Were giving public works jobs and trying to make National Parks so cedar breaks in utah, fdr signed that in august of 33 and then he did capital reefs with an executive order is a monument. Today is a National Park. He took arches which is a roadside a roadside attraction and turned it into a mammoth National Park and took zion National Park quadruple. The zion National Park to enlarge the parks, these were all strategies. His secretary of war was a man named George Durden and his first term. He was a democratic governor, environment conservationist from utah. He saw the advantages of trying to market it on tv. The you taught National Parks state, this was starting with fdr in turn. Quickly, about the 10, im just curious because i would like to collect all 10. The very first one was el capitan and yosemite, adapted capitan and yosemite, adapted from a photograph ansell adams, it debuted in 234 and sold over 250,000 the first day. Others were great smoky mounts, gradient tetons, glasser
Been in the genes or something because you look at the travel that Teddy Roosevelt did in the amazon area, that trip i believe believe almost killed him didnt it . Heres an interesting fact for you to remember, theater roosevelt would get terribly seasick. He would vomit if he got on water. He had a bad stomach. He liked seen ahead of him, his favorite landscapes were flatland and prairie, now not only is expresident did he go to the amazon and do this incredible journey and he went to africa and spent a year recording Natural History of africa, i do not know if you realize that he came to your state and lived for a while in arizona hiking through the grand canyon he had saved. He then went and lived with native americas and wrote an article, he participated in a rattlesnake handling ceremony on his way from arizona into utah to see rainbow bridge. That is how committed he was, as x the president he wrote a very distinguished scientific piece on the tortoises of florida. Franklin roose
So as you are here with the Tucson National festival of books and the main library western National Parks association is very proud to present our special guest today , what a treat to have him back in tucson. With that, i introduce our moderator bill. Thank you. Yes, i am bill bill buckmaster i host a daily radio talkshow on kb oi a. M. 1030 the voice. Also you can listen to the program live anywhere in the world. By going to buckmaster show. Com. I hope you will check it out. Im excited to be here at the tucson festival of books and to be talking with Douglas Brinkley. Just to mention about the fest of your tax donation, taxdeductible donation really makes this all possible. It is a free eve so we do encourage you to visit the Student Union south ballroom or go to the website. Your gift will sternly make a tremendous a difference. Before we get into Douglas Brinkley i want to mention the way this will work, i will be talking oneonone with professor brinkley and then i will allow time
This is al jazeera live in new york city. Im del walters. An Appeals Court has delayed the officer the trial of officer goodison who is facing seconddegree murder charges in connection with the death of freddie gray. Jury selection was to begin this morning but the Court Proceedings have been put on hold. Instead the court is focusing on whether officer William Porter will instead of against goodison. He was driving the fan when gray suffered his injuries. He was aware from officer porter that freddie gray asked for medical help, and he didnt get it for him, and he was in control of the van. Were live in baltimore, john, what more can you tell us about the courts decision in this case . Well, del, an absolute legal bombshell has just exploded here in the court system in baltimore. Nobody i think was expecting what did happen, and that is that the trial that was due to get under way today with jury selection of officer goodison, who was the driver of the police wagon that freddie gray w
Mostly sunny wednesday and cold. Highs middle 40s, overnight lows in the lower to middle 20s. Keeping an eye on our next storm system that fight for the College Football National Title. As both teams take the field at university of phoenix stadium tonight. Theyll be lining up to play their 15th game of the season. When the tigers won the 1981 crown. They played only 12 games. Now with the addition of conference championship games and a four team playoff. That adds three more games to the schedule. That means more wear and tear on the student athletes. We finished the season playing 10 in a row, and the last stretch of that was a challenge because this is obviously a physical game, and its mentally taxing, and the balance of school and all those things, but our guys did as good a job as they could handling that. We were able to really get our team physically and mentally and emotionally think the timing of this has been excellent because its almost like weve got ready for the opener aga