Patrick lets get to it. Today i am going to talk with thomas schwartz, the director of the Herbert Hoover president ial library. He has been with the Hoover Library since 2011 and before that he served as the illinois , state historian and went on to lincoln collection at the Abraham Lincoln president ial library as an author and editor, his work recognized with a number of professional awards. He will take a step back in time, not all the way back to lincoln, but to the time of Herbert Hoover. Tom, are you there . I want to make sure we can hear you. Are you with us . How are you doing today . Obviously the library is closed. How is everyone doing . Thomas the staff is doing well. They are eager to return on a regular basis and we are eager to be able to safely reopen to the public when the opportunity avails itself, but i appreciate the opportunity. Patrick great. I know you have a great set of images and stories and tales. I have a feeling we have lots of questions. I will sign off.
That, ambassador seki a will give opening remarks about why he felt the need to initiate this series. [video] even as president ford was growing in assurance and popularity he knew he could not heal the country until the situation with Richard Nixon was resolved. The former president had resigned. But, would he be prosecuted for . At ford fords. Irst meeting, are you saying the option of a pardon is one you will consider . Every day was a different crisis, a different issue. It was a different time. He needed to and wanted to attack those problems. But you cant do that when you have a press conference and 90 of the questions are asked about watergate. Ruling it out. It is an option. Over the labor day weekend, ford gathered his closest legal advisors and considered the options. If nixon faced trial, the country would be mired in watergate for years to come. If he steered america clear of that fate, by pardoning nixon before trial, public anger would cost him election to his own term of
Years and theyre strong and they kind of stick with us, no matter what we do, as you have seen you go outside this museum and you travel around northwest arkansas, theres fortune 500 companies, theyre a Major Research university, theres all kinds of businesses and industry and hightech stuff going on out there but those images, those stereotypes, will theyll stick with us and theyre kind of theyre part of our story. We begin our tour of the local Literary Community with a visit to the university of Arkansas Library. To learn more about the life and accomplishmented of jay William Fulbright. James William Fulbright was a longtime senator serving arkansas from 1944 until 1974. 30 years. Before that he was a representativea u. S. Representative from the north arkansas area. He was president of the university of arkansas, the Youngest University president in the United States at the time. From 1939 to 1941 and worked for the department of justice, rhodes karl, a distinguish el alum of the
Will explore this city is literary life and we will hear from area writers including author and historian brooks lavished ensure the history of the ozarks and talk about stereotypes people face living in the region. Those stereotypes have been developing for a couple hundred years and they are strong in a kind of stick with us no matter what we do. As you seem come you got that in the cnn you travel around northwest at the fortune 500 companies, Major Research university is is all kinds of business and industry and hightech stuff going on out there, but those images and stereotypes, you know, theyll stick with us. They are part of our story. We begin our tour with a university of Arkansas Library. To learn more about the life and accomplishments of jay William Fulbright. James William Fulbright was a long time serving in arkansas from 1944 to 1974, 30 years. Before that he was a u. S. Representative from or fall, arkansas area produced president of the university of arkansas, and the y
Senator chris coons just back from liberia with report on what is right and whats wrong why the effort to combat ebola. Allstar panelist of analysts because this is face the nation. Captioning sponsored by cbs good morning thousands of Police Officers from all over the country are gathering for the funeral of win january liu one of the Police Officers associated two weeks ago in the wake of the fewer other over the deck of eric garner at the hands of the new york police department. One of those attending the funeral is new yorks democratic senator Charles Schumer we spoke to him earlier. Senator, as you and literally thousands of people from across the nation gather to honor officer liu hanging overall of it is this nasty situation thats developed between the mayor and new york police department. We now understand that arrests are down 66 , traffic citations down 90 . Every category of arrest statistics show dramatic drop. What is going on here and is this reaching a crisis state . No,