I am please today present tonight Leigh Montville. The team from barns noble have the books for sale. Please do consider purchasing the book and help us bring more great authors in st. Louis. So tonights presented by the author series, the program was started in 2004 and presents authors of politics, history and sports. You can visit the program for the list of businesses and organizations that sponsor the west fall series, our next west fall event will be next tuesday may 23rd, first fiction writer when jeff shara will be here. Hes a writer who writes sort of military history, history base but their novelizations. Its about the korean war. Onto tonights program, Leigh Montville former columnist, wrote New York Times biographies, babe ruth. Tonight he will share his new booflg of one of the most celebrated and and trough eial athletes, muhammad ali, appropriately titled sting like a bee. Subsequent legal battle that took him all the way to the Supreme Court. Its an inspiring account of
At evening. Thank you for coming. Kind of programming coordinator for the library and am very pleased to present tonight program. I would like to thank our sponsor, Maryville University barnes noble, the team from the Chesterfield Barnes noble has books for sale in the room. Please consider buying the book to make a the book help support the other series and bring more great authors to st. Louis. After the talk will just fine you up a row and get it going very efficiently. Tonight is presented by the favorite authors series. The program started in 2004 and represents authors of politics, history and sports. In which its very appropriately titled sting like a bee. Neros focus to a somewhat overlooked area of all his life, a conscientious draft objector during the vietnam era and the subsequent legal battle that took him all the way to the Supreme Court. Researched and filled with great suspense, sting like a bee is an inspiring account of the highs and lows of an exceptional individual
Glor good evening. Scott is off tonight. Im jeff glor. The new congress was sworn in today with republicans again in control of both the houses. But first there was a fire to put out. It started when House Republicans attempted to weaken an ethics panel over the objections of their own leaders, and it turns out the president elect. Conditional correspondent nancy cordes is on capitol hill. Do you solemnly swear. Reporter the first controversy of the 115th congress came even before members were sworn in. House republicans voted to gut the office of congressional ethics only to reverse themselves 19 hours later in the face of bipartisan condemnation. Virginia republican dave brat. Part of it is the headlines were we were backing off on ethics. Thats not a good headline. Reporter the white house called it revealing. Thats not draining the swamp. Reporter the final straw came in the form of a social media tweet from donald trump, who usualed the party to focus on tax reform, health care an
Glor good evening. Scott is off tonight. Im jeff glor. The new congress was sworn in today with republicans again in control of both the houses. But first there was a fire to put out. It started when House Republicans attempted to weaken an ethics panel over the objections of their own leaders, and it turns out the president elect. Conditional correspondent nancy cordes is on capitol hill. Do you solemnly swear. Reporter the first controversy of the 115th congress came even before members were sworn in. House republicans voted to gut the office of congressional ethics only to reverse e themselves 19 hours later in the face of bipartisan condemnation. Virginia republican dave brat. Part of it is the headlines were we were backing off on ethics. Thats not a good headline. Reporter the white house called it revealing. Thats not draining the swamp. Reporter the fina came in the form of a social media tweet from donald trump, who usualed the party to focus on tax reform, health care and so
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