Congress. Congressman, we continue to watch the western states burn this week and you went to the floor yesterday to talk about the importance of forest esmanagement. Could you walk through what that means and what we are and arent doing for our western forests right now. Guest good morning, great to be with you. Forest management is something i love to talk about being a forrester and love to practice for history. A scene how it works. What we are talking about is applying science to make the forest healthy and resilient. In the life of climate effects is more important now than ever to apply these concepts to Management Practices to the forest and i am proposing in the trillion trees act as part of that bill i filed, for areas on public plans and these are also crossed over into private lands that we really need to focus on, especially in these fire prone areas where we are seeing higher weve got all the physics and youve got fuel, oxygen and heat and what we can do is manage the fue
And he argues that president lincoln was against slavery, but was willing to accept it in order to preserve the union. This is an hour and a half, hosted by the New York Historical society and the bryant park reading room. Thank you alex castle and paul room arrow. And thanks to the Bryant Park Corporation and the bryant park reading room, and the hsbc corporation and all those who have made it possible for me to appear here tonight. Its a particular privilege to speak here in new york city. Already, in 1860, as it remains today, new york was the nerve center of the nation. The herald, the tribune, the times, the three most influential and widely read newspapers in the United States, were publish right here. Each provides the historian with a wealth of insights, and each informs my presentation tonight. Here is what i am going to talk about. I focus on the fateful series of events in late 1860, and early 1861, when a president ial election triggered a grave crisis, and before long, a c
And at the base of capitol hill, speakers included in the world designer frank perry, former secretary of state, senator pat roberts and president eisenhowers grandchildren david in susan eisenhower. Exploring the american story. Watch it on cspan 3. This year marks the 150th anniversary of the ramification of the 14th amendment to the u. S. Constitution. Up next on American History tv, climbs in University History professor oval vernon why was essential to ratify after the abolition of slavery. This is hosted by the u. S. Capital Historical Society is 45 minutes. Now with great pleasure, i get to introduce our first speaker oval Vernon Burton, who holds the judge math jay perry distinguished chair. In history panafrican studies sociology anthropology and computer science. If you think its weird but i do baseball, vernon does it all. Hes actual one man university. At Clemson University in South Carolina. Hes also the director of the clients Cyber Institute in addition to that, he recei
A question for Martha Teichner to consider, in our sunday morning cover story. President trump we must put politics aside, stop the partisanship. Reporter well, that didnt happen. Politics and covid19 have become comorbidities. Is the politicization of coronavirus worse than the politicization of other diseases . Ive never seen anything like this before. [yelling] reporter coming up this sunday morning, red and blue gone viral. [yelling] pauley going country proved a bit of a challenge for singer keith urban during a quarantine. With tray tracy smith this morning, we take note. Reporter when the pandemic shut his world down, keith urban had a tough time getting used to life as a traveling musician with no place to go. How did you react in the initial days and weeks. I would put my sweat pants on and sit on the couch and watch tv with the family, and wait until the whole thing blows over. Reporter but then something happened that got him off the couch. Keith urban, later on sunday morni
The abiding truths we learned , love of god, fairness in human relations, responsibility, concern for the eachre of others, and that individual could through his own efforts achieve a full life. It is the firm duty of each of our citizens to fight and put because of his country before himself. Give out toeady to our country for history does not long entrust the care of history to the week. Or unwilling could we must be willing to accept as a nation to accept whatever sacrifices must be required of us. Who values privileges above principle seen will be dissolved. These men came here to storm these beaches not to gain anything for themselves but just to preserve freedom, systems of selfgovernance in the world. Many thousands died for ideal such as these. These people gave us a chance and they bought time for us so that we can do better than we have before. We must find some way to gain an eternal peace. You and i, my fellow citizens, need to be strong in our faith that all nations under