presidents and were generals time. it also was involved with the largest scale execution in u.s. history. our author, scott berg, is a native minnesota and. the location of the defense in this book. he teaches creative writing at george mason university, is a contributor to the washington post, and is the author of a prayer book about washington, d.c. called the story of pierre charles l enfant the visionary who designed washington, d.c.. it is on sale in our book attend. space berg will be signing in the authors area down here after the presentation. i have to talk about the book for me. i volunteered to be assigned a book to read, and when i saw that it was a very scholarly with lots of references book on history, on a not particularly a history buff and not a civil war buff, yet from page 1i was completely mesmerized pity that this is an incredible story that more people should know about. it is not a proud time in the united states history. and i learned so much. our
a panel on independent bookselling. that is our lineup for today live from the gaithersburg book festival on the grounds of gaithersburg city hall. here is john turner. good morning. welcome to the gaithersburg fourth annual book festival. my name is johnny susman and i make gaithersburg resident. gaithersburg is the vibrant diversity that celebrates and supports the arts and humanities. we are pleased to bring you this event, free of charge thanks to the generous support of our sponsor so please visit them today and say thanks. a couple of quick announcements of consideration for everyone here. please silence all of your devices. in order to keep improving his event we need your feedback. surveys are available on our web site paired your thoughts are important to us so please take a couple of minutes to fill one out. by submitting a survey you ll be entered into a drawing for a net e-reader. john turner will be signing books immediately after this presentation. copies of h
mirkarimi is speaking out about the incident that led to his arrest and suspension. suspended sherrif ross mirkarimi is generating a lot of buzz throughout the interview he did with a radio station. in the interview he presented his side of the story. he says it is dramatically different from the picture that prosecutors are painting of him. he says he bruised his wife s arm to protect his son. he says they were arguing about a trip to venezuela as they were parked in a car and then lopez started getting frantic and unstrap their sign we decided not to go to lunch because i didn t want to be arguing in public about a sensitive subjects like that and i turned around to go home which is the basis for the plea, false imprisonment, is the fact that turned the car around mirkarimi says he wanted to clarify the false imprisonment charge. he says the reports about arguing inside or outside the house were completely false. whether or not the interview will play role in the ethi
expecting markets to open higher across the board here with dow futures up about 8 above fair value right now. nasdaq futures up about 2 and s&p 500 futures up about 3. this is after the dow evended up 73 points, 1192 and the s&p 500 was up 51197. goldman may get a temporary diversion from its legal troubles today. the company reports first quarter rults results. it s beaten estimates every period. s.e.c. commissioners were split 3 to 2 down party lines on filing against goldman. the agency usually prefers to have unanimous support when it takes action. goldman is acting to the legal team, as well. the firm hired greg craig, president obama s former white house counsel to advise on political and will he legal matters. in frankfurt, goldman is now trading higher, about 4%. and aig is determining whether to pure saw claims against goldman. aig is examining pools of mortgage securities it previously bought or insured to see if they were fraudulently created or sold by investment