History. Well, its such a pleasure to be able to introduce dr. Holly a mayor who is been a dear friend of mine for decades. Now. We are catching up a little bit on the terrace earlier trying to calculate the years, but its been it was back in the 1900s when we first met one another thats not amazing how that sounds now holly dr. Mayer is now a professor emerita from the mccannulty college in the graduate school of liberia arts at Duquesne University in my hometown of pittsburgh, pennsylvania where she taught for many decades she did i think two stints as chair of the History Department there after joining duquesne after receiving your phd at the college of william and mary. She also has served as the visiting heraldkay johnson chair of military history at the Us Army War College out in carlisle, pennsylvania at the Carlisle Barracks and is currently during this Academic Year at west point where shes serving as the charles bowl ewing visitor professor of history. She is also has been co
hello and welcome. hundreds of firefighters from at least seven other eu countries are joining efforts to combat a huge wildfire in the gironde region of south western france. italy, greece and sweden have sent water bombing planes. the fires have spread even more quickly than the ones that hit the area injuly. the un has warned that high temperatures are likely to become more common in northern europe, and a more coordinated effort is needed to slow down the rate of global warming. here s azadeh moshiri. europe is still burning, and the consequences are getting worse. firefighters in france had to arm themselves with equipment from six eu nations as they try to battle what they are calling a monster blaze in south western france. it has fought at least 10,000 people to flee their homes. translation:- to flee their homes. translation: ~ , , translation: we must continue more than ever translation: we must continue more than ever to translation: we must continue more than
Hello, im reporting from the organ we begin with Breaking Mass Spectra manhunt underway in maine right now for A Person Of Interest in a series of Mass Shootings that left at least 18 people that mr 60 injured. We are expecting a News Conference there in lewiston, maine in about 30 minutes. These live images are as we set up for it. Here is what we know now. The shootings unfolded at a bar and grill in a Bowling Alley that were miles apart. Listen to this account of one man who was in the Bowling Alley and used a pin machine to escape. We were inside bowling and out of nowhere, he came in and i heard a loud pop, i had my back turned to the door. As soon as i turned and saw he was holding a weapon, i just booked it and slid into where the pins are and climbed into the machine and was on top until the cops got there. Police are looking for this person of interest. 40yearold robert card believed to be in the army reserve and a trained Firearms Instructor peggy recently reported Mental Hea
[inaudible conversations] welcome to arlington vermont on booktv. Located on Lake Champlain about 45 minutes south of the Canadian Border. Its home to the university of vermont and its the states most populous city with about 42,000 residents. With the help of our Comcast Cable partners over the next hour we will feature the Literary Committee including author Willard Sterne Randall on the war of 1812. A lot of people have misconceptions about the war of 1812. They think it was all about the star spangled banner and the british attack on washington and it was not very important like a hiccup in history. It had been a long struggle with the british over trade and writes and basically to take us back so its much more important than the way its taught in school. We begin our special feature in burlington with bill mahers and Jeff Danziger on their book the full monty, vermont in the age of trump. About a month before trump was elected i had openheart surgery and so i was not in great shap
The program is presented in conjunction with the exhibition which will be on view in the gallery through march 11 some of you have already enjoyed that exhibition and previous to this evening if you have not we invite you to join us as our guest following a the program upstairs on the second floor where the viewing will continue. Tonights program is a story of American Freedom is part of the distinguished Speaker Series which is part of the Public Program id like to thank mr. Schwartz for his support which enables us to fight these prominent authors to york historical. I would like to recognize a the trustees that are with us this evening and pam for her Great Partnership and leadership that this splendid institution. [applause] also recognize the chair of the executive committee. [applause] you will hear from our colleagues policy for Public Programs at the close of this event this program will last about an hour including question and answer session q a will be conducted you should o