Including the very controversial Tobias Ellwood just after 6 00. Okay we look forward to seeing how controversial Tobias Ellwood was. Those two right there meeting nonh. Those two right there meeting north Koreas Kim Jong un. He is in russia and has held talks with president putin, likely to be discussing a deal to supply arms for the war in ukraine. Thatis arms for the war in ukraine. That is happening live , as you that is happening live, as you can see there, as we are on air. We will bring you what we can as the programme progresses as and as always, well be bringing you the very latest weather updates today with Annie Shuttleworth. Its feeling much more like autumn this morning out there, but will the sunshine last through the rest of the day . Find out more with me later in your detailed forecast in the next hour. Next hour. From Annie Shuttleworth well, from Annie Shuttleworth , earth to mr shuttlecock himself , if , earth to mr shuttlecock himself, if he could, i sort of expect
Nominated twice for the pulitzer prize. The author of i think one of the great books about the civil war, america which was in the library a few years ago talking about it and talking about the importance of the evangelical religion in american politics leading up to the civil war and in some senses, the decline of evangelical religion, certainly the righteousness of evangelical religion after the civil war in the beginning of postreconstruction era and jim crow. It is i think a great book that refrains from what we have thought about the civil war and what we thought about race and religion in america. In a sense, you get his generation whose new book, when government was good is the subtitle. It may seem like a distant path for some of us today. We phrased also the conversation about the place of government in American History and particularly executiveleadership. Its really a book about truman and eisenhower and johnson who was the coda about those who came after. Here in kansas cit
2017 winter meeting at the Arizona Biltmore Hotel in phoenix. In this next portion, labor secretary alexander costa delivers the keynote speech. He talks about labor trends in Western States in ways that governors can partner with each other and the federal government to create more jobs. This is 45 minutes. We have a very, very special guest to address this audience and engage with the governors and to introduce that gas, i am happy to recognize our chairman, the honorable dennis after. Before i introduce our guest, secretary acosta, id like to talk about the Workforce Development initiative that i began as chair of wga. All of us face the challenge of preparing our citizens for work place that looked a little bit different than they did when i started my working career with my parents or grandparents did, certainly. At four workshops this past fall, Workforce Development initiative brought together policymakers, business leaders, educators and others are working to create more opport
His speech is about 45 minutes. We have a very very special guest to address this audience, to engage with the governors. And to introduce that guest i am happy to introduce our honorable dennis dugard. Thank you. Before i introduce our guest, secretary acosta, i would like to take a moment to talk about the Workforce Development initiative i began as chair of wga. Western stake, nearly all of us face the challenge of preparing our citizens for workplaces that look a little bit different than i did, started my working career or parents or grandparents certainly. At four workshop this past fall the Workshop Initiative brought together policymakers, busy leaders, educators and others who are working to create more opportunity and strengthen our economies by sharing best practices and discussing common challenges and learning from each other to do what we can to address work force challenges. Every persons Western State is grappling with this. In my conversations with other governors iden
Accomplishments in print. When did you decide to start that way in your book . Mr. Chernow when i started working on the book i read it to her friend who said, how can you write a great biography of someone who rate wrote a great autobiography . That stop me in my tracks and i thought about that comment for many days. It actuallyzed that helped to define the direction of my book because i realized as awhat my job was to do biographer was to zero in on the silences and the invasions even asians evasions. It is not really a biography. It covers the mexican war and the civil war. His twoterm presidency and the remaining events in his life. In on thoseeroing things that grant did not want talk did not want to talk about, particularly his lifelong struggle with alcoholism and his repeated his his failures. Host i want to start out concentrating on the end of his life. I believe it was 1883 he was a and hem president slipped on the ice. You also tell that story. What is it . A cascading stor