after vietnam, atkins served as the first sergeant for the vacations the man. in arizona, he attended a's ceremony and el paso, texas. he retired from the army in 1978 . atkins earned his bachelor's degree and two master degrees from troy state university. he also established the atkins accounting service, serving as its ceo for 22 years. his many awards and decorations include the distinguished service cost -- cross. today's moderator is lamarr jackson. he has more than 30 years of experience as a journalist and book author, communicator and public relations and marketing specialist. he has worked for a wide variety of clients. latest enjoyment, please welcome cspan.org, and katie lamarr jackson. >> how are you? >> i am good, we are under the bright light. i think the thing we are supposed to do is talk. >> we spent a lot of time working on this book in your living room talking. >> let me anticipate it took about 2 1/2 years to do that. what i asked you to do, and you were very capable in doing this, when we began, i wanted everything in the book to be true, a

. >> reporter: blocked by a computer monitor, 28-year-old gene atkins hears an additional 28 chargeslake trader joe's. >> people versus -- >> reporter: it includes 15 cases of a hostage. because of these additional charges, bail was in to read to $4 million? bail is set at 23 million $155,000. >> reporter: atkins public defender asked for time to collect video. here's atkins at his first court appearance last month when he was charged with murdering the 27-year-old manager of trader joe's and also charged with the attempted murder of his grandmother he shot before leading police in a chase that ended with a crash at the supermarket. >> reporter: atkins public defender said he was surprised at the additional charges but did not challenge the new bail amount. the next hearing is september 17th. >>> in the east bay, police are looking for a convenience store bandit quite persistent to get his hands on some cash. the police posting this video to youtube today. saying he's responsible for two robberies, one at this chevron station and the second at a little ceasar's pizza place on san pab

please welcome katie lamarr jackson and bennie atkins. [applause] how are you yeah go >> i think the thing we are supposed to do is talk. i will allow: that, yes. katie lamar jackson: we spent a lot of time working on this book in your living room talking. bennie adkins: it took about two and a half years to do. do, and you you to were very capable in doing this, when we began, i wanted everything in the book to be and the only changes that were from some of the americans that were present said i have some dates and times wrong. other than that, those were the corrections we made. katie lamar jackson: we have the opportunity for you and i to have long discussions day after day. i asked you the same questions over again. of that.bly got tired we also had the opportunity to interview the other men who are still alive in the battle. that was really important to you, was in it? bennie adkins: absolutely, yes. it is not my story. is, they were 17 americans there in that middle -- major battle. with7 were wounded unfortunately five paying the u

our lead-off panel, kimberly atkins is back with us. chief washington reporter for "the boston herald." she, as you see, is on the hill. here with us in new york, john heilemann is back with us, long time political journalist, co-author of both "game change" and "double down." we did a little bit of both tonight in ohio. and el eli stokols is with us tonight. what do you think they make of a barn burner in this district in ohio during this time? >> i think there is some concern. i'm talking and texting with some as we talk right now. there is a lot of concern. look, dozens of districts that are up in the midterms are not as red as the ohio 12th. and the fact that this was such a squeaker, even if they come out with a "w" at the end of it, it's quite an erosion of support for donald trump, who won that district by 12 points. i know the president is claiming victory tonight, and it might be the case that he energized republicans enough just to squeak over, to squeak out a win here. but he also energized democrats in a way to really get ou

kimberly atkins and aaron blake. kevin, here's the thing. in the last 24 hours. there are big questions. we learned things how this is going to get laid out. we don't know a lot of things. what are your biggest questions? >> the biggest questions are whether or not we'll get to a full space force. there's agreement space needed to be elevated and more attention. secretary of the air force and the general in charge, more man than a year ago asked for attention. like u.s. special operations command. which means all services fun nel into it. of the manage anybody that -- they deploy the troops out where needed. whether in europe, pacific or some other thing. space force, an equal service. that's where it gets dicey. and you have a whole lot of polite smiling at the pentagon, saying we're going hand this off to congress and everyone in congress is kind of saying, okay, let's bring it because it's got to come next year in the budget. >> congress has to approve a new branch. >> there's not a whole lot of full support. >> before i get to that. i th

. >>> joining the conversation, kim atkins, chief washington reporter for the boston herald.or "the new york times." all msnbc contributors. kim, let me ask you to weigh in. let me put up for our viewers. this is a list we threw together of some of the hottest and uglyest flash points of the trump presidency. charlottesville as we mentioned. the attacks on frederica wilson by him and his chief of staff. they called her wacky. attacks on maxine waters which are ongoing. they call her an extraordinarily low iq person. calling nfl players sons of pitches and tell theme they a t all fired. and african nations. the president agitated by successful and/or powerful black men and women. >> and i think that's the point that i was going to make, you hit it on the head, powerful people of color, black people who dare to criticize him or his policies in particular. i thought it was interesting that he said, i like mike in that tweet because up to now michael jordan is not somebody who has been really prominent, really out front in protesting the president, although he did say that he sup

s women minister victoria atkins has expressed concern over the rising number of minus now wishing to go through reassignment. i read in the paper recently that there has been a large increase in the number of teenagers who are identifying nest transgender and i think though we need to get down to the reasons why this is happening it may simply be a case of greater warn us he may be that for some they see it as an answer to questions they are perhaps not asking themselves well we debated the issue with activist pay to touch chill and radio talk show host jungle and. what is the purpose of these badges just to raise awareness and in particular to make transfusions and their friends and allies feel comfortable safe and accepted i don't think that's a terrible thing i think it's just a common human decency to become into i know that perfectly reasonable have made this decision what's not reasonable add on a minute where universities are trying to tell lecturers it happened at university of toronto of course famously with jordan peterson where they totally had should not use things like h

the suspect gene atkins was wanted for shooting his grandmother. he's been charged with murder and 30 other counts. >> you see the sign right over here, opening our doors, thursday 8:00 to 10:00 p.m., we missed you and further to the left a makeshift memorial remembering the victim who was killed in this tragedy. this trader joe's reopening following the deadly leo stallworth, abc news. >>> happening today cbs will report second quarter earnings as turmoil continues to swirl around the network. les moonves will keep his job while the board hires an outside firm to investigate. he's expected to face questions from analysts during today's earnings conference call. >>> and cupertino based apple is now the world's first publicly traded company to be valued at $1 trillion. that's 12 zeros in case you're wondering. now, this peak seemed unimaginable two decades ago. after apple brought back its once exiled co-founder steve jobs the company slowly rebound products like the ipod and eventually game changing iphone. today the stock is trading at nearly $200

on september 15, 20 14, barack obama awarded the congressional medal of honor to any atkins for his actions during combat in vietnam 38 years earlier. in march 1966. next, on american history tv, hisie atkins talks about book, a tiger among us, a story of valor in vietnam's a shau valley. he describes how he and fellow green berets were attacked by the a conch troops from march 9 12.arch he tells the story of a tiger who saved his life during the battle. the national archives posted this hour-long event. veterans or vietnam u.s. veterans who served on active duty in the u.s. armed forces at any time during the. 1975vember 1, 1955-may 15 to stand and be recognized. [applause] as you exit the theater after this program, national archives staff and volunteers will present you with a vietnam veteran -- on the back of the

kim atkins, the question keeps being asked what is the president afraid of, what has the president got to hide? >> yeah, i think that's the biggest open question here. i know you sort of dismiss the reality tv angle of all of this, but the thing that's important about that is omarosa comes from the same place as the president. that mix of politics and reality television. she knows how to tease out something for maximum effect. she's going to keep dropping these recordings, whatever she has bit by bit to keep her on television, to keep her book in the headlines because she knows how to sell the exact way that the president does. so is there some there there that's going to be her big finale, big reveal on the end? quite possibly. but the concern itself is evidence that omarosa was present when people were talking about something that they don't now want to be made public, whether it was something illegal or something that would prove damaging to his presidency, we don't know. but it's something there or they wouldn't be this disturbed, they wouldn't be, you know, keeping the security cl

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so it's really going to be interesting to see how that plays out moving forward. >> kimberly atkins, thanks for joining us. coming up, other results and analysis from a bunch that we had ohio, we will kansas, michigan. other results, other races to tell you about to break down all the numbers and the latest in today's other big political story, the paul manafort trial. ken dilanian and henry lipman will join us. stay with us. from the very beginning ... it was always our singular focus, a distinct determination. to do whatever it takes, use every possible resource. to fight cancer. and never lose sight of the patients we're fighting for. our cancer treatment specialists share the same vision. experts from all over the world, working closely together to deliver truly personalized cancer care. specialists focused on treating cancer. using advanced technologies. and more precise treatments than before. working as hard as we can- doing all that we can- for everyone who walks through our doors. this is cancer treatment centers of america. and these are the specialists we're proud to call

. >> joining me now kimberley atkin and our msnbc contributor, jonathan kay park.berley, this is significant. wesley bell he was a counsel member in ferguson. >> right, seven terms. mccccolough has faced some criticism before. he talks about the failure of prosecuting the police officer that shot michael brown and other issues like cash bail and sentencing reform. we are seeing a lot of energy in these local elections. we are talking about the anniversary tomorrow of michael brown when we think of what transpire after that and all the other related issues and other jurisdictions, jonathan, this is a movement and it is starting at the grass roots level. >> right, this is a piece of that i am working on frantically right now. tomorrow is the fourth anniversary remembering what was happening in the days immediately after where we were watching on television of a militaryi militarized response in a population -- where they. >> reportewere being stopped. the african-american community was led up time and mumbai a police force and a city government that was funding itsel

david, kimberly atkins, peter baker. coming up, he has likely visited more public schools in america than any other american alive today. sadly, he's attended funerals for dozens of young people gunned down in chicago, illinois. coming up, we will be joined by chicagoan and former education secretary arne duncan when the 11th hour continues. hey, you every talk to anybody about your money? yeah, i got some financial guidance a while ago. how'd that go? he kept spelling my name with an 'i' but it's bryan with a 'y.' yeah, since birth. that drives me crazy. yes. it's on all your email. yes. they should know this? yeah. the guy was my brother-in-law. that's ridiculous. well, i happen to know some people. do they listen? what? they're amazing listeners. nice. guidance from professionals who take their time to get to know you. are you ready to take your then you need xfinity xfi.? a more powerful way to stay connected. it gives you super fast speeds for all your devices, provides the most wifi coverage for your home, and lets

sergeant atkins describes how he and 16 of his berets were attacked by a large force of vietnamese and troops from march 9 and march 12, 1966. he also tells the story of a tiger who saved his life during the battle. the national archive posted this hour-long event. >> i ask all vietnam veterans or united states veterans who served in active-duty at any time during a period of november 1, 1955, to may 15 of 1975

david, kimberly atkins, peter baker. coming up, he has likely visited more public schools in america than any other american alive today. sadly, he's attended funerals for dozens of young people gunned down in chicago, illinois. coming up, we will be joined by chicagoan and former education secretary arne duncan when the 11th hour continues. >>> it was an especially devastating weekend for a city already struggling with gun violence. 74 people in the city of chicago were shot between friday afternoon and monday morning. 74. 12 of them sadly were killed. according to the chicago tribune, "it marked the worst violence of any single weekend in chicago since at least before 2016, the year in which hop sides hit records unseen for two decades." this afternoon, the police superintendent eddie johnson announced as many as 600 additional police officers are being deployed. he says they'll be in the hardest hit neighborhoods by the weekend. we are happy to be joined tonight by arne duncan, a proud chicagoan, former head of the ch

. >> kimberly atkins, you're a lawyer. to my recollection, going back to the clinton and reagan years, there never has been because there is a conflict with the first amendment. the only thing that would trump the first amendment for a white house staff person is classification, government secrecy. >> right. the government would have to show some sort of compelling interest why they would prevent someone from speaking, not just during their tenure in the white house but after they leave. it would be really impossible, with the exception of classified information, to see some sort of reason that they could give that that would make any of these things, any of these contracts not unconstitutional on their face. >> katy tur also was interviewing omarosa yesterday. i wanted to play part of that. >> so you were instructed according to your book to bring up the e-mails at every point you could at the end of the 2016 campaign, hillary clinton's e-mails. >> that's correct, that was our talker. >> did donald trump know about those

. >> kimberly atkins, let me ask you about this idea that people in the white house had sort of casual knowledge and hearsay knowledge of what went on, both on the campaign in terms of the chain of control or the knowledge ahead of time about the hacked e-mails. >> yeah, i mean, i think it's an extraordinary claim. i agree with joyce that you need some sort of evidence to back it up if that does exist, that could be potentially explosive. i think the way that omarosa talked about it is also interesting. it seems that she's preparing for this legal battle that she's about to engage in with the campaign, who has filed an arbitration claim to -- over this book and saying that they had an nda with her. by saying that she essentially is a whistleblower. she kept using that term, that seems to be the defense that she's going to mount against it. so i think these are both areas to watch here, as this legal fight moves forward. in terms of robert mueller, obviously he's going to want receipts to back up anything that any testimony that anybody gives with respect to this -- with this claim. so

welcome now betsy atkins.rds of several public companies, including wynn resorts and volvo cars. she is author of "behind the board room doors." welcome. >> i have a lot of scar tissue in pattern recognition. david: start of with elon musk in the tesla board. he had a tweet saying he was thinking about taking the public-private and that he had learned of the financing. the board get this statement, last week elon opened a discussion about taking the company private, including how could better serve tesla's long-term interest, and addressed the funding. the board has met several times and has taken the appropriate next steps to evaluate this. that falls short of saying we have financing lined up. >> first of all, elon musk is a brilliant innovator, but he is just a disaster as a public company ceo. you cannot treat your shareholders like their private investors, and you cannot behave like you are a private ceo when you are a public one. the board has to assert themselves. the board themselves are acting like a

so it's really going to be interesting to see how that plays out moving forward. >> kimberly atkins, thanks for joining us. coming up, other results and analysis from a bunch that we had ohio, we will kansas, michigan. other results, other races to tell you about to break down all the numbers and the latest in today's other big political story, the paul manafort trial. ken dilanian and henry lipman will join us. stay with us. est time to buy. you ready for this, junior? yeah, i think i can handle it. no pressure... ...that's just my favorite boat. boom. (laughs) make summer go right with ford, america's best-selling brand. and get our best deal of the summer: zero percent financing for sixty months on f-150. right now, get this special offer on f-150: zero percent financing for 60 months - during the ford summer sales event. hundred roads named "park" in the u.s. it's america's most popular street name. but allstate agents know that's where the similarity stops. if you're on park street in reno, nevada, the high winds of the washoe zephyr could damage your siding. and that's very dif

hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. we'll be taking you around the world with our stories today one in russia a big popular movement has made vladimir putin change his mind, he's watered down his plan to increase the state pension age. in puerto rico, the death toll from last year's hurricane has been revised up, massively, and caused another row between the island, and the white house. in the usa, florida is shaping up to be the race to watch in the coming elections, with two candidates channelling two very different visions of america. and in brazil, soldiders are patrolling the border, as the crisis in neighbouring venezuela continues to spread. also why the humble scallop, has been causing angry scenes between french and british boats, in the english channel. vladimir putin has reduced the rise in the retirement age proposed for russian women, from 65 down to 60. here he is announcing the move. translation: we have a special caring attitude to women in our country. we understand that not only do they do theirjobs, b

hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. we begin with the rohingya crisis, the un security council is holding an emergency session after its damning report on torture, rain and genocide in myanmar. we'll be live in new york. we take you inside the greek refugee camp branded the worst in the world by a leading charity. there's violence, overcrowding, and children as young as ten attempting suicide. they lost their life in the war and they come here and they lost their life become to another camp and they lost their mind. as millions continue to flee the crisis in venezuela, colombia, peru and ecuador meet to discuss how to handle the huge influx. and we're in detroit where fans of aretha franklin are queuing up to pay their respects. i want to start the show with these live pictures. this is the un security council meeting to talk about myanmar, and the rohingya crisis. earlier, the security council was updated by the head of the un antonio guteres on this report, it was released yesterday and accuses the myanmar military of

hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. the uk government outlines contingency plans for a no—deal brexit — telling british businesses to plan for customs checks, and drug makers to stock up on extra supplies. bit is not what we want and not what we expect but we must be ready. donald trump's coming out fighting in defence of his presidency, and he's even addressing the possibility of impeachment i don't know how you can impeach somebody who's done a greatjob. i'll tell you what, if i ever got impeached, i think the market would crash. a british woman held in iran gets temporary release from jail, and is reunited with her daughter — her family want her freed for good. and we'll be talking about australian politics — we could be within 2a hours of the prime minister going but malcolm turnbull would like that not to be the outcome. today we got a lot more information on what the uk government thinks will happen if the uk leaves the european union next year without a deal. here's brexit secretary dominic raab. naturally we hav

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. >> reporter: ashley atkins expecting a girl was among the first to announce. >> it was me and then found out one other girl, it was just the two of us. we're like, this is so exciting. then another one and another one. >> ended up being a sad story. >> reporter: page lost an infant son three years ago. this pregnancy is especially welcome news. >> everybody together, it's just like sharing the joy with everybody. >> reporter: the nurses say there are cravings to contend with. >> he could make the salad bar a little more pregnancy friendly like add pickles. >> reporter: for these women, for whom nursing careers have been labors of love, the countdown to another kind of labor is on. lucy kafanov, nbc ne. >>> a majestic. appearance on the west coast earlier this week, to the delight of whale watchers, blue whales swimming in monterey bay. about a dozen spotted in the last couple of days. onlookers say they range in size from 60 to 90 feet in length. >>> when we come back, forget about the beach, we're going to show you how some surfers are shredding waves in the middle of the mainland

hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. four days after a man was stabbed to death in east germany, far—right groups are continuing to call people out on to the streets of the city of chemnitz. we will report from south africa. there have been attacks on shops run by foreigners in south africa's soweto township leaving three dead and many fleeing their homes. they bring my shop, they will loop my stuff, i don't know where i'm going to start again. we are not animals. a ugandan opposition figure who emerged from government detention earlier this week on crutches, has tried to flee the country. as he got to the airport he was bundled into an ambulance. his lawyer tells us bobi wine was re—arrested at the airport. and we'll be hearing about the french actor gerard depardieu, who has denied an accusation that he raped a young actress. more far—right protests in the german city chemnitz. these pictures are from a few hours ago. less violence and agression that than we've seen earlier this week — but still a significant number on

hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source.resident trump's former lawyer michael cohen reaches a plea deal with prosecutors — he's due to appear in court shortly. microsoft says it shut down 6 websites it says were targeting the us senate and two us think tanks — and it's blaming a hacking group linked to the russian government. that will have been noted by the uk foreign secretary who's in washington — and has russia on his mind. people need to know that we are standing shoulder to shoulder and thatis standing shoulder to shoulder and that is the way that we will restore proper red lines. plus we'll hear from venezuelans who've been trying to get their hands on their new currency. it's not going smoothly. some news that's just broken in the last hour — michael cohen, president trump's former lawyer, has entered into a plea deal with prosecutors in new york. this is him. he's been under investigation for bank and tax fraud. mr cohen is due to appear in court any moment — where he's expected to plead guilty to felony charges in

hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. donald trump is facing the biggest crisis of his presidency so far. two former close colleagues have been convicted of serious crimes — one is directly accusing the president of ordering him to break the law. but mr trump is having none of it. did you know about the payments? later on i knew. later on. but you have to understand, what he did, and they weren't taken out of campaign finance. that's a big thing, that's a much bigger thing. venezeula experiences its worst ever earthquake, it's heaping more misery on a country that's deep in economic crisis, and where 7 per cent of the populatoin have now fled in search of a better life and we'll be bringing you a story of great emotional power from the border between north and south korea where families separated for decades have finally been allowed just a few hours together. the drudge report called it trump's hell hour — and it's normally on the president's side. this time yesterday — first donald trump's former personal lawyer michael

hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. the us reaches agreement with mexico on what could become a new trade agreement to replace nafta, if, that is, canada agrees to go along too. the un says myanmar‘s army generals should face genocide charges — because of crimes they say were committed against rohingya muslims. the scale of the brutality and the systematic nature of the rape and violence indicate that they are part of a deliberate strategy to intimidate, terrorise or punish the civilian population. meanwhile president trump is criticised, because flags on buildings across washington remain at half mast in memory of senatorjohn mccain, but not at the white house. and we'll be looking at why the pope has come under fire for what he said about children who think they're gay. donald trump has announcced he has an incredible new deal with mexico. it's may not be as clear cut as that. we know the president wants to ditch or change the north america free trade agreement, which includes the us, mexico and canada. and we saw him

youngsters wanting to change gender has been increasingly staring control to say the i think tory atkins has expressed concern over the rising number of minus now wishing to go through reassignments. i read in the paper recently that there has been a large increase in the number of teenagers who are identifying nest transgender and i think though we need to get down to the reasons why this is happening it may simply be a case of greater warn us he may be that for some they see it as an answer to questions they are perhaps not asking themselves well we've debated the issue with activist pay to touch chill and radio talk show hosts jungle and. what is the purpose of raise awareness in particular to make transfusions and their friends and allies and accepted it as innocent terrible thing i think it just because i know that person a return to of course famously with jordan p. as a fitting into these new pronouns if they want to say today are man i'm a fridge freezer so they have but i don't have to fainter i have to change pronouns i have to change the english language for a minority they ar

kimberly atkins, chef white house chore responsibility for thear bostond and jake sherman senior editor for politico. he just returned from a tripnd are so deeply immersed from houseeplicans. getting phone calls. are they alarmed? >> yes,hey are. this seat in ohio shouldn't have been on the map. this is an r-plus certainly, meaning an average republican wins it by certainly or morets po are the -- president trump won it be 11. ifak democrats can seats like that in play, they're in line to win 40, 50, 60 seats. i'm not saying that's going to happen. each race is won and lost on the mirltsof the individual candidates in this race specific clip, danny o'connor, the democrat was young and energetic and troy balderson was stiff. that's what the republicans were telling me. i went and saw it first hand. he was standing outside the church from the home of the former senator from that district tea berry. he wasn't even shaking hands. was just like thank you so much for voting. where he could have said,n i'm o the ballot, i hope you'll give me a look. he was looking at the ground as reporters tr

s women the minister victoria atkins comes under fire from l g b t activist dr expressing. concern over the rising number of children wishing to change their gender another transgender issues have sparked a debate. we need to look at why puberty blocking drugs are being handed out like small cheese to children who don't know their own minds runs people do not choose to be trends they don't make these decisions about gender reassignment without very very serious long thoughts. a very warm welcome it's two pm here in moscow and you're watching r.t. international with me they care and great to have you with us this hour now our top story the last stronghold of rebel and terror groups in syria the northern province of italy is surrounded by the syrian army with a decisive battle looming civilians are fleeing the area the humanitarian corridor was set up by the syrian government and russia. and i asked of them but you became in a tense one holding a sense hostage and that it was cold in our counting minds who are intensely false and some of this humanitarian courage to do is are

. >> >> reporter: ashley atkins expecting a girl was among the first to announce. >> it was me, found out one other girl, two of us, this is so exciting. suddenly, another one and another one. >> ended up being a sad story. >> reporter: page packard cllos an infant son three years ago. this pregnancy special news. the nurses say there are cravings to contend with. >> he could make the salad bar a little more pregnancy friendly. like add pickles. >> reporter: for these women for whom nursing careers have been labors of love, the countdown to another kind of labor is on. lucy kafanov, nbc news. >> wow. >> never heard anything like that. >> no. >> maternity leave is going to be really, really empty. >> active new years and spring incredible. apparently. >>> still to come, why more high schools are stacking their football teams. >>> plus, soda stream shakeups. details on the deal to buy the drink machine maker. ld and mildew next week. thanks to this. did you know lysol disinfectant spray can actually prevent mold and mildew growth? spray it every week to break the cycle. lysol. what it t

is women's minister victoria atkins has been criticized by l. g.b.t. activists after a suppressing concern over the rising number of children are wishing to change their gender. i read in the paper recently there has been a large increase in the number of teenagers who are identifying a such and i think we need to get down to the reasons why this is happening it may simply be a case of greater awareness it may be that they seize his annoyances to questions they are perhaps not asking themselves transgender issues are increasingly being raised in the u.k. with initiatives being launched to recognise the community's rights and one recent example is scotland scotland's at emory university which is encouraging new students to wear badges with the pronouns hien she or they indicating how they want to be referred to another campaign is being run by the university's students' union as part of an effort to avoid so-called missed gendering however it says students should not use the preferred pronouns oversizing it's not a preference but it's a necessity we deb

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. >> without any further introduction, i would like to bernadetteo you loeffel-atkins. she has been a friend of mine for a number of years. for those of you not familiar with burde bernadette, she is a native new yorker and moved to gettysburg 20 years ago. after managing two military history bookstores, she is happily retired and continues her research and writing and caring for a number of battlefield adopted position sites. today, bernadette is going to speak to us about life in the midst of death, mourning rituals in the 19th century america. thank you. thank you, bernadette. [applause] bernadette: i am really happy to see so many familiar faces here today. before we start, i would like to thank tammy and the heritage center for the support and for c-span being here and filming this, and most especially kevin drake from gettysburg publishing, who really took a chance on me with a very unusual topic that has skyrocketed. i am very pleased about it. thank you, kevin. ok. in the 1800s, death was a constant companion to life. people died in agricultural accidents, poiso

you face that women's minister victoria atkins comes under fire from l.g.b. activists after expressing concern over the rising number of kids wishing to change their gender and that and other transgender issues have certainly. we need to look at why puberty brooking drugs are being handed out like smarties to children they don't know trans people do not choose to be trans they don't make this decision about gender reassignment without very very serious long track thoughts. top stories for this hour here live on r.t. international from all of us here welcome to your neighbors. the last stronghold of rebel and terror groups in syria the northern province of is right now surrounded by the syrian army and with a decisive battle looming civilians are fleeing the area through humanitarian corridors set up by the syrian government and russia. and they are some of them. do you think a minute since we're holding and since hostages it was cold in our county minds here in tasmania close in summer this humanitarian courage to is our salvation. again i am from it in the c

s women's minister victoria atkins as a suppressed concern over the rising number of miners now wishing to go through we are steinman i read in the paper recently there has been a large increase in the number of teenagers who are identifying a such and i think we need to get down to the reasons why this is happening it may simply be a case of greater awareness it may be that they seize his annoyances to questions they are perhaps not asking themselves. we debated the issue with bt activist peter tatchell and radio talk show host john gaunt. the purpose of these badges is just to raise awareness in particular to make transfusions and their friends and allies feel comfortable safe and accepted i don't think that's a terrible thing i think it's just a common human decency to become into i know that perfectly reasonable have made this decision what's not reasonable add on a minute where universities are trying to tell lecturers it happened at university of toronto of course famously with jordan peterson where they totally had should not use things like hello ladies and gentlemen hello boys

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is women's minister victoria atkins has been criticized by l. g.b.t. activists after expressing concern over the rising number of children now wishing to change their gender i read in the paper recently there has been a large increase in the number of teenagers who are identifying a search and i think we need to get down to the reasons why this is happening it may simply be a case of greater awareness it may be that they see it as an answer to questions they are perhaps not asking themselves. well transgender issues are increasingly being raised in the u.k. with initiatives being launched to recognise the country that the community has rights one recent example is at scotland's edinburgh university where new students are being encouraged to wear badges with the words he she all they indicating how they want to be referred to the campaign is being run by the university's student union as part of an effort to avoid so-called mis gendering however it says students should not use the term preferred pronouns emphasizing that it's not a preference but a nece

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he also established the atkins accounting service incorporated, serving as the ceo for 22 years. he taught night classes at alabama southern university -- union junior-college for 10 years and auburn for six years. he has many awards and -- his many awards and decorations include the distinguished service cross, silver star, bronze star, oak leaf cluster, and purple heart. moderator, lamar jackson, is a writer and photographer with more than 30 years of experience as a journalist, author, and more than 30 years of experience as a public relations and marketing specialist. she has worked with a variety of clients such as cnn. she has worked with publishers, public, private agencies, and nonprofits. please welcome them. [applause] >> how are you? >> i am good. we are under the bright light. i think the thing we're supposed to do is talk arid -- talk. bennie adkins: i will allow that. katie lamar jackson: we spent a lot of time working on this book in your living room talking. bennie adkins: it took about two and a half years to do. what i asked you to do, and you were very capable