Been in the genes or something because you look at the travel that Teddy Roosevelt did in the amazon area, that trip i believe believe almost killed him didnt it . Heres an interesting fact for you to remember, theater roosevelt would get terribly seasick. He would vomit if he got on water. He had a bad stomach. He liked seen ahead of him, his favorite landscapes were flatland and prairie, now not only is expresident did he go to the amazon and do this incredible journey and he went to africa and spent a year recording Natural History of africa, i do not know if you realize that he came to your state and lived for a while in arizona hiking through the grand canyon he had saved. He then went and lived with native americas and wrote an article, he participated in a rattlesnake handling ceremony on his way from arizona into utah to see rainbow bridge. That is how committed he was, as x the president he wrote a very distinguished scientific piece on the tortoises of florida. Franklin roose
So as you are here with the Tucson National festival of books and the main library western National Parks association is very proud to present our special guest today , what a treat to have him back in tucson. With that, i introduce our moderator bill. Thank you. Yes, i am bill bill buckmaster i host a daily radio talkshow on kb oi a. M. 1030 the voice. Also you can listen to the program live anywhere in the world. By going to buckmaster show. Com. I hope you will check it out. Im excited to be here at the tucson festival of books and to be talking with Douglas Brinkley. Just to mention about the fest of your tax donation, taxdeductible donation really makes this all possible. It is a free eve so we do encourage you to visit the Student Union south ballroom or go to the website. Your gift will sternly make a tremendous a difference. Before we get into Douglas Brinkley i want to mention the way this will work, i will be talking oneonone with professor brinkley and then i will allow time
Using forensics to retrieve whatever was erased. Another piece of this puzzle, cnn learned that the planes computer was likely reprogrammed to change course to take the left turn at least 12 minutes before the last verbal communication with the cockpit when the copilot radio air Traffic Controller said all right, good night. A senior official said the search has now zoned in on this corridor that you are looking at. The search conditions are goo good. As they were flying through. There were no results. Today the search area has been refined. Look at this one woman. Tensions at a distraught mother screaming for information. She had to be dragged away. Folks, we are in day 13. Many of the families are still living out of this hotel where the briefings are held, waiting for news that the plane has been found. Lets talk about the facts. What we know. Out of our washington, d. C. Bureau. Etch, me more about how the fbi now is getting involved. The investigators have been going through the s
Disturbing. U. S. Officials now put the number of isis insurgents inside iraq and syria as high as 10,000. Their number is growing with each stunning and savage success on the battlefield. At the same time, the pentagon now says new u. S. Troops have just arrived in iraq. Their mission, to try to help iraqs military counter this isis terrorist threat. The latest battle is for control of iraqs biggestrefinery. Its not clear at all if iraqi air strikes will really make much of a difference. Nic robertson and arwa damon are both standing by in iraq. Ill also speak with a key iraqi insider. Lets begin with our pentagon correspondent barbara starr. What are you learning . Would he have, the latest is the pentagon a short time ago announced u. S. Military advisors are back on the ground inside iraq. About 130 of them now near the embassy in baghdad and working to set up a joint Operation Center in the baghdad region with the iraqis. Thats 130 advisors there, and another 50 on the way in the
Trumps fateful phone call. Also the Washington Post reports tonight Speaker Nancy Pelosi is sounding out democrats on impeachment. An all hands meeting tomorrow at 4 00 p. M. And pressure is building at this hour, including from seven house freshmen who have defended this country, saying these allegations, if true, are a National Security threat. The 11th hour on a monday night starts right now. Good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. Im Steve Kornacki in for brian williams. Day 977 of the Trump Administration. President trump is just a few blocks away at trump tower at this hour. This as he begins several days of diplomacy at the united nations. But tonight he is facing mounting criticism over reports that he called the ukrainian president and asked him to investigate joe bidens son. Tonight talk of impeachment is heating up on capitol hill, and some are questioning if this is a turning point. Just in the last 90 minutes or so, the Washington Post has