National book festival Live Saturday september 26 on booktv. And welcome to another summer evening with booktv is binge watch series. Tonight were focusing on books written by former first ladies. The first first lady to venture into publishing was nellie tapp who recalled her time in the white house in her 1914 memoir, recollections in four years. Since then another for slaves have published memoirs. We will focus tonight on five women with serve in a position in the last few years. First up, Rosalynn Carter, she served as first lady from 19771981 and shes the author of five books. In 1984 for bestselling memoir, first lady from planes, was released. Her subsequent books have focused on caregiving and Mental Health care. A subject chess champion throughout her life. From 2010, here is Rosalynn Carter talking about her book within our reach. [applause] thank you very much. Thank you. Im really pleased to be a tonight and really pleased to see so many people in interested in my book. Iv
Will the beirut explosions cause a humanitarian disaster the devastation leaves hundreds of thousands of lebanese homeless hungry and in the for themselves with no help from the government can aid organizations cope with the immense challenge this is inside story. Hello and welcome to the program. Lebanon was in a dire state even before the enormous explosions which shattered beirut on tuesday many couldnt make ends meet as a 3rd of almost 7000000 lebanese dont have a job the government is bankrupt the currency almost worthless and lebanon is home to 1500000 Syrian Refugees the huge blast made things worse by destroying the main port for a nation heavily reliant on food imports lebanons only large grain silo is in ruins and the explosion destroyed hospitals and vital medical supplies needed to fight kovac 19 on top of all that there are complaints of no help from the government is in a folder reports. Volunteers in the streets of the lebanese capital providing much needed food and wate
And to spend that we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that matter. Will the very root explosions caused a humanitarian disaster the devastation leaves hundreds of thousands of lebanese homeless hungry and fending for themselves with no help from the government can aid organizations cope with the immense challenge this is inside story. Hello and welcome to the program. Lebanon was in a dire state even before the enormous explosions which shattered beirut on tuesday many couldnt make ends meet as a 3rd of almost 7000000 lebanese dont have a job the government is bankrupt the currency almost worthless and lebanon is home to 1500000 Syrian Refugees the huge blast made things worse by destroying the main port for a nation heavily reliant on food imports lebanons only large grain silo is in ruins and the explosion destroyed hospitals and vital medical supplies needed to fight kovac 19 on top of all that there are complaints of no help from the government then a father
From the heart which the news york times called a deeply felt kingly observed account and mrs. Bush conjures a hometown with enormous detail later system and feeling. Tonight mrs. Bush will be interviewed by Cokie Roberts and we are all delighted to look on her back to the Smithsonian Associates event. Copies of mrs. Bushs book which she has already signed are available in the lobby. Because of her schedule there will not be any personalization of the books after the program. Before we begin i would like to remind all of you to have your cell phones or Electronic Devices silenced and im going to do that with mine too. [laughter] additionally no photos are allowed during the program from cell phone cameras or any other cameras. We appreciate your cooperation on both of these items. As ive mentioned we are pleased to have Cokie Roberts. Conversation with mrs. Bush are cookies a senior news analyst for npr news where she was a Congressional Correspondent for more than 10 years. Additional
Well the beirut explosions cause a humanitarian disaster the devastation leaves hundreds of thousands of lebanese homeless hungry and fending for themselves with no help from the government can aid organizations cope with the immense challenge this is inside story. Hello and welcome to the program. Lebanon was in a dire state even before the enormous explosions which shattered beirut on tuesday many couldnt make ends meet as a 3rd of almost 7000000 lebanese dont have a job the government is bankrupt the currency almost worthless and lebanon is home to 1500000 Syrian Refugees the huge blast made things worse by destroying the main port for a nation heavily reliant on food imports lebanons only large grain silo is in ruins and the explosion destroyed hospitals and vital medical supplies needed to fight kovac 19 on top of all that there are complaints of no help from the government saying the holder reports. Volunteers in the streets of the lebanese capital providing much needed food and