And Megan Phelps Roper recounts growing up as a member of the Westboro Baptist church. Watch our live coverage of the wisconsin book festival today starting at 11 30 a. M. Eastern. And be sure to catch the texas book festival in october and the Miami Book Fair in november on booktv on cspan2. Coming up in the next hour we will speak with local authors about the citys history and learn how it came to be known as a glass capital of the world. Later the toledo van band crash of 1931. We begin our special feature with the citys mayor. I think places like toledo are often taken for granted there is a such wonderful history here. They had built things. The first big break that this region got was when the glass pioneers moved from the east coast primarily boston. Drawn by rich reservoir natural gas. Brought his Glass Company to toledo and opened a plant on ash street in north toledo. Its on the same site today. The glass industry was big and important into in toledo once did that. As the eco
We need more sanctions, well, from the point of view of the prosperity of the russian economy, its good that that the russian economy is thriving , they think so, we have problems that need to be solved and prosperity is still far away, but the most important conclusion is that the economy really has survived, on the other hand, that the countrys economy, the country is actually getting off this here. Will allow the country to move forward, but the demagoguery of the west, it is obvious, here i am, we are discussing the election results, yesterdays big holiday, the anniversary of the unification of crimea and sevastopol with the Russian Federation, the most important event, they are trying, which means they are ours discuss the elections in a negative way, but what is happening in ukraine, they abandoned the president ial elections, today i read some deputy saying that, well, that. Ukraine to achieve success and that means winning needs a dictatorship, guys, you have had a dictatorship
In damascus, syria, a potential major escalation of the regional conflict. We speak with the former official who ran the investigation into the Havana Syndrome. And Gretchen Whitmore on democrats push to protect abortion rights in this critical election year. We know abortion rights are in threat all across the country , as we have the potential of a second trump term. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by the ongoing support of these individuals and institutions. And friends of the newshour, including leonard and norma clore vine and the judy and peter bloom kovar foundation. Actually, you dont need vision to do most things in life. Yes, im legally blind, and yes, im responsible for the user interface. Data visualization. If i can see it and understand it quickly, anyone can. Its exciting to be part of a team driving the technology forward. That is the most rewarding thing. People who know, know b. D. O. Certified professional planner professionals are proud to suppo
Civil war studies at uva. A popular speaker that he allows organizations like ours to work him way too hard. But we do it anyway. E flew in a few hours ago he was jetting up here from florida, where he was speaking at another conference. We do feel a little guilty for asking him back so soon. Gary is not only a prolific speaker and author, but a popular battlefield guide, one of the leaders in the preservation movement, an and onenning teacher, of the most important mentors of graduate students in civil war history. As i noted when i introduced hey at the 2014 symposium, dedicated his prizewinning book his graduater to students at penn state and the university of virginia with admiration for their contributions to the field. I know his students reciprocate that admiration. As just an example of what gary had done for the next generations of historians, our previous speaker is just one example. We owe it to gary to put in a applause for his latest work, the recently released book, the e
Was no distress call. We are in kenya where one persons waste is another persons energy. It could solve two environmental problems at once hello. Polling stations to close in less than an hour. The general election is a challenge for the a. K. Party. It failed to win seats in the poll in june and couldnt form a majority government. It comes amid security concerns. Since june theres been a wave of violence leaving hundreds of home dead. Bernard smith is in the southeast and omar saleh. Polls are closing in about an hour. How has the turn out been so far. Well, its been very high vetter turn out across turkey. This is what we are hearing. As far as the polling station where i am, there are 7,500 registered voters. In about 50 minutes ago i asked the head of the polling station and he said around 85 of the voters showed up. It is pretty high. Turkey is known to have one of the highest turn outs in the world. In the june elections 86 of the 54 million voters showed up. Turkish citizens hav