Good evening ladies and gentlemen as director of the library we have professor of history at the university of North Carolina nominated twice for the Pulitzer Prize in the author one of the great books about the civil war talking about the importance of religion of american politics leading up to the civil war with the decline of evangelical religions after the civil war with the post reconstruction era and jim crow. It is a great book that refrains for race and religion in america. In his new book when government was good that may seem like a distant past we heard about the place of government and with executive leadership it is a book about truman and eisenhower with those who came after with the truman president ial library we know a lot about truman and his executive leadership with form policy with the great decisionmaking without domestic policy and in particular with race and those inequalities that we are very concerned with today but to use those executive powers of the presid
And let me just leave you my definition of leadership as i think about stewart udall. Leadership demonstrates an unwavering philosophical underpinning of service to others. Anchored in humility, courage, humanity, and gratitude. And if you were to take a look at those whom we have honored as a people in your National Park system, theres a lesson there. There are those who have given of themselves, who have given of themselves, that in the end as the people of the nation, those are whom we honor most of all. Its interesting. Just take a look at those individuals by name. Those have been of service to others. That is the american legacy. To honor those who have given to others. Lastly, before we open it up to questions, on this centennial. Yes, august 25th is a big day. And i know you historians like to traffic in facts. So contrary to popular belief, i was not there for the signing of that act in 1916. Ive been around a long time but not that long. With respect to the centennial and the
Showing is indicative of what will happen in the voting booth tomorrow. New hampshire has a Voting System similar to South Carolinas, where you dont have to declare your party until you vote but both primaries are on the same day, so you could have someone who as voted democrat all their life come in and vote for a republican candidate, or vice versa and undeclared voters make up as much as 40 of the primary voters here in the Granite State there is no set democrat or republican, and ive always voted for whoever i thought would be best, and thats the same thing i thought this year. When i spoke to voters here about the issues there were two that really came up more than any voters here say there is a seriously heroin problem in New Hampshire so theyve been interested to see how candidates would combat drug issues. Ww, wis news 10 Nbcs Lester Holt is in New Hampshire tonight for complete coverage on nbc nightly news. Well also have more on lesters interview with complete coverage on nbc
We used the pa and by phone. Dan police say a 39yearold man had threatened to shoot a construction crew working next to his home, where he lived alone. The workers called 911 and reported they had been threatened. Responding police tried to calm the man, but the chief says nothing seemed to work. This is certainly something that we believe could have been prevented. We tried to get the guy out for almost an hour and a half, peacefully, so we could resolve it. Dan finally, at about 11 30 a. M. , police say the man came out of the house with a gun, threatening the officers who had secured the area. The chief says an officer fired one shot. That s all it took. The gunman never fired. It s just a tragic situation. We did everything we could to try to resolve it peacefully, and it s unfortunate. Dan live, in the next hour, you ll hear about the man s erratic actions and a possible explanation for them. And we ll tell you a little fired the shot. Summer large county Sheriff Deputies have arr
Of the womens suffrage material that we have on view of the stairs. I was going to say to see only through the end of the month we will be announcing an extension but dont deter you. Tonight we are going to welcome two extraordinary women who will be speaking about two extraordinary women and it is a pleasure to welcome both of you to the home of Eleanor Roosevelt to have played such a big role in the courageous and groundbreaking life of activism as the book we are gathered here to discuss the firebrand and the first lady has made clear for the first time, and its a particular will pleasure to welcome everyone here to the college. She was Phi Beta Kappa of 1933, january 1933. She couldnt wait and that is one of the many milestones in the life that we will hear about this evening. As the book shows she played a significant role. It lasted from the 1930s until mrs. Roosevelt death in 1962. You will hear about all of us were activism later she was the cofounder of the National Organizati