Headquarters in arlington, virginia. Joe biden spent his day trying to save votes in pennsylvania. The crowds that biden has drawn, well, theyre de minimis in comparison to those drawn by President Trump at his massive rallies all across the country. And thousands of supporters last night in michigan showed President Trump just how much they want him to remain president of the United States. We love you thank you. Dont make me cry. Dont make me cry. [cheers and applause] you know, if i started to cry, theyd have a big story. Theyd say the president broke down and cried. [laughter] and i dont know if thats good for us. Probably could maybe it brings me four or five points, huh . I dont care. But thats really nice. You know, its never been said before. They say weve weve liked ronald reagan, but they say thats the love. We love you. Think of it when you think about it, right . [cheers and applause] lou love in michigan and across the country. The president and the Biden Campaign will be
On jefferson between 1809 to 1826. I work with a total of ten people to do that. Our job is to take jeffersons letters and papers and produce an authoritative edition for those years that will enable future scholars to rely on that and not have to go back to the originals. So then, what exactly do you do as a documentary editor . One of the most important things is to make it clear what we are not. You hear of a documentary editor and you think either that you are creating film documentaries, and we have in fact have people apply for jobs who were baffled at first because the application was all about how they could splice film, and that was not what we were after. We are also not editors like in a newspaper, would take an who would take an incoming letter to the editor and market through and make all sorts of corrections. Our job is to give as accurate a representation of the materials that we are editing as possible, so as to convey what was on the handwritten page to the reader so t
Are watching American History tv, all weekend every weekend on American History tv. Tv,ext on American History novelist and historian kevin baker discusses his book, america the genius how a generation of tinkerers changed the world. At an event in cape cod, mr. Baker describes what he thinks are key factors in the nations innovative spirit. Guestant to thank our tonight. Kevin baker has written several your, at you are still in but also was raised in rockport, massachusetts. He has experienced being a massachusetts person. Tonight,ing forward to keeping an ion the weather, but please welcome kevin baker. Mark, for having me. Great to be on the cape, if only virtually. Hoped to be there, but i am going to have to make do. Talk to you about america the ingenious, this book i wrote. The best thing about writing books is that hopefully, you learn something. I learned a great deal writing this. Americansory of how invented, developed or learned to exploit so many innovations that would sha
Day. We ask your blessing upon those throughout our country who are suffering so much more each day. Keep safe the firefighters out west. Keep safe those who are responding to the destruction of Hurricane Sally on the gulf coast. Listen to the cries of those who have lost so much as a result of these natural covid rs even as the pandemic weeks its havoc in our communities. Here in the capitol impel with your spirit the members of congress who, more than any others, have the opportunity to address our nations needs. Give them the wisdom and ourage to do so working as a united force for good in these times. Lord, have mercy. May all that is done this day be for your greater honor and glory. Men. The speaker thank you, father. Pursuant to section 4a of House Resolution 967, the journal of the last days proceedings is approved. The pledge of allegiance will be led by the gentlewoman from michigan, ms. Slotkin. Ms. Slotkin i pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and
Thanks for joining us. Tonight, among mexicanamericans in the southwest, theres a saying. They didnt cross the border but rather the border crossed them. A simple truth about the long and bitter history of their heritage and their land, seized and claimed by the u. S. Its the latest in our series on reparations. But first some background from abcs whoopi goldberg. Many people think of the dividing line between the u. S. And mexico as fixed, as something thats always been there, but 172 years ago, what we now consider the southwest wasnt part of the u. S. At all. It was actually the northmost part of mexico. But the u. S. Was not content with what it had, pushing west ward to seize the land that many president s believed was americas destiny. To reach that goal, president james polk provoked war with mexico, after a long and bloody battle. The u. S. Occupied much of mexico. The two countries decided to work up an agreement, and ceded half their country to the united states. This part wa