748 1001 four republicans you can make a comment on our facebook page, twitter, or journal at the span. Org. Www. Cspan. Org the Washington Times, contemplates the conservatives contemplate the coup. After a series of selfinflicted fumbles and political defeat during the first work of the congressional session host a little bit from the Washington Times this morning. On the other side of the hill newspaper, mcconnell backs off the boat. Mitch mcconnell postponed a vote on thursday that had been expected next week on legislation allowing congress to weigh in on any ironic Nuclear Deal Iran nuclear deal. Instead, the senate will turn to the antihuman trafficking legislation while democrats decide whether or not they believe they and congress as a whole should be able to review on any deal the president cuts with the leaders of iran. It comes less than one day after he announced that the senator would take a procedural vote next tuesday on the legislation. A couple more stories before we
[applause] good afternoon, everyone, and im sure you have any number of welcomes to the book fair but re going to give you oneanay. Were very glad youre here. This is a discussion about who the most significant periods ere the before America First as a nation, and then the runup and the aftermath of the civil war, when america experiences near death as a nation. And bunker hill, Nathaniel Philbrick chronicles boston in 1775 when british troops occupied the city and engaged a patriot militia in the bloodiest battle of the revolution and the point of no return for the rebellious columnist. Nathaniel lives in nantucket where he is a recognized authority on the history of the island, though he told an interviewer i dont think its possible to plumb the depths of this islands rich history, and obviously aficionado of sailing and seafaring, his blues include mayflower, a final just of the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for history. In the heart of the sea he won the National Book award for fiction. Reve
Provocative. One of the cases of yes, yes, and its the one thats most like, you know, ah, thats the one. But it is one of your five. It is one of the five. So i wasnt off base. No, youre not. Will[laughter] i think youre argumentive, but thats okay. [laughter] you can watch this and other programs online at booktv. Org. And now from the 30th annual Miami Book Fair international on the campus of miamidade college, a discussion with Nathaniel Philbrick, author of bunker hill a city, a siege, a revolution. And brenda wine apple, author of ecstatic nation confidence, crisis and compromise. This is about 45 minutes. In. Good afternoon, everyone, and im sure youve had a number of welcomes to the book fair, but im going to give you one anyway, so were very glad youre here. This is a discussion about two of the most significant periods in American History, the revolutionary war era before the, before americas birth as a nation and the runup and the after math of the civil war when america expe
It should be a fascinating event first of all i would like to thank the city of charlottesville for providing this wonderful venue. Every year they do so for the virginia festival of the book and its really outstanding for both the authors and the audience. I will also thank charlottesvilles on tv 10 for broadcasting todays session. Just a reminder, this session is being recorded so when it comes time for the q a session raise your hand. You will be recognized but a microphone will be passed to you so that you can pose your question. Its important that you speak into the microphone so the question can be recorded. Please, please turn off any cell phones that you might have with you. The festival is free of charge and not free of cost though. Please remember that the virginia festival of the book is sponsored by the Virginia Foundation for the humanities. There are ways to support this organization by direct support or otherwise. At the information desk at the omni are envelopes in whic
Thanks and telling things that might upset people. Maybe i will take the last question. Wars make writers and wars make ms. , and i wonder myths. And i wonder for you, as these wars begin to kind of fade, certainly they are not on our front pages anymore but what do you think should endure in the culture in terms of an understanding of the young men and women who served . What should we know . What should we continue to no . Man, i dont know. I think we will find out, right . What i wanted when i wrote this book was not that somebody would kind of take away one thing that i even knew. When i was hoping that people would engage with it and to get stuff that i dont know. There are other veterans who are writing books, theres more literature coming out about the wars it and they think it all kind of adds to the conversation that we are having about iraq, about what it meant. About veterans. What i want people to engage with veterans as humans, theres a way in which we kind of tend to conf