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sarah simmons. clean-up. it does continue this were nothing from fridays severe weather. the national weather service confirms that nine tornadoes indeed touched down in the state of maryland. howard and harford counties were hardest hit with two ef-1 tornadoes packing winds of up to 110 miles per hour. five others were ef-0s with winds as high as 58 miles per hour. three montgomery county tornadoes, one hit prince georges county and one hit carroll county. the other two tornadoes, o...

[inaudible conversations] >> youre watching the tv on c-span2. 48 hours of nonfiction authors and books every weekend. >> james wright talks about the experiences of u.s. military veterans going back to the revolutionary war. its up next on book tv, although less than an hour. >> good evening. and on behalf of the marines memorial association, i would like to welcome you to tonights program. on the book, "those who have borne the battle." the author is doctor jim wright, and doctor wri...

certain. and the ramification if something happened would be huge. especially for the united states and others in the region. .. >> the other is dr. james wright is an american historian, president emeritus of dartmouth college and a marine. i and the director emeritus of the memorial association board of directors. first a few quick words of the non-profit federal organization chartered to commemorate the valor of members of the united states armed forces killed lost or died in milita...

When the wars over, if im still here, i hope to implement it again. i dont think one american would have bitched. not one. >> james wright, thank you for shashing with us. the book is "those who have bourn the battle." you also governor george pataki who has to go. thank you for joining us. a pleasure and honor to have you. >> coming up, president obama and mitt romney may share a common enemy. well explain next in what. [ male announcer ] the inspiring story of how a shipping giant can befriend...

James wright, author of those who have born the battle" a history of americas wars and those who fought them. thank you so much for joining the panel. james, in the book you write fewer americans than ever before during wartime know someone in the military or in war zones. knowing someone who is there is crisply focuses the mind on the distant conflict. the stats were staggering. in world war ii 12% of the population was in the military. now less than 1% are in the military. >> thats right. they...

>>, of course, they were. if you read inside what happened, leader boehner and president obama actually had some private meetings where they came very close to having an agreement on a larger solution, not just to deal with the debt crisis but to take some serious steps to reduce the deficit. and what happened is when president obamas staffers went into the pelosi house caucus, they got hooted out of the place because they were talking about entitlement reform. im all for bipartisanshi...

What we are doing and that it is okay because its only temporary. lets bring back joe carbone, melody douglas seawright and joining me is elan james wright and founder of this week in blackness. thank you for being here. i know so much of your work has been around labor conditions, so we have been talking here about just trying to reenter the workforce, but im also thinking if you cant even apply for jobs unless you currently have a job, that might mean a willingness to take very low paying inad...

but theres another kind of power we have been seeing a lot lately. not the power to tell people what to think but the power to tell people what to think about. lets take the recent news cycle. is it just me or have you noticed how much time we have all spent thinking and talking about a certain conservative talk radio show host. for nearly two weeks we have had all a little less room in our heads and daily news shows for much of anything but listening or responding to his latest rantin...

noticed how much time we have all spent thinking and talking about a certain conservative talk radio show host. for nearly two weeks we have had all a little less room in our heads and daily news shows for much of anything but listening or responding to his latest rantings. he doesnt have the power to make us agree with him, but hes been effective in using his power to get us to talk about him. and that hour, the power to set the agenda and define the terms of the debate, is very impor...

in the 50s. cooler temperatures on the way as well. back to hd radar. shower activity now across much of the area particularly washington, points south and that will sort of be the axis where the rain is heaviest this morning. if you are watching well off to the north and west, you are dealing with morning cloud cover. moving right across the at the moment. reston, alexandria, la plata, waldorf, getting some light shower activity. reagan national now, 51 degrees. 51 at reagan national....