My name is Amanda Williams and it is my honor to lead the team here at the macarthur memorial. And i would like to extend a special welcome this morning to. Congressman bobby scott to city of norfolk mayor dr. Cooper, alexander philippine, consul general eric cruz, erebus Philippine Army attache arthur roman yost and Lieutenant General john agen. Dr. Cynthia romero. The chairman of the council of united filipino organizations of tidewater. Max frias, Vice President , the Hampton Roads chapter of Filipino National Historical Society. Ric hurley, the director of the Virginia Association of museums colonel william davis, the executive director of the general Douglas Macarthur. Members of the general Douglas Macarthur Foundation Board and acting deputy city manager and military affairs liaison. Mr. Len ramirez, thank you all very much this morning for being with us. And we would also like to say that are very honored to be hosting the Filipino American veterans of Hampton Roads, color guar
My name is Amanda Williams and it is my honor to lead the team here at the macarthur memorial. And i would like to extend a special welcome this morning to. Congressman bobby scott to city of norfolk mayor dr. Cooper, alexander philippine, consul general eric cruz, erebus Philippine Army attache arthur roman yost and Lieutenant General john agen. Dr. Cynthia romero. The chairman of the council of united filipino organizations of tidewater. Max frias, Vice President , the Hampton Roads chapter of Filipino National Historical Society. Ric hurley, the director of the Virginia Association of museums colonel william davis, the executive director of the general Douglas Macarthur. Members of the general Douglas Macarthur Foundation Board and acting deputy city manager and military affairs liaison. Mr. Len ramirez, thank you all very much this morning for being with us. And we would also like to say that are very honored to be hosting the Filipino American veterans of Hampton Roads, color guar
[captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] good morning. ,ur next speaker is dr. Alan professor of the civil war era. He is the author of Abraham Lincoln, redeemer president. Lincoln and douglas, the debate that defined america. Gettysburg, the last invasion was a bestseller. Three of those four books earned the lincoln prize. They are worth your attention. His most recent publication is redeeming the great emancipator. It was the lectures for the w. E. B. Dubois. It considers what lincolns reputation as the great emancipator indicates about how americans have dealt with race over the many years since the end of the civil war. His argument is simple. Do not view lincoln is the great emancipator would signify that we as americans are slipping in our ability to see each other as fellow americans. Lincoln could be the glue that holds us together on race as well as other issues. The key to unders
Good evening. I am delighted and really honored to be here to talk about the battle for life champlain in 1814. Been thinking about for several years have i seen the bicentennial coming. I have not been a student of the war of 18 well my whole life. I of 1812 my whole life. I connected with the shipwrecks through Lake Champlain. Over the last several years, we have been traveling with our our Reach Program in interpreting the war of 1812, knowing that in 1914, we were going to have an opportunity to talk about the things that happened here, which we think are really very important and very special. Its also important to acknowledge that september 11 is a powerful date in history. I spoke to my elderly mom today in new york city, and she told me she was watching tv where they were reciting the names of all the folks who lost their lives back in. My brother, my cousin, my dad, all of those losses that hap pened. I feel for that. In fact, in the aftermath of 9 11, i was traumatized enough
On what is happening, lets bring in our guests. There have been so many contradictory reports that weve been hearing today from vienna. What more can you tell us . If you can hear me, please go ahead. Correct i can hear you now thank you. We have been hearing a lot of contradictory reports, starting with a statement from an iranian source that said we should be expecting throughout the day sometime today i joined announcement that should announce some kind of progress. They are looking for a final company and the agreement, which is what they came to hammer out because the gap remains way too wide for now. And in addition, the failure of the talks is also not an option. The two parties cannot afford to go back without anything in their hands. As you mentioned earlier, it is looking more and more likely as what is being referred to as an extension. No sanchez will be lifted. And additional ones will be imposed. It will just buy a little more time for the two parties to hammer out that f