New york times book review. We recorded the program in september of 2018. Good afternoon. Welcome, everybody. Im david moskowitz, head of Government Relations and Public Policy at wells fargo and pleased to be here with you today. We are pleased to serve for the eighth year as a charter sponsor of the book festival and prouder to watch the book festival grow into the incredibly popular and impactful event it has become. I wouldnt be surprised [ applause ] thank you. Wouldnt be surprised to see us move the needle on some bestseller list today. Its even more important to keep the book festival a free event that serves the community. The library of congress and the book festivals purpose here is literacy which leads to learning and opportunity which matches our goal of helping our community succeed, learning to love books and learning are what the book festival is all about. In this session, ron chernow will discuss his biography of Ulysses Grant f were lucky, certain is other popular fou
Im head of Government Relations and Public Policy at wells fargo and im pleased to be here with you today. Were pleased to serve for the 8th year as a charter sponsor of the book festival and even prouder to watch it grow into the incredibly popular and impactful event it has become. I wouldnt be surprised [ applause ] thank you. I wouldnt be surprised to see us move the needle on some best seller lists today. But its even more important to keep the book festival a free event that serves the community. Its real purpose is literacy which leads to learning and opportunity which helps our goal in succeeding. Learning to love books is what the book festival is all about. In this session, ron chernow will describe his biography and certain other popular founding fathers. One thing i learned from the story of president grant is how people can evolve and through persistence and hard work, acknowledge and overcome their imperfections. Its an incredible story that reminded me that a person can
Jackson was elected president in 1828. We recorded their remarks at the u. S. Capital Historical Society in 2018. I will go ahead and start stuff. Welcome. Welcome to our latest lunch time texture. Im steve im chief historian at the capitol Historical Society, welcome. I am really pleased today to introduce you if you dont already know to jeanne and david heidler. They have been speakers here before for their book on George Washington circle. Today we are really honored that we are one day in to the official existence of their latest book on Andrew Jackson. The rise of Andrew Jackson. It was officially released yesterday. So we are at the threshold of greatness here. The book will be available afterwards, they will be available to sign it for anyone interested. I went to point out that their previous book was washington circle, we are also selling discounted copies of that back there. I am told that the hardcover that we are selling is five cents more than amazons soft cover. So that s
Comprehensive deal beats a partial deal is where the president was going. Down necessarily mean a partial deal is in the offing but at corner of wall and broad they think one is. As i told you many, many times, trade talks, whether they look promising or not indicate the direction of stocks. Better for trade, better for stocks. Worst for trade, worst for stocks. The ministers gather in washington this week to hammer out some sort of an accord or at least a preview of one. Lets not get ahead of our proverbial skis. There are issues weighing on the markets, sped up impeachment battle. The president is handing over his tax returns. There is a appeal in place to prevent that from happening by the one p. M. Deadline. Blake burman from the white house following all of this. On the trade front, if this is true it, would represent a big change in administration policy, right . Reporter as you said, lets not get ahead of our skis here. That is a good way to put it because remember when all of t
As the president of the freedom center, i am pleased to welcome you to this treasure in our nations life having to do with teaching and promoting and advocating for freedom. Museum is tof this reveal the stories of freedoms heroes from the era of the underground railroad up to contemporary times, challenging and inspiring everyone to take courageous steps for freedom today. In short, our mission is to champion freedom so all people everywhere shall and will live free. 2004 ineum opened in this building. The initiative to create the museum started in 1994 as a project of the local chapter of the National Conference of christians and jews who were celebrating the 50th anniversary. They asked themselves what they could do to memorialize cincinnatis great role in promoting the cause of the , freedom,d railroad and the abolition of slavery. They came up with this beautiful concept called the National Underground Railroad Freedom center. The underground railroad was a network of African Amer