[inaudible] [inaudible conversations]. [inaudible conversations]. Everyone can hear us . Came back everyone can hear us . Well keep at it until you can, i promise. I saw it coming. Everyone here . Everyone ready . Just got so hard to get things everyone have a chair, mostly . I never felt like i needed to i dont think it is on. Do we have microphones. Sound . All right. Do we have seats . Sound good . All right. Welcome, everyone. Im chris good win with the Mississippi Department of archives and history. Well begin with the final panel in the Old Supreme Court chamber. Thank the state legislature for letting us use once again this beautiful State Capitol for this book festival. And we thank tag art, rimes and graham the panel for this president ial year. Here to say a few things about that panel, andy taggart, jerry nash, festival organizer, mississippi politics. Considerably dated. It is privilege for my partners and i have the opportunity to participate in this way. I thank you you a
And we think the sponsors for the panel on the president ial year. Here to say a few words about the panel is andy taggart andir also coauthorau along with face organizer jerry nash of the boo mississippi politics. Its really a privilege for my partners and i got anty to pt opportunity to participate in this way and i thank all of you for participating the this is an extraordinary gift that the board and a paid staff of the book festival have contributed to our state and the sponsors are thrilled to have a chance to be a part ofchance t it. [applause] also welcome to the great treasure that ooh our State Capitol represents for all of us. You all if we were playing whats my line, among the three gentlemen to my left, one of them would be able legitimately to say im a pulitzer prizewinning president ial biographer, one would be able to say im the former majority leader of the United States senate, but only one of these three gentlemen, ladies and gentlemen, can say in good conscience tha
Theyre fantastic bookstores, and we are grateful for them as always. Former Governor Haley barbour needs no introduction. You are familiar with his many years of work in the Nations Capital and he gets around on the world stage. I was talking several years ago to richard ford, who at the time was doing teaching at Trinity College in dublin and he was wandering around the campus kind of exploring his new setting and the opened the door to lecture hall and there is Haley Barbour lecturing on International Politics right there in ireland. A governor with many talents, what may have been the most significant chapter from mississippi was the politicians and Public Servants began ten years ago this week as the wind began gathering in to what would be the monster storm of Hurricane Katrina. Overs the next year, the governor, his wife, marsha, all over mississippi and the gulf coast worked tirelessly in uncharted territory so in this new book americas great storm leading through Hurricane Katr
[applause] the former mississippi Governor Haley barbour needs no introduction. You are familiar with the many years of work in the nations capital, and also hes a man that gets around on the world stage. I was talking several years ago to develop mississippian and novelist who asked the time was doing a teaching summit in dublin and he was wandering around the campus kind of exploring his new settings and he opens the door to the lecture hall and there is Haley Barbour lecturing on International Politics in front of them rightparen ireland. So a governor with many talents but i will say what we have may have been the most significant chapter in mississippi was the politician Public Servant began ten years ago this week as the wind began gathering into what would become the monster storm of hurricane katrina. Over the next years the governor, his wife marcia and First Responders and Public Officials followed from mississippi and the gulf coast worked tirelessly and absolutely an unchar
This evening. I want to give a special thank you for our book friends for this beautiful spread of snacks and also really to take another opportunity to thank lemuria bookstore. We are grateful for them as always. [applause] really, former governor mississippi governor needs no introduction. You are familiar with many years of work in our nations capitol. I was talking years ago with richard ford, former mississippian and novelist and was describing and wandering around the campus and open it is door to a lecture hall and there is barber. So governor with many, many talents. But i will say what may have been the most significant chapter for mississippi was governor barber. Over the next year governor, First Responder and Public Officials all over mississippi and the gulf coast worked tirelessly in an chartered territory. They give a behindthescenes look and the important lessons he has taken away from that particular journey. I have been fortunate to experience firsthand the government