you just heard. She is a scholar in residence. Shes done extraordinary historical work and this latest book is just a treat for all of you who havent had a chance to read it yet or peek at it, you are truly in for a treat. So johanna without going any longer on all the prefaces, just why havent you changed in 30 years . [laughter] johanna full disclosure good doctors. [laughter] judy you covered i knew you as a reporter, Los Angeles Times, covering politics. You covered the white house, the state department and conditioning congress. How did you find your way from doing that to being interested in history . Johanna well, actually, i was very happy as a journalist. I loved what i was doing. Can you all hear me . But in late 2008 when the economy was collapsing,
Swallows come home, while our very wise people always noticed if the birds arrived earlier than the appointed day, then this means spring will come soon friends, did you see birds in january, maybe, well, because since january there has already been a feeling of spring, someone did an analysis at all, i didnt i know, i made some logical conclusions in the direction and where they are flying , i dont know, i personally dont, because i just dont understand and i trust professionals who know exactly where they are flying, why, the most important thing, it seems to me, is also in life it is important to understand why you are doing it. Productive for the whole day , well, by the way, if we continue the topic, birds of migration, birds of return, the nature of the climate, then of course the world has changed, the world is different, like the climate , even cranes have long arrived in our country, and usually their early visits are recorded no earlier than midmarch, this year the cranes arr
Blame russia for everything. Our military were able to advance in the southern donetsk direction, three ukrainian brigades were destroyed at once. And muslims all over the world today celebrate one of the main holidays in islam eid alfitr. So, at the beginning there is a flood situation. Erenburg region. The level of the ural river rose overnight by almost another meter and has already exceeded the records of the last century. The water continues to flow and is approaching the 10 m mark. Almost 13,000 houses have already been flooded in the region, and hundreds of temporary Accommodation Centers have been opened. More than 7,000 residents were evacuated from dangerous areas. Local authorities strongly recommend that people leave their homes that are at risk of flooding, without waiting for the arrival of high water, which. By the way, vorsk continues to decline, they have already begun to calculate the damage and issue compensation. Murat zaripov with details. The water begins to gradu
For silence your cell phones. Of course it would use them for social media you are welcome to keep them on. Also during our q a we have microphone, just one this time, so if you could step up to that mike mika would be great because as you can see we have cspan film we also making an audio recording of this event. And feel free to leave your chairs with our. We have more events coming up this afternoon so youre welcome to stick around all day. Im pleased to welcome Johanna Neuman this afternoon to discuss her important new book gilded suffragists about a group of new york socialites who fought for the womens right to vote in the early part of the last century. Among the more than 200 social figures involved in the movement she writes about a host of familiar names including astor, belmont, harriman and vanderbilt, richard might just what a radical explosive notion the womens vote was in the early 1900s and how in her own words theres a moment when generations cross paths and an idea th