Kathleen rooney and miles harvey talk about how they approach Historical Research for fiction and nonfiction work, at 6 00 p. M. On the civil war, scott hartwig, discussing his research on the battle of antietam. At 8 00 p. M. , Patrick Allitt discusses richard nixon, his National Security adviser henry kissinger, and their key Foreign Policy initiatives. And former u. S. Senator sam nun, watch American History tv this weekend on cspan3. Up next on American History Tv University of minnesota professor sage matthew discusses how world war i affected africanamericans. She says that the promise of a better life because of military service in the war was largely denied by the reality of jim crow america. The National World war i museum and memorial in kansas city, missouri hosted this talk. It lasts about an hour. Good afternoon, everyone. Good afternoon, good afternoon, thank you for coming to this session. My name is chad williams. It is my great pleasure and honor to serve as chair for
President donald trump he says its a disgrace he still. Has no crime im the 1st person to get. Also a guilty verdict in the philippines for those behind the massacre of 58 people 10 years ago and im leah harding with all of your days sports russia is set to appeal its 4 year ban from sports for doping offenses president Vladimir Putin says the same sions are unfair and politically motivated. Well have all those stories coming up for you but 1st some breaking news i its over libya where the u. N. Recognize governments has Just Announced that they have agreed to an offer from turkey for military and logistical supports the governments own National Accord g. N. A. T. He is currently fighting an offensive by warlord hurley for heft or his forces are trying to capture the capital tripoli after his army which is backed by russian mercenaries among others has said it will fight its way into the sensor off the capital by the end of the year well just syrias mahmoud is in tripoli for us mahmud
Do you think harry reid has promised a vote on Unemployment Insurance harry reid has promised a vote on Unemployment Insurance. Does that become part of the debt ceiling debate and should it . That ist should, but not what republicans have in mind as a ransom. Democrats are really adamant about it. Many feel they gave up the best opportunity. Remember, when unemployment has remained this high at seven percent when we have had this extent of longterm unemployment, we have always had extensionsion an of the federal program. See congressd to not act on this. Getink we conceivably could the support to override a filibuster in the senate. It ifn boehner could pass you brought it to the floor, but it will be very tough getting him to do so. Guest there is a larger element to this. The budget deal used all of the socalled low hanging fruit of raising revenues without calling them taxes. There is only one thing left, and it has been used all couple times. We always fall back on it, revenue fro
For the discussion. Everyone was positive in general about the progress made at nato. And some of the challenges we face externally. But, of course, some of the challenges internal to the alliance were not discussed as much. And i thought, perhaps, bob can put you on the spot a bit and talk about one of those which is in turkey, was a surprise that the turkish government decided to open negotiations with a chinese firm to provide missile capabilities. Could you comment on where you see that going, whats the latest status is and the u. S. Government perspective is on that. Well, the u. S. Government perspective is quite clear and that is our good allies, the turks, should acquire a system thats nato and operable. If that were true before ukraine, i think its true in space given the ukraine. So heres a case where the turkish government had a set of metrics to influence a cooperation, a competition. And somehow nato operatability wasnt on that list. And i have a feeling that even the capa
Judiciary committee will off a multiday affair. Each senator will give an Opening Statement and well hear from neil gorsuch himself. In an hour james comey and mike rodgers will testify before the House Intelligence Committee on alleged russian interference in the election and President Trumps claim which is still unsubstantiated on the wiretapping of president obama. Well have more on that in just a moment. First, lets go back to shannon in the senate skybox for what we can expect when the gorsuch confirmation hearing starts this morning. Shannon. Shannon judge neil gorsuch comes in with a sterling resume but democrats are vowing to be tough on the president s pick for the nations highest court. Hes a graduate of columbia, Harvard Law School and got a ph. D. At oxford and where hes his wife and the American Bar Association has unanimously given him the highest ranking. Gorsuch knows hes heading into potentially rough waters today. Way back in 2005 he wrote an article that touched on h