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Up next on booktv brad meltzer weaves together historical accounts of Benedict Arnold and artifacts associated with the revolutionary war general in his new fictional thriller. [applause] here is where we have fun tonight. We have kids in the front row and that means chaos. Lets hear it for cspan. I love cspan. There is no better crowd than the washington metro area. All the viewers of cspan are in this room, and watch on a regular basis so we welcome everyone to cspan but a couple other things ...

Stake in the future and feel like your family will have the future here. What has happened in europe has not happened and thats our challenge. Our challenge is here and i think we have started to turn that corner. We are desperate for some Creative Ideas but you are right. Host karen very few people in United States nobodys topics more than you. You started with one timeout and now with the federal courts. Its a phenomenal book and i highly recommend it to everyone. Thank you for joining us toda...

Lightning. I said dont stand next to me in rainstorm and last request telling my son the story and telling them listen my dad was struck by lightning, his dad was struck by lightning and hes like oh my we could be struck by lightning and i would say we wont be but sure, we might be. Tonight, this is true my son and my family, my wife and my kids were taking the amtrak train to washington d. C. For this event. And theyre trained was struck by lightning. My son texted me and hes like you are not g...

First fulllength study of its kind. Dr. Silverman received his undergraduate degree at the university of virginia and his graduate degree at Colorado State and the university of kentucky. He has received many distinguished teaching awards. Is currently working on a companion volume detailing president lincolns reputation in 19thcentury europe. To elected terms of his local school board. Lets welcome professor jason silverman. [applause] thank you so much. When he mentioned the school board, that...

His recent work lincoln and the immigrant is a volume in a Concise Lincoln Library series. It was released in september. Of the more than 16,500 volumes 16,500 and counting volumes published on Abraham Lincoln, this is the first fulllength study of its kind. Dr. Silverman received his undergraduate degree at the university of virginia and his graduate degree at Colorado State and the university of kentucky. He has received many distinguished teaching awards. He is currently working on a companio...

Up next, we visit the smithsonian air and space museu. Jeremy kinney is a curator who shows us some of the museums prayer and oneofakind artifacts. Hello. Were going to go through a tour of some artifacts that really stand out in terms of the story of higher, faster, and farther. First, i would to talk about the museum overall. It has over 8 million visitors a year. Looking at the story of flight in the atmosphere, where i work in, we are looking at 500 aircraft and helicopters. About 67 are on ...

Endless wall along our borders and blame our challenges on immigrants, that does not just run counter to our history as the world melting pot. It contradicts the evidence that our growth and our innovation and our dynamism has always been spurred by our ability to attract strivers from every corner of the globe. That is how we became america. Why would we want to stop it now . [applause] president obama cant do it. Which brings me to my third point. Facts, evidence, reason, logic, an understandi...

To go to college and reach this milestone. I know what it feels like. That was my story as well. I grew up in a little place called riverside, california. Although both my parents were born in this country, neither of them spoke english until they went to school. My dad did not finish high school. But my parents were big, big believers in the power of education. They instilled that belief into their children, my Three Sisters and myself. They taught us that learning equals opportunity. There was...

The convention. Well hear from the president tonight. Of course, the democratic nominee will speak tomorrow night, before she does that, president obama will speak to perhaps, for the last time in front of the largest audience hell speak at a convention, at least before he leaves office. Take a look. There is not a liberal america and a conservative america. There is the United States of americ keynote speech in boston in 2004 brought Hillary Clinton out of her seat. Anything is possible. You st...

Charity. This morning, why the Clinton Campaign is calling that report utterly flawed. And cashing in . A new twist in the controversy surrounding the skyrocketing cost of lifesaving epipens. The salary of the head of the company that makes them rising from 2 million to nearly 19 million in just eight years. The outrage and the companys explanation, today, wednesday, august 24th, 2016. This is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning,...