With that, im going to throw it over to our interviewer, elizabeth taylor, the literary editor at large for the chicago tribune. [applause] hi. Thank you. Are these mics on . Great. You can hear me . Thank you so much for coming out. This is a wonderful turnout for a wonderful book, and were delighted to be here. Ive actually in this chair, year ago, talking about the first volume of Sidney Blumenthals four to be four volumes on lincoln, and im really excite it excited about this one. I loved that one and this is even norwich. Wrestling with the angel. So, like to set the stage. Begins in march 1849. Lincoln returns to springfield to practice law. 1849. And then 1856, nonothing party, nominates bill moore for president , National Convention for the Republican Party. We have that blackdrop. Whats the title about . Host wrestling with his angel is a title i took from the story of jacob in the bible in the bible, jacob wrestles through a long night, possible my with himself. The bible say
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60 in philadelphia. 61 in wilmington, millville, 57. Al up uptown, you can see how te numbers have jumped, 45 degrees, remember friday, it was chilly we had a windchill we were dealing with, it felt like the 30s. The day before the windchills were in the 20s. Saturday we got up to 68. Todays high anticipated at 71 or 72 that would shatter the record high of 69 set back in 1948. Theres our normal of 45. When i come back well talk about how much longer these temperatures will last and see if theres any rain in the exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast. Guys. Thank you so much. With the springlike weather you can rely on 6abc. Com for the latest forecast information head to 6abc. Com weather for a look at Storm Tracker 6 live and the radar and use our expert meteorologists to keep you informed. Philadelphia police are searching for a suspect after a man was stabbed in center city overnight. It happened in front of an Apartment Building on the 300 block of south street in center city thi
Minu there are 25 25 should be back to normal very soon. First on fox tonight the dakota axis pipeline protest as escalate over the weekend thousands are expected to had to north dakota support in the Standing Rock see tribe behind us right now this is a scene of previous protest her protesters were sprayed with water this after they refused to move they resisted and a home for the pipeline would not be bu sacred land for the tribe fox 31 Erika Gonzalez here with breast colorados are doing night now this we can speaking to support the people. And there will be a demonstration into Standing Rock right here in denver i also spoke with several people tonight we say they are preparing to head to north dakota also spoke with one woman who return from the protest campsite she shared her experience tonight. Harsh winter conditions and the risk of being hot in the clash native. From standing with Standing Rock. We got your back were with you were standing with you the night before thanksgiving
Minu there are 25 25 should be back to normal very soon. First on fox tonight the dakota axis pipeline protest as escalate over the weekend thousands are expected to had to north dakota support in the Standing Rock see tribe behind us right now this is a scene of previous protest her protesters were sprayed with water this after they refused to move they resisted and a home for the pipeline would not be bu sacred land for the tribe fox 31 Erika Gonzalez here with breast colorados are doing night now this we can speaking to support the people. And there will be a demonstration into Standing Rock right here in denver i also spoke with several people tonight we say they are preparing to head to north dakota also spoke with one woman who return from the protest campsite she shared her experience tonight. Harsh winter conditions and the risk of being hot in the clash native. From standing with Standing Rock. We got your back were with you were standing with you the night before thanksgiving