Thank you for joining us. Thank you for having me. So lets start with the idea of your book 1 billion americans try to get more people in here . 670 Million People. And then sometimes have a Bad Reputation and how clean it was good. And then to be provocative and i thought to thought experiment like chinas competition we just cannot grow as fast. But we can have more people we spend money to keep them out and we dont have as many children as they say we want to have. We occurred provide childcare so why not . When i do it . Limited to say thats too many people like is hong kong to be crammed in like sardines. Is that true . With one americans the population would be about half. Yeah america is empty with a lot of amber waves of grain. [laughter] is just really big and stuff is historically odd 330 million in canada they are 25 million we make policy choices mature. Our career to get a lot of people to. It is very deliberate you look at the George Washington administration, there is a l
Two white, one negro. Beaten and shot to death. Among those indicted with a for this triple slaying were six men identified as members of the ku klux klan. None has been brought to trial. In this automobile, a reserve lieutenant was cut by a shotgun blast while writing through georgia. Riding through georgia. Arrested for the crime were four knights of the ku klux klan. Two of them were tried and acquitted. In a few short months 13 alleged , members of the ku klux klan said to be involved in these killings. When such an order of this takes over the police power, you all are completely at their mercy. And their atrocities and their violence can be visited on anybody that disagrees with them in any given situation. Narrator what started as a joke 100 years ago when a group of men donned bedsheets for a romp has over the years attracted to it persons charged with acts of harassment, intimidation, and violence throughout the south. Even though the nation has been outraged for many years, t
They will be saluted for their service. Nting the flex is a presenting the flags is a father and son team from the National Defense university. As an army soldier, he served in the theater of operations during world war ii, serving in england, france, and germany. He was a sergeant and served as a mail clerk until receiving an Honorable Discharge in 1946. After the war, he worked as a u. S. Postal museum in washington dc for 35 years. [applause] second, a woman serving with Overture Service waves, the unit of the u. S. Naval reserve. She was stationed at rhode island from 1943 to 1946, working in the war bound office. [applause] the next, a chief Master Sergeant in the army in world war ii and was a prisoner of war. During his 18 months in activity in captivity he escaped 3 times from the germans and wants from the russian liberators. After the war he tried to join the army to go back to germany to find the nurse who kept him alive by sneaking him food. Unfortunately he was not allowed
The cell phone video 8 this Morning Police have dark colored buick surrounded. One that crashed through chain link fence after brief chase. While some officers grabbed the men running from the car, others work to free someone from the trunk. So when we took the suspect that custody we heard sounds at the trunk area. They are asking for crow bar they are asking for crow bar. And i heard them asking for they got the bag out. And then they proceeded to go to the trunk. When they opened the trunk there was a hostage in the trunk and they proceeded to lift him out firemen style. In the cell phone video you see officers carrying the man. Bound at the hands and feet. Just free from the trunk. Daniel thomas was near by on paradise boulevard. This morning was around 8 00 a. M. I heard the car hit something and then the police went by and told the person to get down on the ground get down on the ground. Kidnapped vichlt i just met with him and hes very, very glad to be back home with his family.
It should be a fascinating event first of all i would like to thank the city of charlottesville for providing this wonderful venue. Every year they do so for the virginia festival of the book and its really outstanding for both the authors and the audience. I will also thank charlottesvilles on tv 10 for broadcasting todays session. Just a reminder, this session is being recorded so when it comes time for the q a session raise your hand. You will be recognized but a microphone will be passed to you so that you can pose your question. Its important that you speak into the microphone so the question can be recorded. Please, please turn off any cell phones that you might have with you. The festival is free of charge and not free of cost though. Please remember that the virginia festival of the book is sponsored by the Virginia Foundation for the humanities. There are ways to support this organization by direct support or otherwise. At the information desk at the omni are envelopes in whic