Historical narrative about president lincolns wife mary. She considers how mary would have been remembered if she had died instead of her husband. Also talking about why the critics have labeled her crazy. Southern Methodist University center for president ial University Posted this event. It is not only an honor and a privilege to introduce tonight speaker, it is to me, a personal delight because she and i were classmates in princeton many years ago. Catherine clinton is the professor of American History at the university of texas at san antonio. She is also one of this countrys most distinguished historians of american women, the south, and the civil war. She is a proud daughter of kansas city, missouri, and she studied as an undergraduate at harvard. Shooin for a phd at princeton, completing her dissertation on the direction of james mcpherson. Her dissertation will be published in 1982 as the book the plantation mistress. It was her first work to be characterized justly as pioneeri
World. And that is a legacy that she leaves. Overseas tour staff recently traveled to worcester, massachusetts, to learn about it rich history. Youre watching American History tv, all weekend, every weekend, on cspan3. Coming up next, author Catherine Clinton details president lincolns wife mary. She considers how mary would have been remembered if she had died instead of her husband. Also talking about why the critics have labeled her crazy. Southern Methodist University center for president ial University Posted this event. It is not only an honor and a privilege to introduce tonight speaker, it is to me, a personal delight because she and i were classmates in princeton many years ago. Catherine clinton is the professor of American History at the university of texas at san antonio. She is also one of this countrys most distinguished historians of american women, the south, and the civil war. She is a proud daughter of kansas city, missouri, and she studied as an undergraduate at harv
Deepens with protesters calling for elections and a stop of corruption. We begin in syria where at least 63 people have been killed in strikes apparently carried out by russian planes. A bus station was hit. At least 100 people have been killed across the province in the past two days. Gerald tan has the latest. Reporter they gather to search for bodies to cyst through their belongings and what is left of their homes sift. They say air strikes on saturday killed relatives and friends, just ordinary citizens. This man could only muster a prayer, calling on god to help his people. They say russian jets were responsible for the strikes and that this isnt the first time. Dozens of civilians are reported to have died in days of fighting. Russia launched its military operation in syria last september at the request of syrias president Bashar Alassad. Since then russian planes have flown an estimated 570 missions. Rights civilians say many have lost their lives in that time. It has rejected c
Its unfortunate that the egyptian ambassador had to go, so we will see, but that should not be a reason to stop any kind of that we have to face. Israeli defense minister ehud barack joining us live from tel aviv. Do stay safe, and we wish the best for not only the people of israel, but the palestinians, and we hope that you can somehow come to some kind of a consensus to stop this violence between your two parties. Thank you for being with us and for answering. Our apologies for the difficult connection, but we have been struggling throughout the hour to make that connection with the defense minister, and now we know why. The air raids going in israel. Particularly in tel aviv. Thank you for watching us in this hour. Please stay tuned now for my colleague Suzanne Malveaux who takes over with newsroom international. Welcome to newsroom international. Im Suzanne Malveaux. Were taking you aron the world in 60 minutes. Former cia director David Petraeus is breaking his silence with the me
In me an mar, well have the latest on that story. And blackhawk down 20 years on, we look at how a failed mission in somalia, still affects washingtons thinking. The u. N. Is demanding immediate actio access to syriao help millions of people in immediate of help, its describing the situation there as horrifying and the Security Council is calling on all sides of the conflict to allow in aid. This is what the u. N. s humanitarian chief on h to say. This statement calls on all parties to do their utmost to end the violence and stop targeting civilians. It also reminds them that they must facilitate the swift provision of vital humanitarian aid and there is sear yeah con againsts for try lading humanitarian and human rights law. This all come five dawes after the u. N. Security Council Unanimously approved its first legally binding action on syria. These new efforts cant come fast enough for the children caught in the war. A report now on how many are going hungry. And a warning you may f