Wash journal. And if you missed any of the live coverage, watch any time on demand at cspan. Org or listen on the go with the free cspan radio app. Now to the lecture part of our program. Our speaker tonight is dr. William hitchcock, author of the age of Eisenhower America and the world in the 1950s. Dr. Hitchcock with the William Corcoran professor from the university of virginia where he focuses on international, diplomatic and military history of the 20th century, in particular the era of the world wars an the cold war, and in addition to the age of eisenhower dr. Hitchcock is the author of the bitter road to freedom, a new history of the liberation of europe which was a Pulitzer Prize finalist and a winner of the george lewis spear prize and a Financial Times bestseller in the united kingdom. Following dr. Hitchcocks remarks, ann compton will join for a conversation on this great biography and the 34th president of the United States. Ann is a pioneer of journalism in america. The f
George schultz, and many, many others. The man we have to thank for this great volume is here with us today, ambassador gill robinson. He will join us now to share some remembrances. Thank you. Ambassador robinson and i did not remember to shut off my phone. Thank you all for being here. Appreciate it very much. I thought i would where is the publisher . Wheres the publisher . And the managing editor. Oh, there is the managing editor. Hi. Megan, thank you. I think i want to give you a little bit of background on how the book came about. When i was at a dinner with one of the president ial scholars sitting next to me, they began a talk about democrat republicans when they left office. The president s people, cabinet, and how they wrote books. And at 1. I said at one point i said they get together and wrote stories about their own president , the people who appointed them. They said no, not at all. He thought for a moment and said no, never, but it would be historic if they did. So over
George schultz, and many, many others. The man we have to thank for this great volume is here with us today, ambassador gill robinson. He will join us now to share some remembrances. Thank you. Ambassador robinson and i did not remember to shut off my phone. Thank you all for being here. Appreciate it very much. I thought i would where is the publisher . Wheres the publisher . And the managing editor. Oh, there is the managing editor. Hi. Megan, thank you. I think i want to give you a little bit of background on how the book came about. When i was at a dinner with one of the president ial scholars sitting next to me, they began a talk about democrat republicans when they left office. The president s people, cabinet, and how they wrote books. And at 1. I said at one point i said they get together and wrote stories about their own president , the people who appointed them. They said no, not at all. He thought for a moment and said no, never, but it would be historic if they did. So over
Good to be with you. Live from cnn World Headquarters in atlanta, cnn newsroom starts right now. Just from the graphic it looks exciting. The rio olympics four days away. The excitement continues to build. But also the questions are building as well. There are concerns over the readiness of the infrastructure. Even Health Concerns for the athletes and spectators that threaten to spoil a smooth start. Thats not even counting what else is happening in the streets of rio. On sunday brazilians demonstrated against suspended president dilma rousseff. They want her out for good. Thats all adding to a flurry of existing issues that brazil is hoping to put its problems aside to host a successful olympics. Our Christina Mcfarland joins us live from leo. We see the beach of copa cabana behind you there as the countdown continues, four days to go, so many challenges for the coast nation. What is the mood there and whats being said about all these problems and challenges and whether these games wi