annette: an alarm. even the voting rights act but even as a scholar of early american republic, you think about the promise of the democratic republicanism and the idea that people would be the rulers and you have to do that by both think that the opportunity to vote in the notion that eligible voters would be in any way hindered, he/she will more funding, not less voting. that's part of one republican society is supposed to be god but the construction of the republicanism. for some people, it's about white, not about republican values and republican of applying to all people. so it is alarming to be thinking about the voting rights and as a scholar studies early america and what the founders and the original notions of the country and against the promise that was realized after the civil war with the amendments put in place and what that was supposed to be in that was estate, country where people of the right to perspective and participate in congress and decide. want to put you here, there's no questi

annette: idleness. one of the things people said to justify slavery was that black people would not work. they were not made to work. the thing i look on his this notion of absolute equality between the former enslaved and the former enslavers. that was a pretty bold statement to make, given the circumstances that they were in. i think that is what actually inflamed -- obviously the end of slavery inflamed them as well but this notion that blacks and whites could exist on an equal plane of humanity. it inflamed the number of whites in the area. talking about idleness. one thing that happened was when they heard about the emancipation proclamation, a lot of enslaved people left the plantation. they would join along with the armies that were marching through the south. you could take it that way. to my mind, the most important and incendiary language was this notion of equality with their former and slavers -- enslaver s. susan: you tell people that the juneteenth -- was necessary because of the long hist

it was just my dad's gone. >> reporter: annette is determined to get answers on why cassidy walked by some co- workers and murdered others including her husband of 29 years. she says she's tried to reach out to tim's management, but her questions remain unanswered. >> they really need to make sure they have an open door policy for employees that feel disgruntled. >> reporter: do you think the vta had an open door policy? >> no. they funnel everything through the union and that's it. >> reporter: do you think the union is enough? >> no. >> reporter: annette and tristan say there is no line of communication between their family and the vta. they say they learned details of this case through the media. in san jose, maria medina, kpix5. >> now we reached out to the vta as well as customs, border and protection and are still waiting to hear back. >>> in florida tonight 159 people are unaccounted for after the collapse of a beachside high rise. reporter laura podesta is in surfside with the search for survivors. >> reporter: heavy cranes and excavators tugged and moved large chunks of the c

have seen the signs and seen the flags and should have gotten him the help he needed >> reporter: annette romo is demanding answers from the vta, the agency that employed her husband, timothy romo, more than 20 years. >> if you had the vta here, what would you say to them? >> i'd want to ask them why they let it go on for so long, what they were doing to protect our families. >> reporter: over the last couple weeks the vta's released hundreds of documents in samuel cassidy's file which include incidents of insubordination, a verbal altercation with an employee over vacation scheduling and a co-worker stating if someone was to go postal it, would be almost. also just released, this audio recording of cassidy from earlier this year. >> your way tower signal operations manager and superintendent are going to screw over apu on their vacation sign-up and drop the ball, then i'm going to drop the ball as well. >> i talked with a couple of their family members that lost their spouses, too and he was disgruntled. >> he always wanted to be working alone and never wanted to work with anybody. >> re

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the screen is yours. >> it's an honor to be with you tonight with annette gordon reed.this book has gotten rave reviews if you have not yet picked it up, make sure you pick it up and you can get it through the bookshop, but we are delighted to have this time together and we would encourage you to just have some questions because we've added time at the end of the evening as well. with that said, welcome back to the free library of philadelphia. >> i wish i could be there in person but here we are. >> the book is called "on juneteenth," and it's a collection of essays and of course texas figures prominently all throughout the book. you are a native texan as you mentioned and you open the book opened thebook by talking abouts exceptionalism that everything is larger than life and everybody has a certain pride in being from texas but you also say it has a gender and a race that texas is a white man. what do you mean by that? >> when people think about texas, they think about a cowboy, west texas and cowboys and cattle and herds and so forth and it's not about the part of t

our final guest is the pulitzer prize-winning author, also a professor at harvard university, annette gordon lee, joining us from washington, d.c. thank for being with us today. >> thank you for having me. >> have to start with you for the white house yesterday. the signing of this bill, making juneteenth a federal holiday. what was that moment like? >> well, it was a festive occasion. everyone was happy. and it was a wonderful moment, because i was wondering, ms. lee, who has been instrumental for this to pass, if she would make it. i was very happy to see her, everybody was happy to see her, including the president. it was a wonderful occasion. it was a good feeling. there were republicans there, democrats there, white people come up like people -- white people, black people, it was a good day, everyone supporting the effort. >> i wonder if you can give us a history lesson behind your book " juneteenth." he wrote about moments being intertwined. how do you think we missed that when we look at the overall narrative of history today? >> there's been an emphasis on triumph, on this ide

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my dad is gone. >> annette is determined to get answers on why cassidy walked by some co-workers and murdered others including her husband of 29 years. she says she's tried to reach to tim's management but her questions remain unanswered. >> they really need to make sure that they're having an open door policy for employees that feel disgruntled. >> do you think the vta had an open door policy? >> no. they funnel everything through the union and that's it. >> do you think union is enough? >> no. >> reporter: they say there is no line of communication between their family and the vta. they learned details of the case through the media. >> we reached out to vta as well as customs and border protection and are waiting to hear back. >>> south florida where rescue crews continue to work around the clock searching for the 159 people still unaccounted for after the collapse of a beach side high rise. cbs' laura podesta is in surf side in florida with the search for survivors. >> reporter: heavy cranes and excavators tugged and moved large chunks of the collapsed building before crews with b

annette gordon reid. you are fantastic. i love your work. i love having you on. >> thank you. >> i appreciate the fight and your perspective. thank you, and please come back. best of luck to you and again, happy juneteenth. >> happy juneteenth to you, too. >> thank you. >>> so republicans and democrats can work together to make a new holiday. so now, what about voting rights? police reform? and everything else on biden's agenda? >> i hope this is the beginning of a change in the way we deal with one another. no, he's not in his room. ♪ dad, why didn't you answer your phone? your mother loved this park. ♪ she did. that's why at america's beverage companies, our bottles are made to be re-made. not all plastic is the same. we're carefully designing our bottles to be one hundred percent recyclable, including the caps. they're collected and separated from other plastics, so they can be turned back into material that we use to make new bottles. that completes the circle, and reduces plastic waste. please help us get every bottle back. priceline wo

annette gordon reid, you were fantastic. i love your work.e having you on. >> thank you. >> i appreciate the fight and your perspective. thank you, and please come back. best of luck to you, and again, happy juneteenth. >> happy juneteenth to you, too. >> thank you. >>> so, republicans and democrats can work together to make a new holiday. so now, what about voting rights? police reform? and everything else on biden's agenda? >> i hope this is the beginning of a change in the way we deal with one another. ugh, these balls are moist. or is that the damp weight of self-awareness you now hold in your hand? yeah-h-h. (laugh) keep your downstairs dry with gold bond body powder. ♪ ♪ the light. keep your downstairs dry it comes from within. it drives you. and it guides you. to shine your brightest. as you charge ahead. illuminating the way forward. a light maker. recognizing that the impact you make, comes from the energy you create. introducing the all-electric lyriq. lighting the way. ♪ ♪ this is the greatest idea you'll ever hear. okay, it's an a

next on the tv, pulitzer prize-winning historian annette gordon reed and us and it discusses the endjune 19th, 1865. the juneteenth national independence day act passed and signed this week established yesterday, june 19th as a federal holiday. then former republican speaker of the house on maynard of ohio, on congressional career in the future of the republican party. and later, founder of the nero diversity project, autism and adhd and sensory processing disorders are often overlooked in women. find more schedule information about tv .org rated here's annette gordon reed, on juneteenth. >> welcome to the free library of philadelphia i am the director of author events. were excited to have back with us tonight to discuss the new book juneteenth rated she first joined us in 2008 couple weeks after the publication of monticello and american families which went on to win a pulitzer prize and also national book book award and also give her biography andrew johnson and later she shared the stage and co-authored work most blessed of the patriarchs. thomas jefferson in the empire of the im

we'll make sense of this now as we are joined by california congresswoman annette barragan and the firstw you took part in that hearing, what did you make of that exchange and how important is it to take this talking point away from republicans? >> well, alex, republicans are focused on one thing and they're just focused on trying to go after the administration and they're not really focused on the problem or solutions. they're not focused on domestic terrorism which is the biggest threat to the homeland right now. it was sad to see the exchange with my colleague and the reality is that secretary mayorkas has been to the border many, many times, i myself accompanied with him, and i have seen him talking to the border agents and he was trying to make it sound as though no one has visit the the border and doesn't know what's happening. those root causes start in the northern triangle countries. you have to go to those countries to see what is happening and that's exactly what she has done. i wish our counterparts on the other side of the aisle would focus on the greatest threat to our home

. >> next, pulitzer prize winning historian and harvard professor annette gordon reed talks about the history and legacy of juneteenth and shares stories about growing up in texas in the 1960's and 70's. after that, prime minister's questions from the british house of commons. later, the supreme court ruling in the 1971 pentagon papers case protecting freedom of the press. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2020] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> joins us

we are excited to have annette gordon reed with us tonight to discuss her new book on juneteenth. she joined us in 2008 a couple of weeks after the publication of the headings is monticello an american family which went on to win the pulitzer prize and the national book award and she was here for her biography of andrew johnson and later she shared the

announcer: annette gordon reed talks about juneteenth and shares her stories from growing up in texasuring the 60's and 70's. sunday at 8 p.m. eastern on c-span's q&a. you can also listen to q&a as a podcast where you get your podcasts. >> during the g-7 summit, first lady jill biden and the duchess of cambridge kate middleton visited in early education center in cornwall after meeting with staff and students. they held a roundtable on early childhood education and development.

. >> ramos wife annette says her emotions after the loss are still raw. >> i there and sing a lot anger, a lot of frustration i want to try to find forgiveness. a little hard right now, but i'm sure to come in time. >> leonard a week after a vigil for his son in mount house addressed the crowd. >> my son. gave his life so others may live. but i would rather life. >> never leave home without having to your loved ones. love you. >> now. the transit system is also honoring the 9 lives with the special buses. you can see the hashtag dt a family on the side of the buses. light rail service has been suspended until further notice. there are going to be bused bridges in place to help get people around. on kron 4 dot com. we have a section. it's focused on last week's mass shooting. you can use your phone right now. go head scan, a qr code. take you to right there to the site. we have several other stories on remembering on 9 of the victims. the latest updates on that investigation, body camera footage when the officers arrived on scene. shots are being fired and how the tea a service is being

my best advice is to put off today which been due next week and it's going to come to annette. but clearly the people who are most affected by this are the elderly infants that don't perspire as well, and they have poor circulation. the homeless people were already seeing cooling centers are opening longer and hydrating sectors. even industry is closing down because of the, the heat of the day. so it's something that is just not factored into our, our plans in our strategies, but it's going to have to be going ahead. this is a lesson to, to learn. this is not something that is just a one off. it's going to be something that's going to be very much part of of the new climate here in, in canada. yeah. the 21st century climate. definitely not. 20th century anymore. mr . david phillips, senior climate colleges for environment and climate change. we appreciate your time and your insights tonight. thank you. thank you breast. the. the official death toll from that condo building lamps and your miami has risen to 10 with more than 150 people. still missing, rescuers say they have not

announcer: annette gordon reed talks about juneteenth and shares her stories from growing up in texas during the 60's and 70's. sunday at 8 p.m. eastern on c-span's q&a. you can also listen to q&a as a podcast where you get your podcasts. >> during the g-7 summit, first lady jill biden and the duchess of cambridge kate middleton visited in early education center in cornwall after meeting with staff and students. they held a roundtable on early childhood education and development. [chatter] [indiscernible chatter] >> i know! i agree. >> how old is he? >> five. >> you are five. nice to meet you. >> thank you very much. may i introduce you to my wonderful teaching assistants. >> nice to meet you. how are you? >> how are you? nice to see you. >> we have 29 children enrolled. we are absolutely overjoyed to host you today at this fantastic, inspirational opportunity for us all. thank you very much. absolutely. our earliest provision is continually evolving with our children. we understand that the first five years of a child's life are more pivotal for development than any other moment. we

i've been speaking to annette gordon—reed, who's charles warren professor of american legal history atsigned the holiday into federal law. it was a wonderful day. it was very festive. everybody was happy. there were people from both sides of the aisle who were there supporting, making it a national holiday, so it was all around good. whatever it took to get there, we are not going to dwell on that. it is here now, and i'm very happy about it. so, a national recognition. just tell us, is it a celebration? how is it respectful to mark this event? what would you like to see going forward? well, some people call it a commemoration rather than a celebration but i think it is both stop i have no doubt, and we know from the things they said, that enslaved people on that day and in that time period, they were very happy to know that legally, they would not be treated as property, and they would have no children stolen from them, no family members, so there was happiness there, even though they knew that it was going to be a struggle, and it was a struggle, so people like commemoration, so it d

i mean it's going to come to annette. but clearly the people who are most affected by this are the elderly infants that don't perspire as well, and they have poor circulation. the homeless people were already seeing cooling centers are opening longer and hydrating centers. even industry is closing down because of the, the heat at the day. so it's something that it's just not factored into our, our plans in our strategies, but it's going to have to be going ahead. this is a lesson to, to learn. this is not something that is just a one off, it's going to be something that is going to be very much part of of the new climate here in, in canada. yeah. the 21st century climate. definitely not. 20th century, any more. mr. david phillips, senior climate ologist for environment and climate change. we appreciate your time and your insights tonight. thank you. thank you, brett, are sports now? spain are the latest side. the reach, the quarter finals at euro 2020 after they b, croatia, 53. after extra time and a thriller in copenhage

my best advice is to put off today which can do next week, and it's going to come to annette. but clearly the people who are most affected by this are the elderly infants that don't perspire as well, and they have poor circulation. the homeless people were already seeing cooling centers are opening longer and hydrating centers. even industry is closing down because of the, the heat of the day. so it's something that it's just not factored into our, our plans in our strategies, but it's going to have to be going ahead. this is a lesson to, to learn. this is not something that is just a one off. it's going to be something that's going to be very much part of of the new climate here in, in canada. yeah, the 21st century climate. definitely not. 20th century. any more. mr. david phillips, senior climate ologist for environment and climate change. we appreciate your time and your insights tonight. thank you. thank you. brad. the, the official death toll from that condo building collapsing, your miami has risen to 10 with more than 150 people. still missing, rescuers say they have n

but annette, this is also day that now americans can say, well, why is it a federal holiday? and learn, perhaps, things that we have glossed over in the past or tried to forget. instead of trying to forget, we are remembering. >> absolutely. and that's really important. that's the first step towards thinking about how things can be changed today. we're linked to this past. there are legacies of slavery, legacies of the aftermath of it. and it's good and important for us to know about these things, even though it's unpleasant for lots of people and there are efforts now to stop people from remembering and talking about these kinds of things, but they won't be successful. information is not kept -- you know, can't be kept secret forever. and i'm glad that people now are thinking about this day. >> annette gordon reid, thank you so much for being with us. it seems to me that the book you decided to do during the pandemic had quite an impact. >> good timing. >> yeah, we really greatly appreciate it. and peter baker, really quickly, i wanted to ask you, to sum up this week, for jo

other a strong contender is, were barred from running a c one. nearly 62 percent of the vote per annette, however, was low with less than 50 percent of eligible people voting. this was largely attributed to a lack of enthusiasm for the election and the pandemic on saturday. racy was visited at his office by the outgoing president of sun. ronnie bass. he takes office in august and promises to work closely with the former leader. monk said much about that of his yacht as i congratulate my very dear brother mister abraham . right. you see, he has a very heavy responsibility check. now that i'm care, ma'am, i have no doubt that the people will support his legitimate government so that their interest can be best implemented. suppose hold, hold on right now. i'd like to offer my gratitude to the very dear honorable and vigilant people. i thank the almighty god for the dear people's trust. in the serving seminary student. i hope i can respond well to the people's confidence votes unkindness during my term. and that's because, well, it's the 2nd time that abraham, where you see a farm for the pr

it needs to hope doors and picking a fuss or when, as he still annette estefan, we insisted on staying here despite our fear, we are too scared. it's like what we left and molly, it happened in burkina, but it's not working his fault. this is all of africa today. there is not a country where there is no problem. this problem covers all of africa. as the violence worsens in this, a hail refuge is harder to come by. so they stay here hoping to avoid the next attack in countries struggling to support them. charlotte bellis al jazeera me with cove at 19 variance spreading so quickly around the world, governments are responding more aggressively with their vaccines. india is now offering them free of charge to all adults. the biggest challenge though is reaching the majority of its people who don't live in cities or towns as reporters from others with her on him. health care workers track through the pine forests of the indian administered cush mead, to reach the village of duck soon. the remote himalayan region is home to the nomadic bucket while tribe in the summer, the cattle herders mov

host: let's talk to and it who is calling -- annette, who is calling from randall's town, maryland. caller: does anyone think that 20 million of those jobs that were lost -- 20 million, some of those people have passed away from covid? guest: that is a good question. yes, some of those jobs, people separated from their jobs because they got sick. i'm sure some, unfortunately, died. some who were separated from their jobs did not come back right away because they were fearful of becoming sick. that is still persisting out there. that was allowed. early in the biden administration, they put out guidance and said " if you are offered a job, you have to go back to work, -- the biden administration put out guidance and said " if you feel the workplace is unsafe, you do not have to take that job." that was out there. if you think you might get sick, you have a condition where becoming sick would be at a higher risk, you do not have to take the job. host: let's talk about the labor force participation rate. in may, it was 61.6%. what is the labor force participation rate, and why should we

the grand slam title, she lost her full from match in straight sets against elaina revoke annette from catholic stem. serena 1st played at the french open in 1998. that's one year before we bought and was even born. yeah, i'm in a much better place and when i got here, you know, i was just literally trying to win a match because it had been really difficult season for me on this, on the clay. and although i love the clay, i was like, i could just win a match more tennis and my mom, but now it's an incredible finish. informally, one's as a vice on ground and some important questions being asked about tie a safety, a major blow out. so long stroll spent out of control and hit the wall in his after martin from the same thing happened to racially the max of stop and in his red full . and it looked like it might cost him the championship lead that was nearest 5 or lewis. hamilton running 2nd, but that crash led to a lengthy delay and restart the stuff. and he made such a perez held off hamilton, forcing him into a costly era. so all the while champion run white perez house on it for the rem

joining me now from new york is annette gordon—reed — charles warren professor of american legal historyere there when president biden signed the holiday into federal law. i wonder if he had mixed feelings given that finally this national recognition, that it took such a long time to get here.- long time to get here. well, actually didn't _ long time to get here. well, actually didn't have - long time to get here. well, actually didn't have mixed . long time to get here. well, - actually didn't have mixed feelings. it was a wonderful day. it was very festive. everybody was happy. there were people from both sides of the aisle who were there supporting and making it a national holiday so it was all around good. whatever it took to get there, i don't want to dwell on that. it is here now. i'm very happy about it. fix, dwell on that. it is here now. i'm very happy about it.— very happy about it. a national recognition. _ very happy about it. a national recognition. just _ very happy about it. a national recognition. just tell _ very happy about it. a national recognition. just tell us, - ver

and then it was a drug deal goal that and then annette setting then two months later they work togethernd he was exonerated. he wasn't sure he wanted to go into that kind of ministry. although he is now. and then to represent these people and then spent the next 35 years taking one case at a time. no money or training as a lawyer or journalist. just one case at a time. and grew the organization almost by accident now with 65 exonerations. and then those stories of new jersey, savannah georgia, all kinds of settings. many and career and never had time for a family are had time to make money. whatever he earned went into his work. he is one of my heroes. and then with the background as the minister and a lawyer in memphis and is assigned to a very ugly case and cannot handle and that happened to a good friend of mine not memphis that and was assigned a terrible murder and said i can't do this. and he walked out but then he became a priest so i told jim upfront what i would do i use your real name. now i'm on his board. >> your books not only tell great stories but they enhance awareness w

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annette she has said repeatedly throughout the years that gun control has is the answer.lf or those are obviously contradicted ideas. it's not just the talking point the people what gun are going to be able. if that works there would be no problem. she was the federal government now is it's okay to for help it's >> they wrote a very strongly worded statement together tightly trump administration do not send federal agents to our city. except for the ones that are going to take all these guns away. i think that is l mission of failure i really do. they're two of the worst mayors in the country. they make the podium with the bill de blasio, that god is on his way out. so, michael, what is it say about you if your staff is leaking angry e-mails from you and there is a generally horrible around within your administration? >> look you are never going to have knee defend their who treat their staff poorly but when you treat your staff poorly says more about you than the staffing the gun control issue is one we have to focus on. the problem and chicago is they have guns coming a

joining me is annette gordon reid, author on juneteenth" which i was kicking i didn't bring it to geti was happy for sheila jackson lee. i know she's fought for this for a long time. beyond being a warm and fuzzy sort of acknowledgement of the country and the end of slavery, what does it mean? >> we can begin a discussion about it. one of the great things about this holiday is it's taylor made for history. people have to know what happens, when did it happen, why did it happen that way. and every sort of celebrations i've seen, they always have an educational component. this is the united states, it will be kmod fight in some way. it's some hard things about the past. >> that's inconvenient. that's going to be illegal. we're at a moment where there are a lot of republicans who have made their cause doing the opposite and saying that we're not to talk about history that makes anyone who is white uncomfortable. to say anything sort of cast aspersions on slave owners to make them something other than benevolent people to say the founders were sort of innocence on race and that they reall

. >> pulitzer prize-winning historian and harvard professor annette gordon reed talks about juneteenth and shares her stories growing up in texas during the 60s and 70s. sunday at 8 pm eastern on q&a. you can listen to q&a as a podcast where you getyour podcast . >>. [music] >> host: then joins us on the conversation on votingrights . served as president for the american way, first remind viewers what your group's vision for theamerican way is and how you carry it out . >> we believe freedom, opportunity, justice and equality really is what creates democracy. we were founded 40 years ago by congressman barbara jordan and norman beer, a man who brought us good times and all the family and facts of life and taught us families who love each othersometimes have to fight .

i did a report with annette.dead, but they don't understand the past has echos and reverberate into our present and future. we need to know what our past is so we know where we're going. we also talked about opal lee and the fact she was 89 years old when she started her effort to get juneteenth a federal holiday, the newest federal holiday. when you have elders like her -- it's such a wonderful quote from her, saying that the good lord will have to catch her. people are doing the things that need to be done to make it. it doesn't matter your age. you don't have to be young or have grand plans. you just have to have an idea and have to be willing to make somsak feists to ensure that the story of your family, the story of your people, the story of your state and your nation is not only not forgotten, but that it is told, told accurately and told as part of a larger conversation and the larger history of our nation. the people who are trying to -- pushing back against critical race theory which is a blanket way of

joining me now is janel ross, the senior correspondent for "time" magazine, and annette gordon-reed, history and law professor at harvard university. she's a pulitzer prize winner and her new book is called "on juneteenth." let me go to you first, professor gordon reed. i want to start with you as the historian here. as you heard from me at the top of the show and with his ifill, the politics of juneteenth recognition and certainly that path through congress are complex. but i also don't want to lose sight of the symbolic good that so many advocates and lawmakers have fought for and finally realized this week. so i wonder if you might explain less the symbolism of juneteenth, but more the symbolism of this now federal recognition, the line from 1865 to 2021, can you do that for me in 60 seconds? >> well, it gives everybody an opportunity to celebrate and advance in human rights. this is not just about black people. it's not just about texans. it's not just about the united states of america. slavery in texas was defeated by the military, and the military with black troops who went to

he brought annette out a little bit. again washington mutual has some fabulous employees. very biased by think that the best employees in the business. unfortunately most of the majority in our branching system were able to stay on with j.p. morgan chase. i'm sure they did a great job for them. i wish them all well. i think in terms of some of the senior managers there were actually a few that went there. mentioned we had an outstanding the leader of our business on that for all of j.p. morgan chase now. again i think they are fabulous people. i wish nobody had to go through what we had to go through. i know also most landed well because they are so capable. vicor the things this whole experience is i've released in the book how many washington mutual employees get in touch with us and say thank you for doing this book. we really wanted to get the truth pretty wanted to finally have a book of all the true facts appreciate them contacting us about that. >> one of the questions that was posteriors why was it important for you, for washington mutual to become the largest bank

the wonderful story called journey of the heart by annette gray. and rebecca's story is captured in two places, one is in a book called with a doll in one pocket and a pistol in the other. and then i also have her memoir and more information on a national park's survey sight. and if you googled, rebecca mayor and my name, joy poole, that memoir will appear. as will the letters and the story of jenny culver. >> shortly after they moved from arizona there was a stage line that went from arizona down into mexico and in the middle of the night, someone arrived and for some reason, the driver could not continue. and the stage we gone was difficult to operate. and in his years of leadership he decided that he was the only one that could handle the situation. he said, yes. that he should. during that drive he was shot and killed by apaches. >> so i wanted to finish the discussion, joy, and ask you how did you get involved in santa fe trail -- in promoting that history, i'm just curious how you became interested in the trail's history. >> prior to serving