When we get to the question and answer part of the talk, if you have a question, which we highly encourage, please check up to the microphone. We cspan book tv with us and would like to pick up your question on the recording. Also, after the talk sharon will be happy to talk and sign books. The line will start to the right of the podium. As you get up, if you could please hold up your chair and set it to one of the sides against the bookshelf, thats a big help for us. The imagine years of work by Sharon Weinberger is the untold story of the Defense Research project agency. Also known as federal agency founded in 1928 originally as a response to sputnik. Publishers weekly said weinberger. [inaudible] interviewed former officials of the Defense Advanced Research agency revealing a highly secretive organization. Her fascinating account about that example of enthralled to the allure of Science Fiction. Sharon is a National Security editor at the intercept. The author of imaginary weapons,
Ribs off, trees toppling to the ground. 44,000 people without power, the next step starts the next couple of hours. The National Weather service will be sending a team out today to the area to confirm if it was actually a tornado that hit in the area. Meanwhile around here getting out the door this morning, mild conditions, not expecting any storms at all. Yesterday we had sunshine, warmth, closer to late april. This weekend with temperatures in the 70 foss, our third 70 degrees day for february, tie now with the secondmost we have had in any february since 1967. Look at this, 50s this morning with sunshine and wind that will carry us back up into the 60s. Or, not what is warm. Cooler, not quite as more. Those temperatures today this morning are in the 30s and 40s, but todays high is 62 in d. C. We will see how long we can keep the mild weather around in 10 minutes. Julie . Ofie checking out a couple problems we have on the roads, but first lets start with good news. The lanes open aro
As the fire raged from bus to bus around 1 00 this afternoon. Listen in now. [indiscernible] terry that was one of the sound of one of the implosions. Several people recorded smart phone video near the bus yard here in the town of merton including larry and lynn mccann. The Waukesha County Sheriffs Department says when Fire Fighters arrived, there were more than 30 buses and a bus barn on fire. More than two dozen fire flames from spreading. We talked with a couple of bus drivers who are worried about how the kids are going to get to School Tomorrow in hartland , lakeside, and arrowhead schools. Its an unbelievable loss. The company is great to work for. And weve been about the same time. I am going on nine years. Me to. Going to quit, but of course i cant because i love my littles, and i love driving a bus. Michele bashaw i have kids in the school district, and im a driver for the school district. Terry youre reaction to what happened here . Michele bashaw its heartbreaking. Were such
With the latest history news. While working at the Rand Corporation in 1967, Daniel Ellsberg became a consultant to the Defense Department in the white house, giving him access to classified and topsecret documents. He photocopied a study that later became known as the pentagon papers. In 1971 he gave those documents to the new york times. Coming up next, part one of a twopart interview with Daniel Ellsberg. He talks about his opinions on the vietnam war and the leaking of the pentagon papers. The Richard Nixon president ial library conducted this interview. This portion is about one hour and 20 minutes. Right from the beginning and until late in 1971 for a couple of years, i always thought for the pentagon papers to have any effect, they should be the basis for congressional hearing. Precisely because i knew they did not tell the whole story for an adequate story. I knew a lot of what was excluded from them and what you needed was oral testimony preferably under oath of people who rea
The 37th president s administration. This portion is about one hour 20 minutes. Right from the beginning and until late in 1971 for a couple of years, i always thought for the pentagon papers to have any effect, they should be the basis for congressional hearing. Precisely because i knew they did not tell the whole story for an adequate story. I knew a lot of what was excluded from them and what you needed was oral testimony preferably under oath. Of people who really knew the decisionmaking at the time and could explain what was the implications of these papers. When things were written down, it was a brief for mcnamara to argue with other people to present mcnamaras preferred policy. It did not usually express what mcnaughton thought was appropriate policy or what he thought to expect work for considerations. He was writing lawyers briefs for mcnamara to present. That was one example. I knew in many other cases that it did not answer many of the questions. What you wanted was testimo