Online booktv. Orc. Joining us now, author, here is the willful america, 1775 1777. You are very well known for your trilogy. With that i spent 15 years looking at the american role in the ration and when i finished the third volume, i went through north africa and western europe in normandy, thinking about what to do, that campaign in the mediterranean into europe from i just didnt have the heart for it. Ive been thinking for a long time about what it is i really wanted to do and as a narrative writer, the boys had a fascination since i was a kid. So im one third of the way in from what i hoped would be another trilogy. This one is a history of the revolution from both the american side and the british side. Why do you say its more important now than ever . When we look at the resolution, we are trying to figure out who we are, who we come from. We are trying to understand if anybody can themselves. What are they dying for . What is that all about . It seems to me that this day, in a
Normandy, thinking about what to do, that campaign in the mediterranean into europe from i just didnt have the heart for it. Ive been thinking for a long time about what it is i really wanted to do and as a narrative writer, the boys had a fascination since i was a kid. So im one third of the way in from what i hoped would be another trilogy. This one is a history of the revolution from both the american side and the british side. Why do you say its more important now than ever . When we look at the resolution, we are trying to figure out who we are, who we come from. We are trying to understand if anybody can themselves. What are they dying for . What is that all about . It seems to me that this day, in a moment when the country is with the most practice in politics that you and i can remember, trying to understand the first to come out of the revolution at the beginning of the republican, its important to remind us of who we are and what people are willing to die for. From your book,
Refugee but my parents were refugees. Theres a fracturing of the share experience. Me life was different in the United States, the life was different in canada, my sisters life is different in england. Did all right relatively speaking but that vastly overlambingers and yep oliving together in the same language and the same cultural context, the same as it were social abilities, we share that experience, unity of time and place and experience that we shared, and then gets fractured and get bren up. Even if we had moved to the same place, there would have been a fracture because i spoke english better, was not a professional who lost his job to migrate. Had not lost my social contact and so on. So what happen is this fracturing of a shared experience within the family and one of the ways again to agree with reyna is to tell stories or write to build the bridges, theres something about building a bridge between the new country and old country within this community, within a family, multi
About the display of the flag in certain circumstances. In our next 45 minutes, we want to hear from you on where you draw the line when it comes to the display of the confederate battle flag or confederate symbols. Perhaps you think it should be kept from public land or maybe it should go further. Let us know what you think on two lines this morning if you live in the east, 202748 8000. If you live in a mountain or pacific time zones 202748 8001. If you want to post your thoughts on where you draw the line, you can post in our twitter page, on our facebook page, and if you want to send us an email on this topic, you can do so at journal cspan. Org. Usa today takes that question on where they draw the line when it comes to the use of confederate symbols. Its on their opinion page this morning. The editors write in part again, your thoughts this morning on the display of the Confederate Flag and the display of confederate symbols as well. Where do you draw the line when it comes to thos
The local firefighters are doing to help and where the biggest threats are. Reporter they have a tough job ahead of them peggy. The department has sent 27 firefighters to the rocky fire west of sacramento which as you mentioned has already scorched more than 46,000 acres. In addition two strike teams from several south bay cities including san jose have also been sent to the rocky fire. We talked to a cal fire spokesman about the challenges of fighting two dozen fires throughout california at one time. The conditions across our state and especially here in Northern California are tinder dry. Thats whats allowing the fires to burn as such anz explosive rate. Reporter to give you an idea just how explosive, the rocky fire grew 20,000 acres in just a fivehour period last night. Cal fire crews are burning out some areas ahead of the rocky fire to try to stop the flames from spreading so quickly, and that did work near highway 20 last night. The California National guard is also providing a