Class. On thursday, you guys are going to look at tbone and weasel. I really hope you all read that and prepare to do that. Im going to give you your very quick pop quiz. The pop quiz for fences should be easy, as we will be done discussing it, but were going to take it so that you guys can get a grade for it, and you will also have the pop quiz for tbone and weasel. Lets start with August Wilson. August wilson was born Frederick August kittel on april 27th of 1945. His mothers name was daisy wilson. She was a cleaning lady. His fathers name was Frederick August kittel. He was a german baker. I want you guys to pay attention. Race matters in a very specific way. Race asuis always one of the ths were discussing as we look at these plays. His father, Frederick August kittle, was a german baker, so hes white, or hes european. And then his mother is a black woman named daisy, right . And shes a cleaning lady. I want you to understand, were already talking about a mixed relationship. So, hi
Inventing disaster the culture of calamity from the Jamestown Colony to the johnstown flood. Copies will be for sale. Thrilled to be with you to hear her talk. I hope you will join me in a very warm welcome for cindy kerner. [applause] prof. Kierner in 2012, Superstorm Sandy destroyed many places i cared about. It was not in the ocean on a road on it. Stories about this storm really riveting. Especially the Human Interest stories about its victims, survivors, efforts to provide post Disaster Relief in the way in which the whole says situation became politicized. It happened so soon before president ial election. I also found it interesting what all the stories told us about the larger story worlds of new york and new jersey. In the United States generally. In 2012. , i noticedortant that the news followed a pattern familiar to me from katrina and other disasters. The quantitative information about what happened. How many people died, how much property was destroyed in the value of that
Corporate kind of support along with matt from so many of you as individuals that enables the great lives series to thrive. So i would like to ask our good friends from the law firm trust so we can acknowledge them. [applause] also, a special group tonight that i would like to knowledge, that is the simpson circle, a group composed of former Mary Washington members. We are here tonight and we would like to have them stand so we can acknowledge them. In introducing tonight speaker, dr. Joanne freeman, i would like to mention at the outset that one of her most commendable qualifications is that she received her phd from the university. Thats right, uva. [laughter] in any case, not long after receiving that degree, she was recognized already as one of the nations top young historians. She has subsequently has widespread recognition as a scholar of the revolutionary and Early National periods of American History. She is the author of numerous articles on those subjects which will appear in
yes, sir. conservative entrepreneur vivek ramaswamy officially launches his 2024 g.o.p. campaign. we are going to need to rediscover that national identity that we all share. ashbury university is planning to end its 24/7 religious revival. over 50,000 people have traveled to the area to participate. when so many people gather with this much love in their hearts, it s amazing. i m getting those good vibes i m living this good life i m breathing on god s time and i ain t going to waste one breath i m soaking in. steve: live from new york city on this 22nd day of fen, february, currently 33. going for a daytime high of 43 later on in the day on this, the first day of lent. it is ash wednesday. and welcome. ainsley: that s right. steve: welcome to hour two of fox & friends. it s a holiday here around the world. and ainsley, appropriately enough, you are in ashbury university in kentucky for something that we have been watching for the last, what, cl
class. there is either extreme rich or extreme poor and the rest of us just kinds of fall through the cracks. it is exactly those kinds of voters that democrats and the white house are trying to reach. we heard the president just yesterday insisting that americans should trust that he has a plan to help working families. but those families are feeling frustrated and overwhelmed. and, in fact, we saw a little of president biden s own frustration in a letter today where he lashed out at oil companies for making huge profits while gas prices hit record levels. for him, his administration, and the entire democratic party, this economic problem has become an escalating political problem. consider the stakes w more than two dozen states holding primaries over the next three months. voters are making decisions based on what they are feeling now, not what might happen down the line. if you like $8 a gallon gas and you like continued rising costs on every single type of goods that