Behind a string of bomb frets across the u. K. U. S. Diplomats venezuela gives american officials seventy two hours to leave the country while the us backed Opposition Leader received to declare a state of emergency in venezuela from the National Assembly and car across. The globe welcome to our team to National Life from moscow im daniel who you are today thanks for joining us this hour for first lets take you straight live to westminster in the u. K. The Prime Minister has been defending her divorce at the dispatch box a few hours from now will be voting on whether to approve to resume adjusted divorce agreement from the European Union so this will be the second vote on a deal with the first being rejected by. Back in january and amidst the skepticism and criticism a somewhat hoarse the reason why you still manage to find time for humor. On this speech this speaker i think should move. Ok you may say well you should. The british Prime Minister has agreed to several changes to deal wi
During the civil rights area. Host what is tigerland . Wil everyone inside the shyst hurt, and full of pain because Martin Luther king, jr. Has been assassinated, and robert frvetion kennedy has been assassinated. The school has the first black principal, the segregated school, and they wanted to do Something Special and the School Principal tells them everybody is watching us, so we cant show anger, we cant walk out like some other high schools are doing. So first, they went won the state basketball championship, and then 55 days later the allblack school went to state baseball championship, first time in the history of the state that the same school wins two championships in one year. The fact that they won it, against the backdrop of Martin Luther kings association, vietnam war protests and other School Walkouts gives it astonishing glory angle. Host how much of that was due to the principal. Wil he was an amazing man, and a Football Player at ohio state university, and he was feare
Yeah, owen deyoung is was, definitely [laughter] president of general electric, a very big industrialist in the 1920s, a guy who would have, like, his pickingture on Time Magazine picture on Time Magazine when that was a really big deal and was mentioned as a dark horse, very near cooperstown, as many of you know. And, lets see, hes from ames, right . [inaudible] van hornsville. Right, right, right. Henry j. Kaiser, i think, was from ames. So a lot of industrialists coming out of the woods here in the fields. The young is mentioned as a dark horse maybe compromised candidate in 1932. So hed be more of a contemporary of Franklin Roosevelt than t. R. Hes probably still working his way up postworld war i european well, yeah. The young plan helps trigger rise of adolf hitler, okay . And how does that happen . Because when the germans want to restructure their debt repayment, they have to restructure with the americans, and its not only reparations, its because americans have, American Priv
[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations]. Were here with mimi swartz to talk but her book, ticker, which is a page turner. Im glad here here particularly in terms of headlines and disasters, just to be able to talk but something that affects us all in matters of the heart. Is just a great opportunity. So, before we get started, a couple things. Were in this cspan booktv tent, which means were live, and mimi and i will have a conversation for about 25 minutes or so and then well open its up to questions for ten or 15 minutes. If you have a question at the end, go up to a microphone and speak into the microphone and then books are for sell next door, and afterward mimi will be signing companies of their book copies of her book in the tent beyond that. So head that way. First my name is kate, and im an editor at highline magazine and i know my my because we worked for men years at Texas Monthlying to and mimi a longtime executive editor at Texas Monthly and many of you know her
Virtual and we powered a new reality. At mediacom, we are built to keep you ahead. Giving you a front row seat to democracy. In what ways does this story have resident for readers today . Right now its very similar to happen in paris. People in paris do not think the nazis would go through eastern france. They were racing across the low countries of northern france. Parisians remained in their cafe. They didnt see any reason to go anywhere. The last minute when it was clear the nazis were coming, they fled in a mass exit. 8 Million People try to get out of the city at the same time, jamming the roads. Its the same thing we see in afghanistan, right up until the end of the withdrawal last night. What are the dates in which in which france was occupied by germany in world war ii . 1930s when the invasion began. It wasnt for another four weeks until it was formally taken by the nazis. Hitlers came in to pay a visit. It was remarkable the way they did it. They swept across france, forced t