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Father and stepmother. In massachusetts. The bookstore in falls river hosted this event. Hello. Good afternoon. Welcome to politics and pros. Thanks for coming out on this very beautiful day. Were very 34r50esed to have Cara Robertson here to talk about her new book the trial of Lizzie Borden. A little housekeeping. Lets take a moment to silence our cell phones. Ill do that, too. We are recording. Cspan is with us today so we dont want any extra noise or interruptions. After cara speaks there wi...

Good morning. My name is Kirsten Carter and i am the supervisory archivist at the fdr president ial library, and on behalf of the library, id like to welcome you again to the 2017 roosevelt reading festival. Fdr plans for the library to become the premier Research Institution for studying the entire roosevelt era. The librarys Research Room is consistently one of the busiest of all of the president ial libraries. And this years group of authors reflects the wide variety of research down here. An...

Many of you know that we have a lot going on here. That, checkop of out our events calendar. Book, are a fan of this you may enjoy our true crime book club. I am a bookseller here. I am glad to introduce our speaker. She is a lawyer. She served as a Legal Advisor to the International Criminal tribunal and was a visiting scholar at stanford law school. She first started researching. He Lizzie Borden story this is her first book. She addresses one of the most infamous murders in American History. ...

Eberhardt from the friendly d roosevelt president ial library and clay bauske of the president truman president ial library talk about the factors that led to the remaking of their museums and the thought that goes into overhauling their exhibits. The two discuss what their job as curators entail. The fdr president ial library hosted the conversation and provided video. The am Herman Eberhardt at franklin was of a president ial library and museum and i want to welcome you to a new series of prog...

So little perspective on this moment, its quite impossible to say. I think the perception that many people in the United States and of course also around the world have that this is an extraordinary unusual time something we are the time out of time, will be curiosity in the future people will look back and wonder about that very wonderment i think its an interesting phenomenon. When you think about today do you compare it to any period in history . Jill lepore as a historian im interested in an...

Books as a historian what is your contemporary view of how our world will be viewed . We have so little perspective on this moment is quite impossible to say but the perceptionptio t many peopln the United States and around the worldha have the extraordinary initial time. In a way that was experiencing. Host thinking about today do compared to any other period of history . Guest know. As a historian i think we have a cognitive tendency to enjoy analogies to be thing like anotherre f. And then to...

You today by your television profess provideer. And now on book tv we are live with author and Harvard University history professor jill lepore who over the next 2 hours will be taking your calls and comments. Professors book include secret history of wonder woman, these truths, history of the United States and the newly published if then, about the cold war origins of data mining and social manipulation. Harvard professor jill lapore, before we get into the substance of your book, as a historia...

Anniversary of his agency. Admin. Wheeler the air quality is much improved. The air is much cleaner than it was decades ago. Today, President Trump holds a campaign trail admin. Wheeler our air and our Water Quality is its core mission. Over the past 50 years, the agency has expanded beyond the core mission. Too bureaucratic and burdensome, which negatively impacts Economic Growth. , i Obama Administration served as the chairman of the appropriations subcommittee responsible for funding the epa....

History, tonight, south dakota senator and u. S. Investors are to the united nations, george mcgovern. The contenders, tonight at 8 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan. Epa administrator Andrew Wheeler commemorated the 50th anniversary of the agency at the Richard Nixon president ial library in yorba linda, california. The agency was established by president nixon back in 1970. At this event, mr. Wheeler talked about the epas future as well as protecting the environment and cutting regulations. Isinistrat...

Welcome congressman calvert. Good afternoon. It is great to be here at the Nixon Library. Jim i want to commend you and hugh hewitt and the entire team for the incredible job what an amazing venue. Seems like it becomes a monthly occurrence to have a cabinet member i think the secret is out maybe a little warm this weekend it would be a whole lot nicer than the weather in washington d. C. Perhaps a good california weather is good for whats joined here today for the 50th anniversary of the epa. A...