Cspan2. Cspan2. Hi, everybody, im david, welcome to the National Book festival in the difficult time of the pandemic. One single they think we can do and i know youre loving it as i am, is to read good books. I wrote a book that was published this summer, the paladin, about a cia officer whos struggling with one of the central problems of our times, which is knowing whats true and what isnt. And its my great pleasure to have with me today two people who wrote two of the very best books of this summer about issues related to our new technologically sophisticated world and the dangers. First, i want to introduce bart gellman, my former colleague at the Washington Post who wrote an extraordinary memoirs and his dealings with Edward Snowden and the technology and surveillance and the title of the book says, the american surveillance state. And another outstanding office, thomas rid who teaches at Johns Hopkins and his accurate measure of history what weve come to call disinformation, the w
United states sits at the mouth of chesapeake bay. Next we get a tour showing the history from the colonial area and its completion. Welcome to fort minrow. It has been that way for a long, look time if is here that over 400 years of history have occurred. Some would say even thousands of years. Were inside of the museum aptly named casemade, this is in the fort wall in is unique for museums at this date and time. Were going to walk around and talk about the interesting and their plight in the American Civil War. Thousands of thousands of years ago, the natives of this land starts to migrate. They migrated as far west as mexico and the Mississippi River valley. They migrated all of the way here to point comfort. They were hunters, they were gatherers, and they lived a very successful and prosperous life here. In 1607, hay came and they mastered the art of cultivation. The english would struggle the first few years and they, too, would prosper. We know that in 1619, 20 negros arrived he
Certainly an unexpected side, President Donald Trump cichlids covid19 out of the hospital and in a motorcade, waiting for his waving to his supporters, he briefly left Walter Reed Hospital to surprise a crowd waiting outside, there he is in the backseat of a black suv. The president and his secret service wore masks, he posted a video on social media hinting at this of us visited and said hes learned a lot about the virus. Its been very interesting i learned a lot about covid19, i learned it by really going to school, this is the real school. This is not the lets read the book school and i guess it is and i understand it. I think that joyride was massively irresponsible. Should be sitting in a car within a few feet of him as they take a ride around is for a photo of is, it actually makes me angry. It is a terrible idea. Reporter sunday his medical team gave an update on his condition and admitted he had been given supplemental oxygen at the white house friday before taking a helicopter
Good evening welcome to the general election u. S. Senate debate from the Fine Arts Center and wyoming. Tonight is being broadcast live on the network through wyoming Public Radio Network and her social media platform and on cspan. We will be asking questions of the candidates this evening of what we hope will be a thoughtful and civil exchange. A quick note we are utilizing social distancing practices this evening and no Live Audience tonight. Was candidates for the open senate seat are with us and with the assistance from the wyoming league of women voters conducted a on conducted a random draw the candidates have been briefed on the ground rules for tonights debate and in addition to questions from us midway through the debate we will have a segment where the candidates unscripted have issues amongst themselves they should be noted those questions and wyoming viewers also developed spherically want to get right to the debate and then questions will follow if the candidates are ready
Miles davis and lena horne, generation africanamericans who found success in their respective fields during the start of a broader Civil Rights Movement. Wil haygood discusses his book with dave cybercom sports columnist for the nation magazine and author of a peoples history of sports in the United States. Host welcome to after words. I am days island, the Sports Editor for the nation magazine and an absolutely thrilled to be interviewing a man who has written a tremendous biography about the greatest out for pound boxer of the 20th century. That boxers name is walker smith, jr. , better known as Sugar Ray Robinson. And the author is will haywood. Will come how are you doing . Guest good to be here. Host great to have you. I really do think this book is worthy of sugar sugar ray robi. Instruments achieve it so congratulations right away trade to thank you. Host you are not a sports biographer of by trade. Guest right. Host why did you decide to spend five years of your life writing th