We are going to have a great night tonight. We are honoring literary liens, emma white will be honored, a big night for the Massive National Book Foundation for literature, culture, a big night for all of us. When i have the ability to stand in front of people i mention my mothers name jean christian. She is the reason i like to say about my mother i am the man that i am because she is the woman sheis or was. My mother was my first teacher. My mother graduated from college at the age of 17, the first person in her family to go to college. For me to be a wellknown literary advocate in this nation, a place where only a scant few generations ago it would have been illegal for me to read is no small thing. [applause] literature is the birthrightof every single one of us, no exception and if you can read in at least one language youare in my definition free. That is to say , no one can pull the wall over your eyes. No one can give you a set of what they want to call alternative facts and co
As long as theyre interested in it. And then they go out and they find they do research. And they find the resources to tell them the story but also try to figure out the significance of their topics in history. So theyre going into archives. Into museums. Into libraries. And theyre sifting through primary sources, secondary sources, and then theyre thinking critically about that and why their topic was important in history as related to an annual theme. And this year is theme is triumph of tragedy in history. And they present their findings in different formats. Of course one of the categories you see right behind me thats the exhibit category. And then theres also paper category. And theres dramatic performance. Documentary. Or website. So history day gives kids an opportunity to be creative in the way in which they present their information. So for performance category, like any other student at any other category, they first have to do the research. Good, Solid Research is the prim
Cspan. Org. If you are on the go, listen to our live coverage using the free cspan radio app. Dorian set toane hit florida this weekend, republican Governor Ron Desantis briefed reporters this morning on preparations. He spoke about his conversation with President Trump regarding fars needs for the hurricane. He also addressed reports on femas funding. Good morning. I want to thank ken graham, National Hurricane center for showing us around and giving us his insight. As you know, i recently issued executive order 19, 189, regarding Hurricane Dorian. Declared a state of emergency in 26 counties in the state of florida. Be likely adding to that in light of some of the additional forecast paired that is additional forecast paired one of the additional thing the state allows us to do is to get more fuel into the gas stations. We have heard report of field shortages already in places like brevard county. This order allows more fuel to come. It allows us to mobilize the National Guard. With
To give them a round of applause. At this time im going to bring theomeone who has helped sea Service Association flourish. Shes always had our backs and puts in lots of time to make sure she is successful. Id like to introduce to you the chair of the Service Leadership association board. [cheering] [applause] last panel of the day. You know what they say, certainly not the least. This is always one of the more popular panels we have. I would say to you that when i was a young lieutenant captain major, i did not know about any think like jewels. Im in my 33rd gear, i didnt know until i was colonel and ive tried hard because it can be an incredibly powerful day. Somewhere out there, looking up and saying i didnt know that was possible for me, certainly when i was lieutenant, i did not know this was possible for me. Im still here because i didnt think i could do anything else. But this panel you will have available to you, i counted it up, its probably 170, 180 years of experience. Do th
There are pockets of incompetence. Sometimes these jurisdictions are resource starved. It was not only Brenda Stites in Broward County and the stories of her incompetence. A whole chapter in my book, just incredible, but i would like to point to detroit, michigan, if you look in 2016. You may remember jill stein tried to have a recount conducted there, and a recount revealed just an incredible amount of incompetence, the way votes were counted in detroit. That recount was eventually abandoned and there was no findings of malfeasance, but plenty of findings of incompetence. When there is incompetence, it finds a base those distrustful of the election to believe the election is not fairly run. A poll this week from suffolk indicates the majority of democrats and republicans are concerned that if their side kind ofhere was some wrong doing and how the election was run. , whether that is russian interference, which were copied by democrat operatives in the special election in alabama andee