[captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] welcome to many of our new students. Happy 40th birthday, cspan. We will focus on the Continental Army and were situating this very much in the broad history of war and the military and the Continental Army is different from other armies that preceded it, largely because its one thats very much based on ideals and certain concepts and beliefs, rather than your sort of traditional army. So, what is the Continental Army . Where is it, first of all . America. America ok. It will become the first United States army. But before it is the u. S. Army, it is the army of . America, yes. About what element of america but element of america . When does the Continental Army begin . Its not necessarily with the start of the revolution, but we will pick up with the beginning of the war. A couple classes ago, we were talking about the french and indian war and that
It all ended with several people being hurt. Good afternoon im jim donovan. Im rahel solomon. Officials now say they have the situation under control. Correspondent weja chang has latest developments. Several bullets pierced the windshield of a black suv outside the headquarters of the National Security agency. Law enforcement sources say tell cbs news the driver of the vehicle tried to drive through a security gate at an entrance to the campus wednesday morning located on the fort meade camp campus. Sources tell cbs news shots were fired but no one was hit. Three people in the vehicle were hurt in the crash which caused the air bags to deploy. Several people were taken to the hospital. The nsa released a statement saying the situation is under control and theres no ongoing security or safety threat. Investigators from the fbi nsa and local police are all on the scene which is just beyond this parking lot which is also a staging area for the media. The incident is reminiscent of a dead
Can you hear me ok . Thank you so much for being here today. We are really excited to have this book. Michael and i go back a few years now. I have been a big cheerleader of his for several years. It is exciting to have this conversation with you to learn more about this book. First, michael, why did you decide to write this book . I think that is the biggest question. Michael first, i want to thank the museum of American Finance for hosting this and organizing this. Hamilton, Alexander Hamilton, is the most fascinating and remarkable founding father. Yet there is so much of his life that is uncertain, controversial. I started by just reading about hamilton, and i learned about all this controversy. What year was he born . What battle did he fight him . All the stuff we did not know. I basically read every book there is. I went to all the primary sources to determine what the truth is, and wrote it down. When you learn the truth, his story is even more remarkable than what you read in
Delighted to be at the convention. My first convention. Ive been working for hillary for eight years. To get her in the white house. Thats why im here. It is my passion. Im from ohio. Im a delegate for bernie and i 21. Am this is my first convention. I am the state director of College Students for bernie and im really excited to be here. My generation and the millennials, we are about the same size of the baby boomers and it is really important for us to show up. We are having a great time at the convention and looking forward to the rest of it. Voices from the road on cspan. Talk next, historians about the process of writing a president ial biography. This event was part of a Pulitzer Prize centennial the george w. Bush president ial center. It is just over an hour. [applause] thank you. Laura and i want to welcome you. Of the president and ceo bush center and all of us who work here are thrilled you are here. I must confess i have mixed emotions. I am thrilled to be part of this, and
I got mixed emotions. I am thrilled to be a part of this. But im disappointed youre not here to give me the Pulitzer Prize for the book i wrote. [laughter] Good Organization needs a Pulitzer Prize recipient on the staff. Heres the bush center, we have bill mckenzie. [applause] thank you for convincing us to join you in hosting this. It is very exciting for the bush center that you are here. All the members of the Pulitzer Prize board as well as the representatives from 41s library and i forgot lbjs number. [laughter] as a history buff, i aim thrilled that i met and to john and ron turn our here to be interviewed. [applause] get my book reconsidered, i thought i would share an active with you. Talk to vladimir about the necessities to have a free press in order for the society to be a wholesome and vibrant society. He had just suspended the independent press. This was in slovakia. I couldnt identify during the debates. Its during the debates. During the debates. [laughter] i said, vladi