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Thank you for your patient. We got a little bit of a late start. Were going to have a great session this morning. Im the morning anchor. At the cbs affiliate here in washington, d. C. Im honored to be back as a moderator of the teachers conference. We did it last year as well. This is a very special occasion. Had a chance to meet some of these gentlemen. Im meeting some new friends this morning as well. Before we get under way and we honor our greatest generation and well go over the goals on wh...

Its the middle of the week. And you all came out to be a part of this conversation. Im pleased to have you here. I wanted to talk about this image from Jacob Lawrence. It is a 60piece art creation. What is interesting about it is lawrence created it as a result of learning more about his own family. That his parents were migrants to the north. I think from virginia, if i remember correctly. He learned about the migration by talking to them and talking to other members of his family as well as ot...

Of this powerful moving and anthology nasty women feminism and revolution in trumps america, and we are incredibly honored to have anna holmes along with a panel of contradict tores to lead us in conversation about theme it is explores namely how we got here and how we move forward. It is very fitting to be holding this or particular discussion here at the knock New York Public Library a place steeped in history of feminist thought and action it is where betty won the feminist must speak sitting...

I am pleased to see so many faces. Some fairly young faces. I am particularly pleased knowing the students today do not necessarily cherish things that happened 30 years ago. Jon bon jovi or George Michael or dirty dancing, there have in cooler times in history than the 80s. That is what my children keep reminding me. This is, however, different. With president reagans speech. From president kennedys visit, it might he better known in germany and the u. S. Foreign policy nerds know that there is...

East foothills of san jose. Its where we find Sandra Osborne where a fire got a little too close to home. Its still so dark out here its a little hard to see. Behind me the grass has completely been burned away. Youre seeing charred marks on the side of the foothills. Fire crews were able to get out and get the fire contained. This has been an ongoing problem out here. The high heat is not helping. San Jose Fire Department responded to reports of a car fire on sierra road east into the hills fro...

Responsible for conserving the nations history and treasures, and my opening question is to our host for this conversation, carla hayden, who is the brand new 14th librarian of congress, just starting her job in the fall of 2016. Why did you take this job . Let me see how you finish this sentence. I took that job because i want to . Open this wonderful Treasure Chest so as many people as possible. It has, in the room that were in now, has six stratovarious violins and original scores from beetho...

This is cspan3. We are in the library of congress for a conversation among three people who are responsible for conserving the nations history and treasures, and my opening question is to our host for this conversation, carla hayden, who is the brand new 14th librarian of congress, just starting her job in the fall of 2016. Why did you take this job . Let me have you finish this sentence. I took this job because i want to . Open this wonderful Treasure Chest to as many people as possible. It has...

This is cspan3. We are in the library of congress for a conversation among three people who are responsible for conserving the nations history and treasures, and my opening question is to our host for this conversation, carla hayden, who is the brand new 14th librarian of congress, just starting her job in the fall of 2016. Why did you take this job . Let me have you finish this sentence. I took this job because i want to . Open this wonderful Treasure Chest to as many people as possible. It has...

What i know i teach students. If i look at the demand for the courses that deal with the data, if that is any indication, it is an enormous. Everybody wants to have that. Because employers in the want to know can you deal with it. The you have the experience. Even if you are a grocery form, a hospital, everybody realizes this information has a lot of intelligence embedded. Do you have the ability to instruct extract that intelligence and use it in a meaningful way or improve the quality of our p...

A discussion with three caretakers of smithsonian documents and artifacts. Andary of congress, archivist of the United States, in the others. They talk about the challenges and opportunities they see in the years ahead. This is 50 minutes. We are in the library of congress. For a conversation with three people responsible for conserving the nations history and treasures. My question is for carla hayden, starting this job in the fall of 2016. Why did you take this job . Let me have you finish thi...