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You can watch for free on the Library Facebook page, purchase a copy of the book for 10 and pick it up at your local branch after the release date or in the toledo region, a signed book plate delivered to your door through the secure, on the website and you see them following people joining us. Someone you remember as maria from sesame street. We host the author of the bestseller, on october 20 second inspirational american poet into the rights activist giovanni. And doctor michael, all these ev...

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About being a librarian in congress. I can remember that because i was surprised, i had been advising and consulting because this was an opportunity for the Library Community to weigh in basically on what would be needed for the library of Congress Going into the next few decades so my name was put forward as a person that i should talk to and that went on for a little while and then i was asked, would you consider being considered for the position yourself and it took me back a little bit and i...

South. The fires so far have killed at least three people. 64,000 have evacuated san mateo and santa cruz counties as the fire rages. Cal fire expects these fires to grow significantly. That growth is putting a big strain on resources. Ten states have contributed or pledged assistance. Hes pledged help from australia and canada. We want to take a look at the czu lightning fire, 50,000 acres and spreading, still no containmt. E un where tens of thousands of people have been evacuated. Ie know tha...

Dr. Faucis new warning to americans that the fight against the coronavirus is far from over and to brace for a difficult fall. Dont ever, ever underestimate the potential of the pandemic. The new study this morning linking covid infections and dining out. Abc news exclusive, the president and ceo of walmart live on the economy, jobs and what the retail giant is stocking up on ahead of a possible second wave and when will we see those popular disinfectants fully back on store shelves. Kicking off...

Was on fire. Reporter thats andy immel standing in the photo surrounded by whats left of the home he built over 42 years. H nifds gandline. Nd tdher, j s big cry. Before that it was we dont know, maybe. We kept hope. Reporter but on that morning that the immels were still hoping, this is what was happening in their neighborhood and all over boulder creek. By morning it was all rubble. The bits and pieces that make a home completely charred. This street, fallen leaf drive, completely devastated. ...

Bay area at this time. Take a look at the lightning strikes that are there. This is just a 10minute time frame here. And it continues to be active with hail reported in santa rosa earlier today, in addition to all of that thunderstorm activity that moved through early on. If i pull you way back, you can see where that moisture is coming from, but with the cloud cover in place today, we are actually a little cooler in many spots. Take a look at napa, down by 11 degrees, down by 9 in hayward. Temp...

Life, i would have written a book about Andrew Johnson, i would have told them they were crazy. Its not that i dont think hes an interesting person. He really is an interesting person. And not that i didnt know anything about him, but for most of my career as a historian, i have tried to avoid the period of reconstruction. And it sounds strange for someone who writes about slavery, which is a difficult topic to write about. But i find it easier to deal with the 17th century and 18th century and ...

President lincolns assassination. This was recorded at the Philadelphia Free library in 2011. Its about an hour. Thank you very much. Its wonderful to be here again. I love this venue. Get lots of good questions which we will save time for at the end. This is an interesting occasion for me. This is actually the first time ive been up in front of an audience talking about Andrew Johnson. Forgive me if i say jefferson occasionally. I had to write that when i was writing, i did a spell check in the...

Getting ready to give us an update in just a few minut czu burning south of San Francisco, so we are waiting on that. And while we do were going to check in with meteorologist lisa argen. Whats happening right now, lisa . Good morning, liz. Yesterday we had a nice welldefined marine layer. This morning not the case. Its pretty diffuse and looking at a layer of smoke over the bay area. Decreasing visibility at the shore. That 4 to 5 mile visibility from the smoke over from livermore to san jose w...