You can probably tell that cspn is here. Its really nice when people can hear the questions that you have to ask so please make your way to a microphone if possible. The last thing id like to say, i mentioned this is the second of three events today. We do have about 500 events a year here in the store, probably another 100 or so at other locations including the busboys and poets. A lot to keep track of all those events as well as our classes and trips and other programming. If youre interested this knowing more about what were offering, you can find the information at politicsprose. Com, and we just got our august calendars. Theyre lovely. They are at the information desk. Please, feel free to pick one up so you know whats going on in august. But now to the reason that youre actually here which is the book and the author. Its really a pleasure to host Robert Doubek this afternoon at politics prose. Hell be talking about his new book, creating the vietnam memorial. If you didnt live in
on this wednesday. you ve got to enjoy the current temperatures because it will just get cooler as the day progresses. it won t be the prettiest day. that is certainly true. we ll get rain showers moving through here and some of you down to our south are already seeing some rain. good morning to you. let s take a look at the radar. we ll show you what is happening. we do expect to see some more rainfall move in here. here in the district, we are not seeing any precipitation right now but down to the south and near fredericksburg across fredericksburg and points east, we are getting some rain showers. as you can see the big picture, there is a lot more precipitation out there. really later today is when the bulk of the rain gets in here. but again, some morning showers south of the city. let s get to the current temperatures at the area airports. it is relatively mild. reagan national is at 45 degrees. dulles, 38 there. bwi marshall, 34 degrees. the trend will be for these t