You can keep the spirit of litfest going all year by downtown loading the printers row app where you can fine all of the Chicago Tribune premium books content, free did downed ebooks and the complete litfest scud all. Download today and get five dollars off merchandize. Todays program will be broadcastlift on cspan2s booktv. We ask you to use the microphone to your right to ask questions. We ask that you silence your cell phones and turn off your camera flashes. Please welcome reporter from the Chicago Tribune and todays sir interviewer. Talk to us. His public,ty defender, hoyt have chicago iconic newspaper. Thank you both for being here for this conversation. Lets get started by talking about your personal connections to the stories you are tellingful both of you have given birth to stories you have personal connections to, so what led to these topics . Start out, natalie. Sure. So, im a chicago native. I went away to school, work other places, moved back here about ten years ago, and
And heres a look at whats on prime time tonight. We kick off the evening at seven eastern with jeremy mccarter, coauthor of hamilton the revolution. At 8 p. M. , sean wilentz talks about the need for Political Party ands partisanship. At 9 15 eastern, fox news eric bolling weighs in on the virtues that define the United States. And at ten on after words, Karen Greenberg takes a critical look at laws enacted to combat terrorism. That all happens tonight on cspan2s booktv. K tv on welcome to the 3 2nd annual Chicago Tribune printers row lit fest. I want to give a special thank you to all our sponsors. The theme of this this years festival is whats your story, and we encourage you to share the stories you hear this weekend on twitter, instagram or facebook using hashtag prlf16. You can keep the spirit of lit fest going all year by downloading the printers row app where youll find all of the Chicago Tribunes premium books content, free and discounted ebooks for subscribers and the complete
Special edition of today at the Olympic Games. With matt lauer live from rio de janeiro, brazil, and Savannah Guthrie live from rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to a split edition of today on a friday morning. Savannah, its great to see you. We have reached the final hours of our countdown to tonights Opening Ceremony of the 2016 Olympic Games and i will be honest with you, im above. Youre nervous . You dont have to do a back flip, do you . No, do you know what, thats actually right. We are hosting the Opening Ceremony, what do we have to be nervous about . Were not competing in the Olympic Games. I have to tell you, savannah, youve been to the olympics, you know sometimes in the morning when the crowd gathers here at an olympic set up wonderful little moments, unexpected moments. I had one of those a second ago, i was Walking Around talking to on copacabana beach and i walked up to this guy right here and i said, hey, love the tv, team u. S. A. , you got the simone b
And lets be uncomfortable. Next year, more victories. Because Animal Rights happen if hard. And we try so please do everything you can possibly think of to do all the time. Thank you very, very much. [cheers and applause] announcer tomorrow night on cspan, talking about islam and the misperception westerners have about the religion by sharing her own experience of getting to know a muslim cleric and his family. She writes about in her book if the oceans were ink. Islam get more than its share of negativity in the United States . You write about that from your standpoint. Yes. I mean, i think the sad thing is andre you and i are in eventdriven business and being the violent extremists have figured out a way to insert themselves into the headlines and the vast majority of the rest of the 1. 6 muslims in the world have not. It is depressing but the old saying, if it bleeds it leads is true for all groups. Not tooy, there are many counter narratives that make it into the News Headlines abo
Million american visitors touring these iconic sites so as the Summer Travel season begins to wind down and on this anniversary well be devoting the next 90 minutes learning about your park Service Experiences and we want to hear from you. Our phone lines are open at 2027488000 for those in the central and eastern time zones 2027488001. What had been your experience at National Parks across the country, including a new one designated this week in the state of maine. You can also send us a tweet at spambingswj or join us on facebook. Com cspan. Good thursday. Thanks very much for being with us. If you pick up todays wall street journal or Washington Post, two editorials commemorating the National Park service including this from Terry Anderson. Happy 100th birthday National Parks and Jonathan Janis writing these lands are your lands, america. Read them online at wsj. Com. Some background on the National Park service. It was signed into law on this date by president Woodrow Wilson in 191