Going to set a course its going to go one way or its going to go another and if it goes the other way its going to be a a terrible thing. Now at 10 the final countdown is on until our nation will find out just who is going to become the next president of the united states. Thanks for joining us everybody on this election eve. Im Vicki Liviakis and im grant lotus syria. We have a lot to get to as we get set for tomorrow but first. Were following a big story out of San Francisco where a firefighter is in Critical Condition tonight after a major accident involving a muni bus. This is video from the citizen app it shows the scene this is earlier today Officials Say a firefighter responding to an electrical fire near market and spear was knocked to the ground and hit his head yeah that firefighter is recovering tonight at San Francisco General Hospital. And thats we find kron fours Jonathan Mccall hes live at the latest on investigation jonathan. Thank grant that firefighter has been identi
Cspan nearly 40 times and over the next five hourswere going to share some of those programs with you. First up tonight in 1993, Mister Buckley sat down to discuss a collection of his essays from his book happy days are here again. Here he is on cspans Interview Program from 1993, book notes. On the cover of your new book it says reflections of a libertarian journalist. Do you always call yourself a libertarian western mark. Off and on. As i of course do, its something called the movement was encouraged by me in National Review during the late 50s and the idea was to put out to the straight libertarians and conservatives how much they had in common and how effective this symbiosis would be between them. So from time to time i stressed the fact that every now and then that im a libertarian and in most of what i write theres a certain amount of it that is does not augment or diminish human liberty. Did i remember you saying maybe when you ran for mayor of new york that this may not be yo
Members of the frequent buyer program. Next monday the 13th we will welcome jack davis in the book the making of an american c. On wednesday the 15th roy scranton will be in conversatiow with andrew to discuss the new book were doomed, now what. Essay on war and Climate Change prethose events begin at 7 00 p. M. Right here in theebo bookstore. When labor day around the corner, the fall of the season is about to kick off, we will welcome authors like john kerry, deborah, joe, Walter Mosley and many others. You can learn more about these and all of her Upcoming Events on our website just harvard. Com event or on the yellow flyers. After this talk will have time for questions from the audience, we are pleased to have cspan taping todays event if you did not notice. As a request when you ask a question, stand up and speak loudly so they will be able to pick it up. I am pleased to know you will be recorded. Following q a will have a book signing at the table. Reader, come home is available
Good evening. Im tony clark from the Carter Library. Cant tell you how excited i am to see you all for the audience, watching this. It has rained all day long, and it is raining very hard right now. And to see you all turn out tonight, i think is a tribute to ingrid and her organization and the book. So thank you all very much. I appreciate it. If you have not been to our Author Program before, i would encourage you to good on to the judgmenty Carter Library website. We have two to three authors, sometimes four, every week, and they are just fascinating. Later this week we have a book called wilmingtons lie about the rise of white nationalists and wilmington, North Carolina, back in the 1880s. We have judge douglas ginsburg, talk us about his book, voices of the republic, a tiein with a pbs series on thursday. We have a whole bunch of wonderful authors so i encourage you to take a look there and come back see is again. Im delighted for tonights program. Inning grids newkirk was born in
[applause] i will give david a moment. Thank you all for coming and for your patience. What a Beautiful Day it is to be here. Im the executive director of the Library Association and on behalf of the board of trustees we welcome you to this gorgeous day in what promises to be a memorable hour with one of americas greatest authors and historians david mccullough. [applause] for those of you that might not be familiar, we were founded in 1929 by the ohio first lady. She was an avid reader who thought there should be a collection of books i ohio writers were about the subjects in the residence and symbolized the idea. Today through its collection, publications, but the words and festivals, it connects readers and writers and promotes the state as one of the truly great literary centers of the united states. 2019 marks the 90th anniversary of. Can you think of anyone who would be more perfect to add luster to your celebrations of van David Mcauliff . [applause] we presented the award to da