Festival of books. Here in downtown nashville. Today we are at the National Public library and i like to thank them for hosting this if it and monday other sessions. Theyve been a great partner to this if it for several years and we just want to say thank you. Southern festival of books is an annual if it produced each year by humanities tennessee, i would like to take those moment to thank humanities tennessee and all who contribute to the organization for their continued support of the written word and the writers, the young writers, Community History and civil discourse in all things humidity here in tennessee. And humanities in tennessee like to say, our story and our state and i like to think humanities for helping us tell and preserver stories. So a pit of housekeeping before we began, in a moment ill introduce our other and share some stories, and some insight from the book, no surrender. The conclusion of his presentation, we will open the floor up to questions and if you have
As a week of bone chilling cold gripped much of the usa and turned deadly some of talk radios more predictable voices scoffed about Global Warming and parroted the president s claim that Climate Change is a hoax im holland cook in washington this is the big picture on r. T. America. After traveling our planet and taking its temperature for several decades dr riess halter might introduce himself as an earth doctor a powerful voice for trees and sees to put a finer point on it and convey the urgency that his work recommends dr halter is technically an eco stressed physiology specializing in earths life so. Court systems hes the author of among other books save nature now and reese every time i have seen you on t. V. Or read something youve written i come away less patient with the uninformed thank you for being here good to be with you all in a please clarify something which based on his tweets during this recent cold snap seems to have confused our president whats the difference between
America. Were facing multiple crises. Crises under President Trump have kept multiplying. President trump failed to protect america, now hes trying to scare america. The speech is in direct response to President Trump, who blames recent violence on democratic run cities, going all out on a Fear Campaign down the homestretch of this 2020 race. Guid biden highlighting that violence in some cities is happening under the current president s watch. This forceful rebuke comes as President Trump defies the governor of wisconsin where one week ago, a 29yearold father of three children, was shot seven times in the back. Trump has no plans to meet with the family or the families of the victims of a deadly shooting that took place during protests there, as well. He will, however, meet with local Law Enforcement and Business Owners impacted by this unrest. All of this after violence broke out in portland over the weekend, a man shot and killed amid clashes between black lives matter protesters and
Have lost their lives to covid. This is the america the 46th president is inheritting. And on this inauguration eve, flags now fill the National Mall. They represent each of the people who cannot be there, cannot witness due to the virus. And fears of more violence after the deadly insurrection on january 6th. 25,000 National Guard troops are now in the nations capital. Thats five times as many as the number of troops in iraq and afghanistan combined. Five times. But biden is setting a new tone. He has invited every top congressional leader of both parties to attend mass with him in washington tomorrow morning. Mitch mcconnell, of course, Senate Majority leader nancy pelosi and Chuck Schumer have all said theyll go. As for President Trump, in his final hours, he is expected to drop a farewell video and a slew of new pardons. Hell then skip town tomorrow without giving his successor the same respect that the obamas gave him four years ago. We have Team Coverage for this historic day. Jo
Good morning, im melissa harrisperry. I want to begin this morning with the words of dr. Martin luther king jr. They have something to say to us in their death. They have something to say to every minister of the gospel who has remained silent behind the safe security of stained glass windows, they have something to say to every politician has fed his constituents the stale bread of hatred and the spoiled meat of racism. That we must substitute courage for caution. These are the words of dr. King offered to the grieving congregation gathered together amid the blistering pain and the incomprehensible loss of four little girls. Slaughtered in their Birmingham Sunday School by the bomb of southern white supremicists. Today, the words are not for four but for nine. Murdered as they gathered together in the familiar ritual of wednesday night bible study. Rechbd Clementa Pinckney 41. Reverend sharonda singleton, 45. Sanders, 26. Ethel lance, 70. Susie jackson, 87. Reverend depayne middletond