Rocky mountain news closed, that was a sad day for everybody. There went a number of jobs in journalism that were never to be recovered and as the denver post continue to shrink, thats when things began to get real tough specially for the press club and other competing places where they use today meet, the University Club or the pencil code club and others that have felt the effect but thats when things really changed here. We have a local come in that was going to take a look at some things, maybe offer some advise and he said in a way, made a very good point, because these days while i look at it much per positively than he did, this is a great museum and for people who arent typically going to experience the essence of prize and be able to come and be around that for an event, yeah, it makes it a good museum. Its as important as it can be at any point in time if you if you truly honor the past and you want the future to be as positive as it possibly could be. For the different press
York city was hurtful and helpful to the union you during the civil war, and the positive and negative aspects of studying abroad. Now, thats just a few of the programs youll see on booktv this weekend. For a complete television schedule, go to booktv. Org. Booktv, 48 hours of nonfiction books and authors. Its television for serious readers. And now we kick off this weekend with a panel on history of civil rights. This is from last months mississippi book festival. [inaudible conversations] welcome, everyone. Im Chris Goodwin with the Mississippi Department of archives and history. F if youve not already, please silence your cell phones. Welcome to the civil rights History Panel number two. Sponsored by the mississippi humanities council. We thank them, we also thank the Mississippi Legislature who lets us hold this book festival in this beautiful state capitol. We could not ask for a grander setting for it. Thank you to the authors, theth panelists. They are all authors. Their books a
Theyre fantastic bookstores, and we are grateful for them as always. Former Governor Haley barbour needs no introduction. You are familiar with his many years of work in the Nations Capital and he gets around on the world stage. I was talking several years ago to richard ford, who at the time was doing teaching at Trinity College in dublin and he was wandering around the campus kind of exploring his new setting and the opened the door to lecture hall and there is Haley Barbour lecturing on International Politics right there in ireland. A governor with many talents, what may have been the most significant chapter from mississippi was the politicians and Public Servants began ten years ago this week as the wind began gathering in to what would be the monster storm of Hurricane Katrina. Overs the next year, the governor, his wife, marsha, all over mississippi and the gulf coast worked tirelessly in uncharted territory so in this new book americas great storm leading through Hurricane Katr
And live pictures from virginia. Our camera showing the driving conditions there. What could be the biggest storm in washington in more than 90 years. Cars flipped on highways in virginia. And in the south, already a nightmare. Drivers in nashville trying to drive the car through the snow. The long lines at Reagan National airport. And the radar at this hour, the storm marching north. Team coverage tonight, beginning with david kerley in washington. Reporter this monster storm is pounding the midatlantic, after thundering through the south. Did you hear that . Reporter washington, d. C. , remains the bullseye. Snow already accumulating. Predicted to be the biggest snowfall in 90 years. It has life and death implications. Reporter seven states have 2 million tons of salt to spread. Such a serious storm, a run at grocery stores. Cereal, pasta, vegtables, Hardware Stores having a hard time keeping up. In pennsylvania its been nonstop. Since we opened our eyes. Reporter drivers topping off
And the major new announcement from the academy. Did will smiths wife win her oscar fight . Good evening. Its great to have you with us on a friday night. We begin with the deadly storm. The blizzard warnings up at this hour. Hundreds of crashes. The storm proving deadly already. Washington, d. C. , expected to get more than two feet of snow in some places. And live pictures from virginia. Our camera showing the driving conditions there. What could be the biggest storm in washington in more than 90 years. Cars flipped on highways in virginia. And in the south, already a nightmare. Drivers in nashville trying to drive the car through the snow. The long lines at Reagan National airport. Storm marching north. Team coverage tonight, beginning with david kerley in washington. Reporter this monster storm is pounding the midatlantic, after thundering through the south. Did you hear that . Reporter washington, d. C. , remains the bullseye. Snow already accumulating. Predicted to be the biggest