This is the Woodrow Wilson house in washington d. C. , the home of our 28 president and former first Lady Edith Wilson after they left the white house in 1921, youll see more of that over the next two hours as we tell the story of the story of the two Woodrow Wilson first ladies, edith and allen. Ellen and woodrow met in their twenties and their love was reflected in passionate letters. And passioned artists and an intellectual companion, she adopted causes and set an example for future first ladies. Ellen wilson died in the white house a year and a half into the president s term. The grieving president soon met washington businesswoman edith galt through a mutual friend. They married after a series secret courtship, and she served as first lady for more than five years. Her unprecedented role in managing the president s affairs after the president s stroke remains one of the most controversial elements of any first lady. Welcome to the continuing series, first ladies, influence and im
His book has received many honors including the Pulitzer Prize. He and his wife are longtime residents of austin, texas. Together they won the Pulitzer Prize of 1990. He has repeatedly in hong kong, beijing and tokyo. And with that i would like to welcome lawrence wright. I should say i am a longtime fan of larry in his work. And also a fan of this book. Let me just her up by saying it is a strange and obviously to begin with this remote feature. In keeping with this book how else do you begin talking to a book about pandemics. Its really weird. People asked me about it and i say it is really strange. Its not anything i have ever participated in. I did feel like we were going to face a big pandemic one day. The fact that its today is a total coincidence. Early this year when did you begin to talk to the publisher and say ive done a Little Research about the situation that we are headed for when did you realize you were to be publishing in the middle of a pandemic. The chinese made thei
Pursuing solutns for americas neglected needs. And by contributions to this pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Host this is outside source on bbc news viewers in the u. K. And around the world. We are covering all of the latest on the coronavirus in britain and globally. Staggering jobs figures from the u. S. The number of americans filing Unemployment Benefits since march nears 40 million. China decreeing new National Security that will give it an even firmer grip on hong kong. Activists fear it is an attempt to limit freedoms and silence beijings opponents. At least 80 people are killed as a cyclone leaves a trail of destruction across parts of india and bangladesh. And we delve into the politics in brazil as the number of deaths from coronavirus there nears 20000 and infections skyrocket. Hello, and a warm welcome to the program. There are now over 5 million confirmed coronavirus cases worldwide, and roughly one third of them are in the u. S. , where the pandemic continue
Thank you for joining us for this post docking news briefing of the nasa spacex demo two mission. Hurleynken and douglas arrived at the International Space station aboard the crew dragon. We will hear more from nasa leadership talk more about the mission. Administratornasa jim bridenstine, mark geyer, isse fitch, kenny todd from , the International Space Station Program director, and shall linger in and shall longer and and an astronaut. Up, our nasa administrator james bridenstine. I want to say congratulations to the nasa team and to the spacex team, and it really congratulations to the United States of america. This has been an amazing two days. We are still at the beginning. We have a mission in front of us and we need to make sure we bring bob and doug home safely. Launchingbout american astronauts for the first time on a brandnew rocket, this has been done four times in the history of the United States. Apollo, spacei, shuttle, and now crew dragon. So actually five times. This ha
With lawrence right wright and Nicholas Kris staff. Kristof. Want to thank you for being here and supporting us through these everchanging times. Were happy to keep in touch with you and keep wang what we said. Want to welcome Lawrence Wright, staff write are for the knockerrer, and the author of ten books including the looming tower, going clear and god save texas and one previous novel, gods favorite. His books have received many honors including a Pulitzer Prize for looming power. He is and if wore longtime residents of austin, texas. Nicholas kristof has coauthored several books with his wife, including a path of here and half the sky. Together they were awarded a Pulitzer Prize in 1990 for the coverage of china. They also received the literary peace prize for the Lifetime Achievement in 2009. Now a column nist for the New York Times bureau chief in beijing, tokyo, won a second pull litter in 2006 and with that id like to welcome Lawrence Wright and Nicholas Kristof. Thank you, kri