And watch for many of the authors in the near future on book tv. On cspan2. Good evening everyone and thanks for being here tonight at Balboa High School in San Francisco. I am susan solomon, i am a kindergarten and prek teacher currently serving as president of the united educators of San Francisco. [applause] thank you so how many educators we have in the room today . Okay, a lot of them. And Community Supporters . Those two. We also have San Francisco board of education member with this allison collins, glad you could make it i see others walk in, zero Gabrielle Lopez another school board member. So happy to have everyone here. Of course we are here to hear diane ravitch, i have a couple of housekeeping items. Can trade a retired social studies teacher in San Francisco, taught here at one time, is passing out cards on which you can write questions. So our format is going to be diane and i are going to talk for a little while, and then we will open the floor to questions from the aud
Cspan2 with top Nonfiction Book authors every weekend. Book tv, television for serious readers. Good evening, everyone, welcome to the bookshop, we are happy you are here tonight to we are happy to have Megan Kate Nelson with us with her new book, the threecornered war, the union, confederacy and native people and the site for the west. This is an engrossing narrative account which shows how the civil war, the indian wars in western expansion are all interconnected, the 1860s were a time of National Conflict which involved not only the north and south but also the mark in west. Her primary Source Research involves letters and diaries, military records and oral histories and photographs and maps from that time and nelson write specifically about nine individuals who worked toward Self Determination in the fight for the region. Some of these people are fairly known to us like frontiersmen, and wanita who we get to know their stories lost to history until now. And nelson unearth their sto
So happy to have everyone here. Of course we are here to listen to Diane Ravitch. I have a couple housekeeping items, can a retired social studies teacher from San Francisco talk here at one time, is passing out cards on which you can write questions. So our format will be diane and i are going to talk for a little while. And then we will open the floor to questions from the audience. And the questions will come from the cards and that way we will know if a lot of people are asking the same question we have the cards and will know to ask that question. So i would like to give a little introduction i know a lot of people have been following Diane Ravitch for long time. Diane ravitch as a champion for schools around the country drawing on over 40 years of research and experience ravitch is one of the nations leading advocates for Public Education. Her years of experience, working in the government shaped her approach to education and gave her a unique and powerful perspective which she b
Maria good wednesday morning. Thanks for joining us i hope you are having a good wednesday morning. I am maria bartiromo, wednesday, march 20, 8 00 a. M. On the east coast, hiding from American Public hunter biden is not expected to show up today for a public hearing before the House Oversight committee his lawyer dismissed the hearing as quote a carnival sideshow in december before he testified under oath behind closed doors hunter pushed for a public hearing, remember . I am here to testify in a public hearing today. To answer any of the committees legitimate questions republicans do not want open process where americans can see expose their faceless inquiry or hear what i have to say what are they afraid of . I am here. I am ready. Yeah hunter biden former business parn Tony Bobulinski testifying today told lawmakers joe biden is quote the big guy, there is oped with exerpts from testimony says i want to be Crystal Clear from a direct personal experience what i have assessed come to
Court is back in session as the leadoff Witness For The Prosecution returns to the stand in the new york criminal case against former president donald trump. Welcome to a new hour of americas newsroom, bill hemmer is off today but shannon is my partner in crime and down at the courthouse. Shannon good to be with you. Im Shannon Bream. Right now the Trump Defense is continuing its Cross Examination questioning that former publisher of the National Enquirer. The major update out of the trial since court began 30 minutes ago, the judge began todays session by pushing back next weeks Gag Order Hearing from wednesday afternoon. It is now going to be thursday morning at 9 30 eastern. Well have you covered on that. As Cross Examination began a member of the prosecution began the questioning yesterday was unclear when he was referencing federal and state prosecutors. Dana on his way to court he said he should be on the campaign trail, not new york city. Yesterday went very well in this courtho