Hello, my name is kai bird, from cuny, City University of new york. And were from the foundation to do events like this to promote the arts and crafts of biographies. And weve been a sponsor of the National Book festival for some yea years. Were here on a session off the 20th anniversary of the National Book festival and the theme this year is american ingenuity. Were going to be talking tonight with two notable public intellectuals. Harold holzer is one of the leading lincoln scholars. Currently the director of the Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at hunter college. Ted widmer, the author of eight books. Professor widmer is on the faculty of mccauleys honors college. Today well discuss his latest book, lincoln on the verge. A story about the 13day train journey that lincoln took from illinois to washington d. C. To be inaugurated as president. These are two very different books. Im going to hold up each of them. This is literally a mini biography, well, not so mini, its a subst
Hello. My name is kai bird. And executive director of the leon leavy center for biography at City University of new york, and we are sponsored by the Leavy Foundation when we do events like this to promote the arts and crafts a biography among other things. We had been a sponsor of the National Book festival for some years, and were here on a session with of the 20th anniversary i chose of the National Book festival and the theme this year is american ingenuity. We are going to be talking tonight with two notable intellectuals, Harold Holzer is one of the countries leading lincoln scholars big is currently the director of the Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at hunter college. Ted widmer is himself the author of eight books. Professor is now on the faculty of holy Honors College for today will be discussing his latest book, lincoln on the verge, story about a 13 day train journey that lincoln took from illinois to washington, d. C. , to be inaugurated as president. These are two
Take a look at some of these charts id love to were going to look lets look at if you look at death or start to go up your. Well right here the United States is lowest in numerous categories were lower then the world lower lower than ones and europe in what was in one take a look. Right here in this case if this is going to go away with a lot of the its going to go away and its were not going to see it again hopefully after a period of time you may have some simpler ups and i guess i would expect that some go in the fall youll have flare ups maybe maybe done oh youre doing debt as a proportion of cases im talking about debt as a proportion of population thats where the u. S. Is really bad much worse than south Korea Germany and japan you cant do that you have are going to have to go by you have to go by where we look. Here is the United States you have to go by the case is shortz who penned the art of the deal says its success carved out a path for dont trumpet that straight to the whi
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Good morning. It is saturday, august 5, harris has been taking a more prominent role in the campaign. She gave interviews, speeches, and met with foreign leaders while the president was on vacation this past week it the question this morning is about Vice President harris. What are your views and how would you rate her job performance. You can share your thoughts on our phone lines. The numbers are on your screen. You can send a text to the number on your screen. Be sure to include your first name and city state, and we are on social media at facebook and twitter. Welcome to washington journal. We are taking your calls. I want to show you an article from the Washington Post read, harris seems to be stepping up her 2024 role, and the article says Vice President harris is campaigning with the audiences she seeks an that word she uses bid they are not the words of a politician being sidelined for supporting even if that is hurt job as 20 between 40 subperiod the pace and tone of her invol