September retail sales, nice beat there, the srt up 102 from march lows, thats a new high, Dick Sporting goods, best buy, dollar general, costcos and lowes, bed, bath and beyond on its best pace ever is it time to buy retail there are still select names you can buy at retail and some names that have absolutely exploded the up side you just went through a list some of these are at alltime highs. The consumer is strong, the consumer return, the consumer has gotten out there the september numbers were well above what the expectations were these numbers are very, very impressive it does go to show you just how strong these guys are in terms of everybody getting out and about and getting into different retail its not just about the essentials anymore you just went through the laundry list the reality is, it is about people going out and getting clothing, shoes, yoga material whatever it is we might be, we are seeing an absolute run towards that area and a nice spring board were seeing a lot
Photographers. That National Archives cohost of this event. The Army Signal Corps photographic collection is one of the largest in the National Archives. Roughly 1 million images from world war i to 1981, chronicled military activities during war and peace of the frontline, as the front line i like to welcome the Strategic Communications officer for the u. S. Army center of military history. He retired from the army reserve and 2017. He had the rank of colonel and 35 years of military service. He deployed three times and commanded the American Forces network in iraq baghdad plus direct Media Operations and assisted spokesman for commissions at guantanamo bay, cuba and was the chief of Media Operations and a senior spokesman for detention operations at guantanamo. He was also an assistant professor of military science at usc. [applause] good evening and thank you. My name is lee reynolds. It i am a strategic medications officer for the u. S. Army center of military history. The center i
Host you suggest jodi picoult that Justice Kavanaugh should read your newest book a spark of light. Why is that . Bank is probably one of the most balanced looks at abortion rights and womens reproductive rights that i have found. I worked really hard to make it balanced and i think it would allow him to see other peoples points of view with compassion and empathy and protect roe v wade a little longer. Host you say all points of your represented. House so . So in my book government one a man comes in with a gun and starts shooting and he takes the rest hostage. One of them is the daughter of the hostage negotiator. They all believe Different Things and all points of you are accurately represented. Host how do you storyboard a story like that . That is a question there is a twist to this book is that it is told in reverse. You first see the standoff and every chapter goes back one hour in time until the very end you learn what brought all of these people to the clinic at that moment. T
They just have kept it to themselves. To can be completely honest when i was listening to the Brett Kavanaugh confirmation hearing i was thinking a lot about these women. When women dont tell their stories a narrative is visited upon them, one of blame and shame. You did something wrong. You should have known better. I think that to me is the most resonant message from this book, to take back the narrative, the stigma, have to normalize it. One of four women terminate a pregnancy in the course of her lifetime. Putting a face to that instead of casting women as selfish and evil is important in a way to take the narrative back. Host you observe actual abortions. What was that like . Guest we shouldnt talk about abortion and euphemism. Interrupting life process even if you are prochoice you have to recognize that and he feels we should acknowledge that and what was being done during the termination. Invited me into the room to observe a 5week abortion and an 8 week abortion and a 16 week
Texas. Mr. Caro is the author of a four volume biography of the 36th president. Here is the 2003 tour of the lbj library. First time i came here, i was looking for the papers and came around the corner like this. This is what i saw. The only moment in my life, the moment in my life when i felt my quitting. I was really overwhelmed. What you are looking at here the papers of Lyndon Baines johnson, the 36th president of the United States. Pulitzer prize winning author robert caro has been sifting through the millions of papers of Lyndon Johnson for 26 years. Recently booktv joined mr. Caro to learn how he conducts research for his multivolume biography, the years of Lyndon Johnson. During our visit robert caro also spoke at the lbj library for the first time. Over the next two hours youll see parts of thats beach interspersed with abof that speech interspersed with a id be happy to take questions if anybody has a question they would like to ask. Keto is how you came to write about Lyndon