Years and before that he taught at the university of california at davis and at boston university. Hes also written eightri previs books on topics ranging from the colonial period to the war of 1812 and beyond. Two of his works have one Pulitzer Prize in history, 1996 and william coopers town. In 2014 the history kilojoules given to alan, the internal enemy which is about slavery in virginia during the war of 1812 and the contradictions of early Virginia Society. In Thomas Jeffersons education allen turns hiso attention to the establishment of the university of virginia. Jefferson of course regarded the university as one of his signature achievements, and alan got interested in pursuing a book on the subject after, across some correspondence between jefferson and an associate over the efforts to fund the new school. In general, he deals with various ways in which the American Revolution Impacts Society and politics in the early years of our country. And the story of jeffersons attempts
More now from the middle east, where a United Nations official has warned that nowhere in gaza is safe for civilians. Israels bombardment has continued. This, the scene in khan younis earlier, following an israeli strike. The Hamas Run Health Ministry says more than 7,000 people have been killed in gaza since the start of the war. Its released a document it says lists the names and id numbers of all those killed after President Biden cast doubt on its casualty figures. Un aid workers in gaza say theyve begun to scale down their operations because fuel is running out there. 0vernight, the Israel Defense forces carried out a targeted raid in Northern Gaza using tanks which, they say, resulted in no israeli casualties. The israeli and Palestinian Ambassadors to the United Nations have made passionate speeches at an Emergency Session of the un General Assembly, vividly describing what their people have gone through in almost three weeks of war. First to speak was Riyad Mansour the Palestin
Announcer this is cnn Breaking News. Welcome to the lead, im jake tapper. And we tart with our world lead and a vow from israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that his countries response to the horrific Terrorist Attacks carried out by hamas over the weekend is just beginning. [ sound of gunfire ] this is just a glimpse of what that response from the Israeli Military has looked like over the last few hours. Explosion after explosion. Lighting up the night sky in gaza with very real consequences on the ground in gaza. As isreal launched what it is called wide scale strikes on hamas targets. The israeli army released video showing some of the strikes it carried out earlier today. You could see the buildings absolutely flattened. Hamas retaliated by firing more than 100 rockets at the coast. This is the scene in ashkellon after they intercepted most if not all of the rockets. Cars on fire, debris and littering in the streets. At least 900 people have been killed so far in israel by Ha
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