. >> maurice: i'm maurice dubois. that is where that u.s.ack hawk helicopter collided wednesday evening with an american airlines regional jet inbound from wichita as it was attempting to land. it appears at this point the helicopter flew into the the plane's flight path. >> john: the 64 people aboard the plane and the three soldiers on the black hawk were killed. more than 20 have yet to be recovered. the washington, d.c., fire chief says that will have to wait until the plane's fuselage is pulled out of the potomac. >> maurice: recovery teams worked under rainy skies today along the banks of the frigid river. all the flight recorders for both aircraft have now been recovered intact. senior transportation correspondent kris van cleave is at reagan airport with the latest on the investigation tonight. kris? >> reporter: maurice, the move to restrict helicopters drew praise from american airlines ceo and several key senators. those recorders that have been recovered, those are crucial pieces of this investigation. they contain a treasure trov

maurice isserman is the publius war. julius rogers, professor of american at hamilton college, a former fulbright excuse me, visiting professor in moscow. he's the author, award winning books on the history of the left. other topics his writing has appeared in the new york times, washington post, los angeles times, gary gerstle is the paul mellon professor of american history emeritus at the university of cambridge. he's the author of several books, most recently the rise and fall of neoliberal order, which we also have available for purchase. tonight, he been a guardian columnist and has written for the atlantic monthly, the york review of books and more. tonight, morris is presenting his new book, reds, the tragedy of american communism, which michael cohen reviewed, saying maurice isserman has not just produced the wisest, most eloquent history the communist party that has ever been written. reds is also a vital for anyone who wants to understand the promise and agony of the american left in the 20th century. we're so

maurice writing this spectacular book. and thank you for and and you should all actively buy a copy and read it and think about it. and if you don't agree with it, write him a enter into conversation with him. continue the conversation there. books available for anyone who wants to pick any copy up tonight. and i think maurice would be happy to absolutely put his john hancock in there that's probably an appropriate name to talk about reds but the book about the book is about tension and contradiction. so i can talk about your john hancock book as a revolutionary. yeah there we go. thank you all very much. news forcould. evening, ladies and gentlemen, invite you to take your seats. my name is jim byron and i am honored to serve as the president and ceo of the richard nixon foundation. and it's my pleasure to welcome you tonight to the nixon library. i also want to welcome all of you live tonight on youtube and on x formerly known as twitter because we live stream of our distinguished speakers series events and we're proud t

members of pauling's intellectual circle while studying in italy in the 1820s, especially cooper and maurice cooper had commissioned paintings from him. while morse and chapman had traveled together and in fact, morse painted this picture while he was traveling with chapman in tuscany and has a very chapman's sky holdings commission secured such relationships for chapman and a steady paycheck. chapman began working with pauling in the winter of 1830 233, perhaps after an introduction by either cooper or morse. he traveled throughout virginia on pauling's dime, painting scenes and talking to people who had known washington. the results of their partnership revealed a new side of washington's biography. and this was always the goal for pauling to tell a more intimate story of george washington. chapman wrote. spalding painfully detailed accounts of his conversations with people like lawrence lewis and jeremy prophet, a man enslaved by washington, his brother john august. in washington. pauling then repeated these stories in his book sometime verbatim. pauling hoped that this content would help