You can watch all previous after words programs on our website booktv. Org. And all of the viewers on cspan and teeten. During the q and a portion we ask please wait for a microphone to be brought to you so your questions can be recorded. The festival is free of charge but not free of cost so please nine to give back or make a donation at one of the information desks so we can keep the festival free for many years to come. At the end of the talk everybody should have an evaluation form were always interested to know what you like what topics for the future so please complete those and turn them back. Authors today well stay after the event to sign the books so that is another way to support the festival by purchasing books to help the amount and the local booksellers. Those of the standard announcement said there is a new one that is important as you likely heard the recently released white house budget blueprint eliminate the National Endowment for the arts and humanities. For 50 year
Out of the metro area. Zoom in and show you the area north and west of town, especially toward reston and fairfax. That is where the heavy duty rain is. It moves northeast and we will be dealing with it for a couple more hours. We will pull back a little bit. Here is a big picture of the heavy rain. Break to the west. Dark colors of the purple indicate where snow may be mixed in, in the higher mountainous areas of west virginia. The forecast on track and the rain will end. We m by dawn. Winds from the northwest 5 to 10. That is one story. The next story is the big cold blast coming in on friday. Jamie, we have a lot of wet leaves on lynn street. Is that messing up the rush hour or just the rain itself . Jamie its great combination that both of them wont make for a pretty afternoon commute. You can see behind me how wet the roads are. The leaves, that is where we need to focus on the side streets, the secondary roads. Its the visibility that drops down. We dont have any crashes but we h
The biggest one being metro. So, i told him a lot about our metro system. How many federal workers that use it, what are some of the challenges its having now. Reporter bowser plans to talk in more detail with trumps secretary of transportation elaine chao after the election. Trump was also interested in hearing about statehood. Very huge vote statehood got in washington, d. C. On november 8th. He was had in the district. Reporter the mayor also wanted the next president to know that d. C. Is just like a state. Were independent. We take care of ourselves. We dont get any more from the federal government than any other state and we act like a state. We function like a state. I wanted to make sure he understood washington, d. C. , as the unique entity that it is. Reporter bowser would not characterize mr. Trumps position on any issues they discussed but described the meeting as the beginning of a despite being a vocal opponent of president elect trump during the campaign, mayor bowser sa
After words at nine pm eastern, Mitch Mcconnell on his memoir, the long game with senator lamar alexander. Then they talk about the Energy Crisis of the 1970s and the ban of oil to the u. S. In 1973. We wrap. We wrap up at prime time in 11 with 60 minutes correspondent leslie stahl. So talk about how baby boomers are changing the role of grand parents. That all happens on cspan2 book tv. Next up, howard means. Good evening. Welcome to the Hudson Library and historical society. We are so happy you are here for this event. I am on the reference librarian here and tonight we are honored to work welcome howard means to discuss his new book 76 shots at kent state university. It is only 10 miles from here and he decided to have this program of national and local interest. He is a biographer and former editor at the washingtonian. He is the author and coauthor of ten books and some of his other works include the avenger takes its place Andrew Johnson and the 45 days that change the nation. Jo
Report on the leadership of russian president boris yelton and Vladimir Putin and nashville authored local authors to take in the city at literary sites. That is just some of what you will see this weekend on booktv. For complete Television Schedule go to booktv. Org. Booktv, 48 hours of nonfiction books and authors, television for serious readers. We kick off the weekend with a panel on the history of race in chicago. It is from last weeks printers row lit fest. [inaudible conversations] welcome to the Chicago Tribune printers row lit fest. I want to give a special thank you, the theme of this years festival is what is your story . We encourage you to share the stories you this weekend on twitter, instagram or facebook using hashtag p rl f 16. You can keep the spirit of lit fest going all year by downloading the printers row apps where you will find all the Chicago Tribune premium books contests, free and discounted ebooks for subscribers and complete printers row lit fest schedule. D