Is threatening sanctions against companies building the pipeline and moscow expels to german diplomats in a tit for tat move over the murder of a Chechen Rebel commander here in berlin earlier this year. I bring to our viewers on p. B. S. In the United States and all around the world welcome in just under 2 hours the polls will close in the u. K. General election it is an election a campaign that has been overshadowed by brecks at the most divisive issue in british politics in living memory conservative Prime Minister Boris Johnson cast his vote earlier today he is hoping to secure a majority to get his plans parliament its the opposition labor leader germy corben also voted today his party gaining ground in the final week of the campaign and despite early predictions that johnson would secure a majority recent polls suggest that the result is simply too close to call. One. Of the women. Hammering his point home Prime Minister Boris Johnson canvassing for last minute votes in this brea
this was a true labor of love. i researched my topic for three years and spent a year-plus writing it. it is hummabling and gratifying to see it so well received, and to be following walter isakson, robert caro, and tony. [applause] i came to develop a strong interest in paul jennings when i was director of education at james madison s month peelier in virginia. i was familiar with jennings memoir considered by the white house historical association to be the first memoir of life in the white house. it was titled a colored man s rem innocences of james madison, and as the title implies, it s really more about the so-called great man than it was about the author himself. my interest was in paul jennings. i set out to discover elements of his own biography to uncover the circumstances behind the original publication of the memoir in 1865 and to find an interview living direct descendents. a slave in the white house, paul jennings and the madisons is the story of paul jenning
of times hair and mccain once said about words that words aren t simply a piece of communication and element of communication. just because it s not in the dictionary doesn t mean it s not a word. that is to say you don t need a pedigree to be a dog. that s sort of the way to look at it but one thing that i find this interesting is a lot of writers especially contemporary writers love to create their own words. my favorite example is calvin trillin the humorist and new yorker writer. he actually created a couple of words which i give them full credit for. wonky as one and the other is the buffalo chicken wings which were called before that spicy chicken wings and when he wrote the book called alice let eat they become buffalo chicken wings because he had them in buffalo new york when he was on a pilgrimage about food. the guy that is funny to me is when i was doing research on the book i found sinclair lewis would invent words and send off letters to merriam-webster. the lett
in the 1930. you can visit us online for this weekend s schedule. booktv continues with paul dickson. he takes a look at the creation of words but by authors. this is about 50 minutes. thank you, barbara. this is a special treat with you here today. thank you. we actually did invent an authorism for our 450th birthday, 450th anniversary, and i did that by going to the editor-in-chief at merriam-webster, and they got the staff to come up with a name. whether that makes it in the dictionary or not, at least it made it in my book, and now it s on it will be shown elsewhere. this business of what gets in and what doesn t get in is a fascinating subject because a lot aaron mckeon once said words are simply a piece of communication, an element of communication and just because it s not in the dictionary doesn t mean it s not a word. she used to say you don t need a pedigree to be a dog. and so that s sort of the way to look at it. one thing i find that s really interest
and. this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. suarez: president obama called today for what amounts to a national awakening to stop gun deaths in america. he detailed an action plan, all the while acknowledging that the most far-reaching measures face tough going in congress. we can t put this off any longer. suarez: with that, the president laid out his strategy, before an audience of congress members, cabinet advisors, and the families of those killed in the school shootings in newtown, connecticut. in the month since 20 precious children and six brave adults were violently taken from us at sandy hook elementary, more than 900 of our fellow americans have reportedly died at the end of a gun 900 in the past month. and every day we wait, that number will keep growing. so i m putting forward a specific set of proposals based on the work of joe s task force. a