You promote books and reading. You live with books. And you are involved with the study of books. And i said, thats true. We also promote books through events such as tonights. This is part of our books and beyond author series. Its where we focus on authors who have written new books that have Something Special to do with the library of congress. And in this case, as our speaker will tell you, there is a direct connection with the library and with an archive. And when i wrote the press release, i didnt really realize the extent of the collection that we have that supports this particular book. We have the archive not just the recordings for Mary Margaret mcbride. You will hear about that tonight from our speaker. Susan is a special friend of the library of congress. She has been here before to work on a particular project. We have some of the editors of this project here tonight. A american Women Library of congress guide for the study of womens history and culture in the United State
Welcome to the library of congress. Im john kohl, director of the center in the book for the library of congress. I was talking to our speaker earlier tonight and described what i was doing. She said, you have a wonderful job. You promote books and reading. You live with books. And you are involved with the study of books. And i said, thats true. We also promote books through events such as tonights. This is part of our books and beyond author series. Its where we focus on authors who have written new books that have Something Special to do with the library of congress. And in this case, as our speaker will tell you, there is a direct connection with the library and with an archive. And when i wrote the press release, i didnt really realize the extent of the collection that we have that supports this particular book. We have the archive not just the recordings for Mary Margaret mcbride. You will hear about that tonight from our speaker. Susan is a special friend of the library of congr
Tomorrow, and we will have more in a few minutes. And now to france, where for the third time in the best 18 months, the country is dealing with the aftermath of mass murder at the hands of terrorists. 84 people are dead after a truck plowed through a crowd of people who were celebrating best deal day. More than 200 people have been hurt, many in Critical Condition it happened during bastille day. It is a French National of tunisian descent as the identified terrorist. He is not known to be part of a terror organization. Authorities taking the suspects exwife into custody. We do not know what this woman is being charged with. Lets get more from kenneth moton. Fear. Ic and cheers for celebrations turned into terror as thound french resort town filled with tourists. A semi truck plowed to this than 80promenade, more dead, including american Sean Copeland and his 11yearold son, from texas. Dozens of others were injured. I mean, i just grabbed my fiancee and we started running. The truck l
Misstatement guest today his wife said in stan of remembering how he died we should focus on his amazing gift he has given the world. Only living here for a very short period of time. It became a household name in 1978. The show took off as high octane improvisation style. During that time he became the darling of the Television Talkshow circuit. To most recent chicago standup comedy chicago theater. A career in the movies that would smack him three oscar nominations. , these are classics but he also dug into the deaths of trauma. When people start the process of just saying no and being among others learning the are not alone. More often performed with him had come in eclipse. He was one of those people that a pop band. Seemed like he had to get it out of his system. He is more than a comedian he was a comedy force of nature. Other reaction to the death Stephen Spielberg saying that he was a Lightning Storm of comedy genius and our laughter was the thunder that sustained him. Kevin ha
All thats coming up. We begin tonight with events half a world away. Affecting this country and possibly your familys financial situation. Chinas stock market took another nose dive today. Triggering another suspension of trading, which in turn has triggered slumps in asian, european and american markets. We have fox team coverage, trish regan in new york with whato yo. We begin with correspondent kevin corke at the white house, good evening. Second time in a week weve seen this happen in china. This is, there are fears all over the globe about chinas growth and obviously its currency devaluation. Ricochetting all around the world and its increasing concerns about the safety and security of the pacific rim economic giant. As chilly economic winds cut through chinas stock market today, the shivers reverberated throughout the global economy. And in the process, raised new questions about the Obama Administrations socalled pivot toward asia. Analysts call it will perfect storm. Falling oi