. >> good afternoon i am the executive director of the heritage museum here in allentown pennsylvania. welcome to the program i'm delighted to have all of you here one of the most steamed historians in the country today, jeff will be speaking about his new book, it a glorious army. and we are delighted to say this is a main selection of the history book club and the military book club. this is one of the most sought after civil war books in the country right now today. he is the author of nine books. >> let me say of few words. and 1977 when i joined the comex apartment to say it was not a congenial place of of king dems and came as you did not feel very welcome very different from that and then to take me under his wing to make life much easier for me and my to my search for me. but then to below the assistant professor and was already god or very close to that. [laughter] he had done the break through work dealing with asymmetric formation and for those of you who worked on that it can get very messy very quickly. but i think we were in all of them and that is when the we have becam

i am the executive director of the lehigh valley heritage museum here in allentown, pennsylvania. welcome to today's program. i'm delighted to have all of you here. we have won the most esteemed civil war authors and historians in the country today. jeffry wert will be speaking about his new book, "a glorious army: robert e. lee's triumph, 1862-1863". and this book we are delighted to say is a main selection of the history book club, and the military book club your this book is one of the most sought after civil war books in the country right now today. he is the author of nine books, and has been writing about the civil war for 40 years. it took a while to get that out, 40 years. he really is well-known from pennsylvania to california. is most noticeable achievements, one of them a biography on general james long street, the confederacy's most controversial soldier. we are delighted to have jeffry wert with us here today at the conclusion he will take your questions. let's give jeffry wert a nice round of applause. [applause] >> thank you. thanks, do. good afternoon. when i was h

[applause] >> this event was hosted by the lehigh valley heritage museum in allentown, pennsylvania. for more information visit lca just dot museum. >> get the book tv schedule e-mail to you. use our website, booktv.org impress the alert button or use your mobile phone. text the word book to 99702. standard message data rates apply. >> and now carrie pitzulo argues that over the years of playboy magazine has advanced the cause of women's rights more than many people realize. this is a little over 45 minutes. >> it such a pleasure to be here. thankas you. an this is a fantastic book, a fascinating topic and a really entertaining read so i will be wille s sure to leave some time for questions at the end. but my first question is just what led you to focus your ph.d dissertation on playboy? tb it is a fascinating topic but it's not o hbvious how you woule choose it. what led you to the topic?d sury my own conclusions, but by the fact that i came to focus on this topic. i had always been fascinate with the the 1950s, in particular, popular culture. some of my early grad school work was o

closed and, lo and behold, mitt romney, the gop front-runner right now, is holding an event in allentown, pennsylvaniactory has closed down. here is just a brief clip from a web video romney put out. >> good to be back in pennsylvania. i just came from allentown metal works where i had a chance to visit with workers there. >> the allentown metal works is set to close its doors on friday. this was hailed as a symbol of hope by president barack obama last year when he promoted his jobs plan. >> so an interesting tactic for romney. he's not going after the other gop kand datzs right now, he's going directly at the president. and on the lighter side of politics, a kicker for our ticker, kyra, you could call it. over at the fec, the federal election commission, there was a special guest a man by the name of stephen colbert. >> did he make a scene? >> he did make a scene. he's been trying to form his own super-pac. and guesw

southern ohio, northern jersey, here's a tighter shot of what's happening in pennsylvania, some pretty good storms rolling through allentown. right now you're looking at new york city from brooklyn. you can see the clouds, the haze, the mess, and new york city, you are going to have unsettled weather really not only all day saturday but well into the rest of the weekend so really not a great day to hit the beach. not a great weekend if you're in the hamptons. mean whooi, look at this very, very warm weather. and the only triple-digit heat i p@n see is in south texas in >> over to you, bianna. >> all right, jackie. thank you. >>> well, dan, we always know there is a celebration when we're here together on the weekend show. there's also a big celebration this morning in london. the traditional trooping of the color, a display of british regimental might that doubles as a celebration of the queen's 85th birthday. taking part here is -- >> that is not a fascinating. >> that is not a fascinator. his wife is also part of the festivities and jeffrey kofman is there this morning. good morning to you, jeffrey. >> reporter: and good