Good evening, everyone. My name is kevin butterfield. I am the executive of the Washington Library here at, mount vernon. Welcome to our forward evening book talk. For the month of july on behalf of the mount vernon ladies association. Of course, the Ford Motor Company thats been funding these free and open to the public talks for quite some time. Welcome. This is something that i am particularly excited to do because. I have ive known mark talbot some time and before that i knew his work. Mark talbot is, the director of collections and a great curator masonic collections at the George Washington Masonic National Memorial in alexandria. Hes been an active for more than 20 years and in nearly all that time hes been an active historian of american ism. In to the work well be discussing tonight his i think monumental work american freemasons centuries of Building Communities is a massive step forward in our understanding of masonry in american civil society. A book i used to crib from and
Cspan now your front row seat to washington anytime anywhere. Host a good thursday morning to you you can start calling it now. Our question this morning comes from the headline of New York Times reporter the headline is biden is on a role that any president would relish. Asking is it a turning point. Some white house aides twoyear legislative record of any other modern president. President biden yesterday got some more news trending in the right direction on the Economic Fund and here is the headline from the wall street journal this morning inflation pace is slowing down last month. The Labor Department reported that the price increases have been slowing in july as the pulling annual u. S. Inflation down slightly from its previous four decade high. This is President Biden yesterday at the white house on that. The price of somethings go up. And last month the price of other things went down by the same amount. The result . Zero inflation. People were still hurting. Zero inflation last
Championship, we have a great news. But we begin this morning with todays eye opener, your world in 90 skojdeconds. And will to the best of my ability defend the constitution of the United States. So help you god . So help you god. Congratulations, mr. President obama. President obama begins the second term in the white house. Thousands of Security Officers are getting ready. City officials expect as many as 70,000 people. Hes going to address the crowd, the nation and the world. Expected to lay out his vision for the world in his second term. Measures to help the economy, energy. I think immigration is really the big issue, frankly. The most significant event of the weekend, i love her bangs. The deaths in algeria has reached at least 81. At least one american is among the dead. Very Cool Temperatures across the midwest. Windchills down to minus 50. This time the swearing in flawless. And when he was done his daughter sasha took note. I did it. All tha zone for the touchdown the 49ers
Why we cheat and not entirely unrelated to cheating you have former governor mark sanford sitting down with piers morgan tonight. Hes Just Announced hes running for congress. Dont miss it tonight. Thats it for me. Be back here at the same time tomorrow. Im brooke baldwin. Lets go to wolf blitzer in the situation room. Breaking news the fate of american captives in an engineer yeah clouded in chaos. An operation to free the foreign hostages has reportedly ended amid word that some were forced to wear explosive vests. A star Football Player says hes the victim of a sick joke but some taken in by the joke say manti teo has some explaining to do about his dead girlfriend who never existed. And president obama will take the oath of office on the same bible that Abraham Lincoln used. Well give you a close look at this extraordinary piece of american history. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Lets begin this hour with the breaking news. Algerias official news agency has Just Annou
Washington today, following the president and his activities. Will be live throughout washington today, following the president and his activities. Later, we will take you to the inaugural ball. Throughout the day, we will take your calls, emails, tweets, and facebook comments. Also on or web page, you can post pictures and you can view at the inaugural photos of many others. By the way, the Weather Forecast is cloudy with a high of 47 degrees in washington, possible snow showers in the afternoon. As you can see in these live pictures, the crowds have already begun a dissenting on the Capitol Grounds where they will go through heavy security before being allowed in through the barricades. The washington metro system has been on a rushhour schedule since 4 00 a. M. This morning, and that will continue through the late evening to accommodate the crowds. Much of the city is locked down. Here is a brief look at the schedule of events today. At 8 45, the president will be attending a Church