My name is allen watke and im on the event staff here, we have many events that are three locations. With everything confirmed you can go to politicianspros. Com and pick up one of our monthly printed calendars. I would like to ask everyone to please silence your cell phones so as not to disrupt the event. And when we get to the queue and a if you could line up at this microphone at the pillar that would be great as we are audio recording, cspan for booktv is filming as well. We would like to have your questions in there. In the q and a we will have a signing writer at this table. If you could leave your chairs where we are we have a couple more readings today. We are very excited to welcome robert plumb celebrating his newest book the better angels 5 women who changed civil war america. A collective biography of five extraordinary women who came to National Prominence during the civil war. Documenting how the conflict left openings for women to assume roles usually held by men, showin
Good evening and welcome. Im can weinstein, resident and ceo of hunter and institute. For the condition of my voice. I really wanted to be here for the book forum for melanie kirkpatricks book thanksgiving, the holiday at the heart of the american experience. I want to thank our friends at the historic explorers club, especially the executive director and our good friend. I also want to thank the viewing audience on cspans book tv. Institute is a policy organization, we are based in washington dc. We are dedicated to voting u. S. National leadership for the sake of security, prosperity, and freedom. Most of our work is in the Public Policy space. Insecurity of work in asia. Isis,ked at fighting talked about trying to overcome the challenges of the iran deal. We this book is an outlier. We have to be thankful for many things. That isit is a book extraordinarily timely coming now at the end of what was by all accounts a very challenging election season. Whether you fell among those, i in
Escapehe author of from north korea. Book, thanksgiving a holiday at the heart of the beencan experience, has very well received. The tradition here is to give and introduce her, a portion of what you get from this. Theespecially pleased with book. I was so delighted to see she mentioned a little place in virginia, which is now located in charles city county, my birthplace, as one of the places that held a thanksgiving ceremony before the pilgrims. Massachusetts, think that. Join me in welcoming ms. Melanie kirkpatrick. [applause] kirkpatrick good morning. And thanks to harold and frank for your warm welcome. All of you at the forum. 100 was a lot of fun to research. Thenss a historian arthur injured junior agreed it was a thanksgiving that theeeded the pilgrims and indians in massachusetts. Five days from today on this coming thursday, i am pretty sure i know what youre going to have for dinner. Survey, on thee fourth thursday, an astounding 88 percent of americans eat turkey. A meal
Us on facebook at cspan history. University professor cht teaches a class about women journalists. She talks about pioneers and the societal pressures for women writers to balance traditional femininity and having a career in journalism. This class is about an hour. Professor good morning. Thank you for being here today. Abouts lecture is american women journalists of the late 19th century. This is one of my favorite things to talk about, as im sure you can imagine. So im just going to dive right into it. Sobtitle of todays talk is sisters. That is because these labels represent a new kind of job that emerged for women at the end of the 19th century. And i want to tell you the story of how some bowls and remarkable the opportunities created by the circumstances of their time to carve out a public space for themselves and to make a voice for themselves and for others. Not womens voices were welcomed or respected that much. Is always the story of individuals responding creatively to the
Up next the chief political reporter for sky News Australia hosted program wrapping up the most recent session of the australian parliament. Many members of the Australian Senate and house of representatives focus the question to Chamber Leaders on a strange relationship with the u. S. And the Trump Administration asking about recent australian diplomatic overtures to the white house and recent shift in american Climate Change policy that clash with australian policies. The parliament was expected to sit next to midmay of 2070. This is 30 minutes. Hello and welcome. Like most important allies of the United States, australia has had a big focus on the duration of the Trump Administration early in his presidency. Thank you, mr. President. My question is also to the attorney general. Can he advised the senate what steps members of the campbell government have taken to engage with the new Trump Administration . The attorney general . Yes, yes, i can. Thank you very much indeed, centered. I