The hemmings of monticello and american family. Professor of law at the new York Law School and professor of history at Rutgers University and it remains the mostof theje. Influential study of the subject they were the forthcoming which shuld be published by princeton universitye. Although had time and this is admirable to complete a short biography that will be published in the fall of 2009. Please join me in welcoming Annette Gordon reed. [applause] thank you for that introduction. [laughter] its great to be here among so many people i know. Ive come back many times and i when is rainin must say ive never been here while it was raining. Happy e hee a am very happy to be here with you. This is what this book means to me and people are familiar with my work understand that my first inte interest inre monticello wasnt really the hemmings, it waseffen jefferson. Fter having read a childsintro biography. Thats when i first began to to love history. Using my feeling of connection tell you
Virginia governor. Governor. Live coverage of the richmond rally begins 6 p. M. Eastern on cspan. Watch both on cspan. Org were the cspan radio app. Next, before among opioid addiction and th the affect it s on families. Parents of a young man who died from a heroin overdose talked about their experience of losing a child and addiction. We will also hear from the senator portman and mansion and later a panel of journalists that cover the epidemic. Epidemic. The discussion was hosted by the washington post. Good morning, everyone. Im lenny bernstein, the health and medicine reporter at the washington post. I aim going to introduce to you today todd and evelyn, the parents of thad berkey who died of a Drug Overdose and ellis lee, the journalist who made the remarkable video that you just saw. [applause] can you tell us a little bit about how the addiction began and how it progressed . In january of 2015, he broke his hand and foot and we took him to the emergency room and everything and
One thing i learned right away is theres nothing i could have done. In the beginning you were pretty guilty about his death but they were telling you you couldnt have. Right, theres nothing i could do from 1994 to october 2, 2016. Nothing i could have done to change. But its hard as a mom. You spend months on this video, went up to williamsport and met with the peace folks and attended the group. Youve been with them long after words. What was your ambition when you started, and what did you find out as i think it was important andd this is something we discussed early on, that we wanted to show the faces of the people that have been impacted the most by this epidemic. Its easy to talk about numbers and statistics. Its something that we wanted to showcase and sell when we first went down to williamsport, she told us about this group and it sounded like a good place to meet more families whose story was shared the same so when we first went to the group therapy, it was in the backyard,
Are going to win this. The remaining question is whether we will win it in time to reduce the risk to an accessible level we will cross of some point of no return. It is a dangerous race between hope and catastrophic consequences we are creating. On sunday at 5 30 p. M. Eastern, and all the discussion on local diversity and free speech on College Campuses with professors. I do not want to demonize the protesters the way they have been. What is positive . They are passionately committed to social justice and racial justice. I want to thank them for it. I would love to have the opportunity to persuade them that freedom of speech, especially for the side we hate, is there most essential ally. For more of this weekends schedule, go to book tv. Org to booktv. Org. From parentshear who lost their son from a heroin overdose. It is part of a discussion hosted by the Washington Post and 60, which also includes lawmakers and journalists. The morning, everyone. Good morning, everyone. I am a repo
And baltimore. The surgeons then got this out of her leg. It just missed one of the largest arteries, the femoral artery. Of it had pursed that, it likely would have killed her. Scott broom, wusa9 picks back quite a story to tell and the best attitude. Doctors described her condition after going through all of that, as pretty serious. Minutes ago, attorney general Jeff Sessions announced he would remove himself from the investigation into russian interference into the 2016 president ial campaign. This move after it was revealed that the alabama republican met twice with the Russian Ambassador during the campaign season. Jeff sessions was a u. S. Senator and a surrogate for trump at the time. He wanted to avoid the conflict of interest appearance and announced he would remove himself from the investigation. My staff recommended recusal. They said since i had involvement with the campaign, i should not be campaign investigation. I have studied the rules and considered their comments and