At this is that book expo which the publishing industrys annual convention and here is president bill clinton. [background sounds]. Good evening everyone. My name is greg and i meant the Vice President shoaf manager for book expo america. A manageable familiar tonight. To this very special occasion. He would not be here this evening if it were not for the support and loyalty the bookselling and Publishing Community spring to us each and every year. For the for an eye for that i think you. [applause]. The fabric of our convention lies in the connections we all make with the authors that appear here. Its been over 100 years of memorable moments since the very First Convention but has two guest of honor. Mark twain in 19 oh one. And since in the book industry has continued to come together to house authors have provided us with thoughtprovoking discussion to say nothing of stimulating entertainment. But all i think i can safely say that nothing has approached the magnitude of this evening
Fire crews just coming on scene once again to check all of this out, after dealing with this massive fire burning here. After the flames have died down, this is what were seeing now. All of this damage to three of these mobile homes, affected by these flames. It seems two did have People Living inside them, but no one was home at the time. Crews working to contact those homeowners now. A captain on scene just explained to us, just how important it was secure this location quickly. The structures are put together very closely, side by side, which can cause spreading very quickly. Theyre a lightweight material. Lot of times theyre fed by propane. The number 1 thing were really worried about are the people within that community. Reporter this community, obviously concerned, but okay tonight. Investigators have come out here working to determine the cause of all of that. The coming days. Jason . All right, thank you, megan. Those people in our thoughts certainly tonight. Developing story i
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Cabinet members sign the blind pledge. She also talked about how important the soldier was to the outcome of the election. Election. N the 1864 this talk was part of a symposium hosted by the emerging civil war blog. All right, i am not going to adjust the microphone, because we spent some time getting it adjusted for meg. I apologize if i look like i am hunched over. [laughter] i hate to stereotype, but i am sure that meg looks like a mildmannered middle school math teacher. Ironically that is exactly what , she is. [laughter] as she has educated by day, by night she has been working on her degree in military history. She is just about to wrap up her masters degree. In one of the most courageous acts i have seen from anybody, basically she is reinventing herself. It has been a great adventure for her to discover the American Civil War from the perspective of a serious scholar, but also from the perspective of somebody who is loved it nearly four dearly for years. It is my pleasure to