National book festival Live Saturday september 26 on booktv. And welcome to another summer evening with booktv is binge watch series. Tonight were focusing on books written by former first ladies. The first first lady to venture into publishing was nellie tapp who recalled her time in the white house in her 1914 memoir, recollections in four years. Since then another for slaves have published memoirs. We will focus tonight on five women with serve in a position in the last few years. First up, Rosalynn Carter, she served as first lady from 19771981 and shes the author of five books. In 1984 for bestselling memoir, first lady from planes, was released. Her subsequent books have focused on caregiving and Mental Health care. A subject chess champion throughout her life. From 2010, here is Rosalynn Carter talking about her book within our reach. [applause] thank you very much. Thank you. Im really pleased to be a tonight and really pleased to see so many people in interested in my book. Iv
So i knew of course that taft succeeded teddy and they would run against each other 1912, but then you always go back and i know scott does too, you want the primary sources, the letters and diaries and private journals for historians so when i found the 400 letters between the two, i realized they become friends when they were in their early 30s and an odd couple, teddy who is marching around everywhere doing wrestling and boxing and taft wayne between 250 and 350 is not doing much wrestling and boxing at that point, but they liked each other and the opposites almost attracted and teddy brings them into his cabinet, he becomes the most important person in his cabinet even though all his life he wanted to be a judge, never a politician, from from that he decides hes the man i want to succeed me, he runs the taft campaign, gives him advice at every moment, the only thing he did not give him a vice was the Campaign Song which i dont think teddy wouldve approved of it was get on a raft wi
Comer weighs in on President Trump firing back, bidens brand of d. C. Globalism, let companies hollow out and destroy american jobs. Representative comer will talk about niece that niece warning only President Trump can prevent another 9 11 and saying that america is not a racist country. Also with us, the hills joe concha. He will join us with even more biden flipflops and whoppers, now the media is increasingly factchecking joe biden. Kelly armstrong from house judiciary taking on former top fbi official peter strzok, fired for antitrump bias. He helped run the trump russia flynn probes. We have new statements. They are surprising ones from peter strzok. Federal lift editor Christopher Bedford, House Speaker nancy pelosi getting criticized for this. Pelosi now taking the high road, not ignoring, not listening to the outrage over her visit to a hair salon that was shut down for everyone else. We have that and more democrat double standards on covid19 shutdowns for regular americans, n
It. Or signup online. If youd like to ask the speaker or something look for the q a button. We will get through as many as time allows. And then to have a more public reunion. We greatly appreciate any and all support and lastly as you may know technical issues can come up. And now i am so pleased to introduce novelist and journalist and is a finalist for the work of fiction teaching at condi university and previously taught at yale to celebrate college the nonfiction work has been featured. Katie odonnell is a Senior Editor and a National Book award winner and began her career. [inaudible] tonight discussing the latest book a more Perfect Union a captivating portrait which those of reconstruction from the civil rights to the warning and protest with the incremental progress. The result is elegant and crafted. [inaudible] thank you so much. How are you doing tonight . I am well. Thank you for doing this with m me. This will be great fun. Im excited. Is this was Just Announced we starte
Whole stones a Parliament Building now reports suggest lebanons leaders had been warned just last month about explosive materials stored at beiruts port saying a hoarder is there and has more on the investigation into the blast. The government has now handed the file to the judiciary but one of the main demands of the antigovernment protest movement is that there is the need for an independent judiciary at the moment judges are appointed by politicians which means they are loyal to the Political Parties and not to the state so theres little faith in the judiciary theres little faith in politicians who have a knowledge themselves that they knew that thousands of tons of Ammonium Nitrate was stored at a warehouse in beirut ports beirut ports located in the middle of a densely populated city the president himself saying that the report reached his desk and hes saying its not my responsibility im not in charge of the ports and that i spoke to the officials at the higher defense counsel and