On the executive director of the center for biography at the university of new york and we are sponsored from the leave the foundation to do events like this to arts and crafts of biography and a sponsor of the National Book festival and we are here with the 20th anniversary of the National Book festival talking tonight with two notable public intellectuals Harold Voelker the leading lincoln scholar and the director of the roosevelt house Public Policy of Hunter College today we will be discussing the latest book lincoln on the verge the story of the journey that lincoln took from illinois to washington dc to be inaugurated as president. These are two very different books this is a many paragraph the and this is harolds work on the president s. And that is the notion that american politics that is contentious and downright toxic. Toxic. Lets begin with you. So with the description of the dangerous train journey and at one point you refer to the toxic climate of 1860 is a worse toda tod
They are working to meet a unique and often overlooked zatn needs of black people. Who is involved in the organization . Were not a membership based. Were public policy. So its working with membersnu d congress, members of the Congressional Black Caucus, state elected officials where there are significant percentages of black people. We do a lot of work around health and wellness. O be and with organizations and institutions that are seeking to be better about making space for black e sidpeople. The Congressional Black Caucus led the effort on the house side for democrats to pols up with the justice and police act of 2020. Its going to get marked up here in less than an hour before the i thi house committee. Nk what do you think of the legislation . I think its incredibly important piece of legislation that is responsive to the point of which we are and the movement for radically inclusive social justice. Related ar,ing conversations acknowledging violence, the violence that black peop
All the rest. Well talk a lot about Market Movers we saw today. First here is the president , applauding that historic agreement with beijing. Together we are righting the wrongs of the past. Delivering a future of Economic Justice and security for american workers, farmers and families. Melissa President Trump and chinas top trade negotiator signing on the dotted line to formalize the phase one deal at the white house while on capitol hill House Democrats making their move official sending articles of impeachment against the president to the senate, paving the way for a trial. Connell fox Business Team coverage with all of this going on. Edward lawrence has before covering trade forever. That is a big day for ed at the white house of the gerri willis, dow 29,000 at new york stock exchanges. Phil flynn in chicago. Gerri, with the milestone and more we start with you. Reporter wow, wow. Were so excited, somebody stole my 29,000 hat. I dont even have it. First time through record territo
Host what is the thread that connects all these topics. Guest one of the great things as journalist you can do anything you want. Im not a scholar. I dont have a specialty. Having said that there is a connection. I fells i would say its america after world war ii. This country really coming into its own as this global power, this supreme power, really. That fascinated me, and what is it like to be a leader in this world thats your world, your time, your world. So that drew me initially to the wisemen which i did with Walter Isaacson, and then john paul jones, couple centuries before, but even he is a study in leadership, and i just im fascinated by the burdens of leadership, because its hard. Its harder than we think. And im fascinated by what its like to be a man usually men obvious live we Sandra Day Oconnor, but up to her, men. And human fallibility and weak in enormous pressures. How do they handle it . Well, some really well and some bravely and some not so well but its the pressu
Diana carlin is a professor emerita of communication at Saint Louis University and a retired faculty member, an administrator at the university of kansas. Her research and teaching are in political communication, with an emphasis on women in politics. First ladys political debates and president ial rhetoric. She published book chapters on first ladys martha washington. Lady bird johnson. Barbara bush. Hillary clinton and Michelle Obama. And is completing one on julia grant. She taught a course on the rhetoric of first ladies at kansas and an interdisciplinary course on first ladies at Saint Louis University and American University in fall 2022. She also teaches courses on first ladies for the ocean, a Lifelong Learning institute at cu, and lectures on first ladies for a variety of community groups. She was a panelist at the 2021 White House Historical association asian symposium and the 2020 colloquium. She is a Founding Member of flair, the first ladys association for research and edu