Guest that is exactly where i went. I went to Public School and go to ccd wednesdays and send that got my confirmation in 1955. Spring training. I would go to spring training to write some sort of article and play around and see the players in a relaxed setting. I wrote an article about his quest for the batting title and turned out to be an extraordinary story because i got close to his sister, his mother, his sister and his family, his sister was a big history buff so she came to concorde, my hometown and i took her around and we became friends as a result and in 1986 the year the red sox almost won the world series we were talking, i mentioned wade boggs had a broken rib and we didnt think the doctor was taking good care of him, we have to get him to another doctor, they said he should go to a different doctor and what happened is the mother called wade boggs, he told her he loved her and then she was killed in a car crash with her mother, his grandmother and mother were gone and fo
winning doris kearnes goodwin. she has appeared on c-span and book tv over 60 times. she s well-known for her work on abraham lincoln. her book was inspiration for steven spielberg s film in 2012. she earned her ph.d. in harvard. coming up, we ll reair her indepth appearance where she discussed her entire body of work and took phone calls. we ll show you discussions from her books, leadership in turbulent times and bully pulpit, but we ll start with her january 1st, 1995 appearance on the c-span series book notes. in this hour long interview, she discussed franklin and eleanor roosevelt in the home front during world war ii, her book no ordinary time won the pulitzer prize for history. here is historian doris kearnes goodwin. doris kearnes goodwin author of no ordinary time if you could ask franklin roosevelt or elino eleanor roosevelt any questions, what would it be? i would ask her why she was unable during the war where he asked her to be his wife again and stop tr
After their engagement. Their hot air balloon proposal, a scare that is keeping them in each others arms. Monday, may 29th, memorial day. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now. I like, i like the image of that proposal. The proposal. Not sure exactly if it, well get to it, because an interesting story. When it scares the bejeezus out of you. I do. Well start halfhour off with a serious note dmort korea firing a missile landing in the sea of japan. U. S. Officials say the latest test appears to involve shortrange scud missile. It flew nearly 300 miles before landing in japan socalled Economic Zone where there are active fishing boats as well as cargo ships there. There were no reports of damage. The ninth missile test conducted by north korea this year. It is trying to perfect a longrange Ballistic Nuclear missile capable of reaching the United States. U. S. Officials say everyone is in danger. Of this, this, regime is a threat to the region. To japan. To south korea. And in t
Anniversary of the birth of president john f. Kennedy. Americas youngest president ever elected into office. The jfk library and museum beginning a year long celebration to mark the former president s centennial. Those are some of our top stories on this memorial day, monday, may 29th. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now. We begin this halfhour with north korea facing international condemination over its latest missile launch. The north fired a shortrange missile hours age flew 280 miles, landing in the sea of japan. It is the latest sign that the north is bent on improving its fire power that may one day be capable of reaching the u. S. Abcs correspondent has the latest from seoul. Reporter north Korean Leader kim jungun is making it loud and clear. Nine missile tests so far this year, he wants a variety of missiles that could threaten close neighbors and far away enemies like the United States. The farthest tipped with nuclear bombs. After carrying out two Nuclear Tests l
Shanghai up. Early trading in europe, modest advances across the board. Cac is up. If you look at crude oil, last week was big for oil up 4 for the week, in spitting distance of 50. Up to 49. 78 a barrel. Corporate news the big one, Charter Communications announced it is not interested, i repeat, not interested in buying wireless carrier sprint follows news friday that sprint was interested in merging with charter to create a media outlet controlled we understand why a deal is attractive for softbank. Could kill any chance of deal between the companies. The wall street journal saying the ceo could make a formal offer anyway take a look at shares of sprint. Put context around whats going on sprint up close to 6 . Charter up marginally as well. Surprising sprint is where it is sprint had been talking back and forth to t mobile. Thats been the natural partner. T mobile effectively spurned sprint and sprint has gone on this sort of merger talk spree with anybody who will listen surprising