[inaudible conversations]. That is autor j. D. Vance, hillbilly elegy. Bestseller the past year or so, talking about 25 minutes. The next author at National Book festival will beonal b New York Times columnist, tom friedman. Thank you for being late. That is his latest book. Were pleased to be joined here at the Washington Convention center, historian, David Mccullough. His most recent book american spirit, who we are, what we stand for. If you live in the east and central time zones an want to talk to mr. Mccullough, 2027482001. For those in the mountain and pacific time zones. Youre familiar with his work. Familiar with all his book. John adams, harry truman. Johnson flood. The wright brothers. That is couple of the books hes. Has written. American in paris. The greater journey is the name of that book. You know what you want to ask him. Were here to to facilitate that conversation. At jenette in sarasota, florida, youre on booktv with historian David Mccullough. Caller good morning,
Coming up. Government with a referendum vote on sunday. President trump plans to cut the number of refugees entering the u. S. To the lowest level for decades plus south korea. Celebrates another four. Hours after winning a landslide in the secession referendum the government of the rocks kurdish region has rejected baghdads demand to hand over control of the results been announced despite a last minute appeal to cancel it by the iraqi Prime Minister reports and to build. Up the percent of voters city. Yes to secession to the kurdish region of northern iraq. The referendum is very important it will for my future and i hope at least that baghdad will eventually to be independent. With the federal government in baghdad has called the referendum on constitutional and hes refusing to even recognize the result let alone start negotiations with the Kurdish Regional government ok allergy over future independence for iraq. Events of the last few days here can only be described as some of the m
A cellphone or participate in the technology from peoples lives. I am a throw back from my boyhood. I was born in 1932. In a little town called ocean city, new jersey near atlantic city. My father and mother owned a store, had a dress shop, tailor shop. My father made beautiful suits. My mother made a lot of money and made nothing but an sold womens dresses with great success. When you a child of shopkeepers anything around, after school i went to Parochial School and after coming home in two or three in the afternoon, i hang around the store and have some chores to do and in my mothers case when she sewed a dress there was cardboard boxes that had to be folded into form and tissue paper and my mother would insert the address into the tissue paper and i do that. I made the boxes. Id hang around and eavesdrop. I was ten or 12 or 13 and i listen to the conversations in the middle of the afternoon in my mothers dress shop and the dialogue between my mother, a very curious woman of italian
A cellphone or participate in the technology from peoples lives. I am a throw back from my boyhood. I was born in 1932. In a little town called ocean city, new jersey near atlantic city. My father and mother owned a store, had a dress shop, tailor shop. My father made beautiful suits. My mother made a lot of money and made nothing but an sold womens dresses with great success. When you a child of shopkeepers anything around, after school i went to Parochial School and after coming home in two or three in the afternoon, i hang around the store and have some chores to do and in my mothers case when she sewed a dress there was cardboard boxes that had to be folded into form and tissue paper and my mother would insert the address into the tissue paper and i do that. I made the boxes. Id hang around and eavesdrop. I was ten or 12 or 13 and i listen to the conversations in the middle of the afternoon in my mothers dress shop and the dialogue between my mother, a very curious woman of italian
As they began to move, i brought crossfire. Badly. Ung boy was hit they needed help getting him out. I helped. It doesnt take much imagination to know what i was thinking. I will give you a hand. I see this young man come younger than i, cut down. You say to yourself, this is someones son, someones brother, someones husband. When youre there, you let your and you out for second will not be able to do what you need to do. Dan rather, cbs news. Lifetimeew people in a get to see this as an observer. Inside the main pagoda. A tank is around the corner. 30 yards. Show him and tell him the best you can what it is like, what it is really like. Someone is firing on the tank. As opposed to someone imagines it is like or is telling them it is like. A lot of people believe what soldiers fear in combat is death. They do fear death, but that is not the big fear. The biggest fear is that they will somehow let their comrade down. No soldier worthy of the name will leave even a dead comrade on the fie