Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to the afternoon session of the 10th annual roosevelt reading festival. Im bob clark, the ark vies here at the franklin d. Roosevelt library, and i cant believe its been ten years, the tenth anniversary of the building that allows us to host the event every year, and this is one of my favorites because it showcases what we do in the arian rives of the library, which is assist great writers and historians like the person youre about to hear on their work. Before we start, a couple housekeeping matters. The first is everyone, please, take out your cell phones, pagers, things that beat, whistle, and moan and turn them off so that our program is not interrupted. Thank you. Second thing, i thank cspan for being here broadcasting the event today. They are always great supporters of the Public Programs here at the roosevelt library, and we appreciate it very much. Let me tell you a little of the format of the session for those of you know been here before. Im
Florida landed a gyrocopter on the lawn of the u. S. Capitol where he was promptly arrested. He was trying to make a political statement, but the unintended message he delivered is just how easy it still is to breech the most secure air space in america. Heres jeff pegues. Reporter with the white house in the foreground at 1 20 this afternoon a cbs news camera captured the gyrocopter flying over the National Mall behind the Washington Monument and toward the u. S. Capital. This is not good people. Approximately two minutes later, tourists captured the chopper as it came in for a landing on the west lawn. At the control 61yearold doug hues, a postal worker who wanted to stage a stunt andnt deliver letters to Congress Demanding Campaign Finance reform. Im going to land on the capital mall in front of the capitol building. Im going to have 535 letters strapped to the gear. His quest was chronicled by the Tampa Bay Times for several months but only covered it today. I carefully planned it
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