this is about one hour welcome to the fifth annual book festival at the department of archives this panel is titled american history, renegades and is sponsored by the mississippi library commission. tracy carr was with the library commission was in the room for the very first organizational meeting of the festival. we couldn t do this without the mississippi library commission or the libraries from all over the state to thank you very much for your support. and we are in the room today courtesy of the law firm and our gratitude goes to them. our panelists you can purchase copies of their books from vendors outside and find the times are authors will be signing in the program. we will hear from our panelists for about 40 minutes and then open up the floor to questions please come to the podium in the center of the room to ask yourse questions. now help me welcome our moderator for the panel director of the mississippi department of archives and history. [applause] i m going t
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a very public resignation letter written by veteran national security journalist william markham arkan said bon voyage to n.b.c. in a scathing e-mail sent to various news outlets on monday detailing how n.b.c. m s n b c in the vast majority of american news media today has become nothing more than pro-war cheerleaders for the national security state in his letter the long time military analyst a news reporter observes the president trying observes president trumps ignorance and incompetence on many important domestic and foreign policy issues but poignantly points out how quick and b.c. is to mechanically argue the contrary to be in favor of policies that just spell more conflict and more war and that though they produce nothing that resembles actual safety and security the national security leaders and generals we have a we have we have are allowed to do their thing unmolested we ve had more than a generation of national security leaders who sadly and fraudulently have done
biden, on the other hand, he has 1850 boxes. he had boxes sent to chinatown, where they don t speak even english in the chinatown we re talking about. i have to stop you right there. talk about us, just so you understand, i had every right to do it. i didn t make a secret of it. when it comes to your documents, did you ever show those classified documents to anyone? not really. i would have the right to. by the way, they were what do you mean not really? not that i can think of. let me tell you, i have the absolute right to do what i want with them. i have the right. former president trump facing new legal and political fallout following that cnn town hall. we ll take a look at the comments that may have stood out to prosecutors, as some republicans now voice concern over remarks donald trump made. including those. oh, my gosh. we re following the surge at the southern border as restrictions known as title 42 came to an end just hours ago. we ll have a rep