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Please welcome yuval levin and john meacham. Hey guys, how are you . [applause] how are you. Good morning. Im the old guy up here. So history as you all know is about words. Thats why youre here. The stately rhythms of the declaration of independence. The cadences of the sconstitution but its also about sounds. About the muffled drama lexington cardboard and the sound of the surf at omaha beach. The sound of a minister at the march on washington calling on us to live up to the fullmeaning of our creed. Its also about music. Music is one of the most universal expressions. You can listen to a so...

Director of the schoolcraft institute of internationalst here at the texas a m university. I would like to welcome our specialco event this evening wih kim ghattas who will speak on a recent book, black wave, saudi arabia, iran and the 40 year rivalry that unraveled culture, religion and collective memory in the middle east. I have to say i spent the weekend reading and did not quite get the right but cannot put it down because it wasnt so interesting. If you have not read it afterre this evening im sure you will try to get the book if you have not already but i would urge you to read at grade...

For 25 years, talks about u. S. Policy in the region and the recent confrontation between the u. S. And iran. Much want to beat this weekend every weekend, on cspan2. Host please welcome doctor cory lee. [applause]. Hello there guess who i am im cory and this is kevin. And i have to give you an introduction about this person, we know to get you out of the hole that you have been living in for a while. This is tara westover. This is the 100 consecutive week on the New York Times bestseller list present number one. [applause]. Ahead of michelle something, malcolm, i dunno, down there. [laughter]...

But barely holding it together a warning from japans interior minister as a surging cases builds pressure for a nationwide lockdown. France germany and the u. K. Sent medical aid to iran under a trade mechanism designed to avoid u. S. Sanctions. A strain has recorded its worst single day death toll so far with 849 fatalities within the past 24 hours now this is the 4th day in a row the spain has recorded more than 800 deaths and it brings the total number of those whove died to 8100. 00 spain is the 2nd worst hit country in europe after italy. Lets go to martha editor is joining us live now fr...

Get the book if you havent already but i would urge you to read it. Its absolutely faceting, very well written, very relevant research. Theres a narrative flow to it and its very troubling i have to say but thats the purpose of the book i think. I would like to announce unfortunately that our event in two days with ambassador dennis ross whos another expert in the middle east is unable to come to college station. He had a family emergency, so his lecture wednesday evening will be postponed until later. Kim ghattas is an Emmy Awardwinning journalist and writer who cover the middle east for 20 y...