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Have a good night. Booktv continues now on cspan2, Television First serious readers. Hello. Im ann druyan and im speaking to you from my home in ithaca, new york, and i am the author of cosmos possible worlds. Deeply, truly honored to be participating in an event for the library of congress. In the very first cosmos exactly 40 years ago, carl sagan and Steven Sotloff and i celebrated the Great Library of alexandria. And the library of congress mean so very much to me. Because of the democratic idea of world knowledge belonging to all of us. And so it is my great honor to be here. Im here to talk about possible worlds which is a book ive written but also a Television Series that i have the pleasure of producing, writing and directing with my collaborator. So why possible worlds . Why a third cosmos after 40 years . The first cosmos was an effort to get the broadest possible public a Global Public coordinates in space and in time. It was carl sagans dream, one that i completely share, th
Collaborate with the National World war i museum. And im particularly thankful to lora for reaching out to me and making this weekend possible. I have about 45, 50 minutes of stories and information that im excited to share with you and i do very much hope that you will pose whatever questions you have. I dont always have the answers but i will certainly give it my best shot. So the cover that youre looking at there on the screen is the cover of my most recent book. Peace on our terms. And it is fundamentally tied to the history of world war i which makes this collaboration so important to me. My book is a snap shot of a singular moment in history. Almost exactlily 100 years ago, as the world finally began exiting from the devastation of the first world war. And was able to begin both dreaming and planning for the peace and the new world that would come afterwards. At this moment, i show in my book that women from farreaching and incredibly diverse parts of the world began stepping on
Program possible. And i am particularly thankful to laura for making this program possible. I have about 45 minutes of stories and information i am excited to share with you. I feel, and i hope you will pose any question you might have. I dont always have the answers but i will give it my best shot. The cover you are looking at there on your screen is the cover of my most recent book, peace on our terms. It is fundamentally tied to the history of world war i which makes this collaboration so important to me. My book is a snapshot of a singular moment in history. Almost exactly 100 years ago. As the world finally began exiting from the devastation of the First World War and was able to begin the dreaming and planning for the peace and the new world that would come afterwards. At this moment, i show in my book that women from farreaching and incredibly diverse parts of the world began stepping onto the global stage and asserting an agenda of womens rights and gender equality that, at the
Presidency. President trump turns to the courts to try to slow down bidens momentum as hundreds of thousands of votes still have not been counted. Good evening, everybody. Thanks for being with us on kron 4 news at 9 oclock, im grant lotus and im Vicki Liviakis the Trump Campaign says it is filed lawsuits in pennsylvania, michigan. And georgia laying the groundwork for contesting battleground states today, joe biden was awarded wisconsin and michigan. He now has 264 electoral votes. We said he is inching closer to victory and that number leaves him 6 shy of the magic number 2. 70. Well take a look here at the map it is filling out the states that have still not been called broadcast partners with the Associated Press, pennsylvania, which we dont expect a result from until maybe friday as they just started counting all those male and covid ballots if you will yesterday North Carolina has a big called georgia has it been called and nevada hasnt been called the easiest path to victory for