We have several other memorials, but not a world war i memorial, and therefore there is much excitement about this project. Just a few words about our speaker, edwin found, edwin of notn, the grandson one, but two world war i veterans. He cofounded the world war i Memorial Foundation. Of aled to the Advocacy National world war i memorial on july, 2013. Mr. Fountain was appointed by Senate Majority leader harry to the centennial commission. He was elected vicechairman of the commission in july, 2014. Mr. Fountain is a graduate of the university of north carolina, and the university of virginia law school. Thank you, tony. And good morning. My name is edwin fountain. The commission was formed by congress in january, 2013 and given a mission of ensuring suitable observation in this country of a centennial of this great war, and more importantly, commemorating the service of american servicemen and women in educating the public about this causes and consequences of that war. It has 12 memb
Well, he lived up fairly selfish life. He became a drug addict when he was about 17. See, he had such an incredible well that he was able to still continue to master the saxophone and master the art of playing jazz. From there he was actually able to find his own way to go. So powerful that he and flaws lot of others. And we have been talking with stanley crouch, columnist for the New York Daily News and author of this book coming up in september, kansas city lightning the rise and times of charlie parker. This is book tv on cspan2. Book tv continues with richard rubin. Richard rubin presents a collection of interviews conducted with menus served in the American Expeditionary forces and world war i. This is a little over an hour. [applause] thank you. That was a wonderful introduction. I started this book back in 2003. So it has been at 10year odyssey, but the seed for this book was actually planted many years earlier. It was back in the mid1970s when i was seven or eight years old. An
[captioning made possible by disneyabc domestic television] meredith thank you, guys. Hello, everybody, and welcome to millionaire. Back with me today a stayathome mom who studied for this show with the help of her 6yearold son, and it sure has paid off as she hase welcome from new york city tammy austin. So pretty. Thank you. [kiss] meredith good to see you. All right, tammy, we discovered yesterday that your son is a fan of this show, hes been helping you prepare, that you are also a risk taker. Apparently. Meredith not afraid to make some guesses. Well, they certainly paid off. They did yesterday. Meredith but at what point do you think, i probably wont be risky at some point in this game . Well. Usually my line is that if it doesnt take a lot of preparation or endurance or training, ill do it. Meredith uhhuh. Ive been kind of training for this one by collecting useless knowledge for a long time. Meredith ha ha well see, you know . Its ok. Its actually not useless anymore. Meredith
Protest a controversial free speech rally by right wing groups and authorities there theyre wrapping up the intense security presence they had today. The operation that was to keep everybody safe, the protestors and the right wing speakers raised a lot of concern about things, and any potential violence. Hundreds of police were on hand to secure this event, and there were some minor skir mishz, no major incidences to report. Nbcs garrett headache. We still see a minor Police Presence behind you, but have they been able to get everybody to go home . Reporter well, thomas, they havent, and thats the problem here. I mean, when we last spoke 25 minutes ago i thought that maybe the violent part of the day was over for today, but now im not so sure. The police have staged around the outside of Boston Common. You can see some of the officers, a few dozen of them lined up here. Beyond them there are programs a few dozen more in riot protection equipment. They have been dealing with sm of these
[silence] [applause] steve last 90 seconds we have been watching a moment of silence in the heart of barcelona at the blaze de catalonia. The camera had zoomed in on the king of spain sixth. As you can see thousands there on this friday morning to honor the 13 dead. 100 injured by what appears to be a terror cell of perhaps as many as 12 people across the country of spain. Three different locations. This was not a one off. This was quite a plot. And it looks like it all came to an end just about four hours ago. Abby Pretty Amazing to see this Community Coming together. 13 dead after the attack that started on thursday night. More than 100 injured. Lives will never be the same. We have been seeing these type of vehicular attacks the last three years. Todd everything kicked off wednesday night with a house explosion. Initially it was unclear that that house explosion was connected in what appears to be a massive terror plot. But further investigation did reveal that that plot was connect