Copies at the link and the chat at the right of your screen and the link provided on the website. As isabel and john are talking please submit your questions there is a q a feature at the bottom of the screen and we have six or seven of them or until time allows, the pulse o pulitze in new york bestseller, her debut work when the National Book Critics Award for nonfiction and was named ten best nonfictions of 2010 as well as in your time nonfiction of all time. She has taught at princeton and Boston University and more than 200 other colleges and universities across the United States europe and asia, half the origins of her discontent receiving critical claim and no doubt want to accolades, interviewing this evening is john meeting appoints a prizewinning biographer he is a shooting writer for the New York Times book review and contribute in editor of Time Magazine in the New York Times bestseller the hope of glory, the american odyssey of George Herbert walker bush, Thomas Jefferson a
Mr. Jon meacham, this book came out in august, congressman lewis passed in july, how long have you been working on this . Is a tricky question to answer, on one level it was 28 years, another level it was about six months. I met congressman lewis in 1992 during a Senate Runoff down in georgia, i was a reporter for the chattanooga times. Began kind of a running episodic about running conversation that we had over the ensuing three decades. I really decided to do it when i was standing with my family and Speaker Pelosi and congressman lewis and about a thousand other people on the pettus bridge in march and i realized watching the congressman that this was almost certainly his last trip there. I very much wanted to pay tribute to him but also wanted to hang a lantern on what had driven him to that bridge as a young man. As an example, and exemplum of how religious faith can be essential to political activists. Did he know you are working on this entity sit down with you . We talked a lot
Fidler in bangkok thailand while the people here are intensely proud of their unique culture there is growing concern of the erosion of the citys heritage and the culprit is urbanization. The rate of covered 1000 infections in the u. S. Has surged across southern and southwestern states new cases of the virus spiked with bobs restaurants and other businesses reopened early the rock questions about whether restrictions have been lifted too soon rob reynolds reports in los angeles. 29 u. S. States and territories are seeing a spike in coronavirus cases several including arizona california oklahoma and texas reported record high single day infections governor rhonda scientist says worrying numbers of new cases involve young people. Who were previously thought to be at lesser risk huge huge numbers of people particularly in that 20 to 30 cohort who are testing but then testing positive 62 percent of all new cases in florida for the week of june 7th are under the age of 45 decentest says so
A rerun happening. Our Long National hibernation is beginning to come to an end. And theyre easing lockdown restrictions further cinemas and restaurants in england will open next month. From britains foreign secretary condemned a hoot the missile attack on riyadh calling for an end to hostilities and to allow humanitarian efforts to resume the attack was part of what hootie rebels say is their biggest military operation against saudi arabia yet 8 drones and 3 Ballistic Missiles have been fired towards the kingdom since monday and the who say they plan to launch even more for its part the Saudi Coalition fighting in yemen says its intercepted a Ballistic Missile it was heading towards. Riyadh on tuesday the spokesman claimed they attacked the Defense Ministry and a military base in the capital among other targets was. In response to the continued and just blockade and brutal aggression on the great people of yemen and our great country the Yemeni Armed Forces launched the biggest attack
States vote to decide who they want to see as the next president but in kentucky there are concerns that not everyone will get to vote. Testifying before Congress Americas top Infectious Diseases expert gives his assessment of the governments response to the code 19 and that. And in sports tennis world number one never djokovic has tested positive for corona virus 3 of the top plans have also tested positive after take you toss in a series of events organized by djokovic himself. We begin the news with yemen where the rebels say that theyve launched the biggest military operation against saudi arabia britains foreign secretary has condemned the missile attack on riyadh calling for an end to hostilities and to allow humanitarian efforts to resume in yemen 8 drones and 3 ballistic me. Ive been fobbed towards the kingdom since monday who thieves say they plan to launch even more for its pos the Saudi Led Coalition fighting in yemen says that it into something a Ballistic Missile that was