Hello. My name is kai bird. And executive director of the leon leavy center for biography at City University of new york, and we are sponsored by the Leavy Foundation when we do events like this to promote the arts and crafts a biography among other things. We had been a sponsor of the National Book festival for some years, and were here on a session with of the 20th anniversary i chose of the National Book festival and the theme this year is american ingenuity. We are going to be talking tonight with two notable intellectuals, Harold Holzer is one of the countries leading lincoln scholars big is currently the director of the Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at hunter college. Ted widmer is himself the author of eight books. Professor is now on the faculty of holy Honors College for today will be discussing his latest book, lincoln on the verge, story about a 13 day train journey that lincoln took from illinois to washington, d. C. , to be inaugurated as president. These are two
Hello, my name is kai bird, im the executive director of the leon leavy centers for biography at cuny, university of new york. We are sponsored by Sheldon Whitehouse and the abto promote the arts and crafts and biography among other things. We been a sponsor of the National Book festival for some years. We are here on a session with the 20th anniversary actually of the National Book festival, the theme this year is american ingenuity. We are going to be talking tonight with two notable publican intellectuals, Harold Holzer is one of the countries leading lincoln scholar, currently the director of the Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at hunter college. Ted widmer is himself the author of eight books, professor witmer is now on my faculty abwe will be discussing his latest book lincoln on the verge thirteen days to washington. These are two very different books. Im going to hold up each of them. This is literally a mini biography, not so many, its a substantial book, focuses on 13
Hello im the executive director of the leon center for biography. University of new york. And where sponsored by the foundation. Events like this and promote the arts and crafts the biographies. And even the sponsor of the book festival for a number of years. We are here on the session with the 20th anniversary actually of the National Book festival right in the theme this years american ingenuity. Going to be talking tonight with two intellectuals. Harold is one of the countries leading scholars print is currently the director of the Roosevelt Public Policy Institute at hunter college. Ten himself the author of eight books. Professor witmer is in the found guilty of the Honors College and today we will be discussing his latest book lincoln on the verge. The story the 13 date train journey lincoln talk from illinois to washington dc. To be inaugurated as president. These are two very different books. And hold up each of them read this is a mini biography, will not so any. It substantia
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The sky filled with smoke, a blanket of unhealthy air is choking much of the area. Pretty bad today. Is it going to be better . Well see some improvement throughout the bay area. Ill explain why coming up in the 2nd. Not uncommon to have fires burning in fire season. What is uncommon, winds from the south carrying smoke from other parts of the state 300 miles away and transporting that smoke into the bay area thats what you were breathing this morning. Its always ozone. Air quality managers say its a bad combination of both. In the bay area, were being contacted impacted by impacted by smoke from several wildfires, ozone due to high temperatures inland. Those two factors have come together and created a number of spare the air alerts in recent days. This evening, the air quality got better. T because the winds are beginning to change. Im going to call it elevated smoke tomorrow. Itll still be there tomorrow. But where were breathing, it will not be there. The onshore flow will get stro