2009 by the bbcs katty kay, who was guest host on the the diane rehm show. This is about 50 minutes. Katty thanks for joining us, i am katty kay of the bbc sitting in for diane rehm. On april the ninth 1865 general robert ely surrendered robert ely surrendered robert e. Lee and the sultana sank in the Mississippi River. Alan huffman tells us overlooked story. Thank you so much for joining us. We will be opening a phones a later on in the program, and comments to alan at our email address. Lets start by describing what you have on the front of your book, a picture of the sultana. Describe it to the audience. Alan the boat in the painting is in flames in the middle of the river, and you see a lot of rescue boats and it is night and you see people drifting down the river clinging to debris. It evokes what was going on. The river was full of people. There were 2400 people aboard a boat that was supposed to carry 375, roughly. After it exploded and caught higher, you had people and horses s
History professor Theodore Wilson talks about their wartime experiences and how that later influenced them as future commanders in chief. The Kansas City Public Library hosted this event. It is about an hour. Prof. Wilson if i did not know very much about my parents, im not sure how much i knew about world war ii, but i do very much appreciate henrys very generous introduction. It is about an hour. Prof. Wilson if i did not know very much about my parents, im i am delighted to be taking part in the commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the end of world war ii in europe and particularly tonight in europe sponsored by the Truman Library institute and the Kansas City Public Library. Institutions with which i have enjoyed opportunities to cooperate and for which i have enormous respect as sources of intellectual inquiry in this region. One caveat before i take you back to the america of 1941 to 1945. Title of my lecture is a gloss on tom brokaws bestseller the greatest generation, which
Chapter 11 first 18, dodd said he would destroy anybody who destroys the earth. Do you hear christians talking about that . Host one more phone call on this. Independent from indiana. Caller good mine. There is really no choice deal here. We have a budget problem. A deficit problem. We have severe spending problems. Less and less and less taxes coming in. Consequently, we are going to be facing the sorts of issues on all sorts of these projects. Such as the epa, family planning, all of these things. These things are going to start coming at us and we are not going to have the money to pay for them is what is going on. We can kick and scream about the right and wrong, but the reality is these things may not get totally defund it, but i bet you they all get cut back. Lawmakers dont have much choice. Host that is dan in things montana. An independent color. We will leave it there. Up next, switching topics. Medicare. Last month marked the 50th anniversary. We will talk about two leaders w
They will turn to journalists to recount what so many indoor it and what none of us can forget. Amid the devastating numbers more than 1800 lives lost. And more than 1 million americans displaced, a million homes destroyed across five states. 150 billion in economic damage. Amid all of those numbers, americans will also look for answers. How much progress have we made in the years since katrina particularly in new orleans which was the hardest hit community and what are we doing to continue supporting the housing and overall recovery in the affected communities . Today is about providing answers but its also about more than that. We are also reaffirming their commitment to the people of the gulf to continue working with them and for them until the job of recovery is complete. You see, as long as there are people who want to come home and communities that need to be rebuilt, our job is not done. Thats the true meaning of commemoration. Not to simply mark a day on our calendars but to en
Cspan. Org and listen ton the free cspan radio app. Cspan, where history unfolds daily. Cspan was created for americas Television Companies brought to you by our cable and satellite providers. Ashington journal. Our national right to Work Legal Defense Foundation and start by reminding our viewers what right to work laws and what the foundation does. Guest our right to work law protects every workers right to join the union but would not contemplate workers being fired from their jobs for dues or fees to a organization, the labor union. 28 states have right to work laws on the books. One, missouri is being contested at this point and probably will wind up on the ballot in 2018. Over the past five years, six new states passed right to work laws and again, its very simple and protects a workers right to join or not join a labor union as a condition of employment. Host you mentioned right to work laws state a map on your website showing those states with right to work laws on the books. W