Can say this is the definitive site in the federal city and the one site i have really enjoyed in the course of my career and all the interaction i have had with various historians and other scholars who i see come and go, as well as the comradeship i have daily with fellow rangers. I want to cover the history of fords theatre, sort of a general history, and work my way into the assassination. A little bit about the historical background of the theatre. The theatre was created in 1860, 1861, from what was originally a Baptist Church built on the Current Location on 511 10th street in 1833. The ford brothers were originally from maryland baltimore, where they ran three or four other theatres as well as an opera house. The theatre, when it opened at the outset of president lincolns term in office, it had a shortlived life. Following the assassination of president lincoln, the ford brothers were unable to reopen the theatre in the aftermath of the tragedy. There was public outrage at any
And some thought it was an official flight by the post office. Until it plopped down about a half city block from the capital itself. The u. S. Capitol police were there waiting for him as it handed. The man did not get out until ordered to do so. And Law Enforcement sources tell us tonight, necessary custody. Theyre questioning him and they will be at the point from which he launched to see if theres any more evidence to be gathered there. Back to you. Our Team Coverage continues with what were learning about the pilots motive. Steve handelsman is working that angle. A 61yearold doug hughes, that doesnt come from police or National Security officials. It come from hughes himself. And he clearly could have been killed and not just in a crash of this mini chopper. Heres some video of his arrest. Lawmakers say Capitol Police had at least one rifleman on the balcony set to shoot this pilot if it looked like the small chopper would strike the Capitol Building but it didnt. It appears this
Programs. Today we want to get your comments on those shows. Are they still relevant . Do they still matter . We want to hear from you. 202 7370001 host many of you are already weighing in on our facebook page. From the boston globe, an event getting in that getting lots of attention, two popes canonizing two popes. The scene, with over one Million People on hand, this headline comes from the boston sunday globe. A piece that really got a lot of attention this week, this style section was called meet the pressure. Host we will get your calls and comments in a moment, but for some look at the other sunday shows and what you can hear on cspan radio. Good morning, nancy. Some of the topics include the return of congress this week, the middle east, and of course, politics. You can hear rebroadcasts of the Program Beginning at noon eastern time with meet the press ergo guests include tony blair and bob menendez, the chairman of the foreign set the Senate Foreign relations committee. Then, t
Trump organization, and may 28, ben cobb ben carson, neurosurgeon and author. Next, i would like to present our guest with the Traditional National press club mug. Than a minutemore left, i would like to ask you our final question the National Safety council has not always maintained a high row file like aviation safety. Do you expect to bring a rotter focused to the group question are i hope and expect the National Safety castle will have Safety Council will have a higher profile in the coming years and thanks to you all in the us core, maybe if you cover these important issues, they will. How about a round of applause . [applause] thank you for coming today. I would also like to thank the National Press club staff, the Journalism Institute and Broadcast Center for organizing todays event will stop we are adjourned. I remember on saturday, the first conversation i had with a group of people at the table, it was not about where you are from, what is your school like, but it was about u
People who pay for that service can have access to those numbers but its still one of those areas where its difficult to figure out exactly what is selling because books are sold in so many different ways not only on line but in conferences and in book sales as well as in bookstores. Host booktv is celebrating its 15th year this fall. How has the literary publishing world changed in the last 15 years . Guest its been completely transformed. I mean in the last 15, its like ancient history. Everything has changed on the number of publishing houses and it was the big six and now its just the combined five. The launch obviously if the readers and tablets and the internet has totally transformed not only where people are buying their books but how they are reading them, at the coverage obviously in the media and the print media has grown dramatically on dramatically down. At the same time we see arise of vibrant on Line Community of readers whether its on sites like good reads or book claus