Live coverage after the conference fetus it finishes on cspan2. I cspan3, the science, space will be airing. Watch that live. Cspany weekend, the coverage is on politics in American History. Marking the 20th anniversary of the million man march, live coverage of the gathering with keynote speaker master louis farrakhan. Sunday at the National Press club, gop president ial candidate ben carson discusses his new book, a more perfect union, that he wrote with his wife. On monday, beginning at 10 00 a. M. Eastern, live from new coverage for allday of the no labels Problem Solver convention including eight republican and democratic president ial candidates. On cspan twos book tv, coverage of the 10th annual brooklyn book festival featured offered authors. Coming up sunday night at 9 00 afterwards, former meet the press host and nbc White House Correspondent David Gregory on his current book about faith and religion. He is interviewed by sally quinn, Founding Member of on faith. On American
See i dont look quite that young anymore. A little bit harrier. Someone had mentioned to me theres a henry george tree in central park. I said i did not know that and five days later im walking through central park, which, remember its 840 acres, its bigger than monaco, its a large piece of land i reached down to tie my shoe, and there im not kidding you, tied my shoe next to the henry george tree, i dont really believe in these cosmic signs but this was a cosmic sign of some sort, im on the right track i better do it. And we happened to have a camera with us, too which is kind of funny. Ive been working on it so long that one of my daughters who is now 25 used to ask me, daddy when are you going to finish that, or have you finished your book on Curious George . So it has been a while. Its been a bit of an odyssey. I will not tell you any of the details except life is what happens when you make firm plans. So, my first book is now out as my fourth book and its thrilling to have it out
Sevenminute documentary on the theme, the three branches and you. To show how action by the executive, legislative or Judicial Branch by the federal government affected you in your community. Theres 200 cash prizes for student and teachers totaling 100,000. For the list of rules and how to get started, go to studentcam. Org. Up next on American History tv, author Elizabeth Cobbs hoffman describes consequences of United States role in world leadership. Asking, is america umpire or an empire. Miss hoffman argues that the u. S. Played the role of umpire since 1776 but also argues that umpires cant win. This program is sponsored by world denver. Its about an hour. Thank you so much, kay. Thank you all for being here. I cant tell you how pleased and honored i have be here addressing the World Affairs council. And especially because what i hope we will discuss tonight is i think one of the most critical conditions of our time. Which is youre not going to know it, because i didnt turn on the
A century or two ago, we built our church. We raised the town hall next so we could have our say about the taxes. Or whether we need another teacher for the school. When town meeting comes around we know our rights and duties , and no harm if we disagree. We neighbors hold together in all that matters. We work from sun to dark. If you can call just work a job that makes the body feel it hes while doing it or a bit of pleasure when its done. Art is not something foreign that we look at in a case. It is in the blankets we have spun at home. Its in the patchwork quilts we have sung attic so not a quilting bee. It is in the locks and hinges that the blacksmith shapes. It is in the woven baskets. When waterwheels are better fitted to do the work than human hands, we rig up the machines. To solve the wood or grind the corn for hominy grits and johnny cake. A while ago, that corn was on the stock above the pumpkins bright and yellow. Neighbors did the job in no time so they could clear the ba
Was a 30 year contract. There was some specific numbers on that. So the bottom line was there was tension between 10 and spain, and there was one incident in particular that later gave this conflict its name. And you will think, that is an odd day. The war of jenkins ear, where did that come from . The rebecca was one of the ships that had been seized by the spanish, a british merchant ship, and the captive of the captain of that ship was robert jenkins, and in the process of being or day, his ear was cut off. Jenkins took it upon himself to carry the ear around, he would put in a jar, may be taken to a bar to get free drink, i dont know. But to jenkins, that ear was symbolic. He had a cut off in 1741, and you can see in the cartoon here he is talking to the Prime Minister, and he is taking off his wig to show his ear. The primary string is dismissing him. He would rather talk to a lady there than to deal with this issue. The Prime Minister is dismissing him. He would rather talk to a