max hastings. peter: mr. hastings how does one become sir max.ax: [laughter] twenty odd years ago, my contribution to writing newspapers and books. i was a better historian because, nothl highly respected, is one of t the cities but of course we all like . [inaudible]. is like winning literary prizes. i won some and we all enjoyed the british - but when does it make too much of them. [inaudible]. peter: so who nominates you to be aqu server, and did you get ignited by the queen itself. max: you do in the prime minister, and god knows i became very critical i received the wrath. that was in 2002. i would've doubt that i would've gotten but yes you do, the palace and woody allen money in the queen have shown the shoulder withou assorted. my grandchildren if they are interested will be able to see it. but is a big moment in the more i'm afraid i'm very passionate admirer of the queen. it is a big moment. an exciting day of my life. your big fan of the queen, are you them on our kiss great is that a correct term for you. sue and i guess i am a monarc

but not in the case with the japanese or some other nation for its victim max hastings has written asageddon the battle for germany 1944 -- 1945 document into thousand four. donald new york city good afternoon. >> caller: good afternoon. good afternoon mr. hastings. first i went to say my father participated in d-day. as of the 82nd airborne also the german army when hitler was supposed to invade czechoslovakia they would stage this to britain and france supported them in britain and france didn't. it's going to happen when didn't happen? also the british journalist after the warsaw uprising in 1944 churchill became as much of an appeaser to stalin as chamber had been to hit lynn. i'd like to think about. that is a lot of information that is quite a mouthful but >> is a very difficult question whether there was a realistic prospect of the german army think the best historians there was no doubt some german offers were strongly opposed. but the bulk of the german army was supporting. i think it's very debatable whether there is enough support before the invasion czechoslovakia to overt

against the chinese, i think we could get a shock. >> 9 minutes left in our conversation with max hastingstom, ann arbor, michigan. go ahead. >> mr. hastings, i am in awe of your understanding of the details associated with these different wars. i'd be interested in our absolute certify vagues of two generalizations that many clueless americans have, one ise most peaceful periods in history and western europe as well. >> thank you, tom. >> let me say one first, again, michael howard, the british historian was so much my mentor and one of his phrases that he often used, he said we used the word peace far too much. the greatest good is not peace, it's stability and the reason that michael was among many people including richard hass, the president's of american foreign relations and american strategy groups think we are living in such grave time because stability is out of the window. we are living in unstable times and the word certainty during the cold war that advantaged and you find awful lot of senior military on both sides of the atlantic, they almost -- you could predict what the sovi

you are on with max hastings. ahead. >> it's an honor to be able to ask you this question and speak with you for a moment. what i would like to go back to is when you started talking about nationstates and the doctrine of attack is the main instrument of power in 1914 in that time and the political forces i'm interested in your perspectives and insights into today's time using history in the present time and are we on pass do you think that america is on path to go to war with iran based on the political forces, senator cotton or maybe even china and as i see they are misreading what is going on and i'm interested -- >> let's get his take. a. >> there's the huge issue looking at some of these things in the nuclear world the sensible power is realized in absolute catastrophe and the best way to avoid a war is to prepare having relatively strong armed forces and regretting the fact most don't take defense or security seriously. so i think we have to have strong armed forces to have a realistic prospect of deterring

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a conversation with military historian max hastings on his more two dozen books on wars in the 20th century, including his soon to be released "operation pedal." sunday in his book, are the really good schools," james tooley talks about private schools in poor countries, elevating their educational standards and setting an example that other countries can learn from watch book tv this weekend on c-span2. >> discovery education and coordination with first lady jill biden took students on a virtual field trip in washington, d.c. schiff the white house, the supreme court, the tomb of the unknown, the the capitol and the smithsonian museums. here is a look at this half-hour tour. mrs. biden: welcome to washington, d.c. since the early 1800s the city has been the capital of the united states. it is where the federal government does its work, and where students just like you to come to see historic monuments, museums and parks. this year we are bringing washington, d.c. and some of it special places to you. one of those special places is where i am right now, the white house. i am standing at the

on sunday military historian and journalist max hastings will be our guest on in depth the 1975 fall of saigon inflicted humiliation upon planets most powerful nations. peasant revolutionaries have prevailed over western will wealth and hardware. the stairway up which on the evening of the 29th of april? fugitives ascended to a rooftop helicopter secured a place among the symbolic images of their era. for me as for all my generation of war correspondence, the struggle was among the foremost experiences of our careers. i was one of those who flew out of the us embassy on that tumultuous terrified date. his most recent book is the soon-to-be released operation pedestal other books include catastrophe 1914 europe goes to war chastise the dam buster's story 1943 and overlord d-day in the battle for normandy. join in the conversation with your phone calls facebook comments checks and tweets on in depth live at noon eastern sunday with max hastings on book tv on c-span 2, and be sure to visit c-spanshop.org to get your copies of books from our featured authors. american civil war museum in

. >>> on sunday, military historian and journalist, max hastings, will be our guest on in-depth. >> the 1975 fall of cy gone inflicted humiliation. prevailed over western will, wealth, and hardware. the stairway up which on the evening of the 29th of april, fugitives ascended to a rooftop helicopter. secured a place among the symbolic images of that era. for me, as for all my generation of war correspondents, the struggle was among the foremost experiences of our careers. i was one of those, who flew out of the u.s. embassy on that tumultuous, terrified day. >> his most recent book is the soon to be released "operation pedestal." other books include catastrophe, 1914. europe goes to war. chastise, the dam-buster story, 1943. and overlord, d day and the battle for normandy. join in the conversation with your phone call, facebook comments, texts, and tweets on in-depth live at noon eastern sunday with max hastings on book tv on c-span 2. and be sure to visit c-span shop.org to get your copies of books from our featured authors.

. ♪♪ >>> on sunday, military historian and journalist max hastings will be our guest on "in depth." >aigon inflicted humiliation upon the planet's most powerful nation. peasant revolutionaries have prevailed over western wealth and hard work. the stairway of which on the evening of the 29th of april fugitives ascended to a rooftop helicopter, secured a place among the symbolic images of that era. for me as for all my generation of war correspondents, the struggle was among the foremost experiences of our careers. i was one of those who flew out of the u.s. embassy on that tumultuous, terrified day. >> his most recent book soon to be released. join in the conversation with your phone calls, facebook comments, texts and tweets on "in depth" live at noon eastern sunday with max hastings on book tv on c-span 2. and be sure to visit our website to get copies of books from our featured authors. ♪♪ ♪♪ >>> next on lectures in history, brigham young university professor jay buckley teaches a class about lewis and clark's expedition across the american west after the louisiana purchase in 1803.

. >>> on sunday max hastings will be our guest on "in-depth." open the evening of the 29th of april, they were sent in a rooftop helicopter and secured the place among the symbolic images. his most recent book is soon-to-be released "operation pedestal." other books include "catastrophe: 1914." "chastise" and "overlord." join in the conversation with your phone calls, facebook kmechbts, texts, and tweets on "in-depth" live at noon eastern on sunday with max hastings on booktv on c-span 2. be sure to visit c-spanshop.org to get your copy of books from featured authors. joy poole discusses the experiences of young women who traveled along the over 800-mile long santa fe trail with their husbands. she explores their time on the trail as well as their lives once they arrived in the southwest. the kansas city public library hosted the event and provided the video. >> it's my pleasure to introduce joy poole. she joins us from new mexico. in the mid 19th

. >>> on sunday military historian and journalist max hastings will be our guest on in depth. >> the 1975 fall of saigon inflicted humiliation. revolutionaries prevailed. the stairway of which on the evening of the 29th of april, fugitives ascended to a rooftop helicopter, secured a place among the symbolic images of that era. for me, as for all my generation, the struggle was among the foremost experiences of our careers. i was one of those who flew out of the u.s. embassy on that you the -- tumultuous, terrified day. >> his most recent book is the "operation pedestal." others include "chastize", and "overlord." join in the conversation with join in the conversation with your phone calls, facebook comments, texts and tweets on in-depth live at noon eastern, sunday with max hastings on book tv on c-span 2. and be sure to visit c-span shop to get your copies of books from our featured authors. >>> cspan's landmark cases explores the drama behind significant supreme court decisions. sunday, the 1919 case schenck v. united states, that allows the government particularly in times

. >>> on sunday, military historian, and journalist max hastings will be our guest on in-depth. >> thell of saigon inflicts humiliation, under western will, and hardware, the stairway of which on the evening of the 29th of april, fugitives ascended to a rooftop helicopter, secured a place among the simple images of that era. for me, as for all my generation of war correspondents, the struggle was among the foremost experiences of our careers. i was one of those who flew out of the u.s. embassy on that tumultuous terrified day. >> his most recent book is the soon to be released "operation pedestal," others include "catastrophe 1914 europe goes to war," "d-day and the battle for normandy" join with your phone calls, facebook comments, texts and tweets on in-depth, live at noon eastern sunday with max hastings on book tv on c-span 2, and be sure to visit c-spanshop.org to yet your copies of our books from our featured authors. >>> before herbert hoover's 1928 election as the nation's 31st president, he earned the moniker, the great humanitarians, organizing relief work and helping to save

. >>> on sunday military historian max hastings will be our guest. >> inflicted humiliation on the planet's most powerful nation. it prevailed over western world. the stairway on the evening of april fugitives ascended to a rooftop helicopter secured a place among the symbolic images. for me as for all my generation of war correspondents, the struggle was among the foremost experiences of our careers. i was one of those who flew out of the u.s. embassy on that tumultuous, terrified day. >> his most recent book is the soon to be released, "operation pedestal," other books include, "catastrophe", "chastise", and "overlord." join in the conversation with your phone calls, facebook comments, texts and tweets on in depth live at noon eastern sunday with max hastings on book tv, on cspan 2. and be sure to visit to get your copies of books from our featured authors. >>> on may 10th, 1869, railroad tycoon, leland stanford, hammered in a golden spike to mark the linking of the pacific central railroad from the east and a summit in the utah tertour. territory. the railroad was complete. next stanford

♪♪ ♪♪ >> sunday, military historian and journalist max hastings will be our guest on in-depth. >> 1975od accumulation of long the nation. western world, the stairway of which on the evening of the 29th of april. all my generation and correspondence the struggle was among the most expanses of our careers. i was one of those who flew out of the u.s. embassy on that terrifying day. >> 's most recent book is the soon to be released operation pedestal. other books include catastrophe, 1914, europe goes to work. chastise,, the dam busters story 1943 and overlord, d-day in the battle for normandy joining the conversation with your phone calls, facebook comments, texts and tweets on in-depth, livest noon eastern sunday with max hastings on book tv on c-span2. visit c-span shop.org to get your copies of books from featured authors. ♪♪ >> kamala harris delivered the graduation address of the u.s. naval academy's commissioning ceremony and in maryland, the first female commencement speaker at the naval academy. [cheering] >> also accompanying the vice president are the honorable thomas harker, ac

on sunday military historian and journalist max hastings will be our guest on in depth the 1975 fall of saigon inflicted humiliation upon planets most powerful most peasant revolutionaries have prevailed over western will wealth and hardware. the stairway up which on the evening of the 29th of april? fugitives ascended to a rooftop helicopter secured a place among the symbolic images of their era. for me as for all my generation of war correspondence, the struggle was among the foremost experiences of our careers. i was one of those who flew out of the us embassy on that tumultuous terrified date. his most recent book is the soon-to-be released operation pedestal other books include catastrophe 1914 europe goes to war chastise the dam buster's story 1943 and overlord d-day in the battle for normandy. join in the conversation with your phone calls facebook comments checks and tweets on in depth live at noon eastern sunday with max hastings on book tv on c-span 2, and be sure to visit c-spanshop.org to get your copies of from our featured authors. virginia tech each week american artif

. >>> on sunday, military historian and journalist max hastings will be our guest on "in depth." >> the5 fall of saigon inflicted humiliation upon the planet's most powerful nation. peasant revolutionaries have prevailed over western will, wealth, and hard work. the stairway of which on the evening of the 29th of april fugitives ascended to a rooftop helicopter, secured a place among the symbolic images of that era. for me, as for all my generation of war correspondence, the struggle was among the foremost experiences of our careers. i was one of those who flew out of the u.s. embassy on that tumultuous, terrified day. >> his most recent book is the soon to be released "operation pedestal." other books include "catastrophe 1914: europe goes to war." join in the conversation with your phone calls, facebook comments, texts and tweets on "in depth" live at noon eastern sunday with max hastings on book tv on c-span 2. and be sure to visit c-spanshop.org to get copies of books from our featured authors. ♪♪ ♪♪ >>> philip zelikow talks about his book. it examines a five-month period during whi

. >> next, booktv's monthly "in depth" program with max hastings.ax hastings's many books include the recently published operation pedestal about one of the fiercest pedestals of world war ii.

conversation with your facebook comments, texts and tweets on in-depth live at noon eastern with max hastings on book tv on c-span2 and be sure to visit cspanshop.org. >> welcome to the national press club, the professional organization for journalists. i'm mike freedman. on the former general manager of cds radio network and a journalist in residence at university of maryland global producer of the kalb report by martin kalb. we're pleased to accept questions from those joining in. i will ask as many as time permits. please email headliners at prescott court.for 27 years i've had the privilege of working with and introducing this gentleman for 101 kalb report programs at the press club and theintroduction is always the same . please welcome the last correspondence personally hired at cbs by edward r murrow and the gold standard of broadcast journalism, my friend and colleague , armarvin kalb. >> that's the kindest intro. please do it again and again. >> for his 17th book published by brookings press, marvin presents the second installment of his autobiography entitled assignment russia: beco

phone call, facebook comments, texts, and tweets on in-depth live at noon eastern sunday with max hastings on book tv on c-span 2. and be sure to visit c-span shop.org to get your copies of books from our featured authors. ♪♪ >>> frederick douglass is not my real name. a fugitive slave. the year i was born, i do not know. my mother and i were separated when i was still too young to know her as my mother. as a child, i knew indescribable hunger. i remember fighting with guard dogs for scraps of food. thrown away as garbage. i have often been utterly astonished to hear persons who speak of the singing of the slave as evidence of his contentment and happiness. this is a terrible mistake. the songs of the slave represent the sorrows of his heart. i've sat at the foot of the street in baltimore, and i've seen men and women chained. and put on a ship to go to new orleans. i can still hear their cries. >> i'm just going through some old files and notes. i might find something interesting for the women's this afternoon. >> they're not expecting you to make a formal speech. will you not even have b

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on sunday military historian and journalist max hastings will be our guest on in depth the 1975 fall of saigon inflicted humiliation upon planets most powerful nations. peasant revolutionaries have prevailed over western will wealth and hardware. the stairway up which on the evening of the 29th of april? fugitives ascended to a rooftop helicopter secured a place among the symbolic images of their era. for me as for all my generation of war correspondence, the struggle was among the foremost experiences of our careers. i was one of those who flew out of the us embassy on that tumultuous terrified date. his most recent book is the soon-to-be released operation pedestal other books include catastrophe 1914 europe goes to war chastise the dam buster's story 1943 and overlord d-day in the battle for normandy. join in the conversation with your phone calls facebook comments checks and tweets on in depth live at noon eastern sunday with max hastings on book tv on c-span 2, and be sure to visit c-spanshop.org to get your copies of books from our featured authors. c-span is your unfiltered vi

on sunday, military historian and journalist max hastings is our guest on in depth. >> in 175 fall of saigon inflicted humiliation upon the planet's most -- western will, wealth and hardware. the stairway up which on the evening of the 29th of april, fuj tifrs ascended to a rooftop helicopter, secured a place among the symbolic images. for me, as for for all my genern of war correspondents, the struggle was one of the most important of our careers. >> his most recent book is the soon to be released "operation pedestal." other books include "catastrophe 1914," and "over-lord: d-day and the balloting for normandy." join us on "in depth" live at noon eastern sunday with max hastings on book tv on c-span2 and be sure to visit c-spanshop.org for copies of books from our featured authors. ♪♪ ♪♪ >>> up next on american history tv, john stauffer talks about his book "giants: the parallel lives of frederick douglass and abraham lincoln" in this january 2009 program. he compares them to the recently inaugurated barack obama. the national

. >> today historian max hastings will be our guest on in-depth. >> the 1975 fall of saigon affected the planets most powerful nations. it would prevail over western will. the stairway of which on the evening of the 29th april they ascended to a rooftop helicopter to secure the place among the symbolic bridges. for me as for all my federation of war correspondents struggle was among the foremost experiences of our careers. i was one of those who flew out of the us embassy on that too much was terrified day. >> 'smost recent book is operation pedestal. other books include catastrophe 1914: europe goes to war. chastised, the dam busters story 1943 and overlord. the day and the battle for normandy. join in the conversation with your facebook comments, texts and tweets on in-depth live at noon eastern with max hastings on book tv on c-span2 and be sure to visit cspanshop.org. >> welcome to the national press club, the professional organization for journalists. i'm mike freedman. on the former general manager of cds radio network and a journalist in residence at university of maryland glo

a conversation with military historian max hastings on his more than two dozen books on wars in the 20th century. sunday at 810 bam eastern. the vice chancellor and president of the university of buckingham in england. they talk about private schools in poor countries, elevating educational standards and setting an example that other countries can learn from. watch book tv this weekend on c-span two. ♪ >>

. >>> on sunday, military historian and journalist max hastings will be our guest on in depth. >> the 1975 fall of saigon inflicted humiliation upon the planet's most powerful nation. peasant revolutionaries have prevailed over western will, wealth, and hard work. the stairway of which on the evening of the 29th of april fugitives ascended to a rooftop helicopter, secured a place among the symbolic images of that era. for me as for all my generation of war correspondence, the struggle was among the foremost experiences of our careers. i was one of those who flew out of the u.s. embassy on that tumultuous, terrified day. >> his most recent book is the soon to be released "operation pedestal." other books include "catastrophe: 1914, europe goes to war." "chastise." and on, overlord." join in the conversation with your phone calls, facebook comments, texts and tweets on "in depth" live at noon eastern sunday with max hastings on book tv on c-span 2. and be sure to visit c-spanshop.org to get your copies of books from our featured authors. >>> c-span is your unfiltered view of government.

live at noon eastern sunday with max hastings.e sure to visit c-span shop.org to get your copies of books from our featured authors. ♪ >> next, the world health organization hosts a joint briefing with the heads of the international monetary fund, world bank, and wto on the coronavirus response. leaders announce the pledge to invest in the fight against

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. >> on sunday, the military historian and journalist max hastings will be our guest on in-depth. >> the 1975 fall of saigon inflicted humiliation upon the planet's most powerful nation. revolutionaries prevailed over western wealth. the stairway on which fugitives ascended to a rooftop helicopter, secured a place among the symbolic images of that era. for me, as for all my generation , the struggle was among the foremost expenses of our careers. i was one of those who flew out of the u.s. embassy on that terrifying day. >>'s most recent book is "operation pedestal." other books include "catastrophe 1914," and "overlord." join in with your calls, comments, texts and tweets sunday afternoon eastern with max

your phone calls facebook comments texts and tweets on in depth live at noon eastern sunday with max hastings on book tv on c-span 2, and be sure to visit c-spanshop.org to get your copies of books from our featured authors. virginia tech on lectures in history emory university professor felix harcourt teaches a class on how conspiracy theories about ufos have shaped american culture. he begins in the late 1940s and describes how public opinion abou e

on end and at the conversath military historian max hastings on his more than two dozen books on wars be released operation pedestal. sunday at 8:10 p.m. eastern in his book really good schools, vice chancellor and president of the university of buckingham in england talks about private schools in poor countries elevating their educational standards and setting an example that other countries can learn from. watch booktv this weekend on c-span2. >> my objectives were to understand the process. i was reported so i reported the process. i eventually came to recognize that i like to think. i like very much finding out what the story is, and i like very much figuring how to share it. >> sunday night on q&a peter osnos on his memoir and especially good view, watching history happen sharing his insights about his family's escape from poland in world war ii and reporting on the vietnam war for the "washington post"

phone calls, facebook comments, texts, and tweets on in-depth, live at noon eastern, sunday with max hastingsok tv on c-span 2 and visit c-span shop.org to get your copies of books from our featured authors. ♪ >> earlier today, secretary lloyd austin and israeli benny gantz gave brief remarks to the press at the pentagon before a closed-door meeting. -- israeli prime minister -- israeli minister benny gantz gave brief remarks to the press at the pentagon before a closed-door meeting. >> is a pleasure to host you here at the pentagon. i appreciated your hospitality when we saw each other ahead of israel's remembrance day and i

eastern >> on sunday, military historian and journalist max hastings will be our guest on in-depth. >> in 1975 the fall of see gun, it heaped dish of saigon, it heaped humiliation. on the evening of the 29th of april, fugitives ascended to a rooftop helicopter to secure the place among the symbolic images of that era. for me and my generation and all correspondence, the struggle was among the foremost experiences of our careers. i was one of those who flew out of the u.s. embassy on that to mulch was in terrible day. >>'s most recent days the soon to be released "operation pedestal." he also has other books. join in the conversation with your phone calls, facebook comments, texts and tweets on in-depth live at noon eastern sunday with max hastings on book tv on c-span2 and be sure to visit c-span shop.org to get your copies of books from our featured authors.

phone calls, facebook comments, texts and tweets on in-depth live at noon eastern sunday with max hastings on book tv on c-span2. >> dietrich joins us now he's with the everybodies a as a institute for policy studies. and a quote from the 2020 federal reserve report on this issue to the racial wealth gap in america. -- host: the question -- how did we get here that the typical white family has eight times the wealth of the typical black family? guest: yeah, i mean, the question is more what did we not do to remain with this great disparity? we've had this deep wealth and equality in our country since the beginning. the country was founded on racialized wealth and equality where black people, african-american people were made the wealth, of whites where native-american and indigenous lands were taken to be utilized this private wealth by a white immigrant. so racial wealth divide is at the foundation of the country and great sadness how little the country has done to abridge this deep inequality. host: what about the past year? what did the pandemic mean to this issue issue of the racial we

eastern on in-depth, max hastings on his more than two dozen books on wars in the 20th century, including his soon to be released "operation pedestal." in his book, "really good schools," james tooley talks about revit schools in -- private schools and poor countries -- in poor countries setting an example other countries can learn from. watch book tv on c-span this week on c-span2. >> wyoming senator john barrasso and former cdc director dr. thomas frieden talked about lessons learned from the covid-19 pandemic during the mccain institute sedona forum. this is 40 minutes. >> hello, everyone, and welcome to this panel, which is titled pandemics at the global challenge. i am so thrilled to be moderating this discussion on behalf of the mccain institute . i'm in london. and i know many of you who are watching today may be on the other side of the atlantic. but wherever you are, no one can have escaped the carnage and grief of covid-19 that has engulfed the whole world over the 18 months or so. and while vaccines are being rolled out in some countries to some people, we are by no means out o

they failed to confront some of the challenging national security issues and in depth with max hastingsn his more than two dozen books on the war going back to world war i. visit booktv.org or consult your program guide. >>> good afternoon. good afternoon to the panelists and the audience. i work with the book passage and i am especially proud to be part of today's very important event. a busy workday middle of the

. ♪ ♪ >> and now on book tv we are live with best-selling author and military historian max hastingsnext two hours will take questions via e-mail and social media. catastrophe 1914, overlord and, d day and the battle in normandy. >> the troops prepare to land. the beach is still empty and the cross fire of german guns rakes

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sunday at noon eastern, military historian max hastings on is more than two dozen books on wars in the 20th century including his soon to be released operation pedestal. sunday at 10:00 p.m. eastern in his book, really good schools, vice chancellor and president of the university of buckingham in england talks about private schools in poor countries elevating their educational standards and setting an example that other countries can learn from. watch book tv this weekend on c-span2. >> up next, my nato secretary discusses the transatlantic alliance and preview the priorities of the upcoming nato summit. the brookings institution is the host of this event. >> the morning, ladies and gentlemen. good afternoon and good evening are those of us who are joining around the world. i'm not yet had the honor to meet, i'm john allen and president of the brookings institution. it is a great pleasure that i welcome you to this important event featuring our honored guests the nato secretary-general. before i begin i would like to first thank our partners in organizing this event and the german coun

join in with your calls, comments, texts and tweets sunday afternoon eastern with max hastings with book tv on c-span2. visit c-spanshop.org to get books from our featured authors. >> the world health organization holds a joint briefing with the international monetary fund, world bank, and world trade organization on the coronavirus response. the dinners -- the leaders announced the pledge to fight against covid-19, making vaccinations and treatments more equitable and accessible worldwide. this is just over one hour. >> hello and good day to wherever you are listening to us. it is tuesday, june 1, 2021. i am welcoming you to today's press conference with covid-19 updates with a focus on a new joint call on scaling up equitable access to covid-19 vaccines. with the head of the international monetary fund, the world health organization, and the wto. we have with -- we have a special guest with us today, the managing director of the international monetary fund, the president of the world bank group, the director general of the wto, and last but not least, the general for the world health o

. >> on sunday military historian and journalist max hastings will be our guest on in-depth . >> theed humiliation on the planet as a powerful nation. it will prevail over western will. the stairway upwards onthe evening of 29 april , descending from rooftop helicopter to take place among thesymbolic images of that era .we as all my generation of war correspondents were among the foremost experiences of our career. i was one of those who flew out of the us embassy on that tumultuous flight. >> 'smost recent book includes catastrophe, 1914, europe goes to war. chastised, the dam busters story 1943 and overlord. dj and the battle for normandy. join in with your phone calls, comments, texts and tweets on in-depth live at noon eastern with max hastings on book tv on c-span2 and visit the c-span shop to get books from our featured authors . >> the acting director of the national parks service testified about national beparks after covid-19 and the influx of visitors over the next several months . filmmaker ken burns who produced national parks: america's best idea also testified .ks >>. [

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c-span, c-span.org, or c-span free radio at area >> on sunday, military historian and journalist max hastingsill be our guest on "in-depth." >> 9075 or cyclone inflicted humiliation on the country. over the western will, well, and hard well, fugitives descended through a rooftop helicopter, to secure the place among the symbolic images. for me as for all of my generation, the struggle was among the foremost experiences of our careers. i was one of those who flew out of the u.s. embassy on the to mulch it will's terrified day. >> his most recent book is the soon to be released "operation: pedestal." other books include "chastise: the dam busters story, 1943." join in the conversation with your phone calls, on in-depth, live at 12:00 eastern sunday on c-span tv, and be sure to visit c-spanshop.org to get your books from featured authors. >> in may, the nation's unemployment rate fell to 5.4% and that is down from 6.1% in april. the labor department said that u.s. employers increased hiring as more people started back to work after the pandemic lessened. 550 9000 jobs were added over the last mo

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sunday at noon eastern, military historian max hastings on is more than two dozen books on wars in the 20th century including his soon to be released operation pedestal. sunday at 10:00 p.m. eastern in his book, really good schools, vice chancellor and president of the university of buckingham in england talks about private schools in poor countries elevating their educational standards and setting an example that other countries can learn from. watch book tv this weekend on c-span2. >> up next, my nato secretary discusses the transatlantic alliance and preview the priorities of the upcoming nato summit. the brookings institution is the host of this event.