Im running for president. Jimmy carter entered the president ial race a political unknown. Outside of georgia, hardly anyone even recognized his name. But that would change. Come here. Jimmy who . Jimmy carter . I dont know who we is. I have nothing against him. He looks all right to me. He is a peoples man. He is sexy. I think if it came down to it people would say more jailed 46 it because he was a football player. Carter sexy . I think he has a nice smile. How do you do . Bushy hair flying all around. I heard he was a peanut farmer. I dont think it makes any difference whether he is a peanut farmer or not. Theres nothing wrong with peanuts as far as im concerned. I picture him like one of us. He is one of the common people. Now ladies and gentlemen, it gives me a great deal of pleasure to present to the next president of the united states, jimmy carter. applause sometimes introductions are hard to follow. I remember about five years ago when i was running for governor, and the young
Democratic president ial race a political unknown. Outside of georgia, hardly anyone even recognized his name. But that would change. Jimmy who . Jimmy carter . Jimmy who . I dont know who he is. Jimmy carter is a baseball player, isnt he . He looks to me hes all right. Hes a democrat, right . Hes a peoples man. Hes sexy. What do you mean by that . I never thought of jimmy carter as sexy. I think that if it comes down to it, people would say more that gerald ford is sexy because he was a football player. Carter is sexy . I think hes a very neat man. I think he has a nice smile. How do you do . Bushy hair flying all around. I heard he was a peanut farmer. I dont think it makes any difference, you know, whether hes a peanut farmer or not. Theres nothing wrong with peanuts, as far as im concerned. I picture him like one of us. One of the working people, one of the common people. And now, ladies and gentlemen, it gives me a great deal of pleasure to present to you the next president of the
[applause] [applause] good afternoon Justice Amy Coney barrett and i am delighted you are here. Im delighted be here and think you for having me. Thank you for coming especially in the first two weeks of the current term which began the first monday in october and how is it going this year. Related this good so far we only had six and and run a two week in between our sessions so oral argue in arguments last week now it will be two weeks of readings to prepare for the next round. Will we are delighted that you are here. And for so many reasons. You grew up in new orleans, the other end of the mississippi. I did. I think you said there is a Family Connection to the university of minnesota and can you tell us about that. I did and professor stein did not know this so i dont think it was the reason you invited me about my brother actually went there and so so my first time visiting campus. Compaq ipaq. And so he lived in a house down talent so i went to visit. I know something about the u
[applause] good afternoon justice. Delighted you are here. Delighted to be here, thanks for having me. Thank you for coming especially in the first two weeks of current term that began the first monday in october. Hausa going to see her . Its good so far. We have only have six arguments and so we are on a twoweek game between our session sessions that we finished arguments last week and now will be two weeks to prepare for the next round. We are delighted that you are here for so many reasons. You grew up in new orleans at the other end of the mississippi and i think you said theres a Family Connection to the university of minnesota. Can you tell us about that . Professors spine did not know this when he invited me. I mymy brother went to du so its not my first time visiting campus. [applause] he lived in a rental house so i went and visited. Well i know you know something about the university. Id like to start asking questions by asking a question about youro undergraduate colle the d
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