Of you for being with us. Ac360 begins now breaking news and a possible campaign, stop at the southern border for vice president harris is new polling gives him a boost in arizona and two other battleground states. Also tonight she says, yes, to a second debate, the former president says, no political power couple paul james carville and mary matalin join us for their take on the campaign plus the latest from israel and lebanon after the deadliest israeli airstrikes on hezbollah targets in a generation good evening. Thanks for joining us, the former president is holding the second of two events today in western pennsylvania, his trip through the commonwealth shadowed by a mobile billboard for the democratic national committee many reading, there s no debate. Donald trump s a chicken. The message alluding to his decision to opt out of a second debate with vice president harris, the faceoff would err on october 23 on cnn again, she s already said yes and invited him to do the same joinin
day known as bloody sunday. on this day in 1965, 600 people began a march from selma to montgomery, demanding an toned discrimination in voter registration. marchers were beaten by white state troopers, including the late congressman john lewis, as they tried to cross the edmund pettus bridge. it helped spark outrage. cnn s arlette saenz is joining us right now. arlette is there in selma for the event today. the president is expected to make his own case for maintaining, restoring lost voter rights. reporter: yeah, fred, he is. the president will make his arguments against the backdrop of what was a brutal, yet very historic moment in the civil rights movement. the president will be here to celebrate the 58th anniversary of bloody sunday, as you recapped, the moment where civil rights and voting rights activists crossed that bridge right behind me and were severely beaten by police officers, many white police officers. the president is traveling to selma. the white house sa
frequently on american history and politics for major media outlets. his writing has appeared in the los angeles times the huffington post slate the new republic the conversation time and the them post just to name a few. and he s here tonight to talk with us about his first book and i think it is probably gonna be the first of many it looks like you ve got some projects lined up but the book tonight west of slavery the southern dream of a transcontinental empire published by unc press and i will mention that we do have the shop the book for sale in our museum shop. so without without further ado, i m going to turn the screen over to dr. waite. great. thank you, kelly. and thank you all for for showing up. i know it s been a long long year. i m not going to give individual shout-outs, but it s really nice to see a lot of familiar faces on my screen. so i i first went to the american civil war museum with my parents when i was a high school student, you know 15 plus years ago
and you can see her right here on the screen. unfortunately another panelists kerry lane merritt had a family emergency a while ago and and let us know that she would not be to participate today. so just in terms of this panel, i would like to just put forward a few framing remarks on the 1862 moment and then let the speakers go for around 10 minutes each. i deliver their remarks maybe talk amongst each other raise some questions for each other. i ll be happy to facilitate that and then really open it up for q&a with the audience and another reminder do come up to the mic if you have a question. so in most conventional histories of the civil war the year 1863 is often taken as the turning point of the war the euro significant union military victories at gettysburg and vicksburg and most importantly the year president abraham lincoln issued the historic emancipation proclamation. but from the vantage point of indian country in the west 1862 emerges as a crucial market during t
my name is manisha sinha, and i m the draper chair in american history at the university of connecticut, and i will be sharing and moderating this round table. also inform you of course again that the panel is being televised by c-span and one of our speakers michael corner will be zooming in for her remarks and you can see her right here on the screen. unfortunately another panelists kerry lane merritt had a family emergency a while ago and and let us know that she would not be to participate today. so just in terms of this panel, i would like to just put forward a few framing remarks on the 1862 moment and then let the speakers go for around 10 minutes each. i deliver their remarks maybe talk amongst each other raise some questions for each other. i ll be happy to facilitate that and then really open it up for q&a with the audience and another reminder do come up to the mic if you have a question. so in most conventional histories of the civil war the year 1863 is often tak