It is from there great lives lecture series. Announce apleased to special miniseries of six lectures every entitled great president ial lives. This series is particularly attractive for two main reasons, the first being its timeliness. As we face a president ial Election Year and prepare for it, it will be an insight that all of us can benefit from. The second is the speaker esteemed professor of history, who has just completed 50 years on the faculty of the university of mary washington. Hasng that halfcentury, he contributed in numerous and significant ways, not least of all the creation of our renowned Historic Preservation program, and the creation of this amazing great lives series. But it is for his excellence in teaching that he is perhaps best known, and to thousands of our students that have come through our halls. He has received our institutions highest honors in teaching, both from his colleagues and from his students many of whom through , the years have voted him as the f
Association is a nonprofit, Nonpartisan Organization founded by first Lady Jacqueline kennedy, dedicated to the preservation of the white house. And also educating american citizens about the white house and its diverse history. This evening, our guest is jim conroy, the author of jeffersons white house monticello on the potomac. Jim was a lawyer in boston for 38 years before he began writing about american history. His previous book is lincolns white house the peopless house in wartime, which won the prestigious lincoln prize. If you would like to ask jim a question at the end of our broadcast, please type it in the comments section of the facebook feed and we will get to as many questions from our online audience as possible. Jim, welcome to white house history live. James thank you, it is a pleasure to be here. Colleen we are honored to have you. The first question is the setting for your book. There have been numerous books about Thomas Jefferson and about his presidency. You have
Is detected in the United States just as there are new predictions of a much higher potential death toll. Donald trump left the white house, but many republicans are refusing to leave him. We have the latest as some Party Members swear their loyalty to the former president. And the sub reddit page that has wall street in a spin. The latest on gamestops Crazy Ride On wall street. Live from cnn World Headquarters in atlanta, welcome to all of you watching here in the United States, canada and around the world. Im Kim Brunhuber. This is cnn newsroom. A new forecast warns that more contagious strains of the coronavirus could cause an additional 85,000 deaths in the u. S. By may. The first two cases of the variant first detected in south africa have now been confirmed in the u. S. Its already circulating in at least 30 other countries. Two americans who have it dont know each other and havent traveled abroad. Now this variant may make at least one potential new vaccine less effective. Drug
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We just received positive. News for announcement that theres been progress made for a successful Russian Office didnt fix the financial problems to some semblance of hope to use. This far as its clear that this fact see even if approved will not be widely available for many months yet to come the economy will come back because people will start to feel normal its a challenge before us right now is still mentioned growing hopefully we have someone in office who can help us get rid of that whole big crisis and bring jobs back its not like people are not working because they dont want to they are having a tough time going to work. Also coming up after 4 years of Donald Trumps america forced us president elect joe biden is promising americas european friends a Foreign Policy that puts partnerships and allies 1st that he is someone who has a long and deeply value our partnership with the United Kingdom with the e. U. With nato and with other nations that share our core values so i think you