And the spotsville military park, he is now working as an interpreter in military programs at the colonialsburg foundation. He lives in williamsburg with his wife johanna, and please welcome we join me in welcoming ryan quint. Well, thank you. How is everyone doing . Yeah. Everybody excited to be here . Yeah. Good. It would not be a great answer if you said no, because we are five minutes into the program. Awesome to see you and great to see some not so familiar faces. I was so excited when the program was announced with the forgotten battles of the civil war. And so my book was in 2017 and then the question was whats next . At the time i worked at the s s slosingberg park. And so when you look into some of the battles the smaller they are, the easier they are to be forgott forgotten, and i then found dranesville that i have been working on and hope the make a book out of it. So, polling the audience. Has anyone heard of the battle of dranesville . Okay. Second question, do you know wh
There are dates we have that are personal and dates ladies and gentlemen, please welcome former abc news anchor stan donaldson. Stan well, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to this mornings program. There are dates all of us have that are very personal, and dates that we have is a country that we all share. In my lifetime, december 7, 1941. November 22, 1963. 9 11. All terrible dates for the country. And november 8, 1989, good news, the fall of the berlin wall presaging the end of the soviet union. A subject we will discuss today, how did it happen . What were the consequences . Who did this . Who knew . For a look at what is in store for us, it is a pleasure to welcome andrew card, who served in three administrations with Ronald Reagan as Deputy Assistant to the president and director of intergovernmental affairs, with George Herbert walker bush the treasury, not the secretary of the treasury, secretary of transportation, and with george w. Bush white house chief of staff. Andrew card. [a
Struggling to break free from the flames. Bystanders trying to find a way in. Hurry the cop who rushed to the scene and the crucial move he made to save that persons life. Here, here, here. All accounted for. A lot of news this wednesday morning. This is a moment that created a president elect trump evading the press for a surprise dinner. And there he is, you can see stopped by the 21 club here in new york last night and the fellow diners were cheering his arrival. They must like what he said. He said he would lower their taxes. This comes as Donald Trumps transition is in the spotlight. Reports of tension inside the team. Some top figures pushed out and his family playing a prominent role and he pushed back with process taking place as i decide on it and am the only one would knows. Reporter good morning. There is yet another tweet this morning. President elect trump also tweeting that he never asked for National Security credentials for his children. Well have more on that in a mome
Retired cspan journalist and board member of the society. If you will join me in silencing all of your electronic devices, lets welcome bill and connie. [applause]. Hello everybody. Thank you you so much for coming this evening. While i was preparing a little bit for tonight to introduce bill walker, i googled a little so so the veracity of any of this is in question. The first thing i googled was the average number of people who come to a book signing event. I will tell you, it is in single digits, so please give yourself an applause for being here this evening instead of being home watching meg and kelly, and and donald trump on television. [applause]. The second thing i googled is the average age of a firsttime author who gets published by a traditional publisher. That average average age is 37 years old. So, i will tell you bill, you are skewing the numbers very much. , bill walker grew up in knoxville tennessee, he went to the university of virginia for both his undergraduate and
Started changing and they started becoming the first computer programmers. They had these incredibly long careers at nasa, 40, 50 years. One of them still works at nasa today. After words airs on book tv at sunday at nine pm eastern. You can watch all previous after words programsms booktv. Org. Good evening and welcome to the Rr Smith Center for history and art in stanton, virginia. I am the president of the augustine county Historical Society which is the sponsor ofh tonights event. The Historical Society has been preserving and promoting the history of Augusta County virginia for over 50 years. As many of you know, our our county was created in 1738 and at one time, it extended all the way to the mississippi river. Y we have a great deal of historical heritage to be proud of. We are also very proud of our20 20thcentury history. Tonight we are very pleased to welcome you and are cspan viewers to an event featuring residents and members of the society. A great evening on the great war