If you would like to view other after words programs online, go to our web site, booktv. Org, type afterwards into the search bar and all previous after words episodes will be available. Welcome to springfield, missouri, we visited the city to explore its rich history and literary culture, located 80 miles east of the kansas border, springfield wag the site of many major conflicts during the civil war. Today it is the their largest city in the state, with a population of 167,000. With the help of our partners at media come, for the next hour and ten minutes well explore the local literary culture, starting with jeremy, the border between them, and as he shares the story of bleeding kansas, a conflict occurring along the kansas missouri border in the struggle over slavery. And the question of whether kansas territory would be open for slavery or free soil. Violence of 1850s is really about that question and becomes wrapped in so much more. You have sites over water and access to grazing
Force in eastern ukraine. She said putin would never tell me because i was the minister msn not. Unfortunately it happened. The violence in the conciliation and the story of the book is the story of an invisible line across the prairie landscape, and its creation and its contested meanings during the civil war era and the difficulty of the people along that line to move on with their lives in the late 19th century. The violent dispossession of group after Group Beginning with the ice age indians continuing through the mormons who had moved to western missouri under joseph smith entered the civil war era freedom and the question of whether kansas territory would be free and so the violence of the 1850s is really about the question but it becomes wrapped in so much more. Typical to other frontier locations of water and access to raising millions the magnifying credibly. Bleeding kansas is what will make a territory and inflates date from spreading into kansas. It is mostly missouri settl
Its time you for your morning reef. President trump will address the World Economic forum in davos. We will bring you that live. We get Growth Numbers for the fourth quarter. We will find out how much the u. S. Durable goods has done. Right now, lets get an update outside the Business World. Good morning. President trump wanted to fire special counsel robert mueller. Among hisd concerns top aides and closest supporters that he would be putting himself in legal jeopardy. The New York Times said he backed off after white House Counsel refused to order and threatened to quit. Calls it fake news. The president will offer a path to citizenship for 1. 8 million undocumented immigrants rot here as children. A return, the president once toy 5 billion trust fund to pay for the border wall. He would restrict family immigration and and the lottery system. The british economy and a challenging year with a pickup in growth. Gdp rose better than expected. 2018, the all of economy grew just 1. 8 . Th
Good morning mayors we have had a busy morning. Welcome to all of you. I encourage you to take your seats. We have a great panel this morning. Welcome our live cspan audience as well. I am the mayor is the city of san diego. Welcome. Our session today is trade. The americas and beyond. One of the most important topics and we have been dealing with certainly in our area in our region. I think all of my fellow mayors are here today the members of the audience in the panel that you will hear from in a second. There has never been a more critical toxicities around the country to Champion International trade and what that means. That is a success and the foundation for many good quality jobs have been created. That is what we will focus on today and get some unique perspective from our fellow mayors and ambassadors. As you know, the us mayors have taken progressive positions on the importance of free trade over the years in terms of transpacific partnership, laws and Environmental Standards
[inaudible conversations] we are live not at the use conference of mayors wintry meeting here in washington, d. C. This morning the group is holding a discussion on trade policy. We would have mayors of san diego and little rock come also mayerson canada and mexico, and ambassadors from those two countries. Live coverage here on cspan2 should start momentarily. [inaudible conversations] good morning. Good morning. Good morning. I know we had a busy morning. Welcome all of you. Encourage you to take your seats. We have a great panel this morning and welcome our live cspan audience as well. Im kevin faulconer, mayor of san diego. Welcome. Our session today is trade the americas and beyond, one of the most important topics that weve been dealing with, certainly in our area, in a region so i think all of my fellow mayors were here today, members of her audience and our panelists who you will hear from a just a second. There has never been a more critical time for cities around the entire c