That does seem particularly appropriate because she will be discussing her new book capital dames the civil war and the women of washington, 18481868. Cokie roberts is best known as one of our nations most respected broadcast journalist. Her broadcasts on in the our offer critical insight into the worlds politics, government and washington, and as is the case with every Campaign Season she will be one of the most important voices we all listen to in the months ahead as the 2016 president ial race unfold and i know how busy you will be trying to cover by that time i was going to say the candidates that keeps growing forever. I do want to mention in the r and nbc are her day job. You know the Cokie Roberts grew up in a political family she has seen political life from the inside and out and understand where political dynamics fitting to American History and for that reason it is not surprising that along with her commentaries on contemporary politics shes a student of American History an
About the fragile and chaotic nature of the freedom and enduring dignity of the people who secured it. W join me in welcoming chandra manning. [applause] thank you. Thank you very minute to all of you for coming today. Im a tiny bit surprised to see anybody. With an election just three days ago and an outcome that we know is going to make history going y forward, im i wasnt quite sure if anybody would show up ay but im glad you did. He its a story of refugee see center of American History and skis do ash story about page asking defining citizenship as a day in and dayout basis. Want to talk about how thisf particular book came about, how i came to write it. Ill give you a glimpse into what it says and then id like to end with what i hope this book achieves. Wayne to start by being if any of you have ever been to a. Psychorama, an enormous painting, a sicker already th sicker you walk into thee middle of it and every inch is painted. Y inch in intricate, elaborate detail. Thats a sick l
New tonight on Eyewitness News. A Wake County School bus driver rushed to the hospital. The bizarre circumstances behind a crash. A smoky haze over the area what you can expect this weekend and the possible toll it could be taking on your health. And a foamnado forms in california. what turned streets into foamy rivers. Eyewitness news starts right now. A Wake County School bus driver rushed to the hospital after a wreck in a raleigh neighborhood. Good evening, im tisha powell. And im steve daniels. Eyewitness News was first to bring it to you as breaking news at six oclock. When it looked like a chaotic crime scene. Weve been working to unravel the details all night. It happened in South Raleigh off garner road at cross link road. At herndon village way. The latest. The bus was just towed about an hour ago. Leaving behind a broken mailbox. And a neighborhood wondering what happened. Regina jeffries lives here on herndon village way. She heard a loud noise. Looked outside. And couldnt
Serious Health Problems have forced her to spend months away from her classrooms. But they are coming together to do what they can. They started a go find me page. Fund me page. You can see broke College Students giving money because she made that much of a difference. Its incredible. I thought it would be small, but its making a big difference. Reporter thanks to the generosity, they learned from their teacher. She has a heart of gold. We wanted to get back everything she has given. Reporter its not clear when ms. Hartman will be back here. But, she will certainly receive a warm welcome. Maggie newland. That the impact of a great teacher. Treatment today and was not available today. She said she is overwhelmed by the generosity of everyone. If you want to help you can find a link on our website. I am proud of those students. This week, we are seeing the several the president ial candidates. Ted cruz was in raleigh today. North carolina political reporter bowl was there. Reporter the b
Fact is that i write these history books often, many of the characters in the history book are political wives. There is a political wife who starred this book festival, it was laura bush who went to the fabulous library of congress and said i did it taxes a book festival, can we do one in washington. It shows you what a fabulous legacy political lie wives have left here in washington. That makes it more delightful for me to be able to participate in it. Also, we should just say the volunteers of this festival are the heroes. [applause]. By and large the heroes because there is no way this could go on without these wonderful hundreds of volunteers. Thank you all very much for what you do. I have written history books about women in history and i never was going to write about the civil war. First of all all of my ancestors fought on the losing side. So i didnt really have any interest in its. Secondly, its an awful war. It is a horrible, horrible time in our history, we lost more than