Hand. You do you provide our daily bread, for us in ways that we can never thank you enough for. We want to just stop for a moment and say thank you. Thank you for allowing us the privilege to be able to serve, i pray that you would give us the attitude of servants, to pour onto us what you spoke to Jeremiah Jeremiah when you said when you other other worthy and not worthless words, you will be my spokesman. I pray that you will give us were the words to speak to a nation that needs encouragement right now. Pray for our president and the vice president. That insight that can only come to you, direct their hearts, director their minds, help their teams to be able to function unity for the sake of a nation that desperately needs unity. You will continue to guard them and give them the inside they will need in the days ahead. We do not know what tomorrow holds. But we are grateful to know you, the one who owns tomorrow. So guide us into that moment. Thanks again for this time we get to be
Showers were few and far between. Temperatures into the 80s in many spots. Only another warm muggy start tomorrow. We are not going to change much about the forecast because our weather pattern is not going to change much. Much. We have a hot southerly flow and better rain chances later this week. It is not tomorrow on your morning commute. Son is up at 6 35 as we cross the Halfway Point of august. We will start off in the as we look across the room raleigh skyline, 83 which could feel like 90 degrees. How cool is cool after you had 96 to start the week . I will fill you in on that in a few minutes. Crews have been added at all summer to ensure air conditioning units are working. Cumberland county Officials Say to have 30 schools where air ethan terry tells us barely focus is at school during the summer because the air conditioning rally works rarely works. They tell us they fix that one week and then it is hot another. When they finally say theyre going to fix it, it does end up fix.
Its on its on television. So you need to be on the microphone. So, yeah, i have. Yeah, thats okay. Well just well sing a song or something while youre getting back there. Not a big deal. Oh. See. Oh, youre doing great right there. Okay, now, official, i guess my question is for kevin. In your book, you talk about the magic number of 25 missions. My father was a b 17 copilot, also stationed thorpe abbotts, but he yeah with the 100th bomb group and he got england at the end of 44 and 45. So 25 missions that you talked about was 1943. And my father, 35 missions. And im wondering what changed where they requiring more later or did he just choose to stay on and not get out after 25. Do you think they were more later as the as war progressed and what were the gentlemens question before us as the americans started to dominate the air that the number of missions went up Jimmy Doolittle when he shows up and takes over the eighth air force, he changes tactics. So the p51 used to fly with the dro
To tend to redesign the liberal Arts Education in the 2t century. Va and evolving resistance to the commandmentk is a columnist and a regular msnbc contributor making frequent invites for me the press. [applause] the mississippi homers and is a graduate of Morehouse College in Atlanta Georgia we are glad to welcome me home. And also at Princeton University a prolific and for our purposes today to understand the birmingham of know . But i do think that we would welcome me back for the First Time Since 2018. I cannot help but notice in your book when you mentioned we were here with a book festival. [inaudible conversations] but will come everyone to be shaping the Public Discourse. I do want to think our panels but then south america felt like they were part of whats it is a literary and dental and self but of course the focus of your book. I think there is a treacherous navigation as you explore placeen and language and food and sexuality and you guide us throughte this maze that you wa
Director of the Margaret Walker. His books include a collection of essays entitled redefining liberal Arts Education in the 21st century and t paterson and the wise south dilemma evolving resistance, black advancement. I serve the board for the void. The book festival. Im sorry. Along with robbie. Robbie, take it away from the venue in the lobby. So glad to see such a wonderful audience and its my pleasure to introduce our esteemed panelists today. I will start with dr. Eddie glaude. Eddie glaude is the James Mcdonald distinguished University Professor and chair of the department of africanamerican studies at princeton university. Hes the former president of the American Academy of religion, the largest professional organization of scholars of religion in the world. Hes the author of several important books, including his most recent work that were here to talk about today. Begin again, James Baldwins america and its urgent for our own times. He is a columnist, Time Magazine and a regu