from merrimack college and masters in phd from university of illinois at urbana-champaign. as a former magazine writer and editor her research interests include 19th century print culture, women s magazines and radical or alternative press. before we begin the program i would like to extend a special welcome to anyone who will be joining virtual nhs program for the first time. if you re not familiar with the massachusetts historical society with first historical site in america and had been collecting, preserving, publishing, sharing our history since 1791. we hold an amazing collection of 14 million man script pages including papers the first three presidents of the united states. ãbi m sorry, three of the first president of the united states. we are continuing to collect ã today if you re interested, we are currently collecting material related to the covid-19 experience. we have a special initiative designed to record people s experiences during this unusual time and pre
particular has a monumental role. it endeavors to guard the values and architecture of liberty, equality, and solidarity found in the constitution. it does so against the excesses of majority rule, partisanship, or presidential overreach. the supreme court, however, is made up of nine individual human beings. each with her or his individual perspective on the balances struck in the constitution, and on the precise guideposts on decision making. we are most proud to have one of these nine with us this evening. stevens lecture is honorable elana kagan, associate justice of the united states of supreme court. [applause] mr. anaya: notably, justice kagan replaced justice stevens on the supreme court after the late justice announced his retirement and president barack obama appointed her to the court. justice kagan served as the first female solicitor general of the united states and in that position, she argued a number of important cases to the supreme court. she had a storied l
home about a block away. ok, police looking for two men maybe white men. one could be in his 40 s, the other is a bit younger that is not a lot to go on. if you have information, call casa grande police. steve krafft, fox 10 news. a deadly fire under investigation in cochise county. a 74-year-old woman died in a house fire. jane thompson was outside of home and she was barely breathing. she was flown to a burn center where she died from her injuries. they say she may have been trying to light the pilot on her furnace. evidence that defense attorneys may clear the main suspect in this case. leslie merritt jr. was arrested more than a year ago but prosecutors dropped the charges. he was let go. danielle miller has been developments. reporter: the new evidence came to light from merritt s attorney. defense attorneys asked for a second ballistic test that came back inclusive so in other words, the expert was not able to link merritt s gun to those shootings. they are a sm
matter every thing is a yes and all of a sudden i m powerless. i ve always said that the best thing i could ever do if i manage to win is to leave the job much more powerless than when i came in. i m supposed to be a representative of government, that s the idea. [applause]. as mentioned we do have a few copies of our authors book here with us today, life inside the bubble and of course it s available readily on amazon.com and at bookstores in the area. we appreciate your kind attendance today. i m sure he will be glad to continue the conversation after we adjourn, which we do now. thank you. [applause]. you can also share anything you see on book tv.org easily by clicking share on the upper left side of the page and selecting the format. book tv streams live online for 48 hours every weekend with top nonfiction books and authors. book tv.org. as i said, from afar. this is the first time we ve met perhaps. i m very, very happy to be here. we have a distinguished group of pa
miraculous rescue. a missing san francisco man is found alive after spending two day usa loan in the snowy and frigid sierra. i m dan ashley. carolyn johnson is off tonight. 26-year-old abraham was found alive. searchers were trying to find him since he was separated from his area and his runners, fellow boarders rather near castle peak. he survived by using his snowboard and debris to build a shelter. he wandered on his snowboard until he found a residence near soda springs this evening. the sheriff s department says he has super official frostbite, but he should be okay. and that was not the only rescue in the sierra. a modesto man was found alive as well. he was training with a group of fellow runners on sunday when he got lost. a search crew found him in a snow bank after noon today. despite spending three nights in the cold wearing light running clothes, friends say he has no signs of frostbite. in fact, he may be back out running this week. now to the weather here. all