Moral rectitude. But feeling it was honest and you were treated like respect. We appreciate you spending a few minutes talking with us at the span. At cspan and book tv. The last panel of the day, this is goin good afternoon, e director of the john w library of congress. This center is one of the sponsors of this years festival and are proud to bring beloved writers here. We work to bring scholars to work in the librarys collections. We are proud to sponsor this event and join with cspan as a partner. Our next panel is dig in what food says about us. It features cheuk kwan, anya von bremzen, and Daniela Galarza. His new book is have you eaten yet . Anya is an Award Winning author and culinary author. Our moderator, Daniela Galarza is a staff writer for the washington post. Please join me in welcoming them. [applause] daniela high everyone, how is everyone . You had a good trip in . Cheuk yes i did. [laughter] daniela i want to do a brief introduction, if people had not read the books,
Kevin my name is kevin butterfield. It is my great pleasure to introduce you that todays speakers. Our center is one of the sponsors we are proud to bring americas most beloved writers to this room. We want to welcome everyone joining us live on cspan. Our next panels records of survival escaping genocide and human trafficking. His new book is waiting to be arrested at night. A memoir of chinas genocide. The founder and director of resilience force. His book is titled the great escape, a true story of forced labor and immigrant dreams. He is a lecturer in princeton. Our moderator writes for the Washington Post opinion section and is the author of prisoner, my 544 days in an iranian prison, solitary confinement, and the extraordinary efforts it took to get me out. Join me in welcoming them. [applause] i want to thank everybody for being here today and for watching me at home. This is an extraordinary honor and privilege for me. Over the last couple of weeks i have got to know him intima
Of last year. Professor brinkley, how has the book done . Really well, i have had more fun touring on the book then any book i have ever done. It is in the news every day, what are we doing on our planet, hawaii is in utter devastation. People jumping into the ocean to escape the wildfire. Talking about the environment, how did he get to the place where we have victories from the 60s and 70s. The clean air act, endangered species act, 50 years ago. It passed. The idea is, when can we have a new biomet regulation. A new wave where the whole country galvanizes around the menace we have now of co2 in admissions co2 emissions. You have talked about jimmy carter, richard nixon, jfk, etc. You have observed the last 6070 years of history. A friend of mine called the current period the great realignment. I want to get your take on the last 10 years in american history. The ark was from fdr in 1933 until Ronald Reagan in 1980. A time where people believed the federal government was your friend.
Foundation. Did she abuse her position while secretary of state . And good morning, america. We want to get right to the breaking news. Relook live at the italian town of amatrice. Town reduced to rubble after a deadly earthquake struck overnight. Look at the before and after photos. The before on the right. The utter devastation on the left. Heres what we know. Around 3 30 a. M. Local time. Dozens confirmed ted. An italian seismologist says there have been at least 150 tremors since. The aftershocks hit in rome. The pope says hes deeply saddened. Praying for the victims. Thanks volunteers and rescuers. Terry moran is there with the george. Well, the quake was felt here if rome for about 30 seconds or so of swaying and shaking. But at the open centers about 100 miles northeast of here, it lasted for a terrifying 14sec2 seconds. It happened in the middle of the night. The worst time. Everyone in nair beds. Rescue workers flooding the scene, trying to save lives. Overnight, a deadly eart
Hillary clinton and the Clinton Foundation. Did she abuse her position while secretary of state . And good morning, america. We want to get right to the breaking news. Relook live at the italian town of amatrice. Town reduced to rubble after a deadly earthquake struck overnight. Look at the before and after photos. The before on the right. The utter devastation on the left. Heres what we know. The 6. 2 magnitude quake hit around 3 30 a. M. Local time. Dozens confirmed ted. An italian seismologist says there have been at least 150 tremors since. The aftershocks hit in rome. The pope says hes deeply saddened. Praying for the victims. Thanks volunteers and rescuers. Terry moran is there with the latest. Good morning, terry. Reporter good morning, george. Well, the quake was felt here if rome for about 30 seconds or so of swaying and shaking. But at the open centers about 100 miles northeast of here, it lasted for a terrifying 14sec2 d seconds. It happened in the middle of the night. The w