Be fine. He goes to europe and it comes back on the titanic and he dies. For taft it was yet another blow. He said every time i look in the room im missing every single moment. Those letters are an absolute treasure and he felt especially betrayed with teddy running against him. To me the most poignant part of the book is taft and roosevelt were enemies. After the election wilson as president. Taft and roosevelt dont talk about. Taft tried to talk to roosevelt and roosevelt ignores him. Finally they came by happenstance in a hotel. What happened . What happened was when i finish the book i didnt want to end it. It was such of the trail but i didnt know so i followed them in 1913 and 14 and 15. Ut i didny know what the relationship had been like past that. I followed them in 1914, 15 and 16. People brought them together but taft says it was like an armed neutrality. In 1918 teddy was in the hospital with an operation that taft had once undergone any work undergone any wrote them a lette
Up next on American History tv, u. S. Supreme Court Justice john roberts joins egore judges, the former chief justice of england wales, to discuss the magna carta and the documents importance on the american and british legal king john originally signed the document, under pressure from his barrons at running meade england. They looked at the rights guaranteed by the magna carta as they rebelled against the english crown. Good afternoon, everyone. On behalf of james billington, f want to welcome you to the Thomas Jefferson building of the library of congress. Were honored to have toe have a conversation about the magna carta and its legal legacy. Term is a very big day for us here at the library of congress and in particular the staff of the law library, for three years we have been planning magna carta the exhibition is the beginning for the library to celebrate the 800th anyone of magna carta which will take place next year. As i know many of you know, the centerpiece for the library
Have with International Community, especially the United States. So it was for the first time that he mentioned. So right after that i would imagine that come visit deal would lead to negotiators to talk about especially at first regional issues like isis yemen. Ihaving, iraq afghanistan, many regional problems that we have right now, and work on that and getting an agreement like now like the agreement that we are close to get about the Nuclear Issue. And lastly i think it may lead to even broad this conversation and negotiations to normalize the relationship between the United States at iran and after that maybe even it may lead to negotiate about some internal problems that we had about human rights and many other issues. So im pretty optimistic about that is going to happen very soon, if we got this agreement and put it away from you know, and International Community and iran. Bottom line, based on 10 years of interaction with iranians from the business communities and the religiou
Come to prepare for their opportunity to serve this great nation. It is a time of tremendous transition, a time thought with trendation and some uncertainty. Send your spirit of peace and calm, let all might have confidence in your faithfulness to us and no matter what lies ahead, your grace is abundantly available. Now we approach a week during which all americans will regather to remember who we are , a nation generously blessed not only by you, our god, but by courageous ancestors, faithful allies and the best good wishes of people everywhere who long for freedom , who would glory in the difficult work of participated government and who do not enjoy the bounty that we are privileged to possess. Bless the members of this assembly and us all that we would be worthy of the call we have been given as americans. Help us all to be truly thankful and appropriately generous in our response. May all that is done this day be for your greater honor and glory. Amen. The speaker the chair has ex
Audience across the country. The only official duties i have far to open the literary season of the congress in the fall by giving a reading in the closing lecture in maine to end the literary season and to choose the two poets were the one in some years who is to receive from the award and introduce them. Do you get a salary . There is a stipend that comes with it but it isnt funded by the american public. There is an endowment that does that. What is the scholarship that you referred to . The scholarship recognizes an american poet who is doing extraordinary work. How do you become the u. S. Poet laureate . Are you a poet . You have to be a poet first so if youre thinking about doing it first start writing some poems. The poet laureate is choose by dr. James billington the library of congress. And hes given that duty by congress. Congress enacted law that made or i suppose maybe its not a law, but the position of the laureate ship in 1986. It used to be the consultant in poetry for m