Historian mary beth norton. She is the author of five books and coeditor of several others in your textbooks in a survey of u. S. History and been published in ten additions and sold more than 500,000 copies. Norton is a price finalist and. She is married professor of American History at cornell university. Her new book, 1774, year of revolution, available for purchase following the program. So now, please join me in welcoming mary beth norton. [applause]. Mary is really nice to be here. I want to make sure that the microphone is on. It does not seem to be. Hope there is pretty great. I want to show you the cover of the book because that little bottle on it, is famous here in colonial historian. I dont know if anybody recognizes this but it is in the collection of the massachusetts historical tidy. It claims on the label which is impossible read, that it contains t picked up from bostons harbor. The day after the tea party. So there is a quite wellknown object in the colonial america.
Campaign 2020. At 9 15 a. M. , one American News networks discusses news of the day and her look at Tipping Points. Host good morning. It is the washington journal for the last day of 2019 and in keeping with the theme, for the first hour, we want you to tell us what you think the top news story of the year was. You can share with us what you think was the most important or significant story of the year. If you want to call us, 2027488001 for republicans. 2027488000 for democrats. And independents, 2027488002. If you want to text us this morning, you can include your name, city, and state and text to 2027488003. Post your thoughts on twitter at cspanwj and on our facebook page, you can do so at facebook. Com cspan. The Associated Press compiled what they saw as the top 10 news stories of 2019 here is their list and maybe there is something on the list that is the basis of you calling in. It starts with the impeachment of President Trump, issues regarding immigration at number 2. Number
Headlines in every 15 minute block as any of the other cable news networks, which you know, tends to stick to one topic for a long time. There are three opinion talkshows in the evening in the evening and primetime hours. I host one of the opinion talkshows so i am very openly conservative as are the viewers and the readers of my book know. The rest of the 21 hours are straight news, no bias. Host you choose the topic, Tipping Points, for the show and your book, what are you trying to say to that title as far as the book is concerned . Guest i wanted to let people know that there is an urgency in fighting for the values and principles that made our nation great. Traditional conservative values. Limited government, free speech, a right to worship the god we choose, right to free press, individual liberty in general, and there is an urgency and in fighting for those, but it is also not something that we have to feel cynical about. Not something we have to feel hopeless about. There are t
Representatives former florida senator, respected attorney become a person highly engaged in our community and the friends of the college, congressman lincoln deas. [applause] thank you, very much. It is a privilege for me to be here today to introduce a man that i have not met until today dance i already admired. Senator tom cotton was a student at Harvard Law School on september 11, 2001. One of the most tragic venice day of the internation. On that day tom cotton made the decision that he was going to serve the United States in uniform on the front lines. After law school he joined the 101st Airborne Division of the u. S. Army. When he volunteered for service the recruiter was taken by surprise. Tom cotton the harvard law graduate did not wish to be a jake lawyer, he wanted to be an infantry man, while serving here in the bronze star, the combat infantry man badge in the ranger he served in iraq and subsequently in afghanistan. After serving in iraq before serving in afghanistan he
One of the worlds rarest birds, the spoon billed sandpiper, has been successfully reared in captivity for the first time, raising hopes the species can be saved from extinction. Its taken almost a decade, from rescuing eggs in russias far east wetlands, to breeding two of the birds, at the wildfowl and Wetlands Trust in gloucestershire. Victoria gill reports. The first sign of a conservation breakthrough. These spoon billed sandpiper chicks hatched from eggs collected in the far east of russia and brought into captivity in the uk. That rescue mission was eight years ago. Now, at last, those critically endangered birds have read their own chicks, the first captive bred spoon billed sandpipers. We have to cover up our outdoor close, so everything from rubber boots that we can wash on the way in, to overalls, to this very attractive handout, because we dont want to be taking anything in there, into the aviary, where these very precious birds are that might hurt them or make them sick. Thi