He has written several sailing books. Heart of thehe won the National Book award for nonfiction. Books has been adapted into a 10 part tv series. Pbs. S also a consultant on everyone herefor this evening is that he turned his prodigious talents to the american revolution. The right another one of his book has an acquired by warner bros. For a film adaptation that ben affleck might direct. Stay tuned on that one. He has written for vanity fair, the New York Times book review, the wall street journal, the los angeles times, and the boston globe. He has appeared on the today show, dateline, pbs, cspan, npr. We are delighted to have cspan here this evening to found the lecture film the lecture. He hails from pittsburgh. Historyts his ap u. S. Teacher for recognizing his nascent talent and encouraging him to write. Her prescience is one of the reasons we welcome him here tonight. He is discussing his latest book that was just released today. Please join me in welcoming him. [applause] mr. P
Been treated so badly as i have. [ laughter ] even more amazing, he tweeted it from the Abraham Lincoln room in the john f. Kennedy library. [ laughter ] President Trump [ cheers and applause President Trump today released a transcript of the controversial phone call between him and the president of ukraine, which seemed to include some incriminating information and man, that is not good. [ laughter ] its like when someone has a face tattoo that says, hail satan. [ laughter ] if thats what youre showing people, what are you hiding . [ laughter and applause according to the call according to the call transcript released this morning, President Trump told the president of ukraine, quote, the United States has been very, very good to ukraine i wouldnt say that its reciprocal necessarily because things are happening that are not good, but the United States has been very, very good to ukraine. Good lord, trump is the worst criminaler ] hes like a character from the sopranos who everyone kno
Good day at 9a starts right now. Good right now. Going to be cold a whole lot later. Get ready to snuggle in. Were glad youre with us on this tuesday, december 12th. All right. Ahead this morning were celebrating National Gingerbread house day. With major sugar rush. Well catch up with local chefs at National Harbor to see how they brought this giant display honoring the district live and get this, the entire thing took 340 hours and 200 pounds of powdered sugar to build. Wow. It looks spectacular. I wouldnt where it goes after its done. Somebodys belly. A lot of sugar. Every attempt ive made at Gingerbread House forget about it. You have to have double the candy. You eat the candy. Put it on. Eat the candy. Expert on the way to get the answers to all of our questions. Outside right now. You better get yourselves ready by this time tomorrow well be dealing with arctic blast. Weve been talking about it all morning. Expected to keep temperatures below the freezing mark. Lets send things
Dearborn, michigan. Were standing in the midst of railroad exhibit. Just as automobiles and airplanes were key technologies of 20th century, railroad was the key trmgs for 19th century. The steam engineer was thought of as equivalent to astronaut today. Its important we have a modest but important collection of railroad vehicles. What we have here are Railroad Locomotives that tell the story of railroaded in the 1830s up to the early days of electric locomotives in the 1920s. Behind me is our earliest example. This is a replica of 1831 locomotive cars used oppose hudson railroad. The replica built in 1982. It in and of itself is historic now. This gives us an idea of Steam Locomotives and trains looked like when railroads first come out of the scene in the 1830s. Mohawk located in new york state and became part of the railroad known as u. S. Central, one of the largest railroads in the United States. Railroads in the 1830s were very small, very local affairs. They might run perhaps 15,
We are here at the Henry Ford Museum of innovation. Were in the railroad exhibit. As automobiles sp airplanes were the key Transportation Technology of the 20th century. The rail yoed was the Major Technology of the 19th century. Its not an exaggeration it was the equal of an astronaut. What we have here are railroad locomotives that tell the story of railroad in the United States from the earliest day ins the 1830s. To the 1920s. Behind me is our earliest example. A replica of the 1831 locomotive and car on the moe hawk and hudson railroad. Built in 1892. This gives us an idea of what Steam Locomotives and trains look like in the 1820s and 1830s. The moe hawk and hudson located nd new york state and became a part of a railroad known as the new york central. One of the largest in the United States. Railroads in the 1830s were small and local affairs. They might run 15, 20 miles between a couple cities. Some had grander ambition of connecting the ocean with the great lakes or with the m