Economic educated station is in. A deepening economic crisis and lebanon drains confidence in the government somebody says the threats and the process. My. Syrian rebels are fighting to hold on to a key northwestern time theyve recaptured from the army. Supported by turkey Opposition Forces went into serach of overnights reversing one of the main gains of the governments devastating russian backed offensive in the region the army and its allies are pushing to get saka back kenzer chipping away at other parts of it lived province the last rebel held strongholds aljazeera is milad fattal has made it to the town and says he can hear the Army Fighting to recapture its. No and that is the medina we are inside sort of keep the city seized by the armed Opposition Forces today thats the sort of kid radio tower the citys most prominent landmark there are us what is the back of us well as we speak you can hear sounds of explosions clashes and airstrikes by russian fighter jets zooming across the
A boarding house near the legislature building. And putnam came to him. Putnam was old enough to have been his father, came up to his room and said youve got to get up out of bed because were going to cast the vote today. And he said i cant. He said youve got to. So he did. Some people say he was carried in on a stretcher. I found no proof of that. In any event, he got to the legislature. He gave a powerful speech, and he voted. And the measure to introduce slavery into ohio and thus the whole Northwest Territory was defeated by one vote. [applause] and yet nobody has ever heard of his name. [applause] people have said to me, if you had put this in a novel, your editor would say no, this would never happen in real life. It did happen in real life. And we should know about that and know about him and hes the one who did more than anybody else to get education passed by the Legislature Later on providing School Public schooling public learning all the way through the university of ohio.
[applause] i will give david a moment. Thank you all for coming and for your patience. What a Beautiful Day it is to be here. Im the executive director of the Library Association and on behalf of the board of trustees we welcome you to this gorgeous day in what promises to be a memorable hour with one of americas greatest authors and historians david mccullough. [applause] for those of you that might not be familiar, we were founded in 1929 by the ohio first lady. She was an avid reader who thought there should be a collection of books i ohio writers were about the subjects in the residence and symbolized the idea. Today through its collection, publications, but the words and festivals, it connects readers and writers and promotes the state as one of the truly great literary centers of the united states. 2019 marks the 90th anniversary of. Can you think of anyone who would be more perfect to add luster to your celebrations of van David Mcauliff . [applause] we presented the award to da
I will give david a moment thank you all for coming and thank you for your patience a Beautiful Day to be here of the executive director from the Library Association and the board of trustees we welcome you to this wonderful day that what truly is a memorable hour in one of our great historians David Mccullough. [applause] for those of you who may not be familiar felt and 1929 and avid reader who thought she had a collection book of ohio writers and from there to symbolize and today winning book awards and festivals and publications and then to promote our state is on the truly great literate centers of the united states. And a 2019 marking the 90th anniversary can you think of anyone who is more perfect to celebrate the 90th anniversary celebration than David Mccullough . [applause] three years ago he presented the award for the Wright Brothers how many of you have read that . He told us he was working on a new book he was particularly excited about and we said when he finished it we
This evening the committee voted to release response to the majoritys memo. We think this will help inform the public of the many distortions and inaccuracies in the majority memo. We also asked as a part of our transmittal to the white house that unlike the process that was used the department of justice and fbi would be consulted and have the opportunity to vent any information they may be concerned about in terms of sources and methods. Theyve already had the memo for several days. We also want to make sure that any reductions that are made are fully explained to the committee by the fbi or department of justice and likewise by the white house. We want to make sure the white house doesnt redact from political purposes and that is a concern. The majority found themselves in the position when they released misleading the memos had refused to release the democratic response they were compelled to take the actions they did today and we think this will be useful for the American People t