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In vietnam. And earned a masters degree in history from George Washington university in 1971. He currently lives in middleburg, virginia. And is a member of the library of Virginia Foundation board. He has been a former staff writer for Congressional Quarterly in washington, d. C. He has written for Many National newspapers and magazines, among many others, the smithsonian, the washington post, the New York Times, baltimore sun, chicago tribune, and the Christian Science monitor and usa today. H...

There is no one simple answer to anything. So when i do write these books try to pick an era in American History. When i wrote about bonnie and clyde was really writing about the depression and growing up poor in the dust bowl. When i wrote about the gunfight at the o. K. Corral which was not actually a gunfight and wasnt at the o. K. Corral, but the accidental shooting in an empty lot on fremont street just did not have the same sort of ring to it when the first people were going to write this ...

When i wrote about bonnie and clyde, was really writing about the depression and growing up poor in the dust bowl. When i wrote about the gunfight at the o. K. Corral which was not actually a gunfight and wasnt at the o. K. Corral, but the accidental shooting in an empty lot on fremont street just did not have the same sort of ring to would. The first people were going to write this history. Wanted to write about the settling of the last part of the american frontier. And about three and half ye...

Saying. Reporter larry and ama, the mayor was not shocked by the numbers. She tells us that their goal is to have a total of 700 beds by the end of this year. There are more than 4,000 homeless in the city. A waiting list to be on a waiting list. Item number 115. Reporter frankie lee ban ser one of more than 4,000 homeless living in oakland and says shes been waiting for housing for months. Oakland is answering this crisis with a sense of urgency innovation. Data collected by oakland and Alameda...

President biden challenged former President Trump to two debates, and trump accepted. Oh. Yeah. Trump agreed. He said, ill be there, assuming its okay with my parole officer. The first debate will be next month, which is the earliest a president ial debate has ever been. If were being honest, an early bird debate feels right for these guys. Boom, just like that, headtohead, toe to toe, mano and mango. Trump posted, just tell me when. Ill be there. Lets get ready to rumble rumble . Ive seen your ...

This is where the firefighters have drawn the line, if you will, with this dozer line. They have made tremendous progress on this fire today. Now, 25 contained. Still, there is some concern about winds picking up this evening. Firefighters high above calistoga on mt. St. Helena continue to battle back any flames that dare stlthreaten to across highway 29, the demarcation lines have established to knock down the tubbs fire. Right now, the fire is backing into highway 29. We want to keep it on the...

And latest on Carrie Fisherer after the actress had a heart attack in mid flight. Your news starts now. We want to start you off with breaking news. This is a live look at the scene of crash involving multiple cars that killed at least one person. This is east capital, bening road, north east d. C. It happened after officers tried to pull over a stolen car were told officers spotted the car 7 20 tonight and recognized it as stolen in a robbery earlier this week. The officers tried to pull the ca...

Thought you liked to crochet, tyler. Welcome to power lunch. Im mellissa lee. Mylan says profits are 60 higher than it told Congress Last week. Well have more on that. New home sales falling in august, that drop coming in below expectations. And stocks continue to slide as we head deeper into the trading day. Look at this, dow, nasdaq, s p all in the red. Major move higher in the price of oil. Michelle . Im Michelle Carusocabrera live at Hofstra University in long island. As tyler mentioned, wer...

Pashakokis, both cnbc contributors. I start with jared bernstein. Good to see you. Hello, michelle. Yesterday, president obama touts this change by treasuries as a great thing, citing understandably one of the great things about america is its rule of law, but apparently missing the irony that by changing the rules in the middle of the game he has undermined the rule of law. How on earth can this be justified . Laws change all the time when there is a problem. I think the government this is not ...

These rights. [applause] when i say all americans, i mean all americans. [applause] our immediate past is to remove to remove the last remnants of the barrier, which span between the millions of our citizens and their birth rights. There is no justifiable reason for discrimination because of ancestry or religion or race or color. [applause] join American History tv as we visit the u. S. Botanic garden at the foot of capitol hill. Executive director ari novi discusses the history of the oldest Bo...