And now Pulitzer Prize winner Caroline Fraser discusses the life and novels of Laura Ingalls wilder. She explained the differences between actual events in the authors life, the little house on the prairie book series, and the television adaptation. The Jefferson County, Missouri Library hosted this event. Good evening, everybody. We are really thrilled to see you here tonight. This is the third and final program in this series. We kept miss fraser very busy for the last two days and weve had wonderful crowds turned out each time. We sold out of the books. It has been really very satisfying. To have cspan here taping this to show on television is just the icing on the cake. Its such a wonderful feeling to know that something so positive representing Jefferson County will be on national television. My job tonight. [applause] is to introduce the two people on the podium who will be conducting this conversation. Jane henderson is the book editor at the st. Louis post dispatch. She grew up
A standoff with the government over crop prices shows no sign of being resolved. Plus a backlash and boycotts the nikkei it for its provoke debate about diversity in japan. And im he said with the sport and then pick organizers say the tokyo games will cost an extra 2400000000. 00 because of the delay caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Now more than one of the half 1000000 people have died from covert 1000 worldwide a 3rd of those deaths happened in just the last 2 months several countries have been reporting Record Numbers of deaths in new cases among them italy which registered its highest daily death toll on thursday since the start of the pandemic its introducing new restrictions including limiting movement between regions in the worlds worst affected countries the United States hospital admissions and fatalities have also reached new highs the president elect joe biden says he will ask americans to wear masks during his 1st 3 months in office. Its on the 1st day im an arguer had
So were going to be reducing our forces in germany some will be coming home and some will be going to other places as ever we cant say what the plans are with a vague system told i had to train my important during the next couple. Earthshaking changes to why i think we have 3 new American Leadership the future is going back to head of the table but of course the u. S. Presence in germany is the sort of old lethal and let him go back were going to back in do you. Also on the day its crunch time again and post press that negotiations between britain and the European Union this weekend could be crucial oh not we had expected. A fast process of negotiation its the 1st time we thought that we would we will have a clear day which for the end of the decision we will see what will happen in the next. Welcome to the day we start in the u. S. Where lawmakers in congress are preparing to block President Trumps order to withdraw u. S. Troops from germany in july the pentagon announced it would pul
A recently formed island that critics say is vulnerable to flooding and psych loans refugees and aid groups claim some people have been coerced obando desh the night is this almost a 1000000 range and live in crowded comps on the mainland the un is requesting oversight of the process. A legendary nightclub forced to close because of the corona virus and demick has reopened as a covert 19 Testing Center cat was a popular venue for fetishists and was closed in march the club has advised its new visitors coming for a rapid virus test to arrive clothes and not ready to party. This is news from berlin follow us on twitter and instagram at news of is it our website d. W. Dot com. Now in a rare display of bipartisan unity the u. S. Congress is agreed that President Trumps decision to withdraw u. S. Troops from germany must be reversed thats just one of the provisions of the final draft of the National Defense authorization act which Congress Still has to vote on the president has already thre
Washingtons partisan battle. Joining us now is bloombergs chief content officer marty schenker. Many people thought this was an inspired choice. It ticks so many boxes. Just your sense of what this means for how washington is now going to operate. Martin i wouldnt describe it as necessarily inspired. It is an inspiring lee safe inspiringly safe choice because she is so wellknown on both sides of the aisle. I think she will have a relatively easy time getting confirmed. She is a traditionalist in many ways. She has been at the fed. Shes been at the white house. Shes a great believer in consensus. I think that is what you are going to need with the incoming treasury secretary. Alix nonetheless, it is the first woman treasury secretary, the first woman to lead the fed. This is definitely in that respect a boulder choice. However, how do the progressives feel about her . Marty i think they are very supportive. There is reporting out there that Elizabeth Warren was the person who recommende