[inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] good evening and thank you for coming and spending your evening with us tonight. I am delighted to be here on stage with you. But these two incredible historians and biographers and allaround great people. Im i melissa, with National Public radio, annette gordonreed and peter onuf, authors of a new book and we are going to talk about Thomas Jefferson. Welcome to all of you. Again, thank you for being here on this beautiful night, you are in doors on a gorgeous washington night. I want to start with the title of the book, the most blessed of the patriarchs, you talk about in the preface is of the book that Thomas Jefferson writes that hes planning on going back to monticello in virginia, he is writing a letter to angelica skyler church, for those of us cannot hear the name with out thinking angelica, eliza. He is ready to her in london and talking about her plans to go back to monticello. Part of the writer letter reads i have my house to
[inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] good evening and thank you for coming and spending your evening with us tonight. I am delighted to be here on stage with you. But these two incredible historians and biographers and allaround great people. Im i melissa, with National Public radio, annette gordonreed and peter onuf, authors of a new book and we are going to talk about Thomas Jefferson. Welcome to all of you. Again, thank you for being here on this beautiful night, you are in doors on a gorgeous washington night. I want to start with the title of the book, the most blessed of the patriarchs, you talk about in the preface is of the book that Thomas Jefferson writes that hes planning on going back to monticello in virginia, he is writing a letter to angelica skyler church, for those of us cannot hear the name with out thinking angelica, eliza. He is ready to her in london and talking about her plans to go back to monticello. Part of the writer letter reads i have my house to
Quite a few Unanswered Questions here. Were going to continue to follow the story for you. Download our news 5 app for the latest updates. Lets take a live look outside peer group Progressive Field is all lit up. We are getting ready for game one of the alcs. We want to see how the forecast is looking for it. Lookup pristine that shot is. You cannot tell it is downright cold out there. Take a look at the radar. A most everyone in this periwinkle color is under a frost advisory this morning. It is very cold were seeing frosting taking place on the windshields and on the plants. 36 degrees is the current temperature. Some spots got down to the Freezing Point this morning. 38 in cleveland. A little warmer along the lake shore. Lake county, not under that frost advisory. Tens of sunshine. Check this out. 7 00, 8 00, 9 00, still quiet for the game. No inclement weather but definitely hoodie weather. Good call. Thank you tomorrow. To merhroff. Were still clocking off a clocking in at a three
And by the end the good bobby was the dominant personality and the one who ran for president and he would have been what i think wouldve been a great president is not coincidental that barack obama and Hillary Clinton look as their role model to Bobby Kennedy being the one they want to model after. As we and i would like to say one last thing, in introducing me bill jumped i wrote books on strange topics including superman and i would like to present this shirt to build green. I wont make you put it on site, can we give him a wonderful ground of applause if for nothing else, reading the book. Thank you very much. [applause]. He could not have known that thats what every one called me when i was mayor. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] good evening, everyone. Thank you so much for coming and spending a bit of your evening with us. We have two credible historians and biographers and all around great people. The authors of the new book, and we will talk about Thomas Jeff
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