i stand before you without a single pledge or promise or understanding of any kind except for the advancement of your cause and the preservation of american democracy. and as your nominee i expect to conduct by crusading an aggressive, fighting campaign. the republicans in we want willkie, wendell willkie ran for president in 1940. and as we watch some of the images of him on the campaign trail we re joined here in rushville, indiana with david willkie. i want you to introduce our audience to some of the fervor we re seeing from these iconic images of the 1940 campaign that really surrounded your grandfather as he ran for president and tried to defeat franklin dell know roosevelt who was seeking a third term. what an exciting time in the country. here we d come out of entering into the great depression, the end of the hoover administration, eight years of the roosevelt administration, roosevelt was president, right at the height of his power and that opened up a time for
books. it s a pleasure to welcome you to tonight s presentation of video krishnan and amber payne. as we get underway, i want to acknowledge that our institution stands on the unceded traditional territory of the coast salish people in particularly the duwamish we thank them for our continuing use of the natural resources of their ancestral homeland. and we thank you for joining us for tonight s event presentation will run around 60 minutes including q&a to submit your questions for the q&a portion. please meet i m sorry, please enter meet dot ps forward slash krishnan. that s kri s h a n. i m sorry nan or scan the qr code right now on the screen with your smartphone. that s much more reliable than my terrible spelling. we ll drop this link in the chat as well and you can submit your question at any time. we ll try to get to as many as possible and as a reminder if you want to view the program with closed captions, click the cc button in the bottom right corner of your video
it s also great to be here in to see and see so many friends from the washington post. the post has turned out for me tonight and i appreciate that. i m going to tell you a little bit about the book and how i came to write it and then move as quickly as possible to questions and answers or questions and attempted answers about the book and about the south end of the confederacy and maybe the confederate flag if you re not tired of talking about that already. i can hear it again. we will start the questions and answers before the talk. actually, i was born in nashville tennessee and my father s family is from georgia, from north georgia in atlanta and my mother s family is from west tennessee around union city tennessee. then i went to elementary school in atlanta and went to oregon when i was about 11-years-old and i did my best to lose my southern accent as quickly as i possibly could. everybody made fun of me because it s the kind of thing you were in the lunch line and t
they may be safe from war but they and their children are exploited and are vulnerable.oi woodruff: all that and more on tonight s pbs newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: it s hard not to feel pride as a citizen of this country when we re in a place like this. and with the ongoing support of these institutions: this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. woodruff: from the president today, the first salvo against his predecessor s climate agenda. instead, he s launched an aggressive campaign to help the coal, oil and gas industries. john yang begins our coverage. yang: with coal miners looking on at e.p.a. headquarters, president trump took action to undo most of president obama s climate change legacy.nd perhaps no single regulationn threatens our miners energy workers and companies more than this crushing attack on american
they and their children are exploited and are vulnerable. woodruff: all that and more on tonight s pbs newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: it s hard not to feel pride as a citizen of this country when we re in a place like this. and with the ongoing support of these institutions: this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. woodruff: from the president today, the first salvo against his predecessor s climate agenda. instead, he s launched an aggressive campaign to help the coal, oil and gas industries. john yang begins our coverage. yang: with coal miners looking on at e.p.a. headquarters, president trump took action to undo most of president obama s climate change legacy. perhaps no single regulation threatens our miners energy workers and companies more than this crushing attack on american industry. yang: he signed an exe