Such is the point of clarification. That is black History Month are womens History Month or president s day. We are we are going to talk about my new book, affairs of the state and what i was trying to get at with the book was that rather than just tell stories about president ial history, the book is not just about the whodunit, but who did it and who didnt do it or with whom. I have tried to find a new lens and a new way of setting president ial characters. For example 12 years ago i read a book on the first lady and i thought it would be important to understand the president s from a different angle. That is why not study the person that knew them the best . For example what possibly could i as an historian could should be to the body of knowledge on lincoln or George Washington . Pretty much everything that could be written about linking lincoln or washington probably has been written. The rate historians whose figures point to pouring through the letters and the evidence of a book
it is a gorgeous late august morning here in northeast. everyone in new york has left. they re trying to have one last couple of minutes that last day of summer. good morning, everyone. i m harry smith. i m rebecca jarvis. we ll get you the latest from chile and the story of the miners. new video, now new video again from those guys down there and how they are doing and how they are getting by down there as they wait to be rescued. the rescue tunnel shaft is they are supposed to start digging it today. so we ll have all the latest on that story in a bit. such an aspiring through and an aspiring story here. a subway motorman here in new york is being called a hero. a woman fell on the subway tracks this weekend. just as his train was pulling in, he slams on the brakes and stops just in the nick of time. we ll talk to him in a little bit. but first, hurricane earl is on the move and slowly gaining strength. it is now a category 2 storm. and it could threaten the