Im director of the civil war institute. It is my pleasure to welcome professor edward ayers for the robert bloom lecture. Professor ayers is the Tucker Boatwright professor of humanities and Professor Emeritus at the university of richmond. He is the author of numerous books and articles including in the presence of mine enemies the civil war and heart of america the winner of the bancroft prize. He also wrote the promise of the new south. Excellent book i read in grad school many years ago and most recently he is the author of the thin light of freedom the civil war and emancipation in the heart of america published in 2017, and the 2018 lincoln prize winner. One of the things that professor ayers has done throughout his career, hes made it a point to speak to public audiences. Professor ayers is again, i think hard evidence that this supposed gap between academics and public historians and academics and general audiences has if there is maybe a gap there, but it is ever so slight, an
America this is a live from also coming up. Hes president promises to crush kurdish fighters in his military continues and ground operation in Northern Syria. U. S. Vice president mike pence arrives in tel aviv on his first visit to the tunnel top recognize jerusalem as israels capital. And tensions rise as tens of thousands of ranger refugees assets be repatriated to me and from bangladesh. So u. S. Government shutdown is set to continue on monday as republican and democrat Centers Struggle to end the stalemate over funding a vote on the Government Spending bill has been delayed after the two sides failed to reach any compromise the Republican Controlled Senate is now expected to hold a vote later on monday money for federal agencies was cut off on saturday affecting a range of departments including passport and Visa Services immigration is at the heart of the dispute democrats want funding tied to protection for undocumented migrants who entered the u. S. As children republicans and
Steve the texas tenors just did that great song god bless the usa. What about lee greenwood, has he ever talked to you about that . Were friends with lee. We had dinner with him last week. Hes excited about us being on the show. He endorses our song and he loves it. Peter i think he would love that version. You were fantastic. Especially on this day. Steve thank you. Thank you. Steve stick around for the after the show show cause we want to talk about how much you guys do for the vets because we know thats been great. Peter god bless the usa. Steve god bless all of you for joining us today. Gretchen and brian will be back, anna and peter, thank you very much. Also tomorrow, Laura Ingraham joins us and we hope you do, too. So long, everybody. Anna bye. Bill Country Music world is mourning one of its troubled stars. Mindy mccready whose rise to fame was sidetracked by personal problems apparently taking her own life. She was only 37 years old. Good morning im bill hemmer. Welcome on a mo
Good morning. I am ainsley earhardt. I am heather nauert. It is monday february the 18th. Thank you for getting up with us and watching fox friends first. We begin with a fox news lart. The music world is mourning the death of troubled Country Singer Mindy Mccready. We have the latest details on mccreadys suicide. Mindy mccready the Country Singer who soared to the top of the charts with her debut album 10,000 gauges has died. Police found her dead on the front porch of her arkansas home from an apparent self inmrikted gun shot wound. Back in 96 she scored a number one billboard country hit with guys to it all of the time. But in recent years she received more Media Attention for her troubled personal life than her music. She claims she had a long time affair with pitcher roger klemen that is started when she was 15. She struggled with daiks, Mental Illness and was raised multiple times. She waged a bat well her son. They expressed condolences on news of her death. Carrie underwood sai
Can have lasting impacts for years to come. We have 40 seconds left. Greg talk about how important that reading is. Dana you have a book there. Greg i do. I stole it. Bob let me guess. What book is it . Has the word hate in it . Greg no. Dana its called the last line of defenseey general. He wrote this book and rupping for governor. Bob you are supposed to time these things so we get out on time. Youre wrong, it was not depressing show. Just that one segment. Greg yeah. It depressed me. Andrea are you depressed. We learned dana is trying to off herself. Greg slightly depressed. Dana glad you are back. Im finally out of time. Bye. Bret competition or cooperation . While pushing for a bipartisan immigration solution, president obama is also signaling he is prepared to go it alone. This is special report. Bret good evening. Im bret baier. The white house says its a backup plan but news of president ial version of Immigration Reform caught many on capitol hill by surprise. Even one of the