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Weapons mimic fully automatic guns. You can hear the sound of one. Listen. [ gunfire ] everybody bit of that sound could be used to kill people and it did. Should these types of weapons be available in this country. Today President Trump tweeted im so proud of our great country. God bless america. Before boarding a flight to puerto rico he was asked is now the time for stiffer gun laws. Look, we have a tragedy. Were going to do and what happened in las vegas is in many way as miracle. The Police Department has done such an incredible job. And well be talking about gun laws as time goes by. But i do have to say how quickly the Police Department was able to get in was really very much of a miracle. Theyve done an amazing job. Who came up with that leisure suit hes wearing. Many republicans want to put off the discus ....
it s a pleasure to introduce to you tonight our speaker. candice millard is an excellent writer formerly national geographic magazine and we are glad to have her here to talk about her second book. first was the river of doubt about theodore roosevelt s journey down the amazon after his presidency and we are very pleased that she has chosen to tackle another interesting presidential subject that being the assassination of james a. garfield. i believe this is referred or fourth trip to the site between research and other things she has done for us and with us and it is a great pleasure to welcome them tonight. please make her feel welcome. candice millard. [applause] thank you. thank you for the introduction and to all of you for coming. it is a real pleasure to be here, and it is a great honor to be able to speak at the james a. garfield national hi ....
president. and then, suddenly, everything changed. after garfield was shot, arthur made a transformation so stunning and complete that no one could leave it. the entire country was horrified by the fact that chester arthur might be president. but unlike conkling, arthur was vacant and grief stricken. the last thing he wanted was for garfield to die. he hid himself from public view and refused even to go to washington for fear would look like he was waiting in the wings and a cut himself off from conkling. finally, after turning his back on the man who had made him come arthur found moral strength in the most unlikely of places. the letter of a young invalid one man named julius and. fans believed in art fair when one else did, when he didn t even believe in himself. after the shooting, sand wrote to arthur, if the spark of true mobility in you now is the occasion to let it shine. faith in your better nature forces me to write to you, but not to ask you to resign. it is ....
and now we are very excited to have her here to talk about her second book, her first book was the river of doubt about theodore roosevelt perilous journey down the amazon after his presidency and we are very very pleased that she is chosen to tackle another interesting presidential subject that being the assassination of president james a. garfield. i believe this is her third or fourth trip to the site between research and other thing she has done for us and with us and it it is really a great pleasure to welcome her here tonight. please make her feel welcome, candice millard. [applause] thank you, thank you for that introduction. thank you all for coming. it is a real pleasure to be here and it is a great honor to be able to speak at the james a. garfield national historic site. i also wanted to say a particular thank you to the garfield family as well, which has been incredibly kind and generous and helpful to me throughout this whole process so thank you so much. ....
he had the right to speak. they have the right to express himself. he had the right to make pleadings. he was not taken out or hang or executed. he could speak. and the judge i think to her credit bend over backwards to make sure he did have those rights. there are certain rights in the u.s. court system, and i hope people will realize that the military commissions that similar rights need to be afforded to those people. thank you for your time. thank you. next on book tv, candice millard recounts the assassination of america s 20th president james garfield. she speaks at the james a. garfield national historic site in mentor, ohio. candice millard is an excellent writer from national geographic magazine and now we are very excited to have her talk about her second book, her first book was the river ofery e doubt about theodore roosevelt perilous journey down the amazos after his presidency. of we are pleased here she iswn thr chosen to tackle anotherease intere ....