Afterwords is a weekly Interview Program with relevant guest host interviewing top nonfiction authors about their latest work. All programs are also available as podcasts. The book is americas expiration date. You say, based on the findings that great empires only last about 250 years which means americas time could be up on july 4, 2026. Really . Im not the profit, or the sound of one, but the only thing we have heard is we learn nothing from history. This book of eight empires of great nations. The average length is 250 years. Some lasted longer like the roman empire. All followed the same pattern to decline. Among the characteristics that can attributed to those were Massive National debt. 23 million and growing. Just the interest on it alone is greater than the Gross Domestic Product of some nations. I like president state of the union speech the other night except for one thing. He did not talk about cutting a single government program. This is the only nonpartisan thing that happ
Republicans, 2027488001. Independents, 2027488002. Us your firstext name, city, and state at 2027488003 or join the conversation on twitter cspanwj and facebook. Com cspan. We will get to your comments right after we hear a little bit more from Mitch Mcconnell on the floor yesterday outlining what we will see today in the senate. [video clip] a few minutes ago the senate was notified the house of a senates is finally ready to proceed with articles of impeachment. By unanimous consent, we have laid some of the groundwork that will structure the next several days. We have invited the house managers to come to the senate tomorrow at noon to exhibit their articles of impeachment and later tomorrow afternoon at 2 00 p. M. , the chief justice of the United States will arrive in the senate. He will be sworn in by the tem, chiefro grassley. We will pledge to rise above petty factionalism and do justice for our states and the nation and we will formally notify the president and some in the pres
Millions of migratory birds. Reporter this is the cbs overnight news. Welcome to the overnight news. Im elaine quijano. President trumps Reelection Campaign shifted into high gear this weekend. The president excited racing fans at the daytona 500 by taking a prerace lap in his limousine, known as the beast and a fly overin air force one. Weijia jiang is traveling with the president. President s h. W. And b. Bush and reagan have all attended nascar events at the same speedway, but President Trumps visit was a different sort of spectacle turned impromptu Campaign Rally with many in the crowd chanting four more years. A seasoned showman, President Trump made a grand entrance as the grand marshall of the daytona 500 in air force one, flying high above the speedway. The crowd delivered a big welcome, clearly thrilled mr. Trump would deliver the opening line of the race. Gentlemen, start your engines reporter then the president took a lap on the track in his armored limo, nicknamed the beast
Nest nestle im morgan brennan. That news on boeing is shaving about 100 points off the dow concerns about the china coronavirus are frustrating emerging markets Software Stocks did help the nasdaq hit an intraday all time high earlier joining us for the hour is steve weiss. Great to have you. We certainly have seen major averages take a leg lower between this first confirmed case of the coronavirus here in the u. S. And then this news from boeing pushing out its forecast for return to service to the summer you still invested in boeing so i said on the halftime report, i think thursday, i told just about a tag into my position that morning then the news hit later in the day. Now we get a statement i was looking at it this morning. You hate to be reminded youre losing money i figure if the stock, when the max goes back stock maybe misses on the first 10 but i wont have to deal with that and losing capital heres the statement from the company. Ill read the first few words. As we have emph
We come to gettysburg every november to commemorate the life and legacy of abraham lincoln. Our first speaker this morning is peter carmichael. Peter is the professor of civil war studies and director of the Civil War Institute at gettysburg college. I have seen some cwi hats around, wonderful to see them. He has a phd in history from penn state university, where he had the good fortune to study under gary gallagher. He is the author or editor of five books, including last generation Young Virginians in peace, war, and reunion, published in 2005. He is also one of the series editors for a civil war series, and i know him best in this capacity. He was my editor and i can tell you his thoughtfulness, careful attention to detail and generosity with sources made my book a better book. Today, he will tell us about his most recent book, the war for the common soldier, which was released in 2018 as part of the prestigious littlefield series with unc press. A review recently concluded, it is a