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Saturday, 12 and 9 p. M. On sunday, and 12 a. M. On monday. You can also watch after words online youre kind of booktv. Org and click on after words in the booktv series and topics list on the upper right side of the page. Welcome today to a booktvs live coverage of the 2014 texas book festival held in austin, the state capital. Over the next six hours will hear from nine authors on such topics as social change an instant, the Death Penalty, the global history of train travel. Author and profess...

History. He wins and 72 over mcgovern , the biggest landslide in history. In fact, at dec. 72 he says someone asked not to write a book about all of this. And having the most successful presidency of all time. But, boy, how the mighty have fallen. That story, of constantly looking at the interest, how someone can be the most powerful person and take that kind of cataclysmic fall, and these tapes are forming of just a part of the story. They need to be supplemented with memo, oral history. I want...

Russianjapanese war, the first great war of the 20th century. Roosevelt invited envoys on both sides and he took them to portsmouth, actually in maine budgets across from the Portsmouth Naval facility, pretty secluded, and there they hammered out a peace treaty. George mitchell in Northern Ireland is an example. The soviets, but really in the whole history of the world theres just a whole lot of examples where two warring parties are brought together and compelled to make peace. My favorite exam...

Woodruff those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by ive been around long enough to recognize the people who are out there owning it. The ones getting involved, staying engaged. They are not afraid to question the path theyre on. Because the one question they never want to ask is, how did i end up here . I started schwab with those people. People who want to take ownership of their investments, like they do in...

Welcome today to a booktvs live coverage of the 2014 texas book festival held in austin, the state capital. Over the next six hours will hear from nine authors on such topics as social change an instant, the Death Penalty, the global history of train travel. Author and professor ilan stavans starts off with a discussion about his latest book, a most imperfect union a contrarian history of the United States. Hello and welcome. Happy sunday morning, everybody. I name is nathan. Im here with ilan s...

Be live from austin with two other events. Today you would hear from authors charles blow francis fukuyama. For complete schedule go to booktv. Org. We will begin at a panel on president Richard Nixon featuring former Nixon White House counsel john dean author of the nixon defense and historian Douglas Brinkley and luke nichter editors of the nixon tapes 19711972. Journalist Robert Draper is the moderator. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible c...

Tell it, but it all happens the way it had to be. Great question. So thank you so much, austin. Thank you, both people. [applause] and i will see you over here. [applause] yeah, we can start designing now. If you purchased about, you can start lining up this way towards the elevator. [inaudible conversations] pulitzer prizewinning author Lawrence Wright recounts the camp david accords or president jimmy carter brokered a peace treaty between israeli administered egyptian president. The other pro...

Tonight we have more dire news on the spread of the coronavirus. Projections show were on track for an absolutely hellish january with more than 100,000 new deaths expected next month, alone. And officials in colorado confirming today the first case of a highly contagious covid19 variant that was first identified in the uk. We also have more news about the failure to get vaccines out to the American Public as the next president of the United States is warning the American People president of the...

Identified in the united kingdom, has been found in two states here. And although the scientific breakthroughs that brought us two vaccines in record time should be giving us hope, the reality is a replay of a missing national strategy, the missing strategy we first saw with testing and Contact Tracing falling apart. Actual vaccinations now falling far below Administration Promises of 20 million shots in arms by tonight. So far only about 2. 8 million americans have received their first dose. Jo...

Significant lead going into election day, usually the undecideds usually if there are any in georgia break for the challenger because theyve onofre about t known about the incumbent a period of time. Thats usually the way polling works. This is such a unique situation. We can watch the polls, but were not going to know anything until election night. Its going to be a busy week and an interesting week. Lawrence, good to see you, my friend. Have yourself a great show. Thank you, ali. Well, welcome...