No matter where you come from, if you are blessed enough and fortunate enough to rise to a level that she dont forget there are other people that are facing many obstacles, too and its incumbent upon you to take them out of it them as well. I think its just a great read. It is a human american story that i think in our time we could all benefit, just to be reminded that we are all in this together. [inaudible conversations] good evening, everyone. Welcome to National Press club. The washington correspondent in the 109th president of National Press club. And the author of an imperfect union in the aftermath welcome to our Live Audience today as well as hes been the tv. In his new book, check exports of the gettysburgs most stories searching for his soldier son in the haze of the battle while also touching on the journals of practice. In the full measure of devotion. Jim baron said of the imperfect union, hes perfect though, one that contains an aerial intimate view of the cost of the gr
Tgif. Wow. One of those mornings, you know, you think about life decisions laying this bed because it is so cold, so early. Think about when you can take a nap when you are in the shower in the morning. You are in the the shower and saying you can get in a nap later today. Yes. Right. Two good weather things. Wind will be calming down a lit built today. The it will be frigid cold but not as windy today. And, the snows coming on a saturday. So, you know, for a lot of people, that could be a good thing and it will not last that long. So, just ease everything a little bit before i show you that it is 16 degrees in philadelphia, this morning. Thirteen in lancaster. Seventeen in dover. But we have to factor in these wind of 18 miles an hour. The wind have not calmed down just yet but they will throughout the day. Heres what it feels like, folks, zero in the city, that is your wind chill. One below in lancaster. Two in wilmington. Eleven below in mount pocono. Were laughing but it is dangero
Book does well maybe these places will not be so obscure. Places like the glowworm cave, people in new zealand know about. So sometimes its a case of case of spotlighting places that are only known locally. Im bringing in more people from outside so they know about it. In general that is a concern. In terms of cultural sensitivity , absolutely this is a big concern of ours after we never want to point to something to say thats weird, what are these people doing. We include things in the book because we want to celebrate them. We want to show i get a sense of what is out there the world. One of the prime reasons press doing this is how do people see the world. What perspectives can we view this from. So that was definitely something we thought about in terms of the language and tone we are using. Speaking to people who are part of these groups anywhere in these museums. That trying to to represent them without talking to them. I mean even the concept of exploration and discovery is a li
National correspondent, our guest today is correspondent for the st. Louis postdispatch and the author of emperor union the aftermath of the battle of gettysburg. We welcome our guest and Live Audience today as well as cspan tv. In his new book, chuck explores one of gettysburgs most famous stories, that of a father, a journalist searching for his older son in the haze of battle. We will also touch on the journalism practices of the day, Battlefield Medicine and the overarching cost of the ultimate sacrifice for the full measure. The famous documentarian and press called mentor ken burns set of imperfect union, chuck raasch has written an important important book, one that contains an aerial view of the greatest battle ever fought in north america. Chuck was one of the five original longform writers at usa today when it began in 1982, served as a correspondent forget thatnews nervous and a graduate of south Dakota University legally completed as journalism at stanford is a proud member