Well, good morning, and welcome to the 33rd annual Chicago Tribune printers row lit fest. Id like to start by giving a special thank you to all of our sponsors. Todays program is being broadcast live on cspan2s booktv. Were going to have a few minutes for questions at the end of the presentation. The audience will have to line up at the microphone to your right, and well let you know when the time comes. Before we begin todays program, please make sure to silence your cell phones and turn off your camera flashes. And with that, id like to introduce our moderator, a Acclaimed Television documentary host, producer and news anchor, bill kurtis. [applause] mary, well get right into it. Yes. [laughter] i should have a moment of explanation. You may be expecting three people up here. Stacy keach will not be with us today. On opening night, a oneman show about Ernest Hemingway, last week, i believe, he had a heart attack on the stage. It was one of those strange things that just, in his words
Woodruff plus, the nashville sound. Acclaimed singersongwriter jason isbell finds music in lifes tough conversations. A lot of people in my family told me, growing up, that cities were terrible places and anything outside of our little circle was scary and dangerous and frightening. I wrote that song based on that kind of fear. Woodruff all that and more, on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by bnsf railway. And with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff the United States senate will not try to repeal and replace the Obamacare Health care law until after the fourth of july recess. Republican leaders gave up today on getting a vote this week. Our Lisa Desjardins begins our coverage. Legislation of this complexity almost always takes longer than anyone else would hope. Reporter Senate M
Woodruff plus, the nashville sound. Acclaimed singersongwriter jason isbell finds music in lifes tough conversations. A lot of people in my family told me, growing up, that cities were terrible places and anything outside of our little circle was scary and dangerous and frightening. I wrote that song based on that kind of fear. Woodruff all that and more, on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by bnsf railway. And with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff the United States senate will not try to repeal and replace the Obamacare Health care law until after the fourth of july recess. Republican leaders gave up today on getting a vote this week. Our Lisa Desjardins begins our coverage. Legislation of this complexity almost always takes longer than anyone else would hope. Reporter Senate M
Lets go ahead and start. Comeseme of this course from the theme of civil war changed. Lly , this is an is over important day. Everybody has different ideas of what the nation is posted become. They had some ideas of what it should be. The northerners had ideas of what america should be. And certainly the norm the northern men. Was whoical question was going to have to stay in it. Youve gone through that as well. Who was going to have a say on what it would be. Today i want to talk about women and womens lives. Their role in what was the reconstruction and rebuilding of the north, south and west. The story of women is way more crucial than what people realize. Here and youtart probably know about this from your High School Days with the seneca falls convention. When a number of women came together in seneca falls, new york they talked about womens rights. And the idea of rights for women bookwhen a number of abolitionists went there and when they spoke about human rights, those women we
Mr. Chairman, my fellow americans, my fellow democrats, i proudly accept the nomination of our party. [applause] Hubert Humphrey this moment, this moment is one of personal pride and gratification, yet one cannot help but reflect the deep sadness that we feel over the troubles which have erupted and the violence which have erupted regrettably and tragically in the streets of this great city. And for the personal injuries which have occurred. [applause] Hubert Humphrey surely, we have now learned the lessons that violence breeds counter violence , and it cannot be condoned of whatever the source. [applause] Hubert Humphrey i know that every delegate to this Convention Shares tonight my sorrow and my distress over these incidents. For just one moment in sober reflection and serious purpose, may we just quietly and , each in our own way, pray for our country and may we just share for a of those immortal words of the prayer of st. Francis, words which i think may help heal the wounds, ease