I found out that all the media people were distraught, totally distraught over the fact that hillary lost. I discovered something that i never understood. Why did they not fact [inaudible] as a regular person. Guest a regular person. Anybody distraught on election day wanting to be vindicated in the mall we have a president that is that he will not accept the result of the election if he loses, and that would be the end of america as we know it. I dont know what you are referring to specifically though. Host rick perlsteins most recent book is called a reaganland americas write a term 19761980. Its one of the four that hes written about conservatism in america and we thank you for joining us for the callin program on booktv. Guest what an honor. Thank you. Host coming up in half an hour, we have diamond and silk for a call in the program talking about their new book uprising who the hell said you cant ditch and switch. Thats coming up live on booktv. But now we return to the National B
American artifacts visits archives and historic places. The National Museum of African American history and culture opened in september of 2016. Malled on the National Near the washington monument, the museum has quickly become one of the most visited in the nations capital, with capacity crowds almost every day. Next, we visit the museum to tour the history galleries which began three stories underground. Welcome to the slavery and freedom exhibition. My name is mary elliott and i am a Museum Specialist and cocurator of the exhibition, which is one of three in the history gallery at the museum. We have three exhibitions in this gallery and those exhibitions cover 15thcentury africa and europe all the way through today. Some of the themes we cover in the exhibition include holding onto humanity under some of the most inhumane conditions. Reality ofthe harsh how africans and African Americans shaped the world as well as the nation. We look at how they were shaped by the landscape and sh
[cheers and applause] thank you. Here oniate you being and aorgeous day magnificent, magnificent setting. I think about all the lives that were lost here. Please, all, have a seat. 1863, america worked with the remains of perhaps the most consequential battle on american soil. It took place on this ground at gettysburg. Three days of violence, three days of carnage, 50,000 casualties wounded, captured, missing, or dead over three days of fighting. When the sun rose on that independence day, we would retreat. The war would go on for nearly two more years. Hadback of the confederacy been broken. The union would be saved. Slavery would be abolished. And orernment of, by, the people would not perish from the earth and for the people would not perish from the earth and freedom would be born anew in our land. Theres no more fitting place than here today in gettysburg to division, the cost of how much it has cost america in the past, how much it is costing us now and why i believe in this mom
Vp biden thank you all for being here. Thank you. I appreciate you being here on this gorgeous day and a magnificent, magnificent setting. I think about all the lives that were lost here. Please, all, have a seat. On july 4, 1863, america woke to the remains of perhaps the most consequential battle in american soil. It took place here on this ground at gettysburg. Three days of violence, three days of carnage, 50,000 casualties, wounded, captured, missing, or dead over three days of fighting. When the sun rose on that independence day, we would retreat. The war would go on for nearly two more years. But the back of the confederacy had been broken. The union would be saved. Slavery would be abolished. The government of, by, and for the people would not perish from the earth and freedom would be born anew in our land. Theres no more fitting place than here today in gettysburg to talk about the cost of division. About how much it has cost america in the past, about how much it is costing
Now to Central Florida where deputies made two arrests in two days in laser incidents. Wednesday a man was charged with pointing a highpowered light at a Police Helicopter searching for a suspect in palm coast. Tuesday another Police Chopper was hit with a laser as it flew above edgewater. The suspect in that case said he thought he was pointing it at a drone. A 54yearold man in massachusetts is dead this morning after apparently eating too much of a certain kind of candy. The man, a construction worker, had been eating more than a bag of licorice every day for weeks. Heres abcs andrea fujii. Reporter this morning, a new warning about a popular candy after one mans affinity for black licorice may have cost him his life. Remember, dont eat large amounts of black licorice at one time. Reporter according to doctors in massachusetts, a construction worker who ate bags of licorice every day collapsed at a restaurant and died. The cause, an imbalance in nutrient levels. Licorice when consume