Our speaker candice shy hooper, our fine careers on capitol hill and as a lobbyist, candice earned a masters degree in history with a concentration in military history from the George Washington university. She has served on the Editorial Advisory Board of the journal of the ulysses s and julia d grant home, and the board of directors of president lincolns her work in the historical field has also included publications in the New York Times. The journal of military history and the michigan war studies review her book lincolns generals wives for women who influenced the civil war, for better or for worse, won three nati awards. Her most recent publication, delivered under fire, absalom the first biography of thel, childhood friend ulysses us grant. And while serving as a special agent of the Us Post Office department, he was often called grants postmaster general in his role as agent of the Us Post Office department during grants presidency. Mark passage of the ku klux klan act of 1871.
norah: political showdown. the manhattan district attorney sues a member of congress to keep republicans from interfering in the donald trump case. a cbs news investigation, how china built its own boeing 737. do you feel like they stole an airliner? i don t feel that way. i think that is a fact. norah: our tax series, how you can maximize your refund in a year where many americans will get less cash back. so used to getting something back all of the time, and all of a sudden to have to write a check is, it s a rude awakening. norah: and meet an air force family flying into the history books. carrying hopefully the next generation bomber pilot, while flying supersonic, was quite the memory. norah: good evening to our viewers in the west and thank you for joining us on this busy tuesday night. we do want to begin with breaking news from louisville, kentucky, where police just released chilling and disturbing body camera video showing officer
investigation. and nothing will ever stop us from keeping america secure. norah: political showdown. the manhattan district attorney sue is a member of congress to keep republicans from interfering in the donald trump case. a cbs news investigation, how china built its own boeing 737. do you feel like they stole an airliner? i don t feel that way, i think that is a fact. norah: our tax series, how you can maximize your refund in a year where many of americans will get less cash back. so used to getting something back all of the time, and all of a sudden have to write a check, it s a rude awakening. norah: and meet an air force family flying into the history books. carrying hopefully the next generation bomber pilot, while flying sernic, was quite the memory. norah: good evening, and thank you for joining us on this busy tuesday night. we do want to begin with some breaking news from louisville, kentucky, where police just released chilling and
Get aid to those desperate people who are hurtling down in the southern part of the gaza strip. Israel egypt, for its own reasons, partly because it fears are seeing a flood of refugees into egypt, has not yet shown a willingness to cooperate. That is an ongoing issue. The americans are very keen to resolve it because they know without some kind of humanitarian provisions, israels attacks on the gaza strip both from the air and probably in the coming days, orsoon, on the the air and probably in the coming days, or soon, on the ground, the air and probably in the coming days, orsoon, on the ground, are just going to cause even more horrendous hardship. find just going to cause even more horrendous hardship. Just going to cause even more horrendous hardship. And ust to kee horrendous hardship. And ust to kee this horrendous hardship. And ust to keep this conversation horrendous hardship. And just to keep this conversation going horrendous hardship. And just to l keep this conversation g
knowledge, sophistication, and style. as your biographical packets enumerate, they have individually and together and livened into the literature over the years. gary gallagher is a professor emeritus in the history of the american civil war at the university of virginia and he is former director of the now civil war center there. you are all familiar with his major works, the confederate war, the union war, lee and his generals in war and memory. he is also, like me and many in this room, and aficionado, but more, an expert on civil war themed films. his passion has inspired a terrific 2008 book, how hollywood and popular art shape what we know about the civil war. he is the co-editor that just published new perspectives on the union war. joan waugh is a professor of american history at ucla and the author of such books as the memory of the civil war in on and the simplye u.s. grant american hero, american myth. working together, they have not only cohosted important and in