Im reading two books. Im reading a book by Doris Kearns Goodwin that looks into four of our presence the two roosevelt, Abraham Lincoln and Lyndon Johnson very interesting and im also reading the border by daniel silva. Host what looks are you planning on reading in the future and why . Guest i do tend to move towards more historical types of hooks on leadership political books historical perspective. I dont have any titles in mind right now but i like to read nonfiction and thats probably what ill do. Host how do you like to read . Guest i do it a couple of ways. Sometimes i get sick just gyms from friends that i used to be in the oak club back in the day and i would hear reading selections and pick from that and then i read the book review sections of the newspapers to see whats good and whats considered page turning. I kind of mix it up. Host do you share books with her colleagues and friends . Guest absolutely. We share books and we share book ideas and as a matter fact roy blunt a
I was the one that was drafted because i was a senior. I ended up being the boss man in the initial phase of this and we can get into hour it was done shortly. One of the benefits to writing this book was it allowed me to think back. I do a come pparison with what know today, and i compare what i saw and what i see in writing about the navy at it existed today, and i think it did a pretty fair job i started in 1953, two jobs going to college, and everyone was breathing on my nec, and we went in the reserves. So there is a squadron. And i worked here is the first good one. I was working for a chief named brown and he was my mentor. Mentor is a keyword you will hear a lot from me. I carried his tool box and i got his coffee when i wanted and he spent an inordinate amount of time teaching me how to maintain those airplanes. We went on and it was right down here. Im in dc tonight, forgive me i make mistakes. But we had the first jet squadron. A young lieutenant. A twin compact. And they sa
Discussing his book top gun an american story, Aerial Combat and how his book inspired the 1986 movie to the gun. Good evening. Im Lauren Rosenberg with smithsonian associates. Welcome to tonights program. To our members, im so glad youre here. Its your support that makes events like this possible. And if youre joining us for the first time, an equally warm welcome and open invitation to explore the wide range of programs we offer at smithsonian associates. Now is the perfect time to turn off your cell phone or anything else that might make noise during the program. Thank you for doing that. This past march marked the 50th anniversary of the u. S. Navy Fighter Weapons program. We are thrilled this evening to welcome the programs founder, dan pederson. He entered the u. S. Navy in 1953 and went on to become the senior officer in the group of nine men who formed the navys legendary Top Gun Program at naval station miramar in march 1969. He served in combat during the vietnam war with the
At traffic. Good morning. Good morning and were starting right with storm tracker6 live double scan because we not only have showers through the area but some heavy downpours. As you look right now as you can see its centered along the coastline. We have a little bit of a downpour coming down nearly a town but most of it is well south and east. This is a line that has moved through the philadelphia area from west to east. Its now in Seaside Heights pushing off the coast. Still a ways to go in Atlantic City. Its stretching inhappened as far as millville and up near glassboro on route 55. Sea isle city and cape may getting wet. Dover and milford you have another cell moving through the area. Were watch new york right now. We could see a downpour at any point today but the best chance is later on this afternoon and the area that has the chance to so a slight risk for Severe Weather according to the Storm Prediction Center is the area that you see to the north and west of the city especial
Was performing at this when the five people were injured in the shooting early sunday morning theyre all expected to survive we have lots of different images coming in from people or at the show giving us the self on video of that chaos and panic after hours allow the concern is allow people or did everyone made a run for some people were trampled in the chaos that happened at the club. Will tran there were trampled and that is because this place was full of people that had to pay to be at this event was shot fired imagine all of them did not care about each other they want to get out in all four people were in front of the building was always officers arrived at this for some later on showed up to the hospital less so you you to video of so many people who did survive they took the youth to go. It was an appearance by him but when the shots were fired he was on seis nobody believes that he was the intended target will people ran out and we did get a chance to track down a woman in the