Absolutely. Heres the good news, we saved the best for last. Welcome with Douglas Brinkley one of the authors who was closest to us because he and his family that are here drove down i. 35 from where they live for todays event. Hes a distinguished professor in humanities at history at Rice University but for the purpose of the conversation today, hes one of the great historians in our country and if you are an armchair historian like im, he is a must read, and ive been reading douglas for years, but i, american moonshot is the best work youve done if i can say so. A really terrific book. There are some younger people in the audience, but i am a cold war baby and catholic at that and i can remember them a interrupting school in second gd drafting school in second grade to announce that the commies have launched sputnik and a month later there was a second announcement that they had launched sputnik 2 and this was a prelude to them coming into the mission classroom and taking over and th
Good afternoon to welcome to the seventh annual san antonio book festival. How many have been here all day . Great festival so far. Absolutely. Heres the good news, we saved the best for last. Welcome with Douglas Brinkley one of the authors who was closest to us because he and his family that are here drove down i. 35 from where they live for todays event. Hes a distinguished professor in humanities at history at Rice University but for the purpose of the conversation today, hes one of the great historians in our country and if you are an armchair historian like im, he is a must read, and ive been reading douglas for years, but i, american moonshot is the best work youve done if i can say so. A really terrific book. There are some younger people in the audience, but i am a cold war baby and catholic at that and i can remember them a interrupting school in second gd drafting school in second grade to announce that the commies have launched sputnik and a month later there was a second a
For men that size. He said that everyone is a robot, he is trying to save my life, the lady is a robot, he said, open the door, i will kill that person in front of you so i can gain your trust and he kept saying, come up with me, im trying to save your life. I was fighting for my life in my own house, trying to get inside one door. This is mental illness. This is drug issues and this is security and the city is irresponsible. They are putting our lives at risk. Right next door, the residents have recently filed a lawsuit against it, work is well underway on a large so called tenderloin Navigation Center for the homeless which includes a significant amount of resources for the mentally else. It is getting worse and worse and the city doesnt really do anything. It spent so much money on the same project and nothing gets done. It is feces and urine everywhere. They did not have a solid plan in place to protect residents. They kept saying these people are safe, harmless, we you have proper
Going to be destroyed but now its going to be saved. It will be covered up so that no one can see it. Good evening, im frank somerville. And im alyana gomez. Tonights vote by the school board was on an alternative plan after a backlash from the community and the result is an aboutface from the earlier decision to destroy the artwork altogether. Ktvus Debora Villalon is live in the city where she attended tonights emotional meeting. Deb . Reporter yeah, facing national backlash, recall threats, possible public vote on the mural, commissioners changed course. But it was a close vote. 43. No one actually got what they wanted. You are trying to wipe out american history. Dont do it. Reporter in one issue, the overlap of art, free speech, racial justice, education. Porter leave that mural alone. It tells the whole truth about mr. Washington being complicit in the slave trade. Reporter defenders say murals are a teaching tool showing George Washington as a slave owner. They say they are crue
50s and for the most part rning, although ff this pittsburgh youre the exception much like yesterday holding on to the low 70s throughout the course of your evening and this is even warmer than we were yesterday for a few spots in the bay for napa its a 4 degree warmup from what was already a warmer start to the morning for your monday and this warm up will continue on into the afternoon ahead of us that means daytime highs even hotter than they were yesterday for inland spots, solid mid to upper 90s inland a couple of triple digits working their way back in and tomorrow can be even hotter get ive got more of those details ahead near forecast rob and ive got the details on the slow down. And its getting a little crowded into San Francisco right now check out the traffic at the bay bridge toll plaza filling in and quickly. For the cash payers and the fast trackers already stretching just beyond 8. 80 over crossing so 12 minutes to make it in san mateo bridge a little busy too but not th