Washington post columnist and thriller writer and then the Pulitzer Prize winner last month and this month we are joined by jeff shaara military historical fiction author. Ranging from the American Revolution to the korean war and we will talk about all those in just a minute but we will start with a facebook comment that a viewer has posted on our facebook page. What exactly is historical fiction . Guest i have had this conversation with other authors it is an accurate historical setting but the people are totally made up thats a little different from what i do because i take you to these places with a lot of the real people with historical figures with names that you know like George Washington or Dwight Eisenhower were robert e. Lee it is fiction by definition because i put words in their mouth. My job is to tell you a story and not just do a textbook or names dates places facts and figures but to put you in the hands of the characters to tell you the story the way they would tell i
Ennial Walter Cronkite award for excellence in political journalism. Walter cronkite award for excellence in political journalism. Er, whichn leer cent has administered these awards oute Walter Cronkite gave the first one here in washington in 2001. If you are with us on cspan or facebook live, welcome to you, too, from the National Press club in washington. If you are watching to see the prom dresses and movie stars or them, that is the other media gathering in washington this weekend. But please do stay with us. Looking around this room, i see plenty of glamour, right here, in the middle english root meaning of glamour, learning, unowledge, in cite, and, if yo believe that the actualette tow our, then you bear once to the loop pins of something called alternative fact. Which is a wrong, that Good Journalism tries to right. Todays Award Winners and work ions across and stat the country. I see a number of other distinguished guests whom i would like to recognize. You know who you are.
Ennial Walter Cronkite award for excellence in political journalism. Walter cronkite award for excellence in political journalism. Er, whichn leer cent has administered these awards oute Walter Cronkite gave the first one here in washington in 2001. If you are with us on cspan or facebook live, welcome to you, too, from the National Press club in washington. If you are watching to see the prom dresses and movie stars or them, that is the other media gathering in washington this weekend. But please do stay with us. Looking around this room, i see plenty of glamour, right here, in the middle english root meaning of glamour, learning, unowledge, in cite, and, if yo believe that the actualette tow our, then you bear once to the loop pins of something called alternative fact. Which is a wrong, that Good Journalism tries to right. Todays Award Winners and work ions across and stat the country. I see a number of other distinguished guests whom i would like to recognize. You know who you are.
T overnight in asia, it was a mixed session. Japan was lower, maybe due to strength in the yen it was off by 1 . The hang seng higher by 1 . South korea was higher as well. Europe positive as well, but not by much. Look at crude oil, wti, i just saw 52 53. 71. Higher by a half percent. Brent at 56. 65, nat dgas above bucks. Here. Heres whats going on this morning. Gold prices jumped more than 1. 5 during yesterdays session, bringing the yeartodate gain above 10 . Look at this hour right now. Well show you whats going on. You know, its up. It continues to rise. Looks like its close to a oneyear high. Continues to speak to whats happening. Thats also on the concerns of tenyear treasury, moving back below 2. 30. Gold tends to perform well in a deflationary environment. Which most investors dont understand. I dont understand that, but its supposed to be an inflation hedge. Its the reserve currency in a deflating world. I think the big story is oil. Oil saved the s p over the last couple of
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