Grandfather. [applause] he founded the store known as book row just around the corner from here a he defied the odds by surviving were all other 48 bookstores were shuttered it was then passed on to my late father to go to the store or to scale and popularity he never that was possible. Now im the owner they said its hard to run the store in this digital age. I want to thank youou to the book Loving Community and this audience for helping us not only survive but thrive through the ages. [applause] it is impossible to read tonights book watergate girl without drawing a parallelel to todays headlines at the cross roads of the watergatecandal there was a young lawyer barely 30 years old and the only woman on the team to prosecute the highest ranking white house official. A failing marriage losing her house and privacy invaded she fought against the sexist preconceptions to receive the respect afforded to the fale counterparts tonighthts author is msnbc legal and is beginning her career as
We have a host of deejays, live entertainers, comedians, cannabis chefs. Its not the kind of thing inperson party kind of mentality. I think a lot of when we say its a party, its mostly a celebration that this plant has been recognized that something, everyone can celebrate. Reporter a new way to celebrate that he has used in his platform to spread. I want to express my appreciation to the ambassador of the bay. E40. Reporter last night we caught up with e40 over instagram live. At least seven people close to him have tested positive for covid19. He is asking everyone to stay home. Dispensaries are doing more deliveries and some cities curb side pickups. This was the line in urbana this morning. It seems long, but this industry has taken a hit during this pandemic. Cannabis businesses are declared essential, theyre essential but not equal. San francisco has taxes coming in january thats going to tax cannabis retailer 5s 1 times higher rate than your traditional retailers. Reporter Poli
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As we learn more about that unfolding situation today. But first, we want to turn or attention to a major change underway in america. Today workers in our Energy Industry are wondering where the Biden White House is leaving them. They spent decades Building Energy independence in this country. Thats been great news for workers and not such great news for other big Energy Providers like venezuela or russia or the middle east. We were building our own enormous energy supply. That shifted. The global power dynamic in a way that has not been seen since the advent of the automobile. Now its changing. Executive orders are it sheing down new leases for fracking on federal land. As you know, the xl pipeline is a casualty here. Heres what some of those workers are saying as they react to this. You prepare for these large projects. When one gets the rug yanked out from under it, you have nothing the next year or two years. I cant believe that all this in one day, that a mans stroke of a pen can
Fixbering campaign. He discusses how the leadership contributed to a victory. This event was part of historical parks small battles big results symposium. Weve got a great speech for our second session this morning. Dr. Timothy r. Smith is a veteran of the park service and currently teaches history at the university of tennessee at martin. In addition to numerous articles and essays hes the author and editor and coeditor of 18 books including Champion Hill, the decisive battle of vicksburg. His book comes out this fall and actually is now out, and you can buy a copy of it out at our bookstore at battlefield center. So im pleased to introduce dr. Timothy smith. [ applause ] thank you. Appreciate that. Appreciate the opportunity to be here. Ive always heard about it and its my first time to be here. Ive always heard about it and how nice it was and im a believer now. I believe you. Youve got a great place here and appreciate the invitation to be here. Were going to talk about the western