i worked in a small firm in savannah, georgia between the second and third year of law school because i wanted to return to savannah. for reasons i don't want to get into, that job didn't live up to . today is my son's 45th birthday, so he was a little kid. and i had a wife and child and student loans and now i need a job because i'm not going back to this situation that i don't think is right in savannah and i couldn't get a job in savannah, georgia. i couldn't get a job in atlanta or washington, d.c. or in new york or l.a. i struck out every place i could until i wound up in jefferson city, missouri. and because they didn't give me a job in atlanta is the reason i wound up on the court, so it's their fault. otherwise i would be a tax lawyer or something. judge maggs: tell me about your years at yale. justice thomas: what about it? judge maggs: do you remember it? [laughter] justice thomas: that was ages. judge maggs: no. no. [laughter] judge maggs: that was a slight on yale? justice thomas: i have enjoyed my law clerks. we have been teaching together for six or or seven years and we

the 54-year-old engineer, of savannah, georgia, and 36-year-old conductor were both killed when the lead locomotive and some of the passenger cars derailed. >> i was awoke by the rumbling, i guess, when the train wheels were in the gravel. and then it just stopped. and fortunately my partner was able to brace yourself, properly. i was not able to brace properly. ended up going into the wall. kind of giving myself a bump on the head. >> lexington county coroner. >> we should have had a lot more casualties but we didn't. >> 116 people were taken to area hospitals with range of injuries. ntsb now is on scene to investigate the crash. >> they weren't supposed to be meeting, like that, by the bridge. clearly. and there may be a time factor. that's what all it peers to me. i defer to those who, who are experts in that, and do have the correct information. it appears amtrak was on the wrong track. >> south carolina governor henry mcmaster toured the crash site. >> the first engine, fralt train, of course was torn up, single engine of the amtrak train headed south was barely recognizable. it's q

. >> at issue is this bridge in savannah, georgia, that was named after governor george tallmadge, ate sue prem seventy. girl scouts here want lawmakers to name it instead for juliet gordon lowe. this savannah native founded the group in 1912 and was a bridge builder. the girl scouts were open to all of america and became integrated decades before much of the country. the lobbyists even gave out bribes, girl scout cookies. >> have you heard any lawmakers say no? >> yes. they're saying no straight up like, no, you can't do this, you just can't do that. >> what do you say to them? >> still, it's no is not a boundary. i can reach the sky, and if you say no, that just wants me to try harder. >> i signed the legislation and i will vote for it. >> thank you for your support. >> thank you so much. >> and with lobbyists this cute, it's almost not a fair fight. >> no, it's not a fair fight. i think any dad or granddaddy, it's hard to turn down your daughters and your granddaughters. >> reporter: girl scouts formed a political pact as in precious and convincing. mark strassmann, cbs news, atla

right there in that portion that runs alongside pine ridge drive that would turn and go south to savannah, georgia, down that way. 321 south eventually runs down to savannah. so this train looks to me as if it was coming out of columbia, which would make sense, coming from the north. and it went this overpass where the switching yard was around the left there, actually, coming under the overpass on the railroad tracks, on the left of the railroad tracks, and the collision happened a little further on. >> we are told the train was heading to miami. and just out of curiosity, since you are in this area all the time, are the amtrak trains often running through at this hour? is this a normal schedule for them? >> you know, i'm from the south, i was born and raised here, and we don't see many amtrak trains, we don't travel much by train here in this part of south carolina. so it would not be uncommon for them to come through at night, but we rarely see amtrak trains. we do see in the daytime a great deal of freight trains, there's a big dog food plant up the road that manufacturers dog food and they ha

. >> reporter: the 54-year-old engineer michael kemp of savannah, georgia, and 36-year-old conductor from california were both killed when the lead locomotive and some of the passenger cars failed. >> we should have had a lot more casualties, but we didn't. >> reporter: 116 people were taken to area hospitals with a range of injuries. >> the csx was on the track that it was supposed to be on, and that appears to be a loading track. >> reporter: national transportation safety board is now on scene to investigate the crash. >> that crash was, as they say in the railroad industry, lined and locked, which basically means it was aligned for the trains coming down this way to be diverted into this area. >> the ntsb has been able to recover the forward-facing video camera inside the amtrak locomotive, but the locomotives were so badly damaged, the data recorders have not been recovered. at least theree people were hospitalized in serious condition. >>> later they plan to respond to a counter memo. president trump who returned to washington from a weekend at his mar-a-lago resort in florida

all previous afterwards are available to watch online and now we are live in savannah georgia. .. .. is behind the scenes pictures and videos. @booktv is our handle. we kick off the savanna book festival with retired air force major general robert latiff on the future of technology and war. live coverage on booktv on c-span2. >> good morning. my name is nancy leads. i'm delighted to welcome you to the 11th annual savanna book festival presented by georgia power, david and nancy cintn,

his daughter, sarah, who lives in savannah, georgia, has actually saved them all on strings, in racksed in cabinets. >> there's nothing i love more than just a picture of a building. >> reporter: and almost every card is unique. >> he'll mail anything. >> reporter: on front and back. >> uncle ben's rice box. >> reporter: what did he find to say? >> there's a whole lot of talk about gardening and football. >> reporter: apologies to your dad, but that sounds boring. i mean, come on. >> "i need a hard lace-up shoe." >> reporter: who really cares what happened at the podiatrist. >> he taped my foot and said for me to wear my shoes all the time. >> i don't even know if they read the cards anymore. >> reporter: and he doesn't mind if they don't. david said this is never about conveying new information. this was always about repeating the same message over and over and over again. >> when i'm gone, they'll know their daddy loved them. >> reporter: i think they know that now. >> you know, life gets tough, and it's nice to know somebody loves you, no matter what. >> reporter: a good reminder,

his daughter, sarah who lives in savannah, georgia, has saved them all on strings and racks and crammedts. >> there is nothing i love more than just the picture of a building. >> all most every card is unique. on front and back. >> uncle ben any rice box. >> what did he say? >> whole lot of talk about gardening and football. >> apologies to your dad. that sound boring. >> ha-ha. >> i mean, come on. >> who really cares what happened at the podiatrist. >> he taped my foot and said wear my shoes all the time. >> i don't know if they read the card any more. >> he doesn't mind if they don't. david says, this was never about conveying new information. this was always about repeating the same message. over and over and over and over again. when i am gone. they'll know their daddy loved them. >> reporter: i think they know that now. >> you know, if life gets tough. and it's nice to know some body loves you no matter what. >> a good reminder. off to tell your kids you love them. as daily andy yap tiffly as you possibly can. steve hartman, on the road, in valdosta, georgia. >>> that's the "overni

and now we are live in savannah georgia. .. .. celeste headley on the importance of indications in dm stillman on the relationship between sitting bull and buffalo bill. follow along the day on all our social media sites face the twitter and instagram for behind-the-scenes pictures and videos at booktv's or handle. we kick off this year savannah book festival with retired air force major general robertbo latiff on "future war"." live coverage on booktv on c-span2. >> good morning. my name is nancy lieb and i'm delighted to welcome you to the 11th annual savannah book festival. isto presented by georgia power, david and nancy cintron, the gm family and mark metcalf. many thanks to jack and mary raimondo our sponsors for this glorious venue the trinity united methodist church. we would like to extend special thanks to wire litter rowdy members and individual donors who have made and continue to make saturday's free festival of them possible. 90% of our revenue comes from donors just like you. thank you. we are very excited to have s

the 54-year-old engineer michael kemp of savannah, georgia were killed when the lead locomotive and some of the passenger cars derailed. >> we should have had a lot more casualties, but we didn't. >> reporter: 116 people were taken to area hospitals with a range of injuries. >> the cs6 was on the track that it was supposed to be. >> reporter: national transportation safety board is on scene to investigate the crash. >> that switch was, as they say in the railroad industry lined and locked, which basically means it was a line or line for the train coming down this way to be diverted into the siding. >> reporter: investigators remain here on the track. the ntsb was able to get its hands on the forward facing camera inside the locomotive. take a look at the train cars. you can see the force of this collision knock them completely off the track. this is the third fatal amtrak crash that the ntsb has been investigating since december. chris van cleave cbs news west columbia, south carolina. >>> the release of the gop memo of the russia investigation was the main topic. what lawmakers from bot

the engineer was 54 from savannah georgia. the conductor was 36 and came from orange park florida.horities say more than 100 people on board were taken to local hospitals for evaluation. two are in serious condition, one critical and three fair but most others were treated and released with injuries from scratches to broken bones. many of those were taken to a red cross reception site with the victims received food and other assistance. back to. >> in the meantime, the white house nuclear posture review proposing smaller nukes to counter russia while painting china as a potential adversary. why it's getting some pushback. plus sector of state rex tillerson discusses the crisis gripping one country in that region. what will the u.s. response be? >> we simply cannot allowed to stand by to see the total destruction in venezuela. the venezuelan people deserve better. on every purchase, every day. not just airline purchases. (yelling) holy moly, that's a lot of miles! shh-h-h-h! what's in your wallet? man: shh-h-h! shh-h-h-h! so we sent that sample i doff to ancestry. i was from ethnica

he was from savannah georgia. the conductor, michael, was 36. he was from orange park in florida. they had 836 passengers on train 91 for miami. this leads officials to believe that the passenger train for whatever reason, was routed onto a side track where it struck a parked and empty, csx freight train. local authorities say more than 100 people in the passenger train were taken to local hospitals for evaluation. at least two in serious condition, one critical, three fair. most others were treated and released for injuries from scratches to broken bones. many with minor injuries as well as passengers who escaped injury have been taken to a red cross reception site at a nearby middle school where they are receiving aid. they will be reunited with loved ones and their personal belongings. they will arrange alternate transportation to their destination. the red cross says they have lost more than 100 people to the reception area. the ntsb continues to look into exactly what went wrong. the ntsb briefing reporters as we speak. >> this is the latest in a rush of amtrak accidents, jon

my favorite example of this is a presbyterian pastor in savannah, georgia. he was a delegate to the first continental congress from georgia. he was as bothered as anybody about the taxes and concerns about british authority in the colonies. in 1775 and 1776 when he saw that the trend was heading towards independence and revolution, rather than just resistance, he said we cannot do that as christians. we cannotrise up against government because of these romans 13 reasons.i do not think that argument is a lock, i do not know what my position would have been, whether i would have a patriot orloyalist, but he resigned from the communal congress and became a loyalist, opposed to violent revolution. he lost everything he had. he ended up having to live in a swamp in south carolina. he lost his church, he lost his property, he losteverything -- he lost everything because he was acting in accord with his conscienceand in what he saw going on in 1 peter and in romans. it is debatable whether he is right about that interpretation. that is a good sign -- you do see ins

the train's engineer, michael, was 54 years old from savannah, georgia print the conductor michael, was 36, moorpark, porter. succulent authority say more than other people on the passenger train were taken to a local hospital for evaluation and at least two are on serious condition and three fair but most others were treated and released for injuries ranging from scratches to broken bones. many of them were taken to a red cross reception site that the red cross set up in your bible school where these victims received food and other assistance as amtrak works to be an item with their luggage and personal belongings on board that train and arrange alternate transportation to their intended destination. ntsb investigators are describing this crash as catastrophic. they say if you look at these locomotives you would not recognize them. they look nothing like they did before the splash. connor, back to you. >> jonathan, thank you. the nuclear posture review proposing smaller nukes largely to counter russia. china has potential adversary and we are getting pushback from top democrats. plus,

vacationing families to get from new york through virginia, north carolina, south carolina, savannah, georgia, and then into orlando. it's a very popular route. a good route for amtrak, about 240,000 people a year on this route. so it's very important train for amtrak. >> mary, thank you so much. we just, again, want to update you really quickly. three people now have died and more than 50 are injured. many at hospitals at this hour after an amtrak train crashed with a csx freight train in cayce, south carolina, outside of columbia. we know that there are people on the scenes as they try to make sure everybody is off of that train and get them to a shelter that has been set up at a middle school. >> of course, the number at the bottom of your screen, if you have concerns potentially about having a loved one on board this train, the number provided by amtrak 1-800-523-9101. we will get more on the breaking news that is happening in south carolina and take a quick break. we will be back in a moment. ♪ when heartburn hits fight back fast with tums chewy bites. fast relief in every bite. crunchy

host: calling from savannah, georgia, you oppose the president's idea. why? caller: good morning.hen theit because second amendment was written, i do not think no one is living now in america that has been living in america now. i think the situation goes like this. , to arme need guns teachers with guns? you go to college to learn how to teach. you did not go to school to learn how to carry a gun. we are now teaching how to run away from situations instead of kids learning in school. those kids in florida are the most educated kids i have seen, as far as going to school. you have a president who don't have a clue about putting a teacher in a school with a gun. what would that do to the kids? my son is a schoolteacher in jacksonville, florida. i am very proud of him. he is a math teacher. i would not imagine my son carrying a gun in the classroom teaching his kids. veteran, and iar do not think my son would appreciate the idea of carrying a gun. the idea that the president just teachers toaying carry a gun is the most stupid thing that any leader of this country ever proposed. thi

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captured,eady savannah georgia, we are moving to capture charleston, there has been fighting betweenhe british and french fleet in the caribbean. newport has lost its importance to the british because they cannot spread themselves too thin since they now have a caribbean theater. they pull their troops as quietly out of newport in october of 79. they leave and half of the town goes with them. it is not long before the patriots move back in. lafayette, who is gone on a trip back home to france to generate more support and supplies for the americans, he returns in june of 1780. when he returns, they leave an army, and comes here, and that is when the last days of newport's revolutionary story. the battle for rhode island was more or less over when the british leave. then the french come back and the americans come back. this becomes a town every bit estimated by the french and the american armies as it had been by the british and the hessians. that's what the project of forging the french-american alliance gets going and gaining traction. lafayette does everything he can in this town t

all previous afterwards are available to watch online and now we are live in savannah georgia. .. .. is behind the scenes pictures and videos. @booktv is our handle. we kick off the savanna book festival with retired air force major general robert latiff on the future of technology and war. live coverage on booktv on c-span2. >> good morning. my name is nancy leads. i'm delighted to welcome you to the 11th annual savanna book festival presented by georgia power, david and nancy cintron, that she and family, many thanks to jack and mary, the glorious venue, the trinity united methodist church. and members and individual donors who have made and continue to make saturday's events possible. 90% of revenues come from donors just like you. and and it would be very helpful today. following this presentation, robert latiff will sign festival purchased across the way. and as it empties so ushers can count available seats. please take a moment to turn off your cell phone. and we ask you to not use flash photography. during the question-and-answer portions. i will call on you and one of the us

and say one, that's one for you to say that haitians are contributing, and you should go to savannah, georgia, because of the monument showing that haitians have contributed to america revolutionary that free blacks came and helped americans get pounded and for you from your own people in the form of britain. i think that's what i do to stay balanced in my mind. >> i want to come back to your haitian response of the later. darlene? >> how do i keep it balanced? one thing i would say is that i exercise. [laughing] >> keep exercising. it helps sort of relieve the stress. it's a stressful place. as april say it's our place to cover whether you are black or white, , male or female. it's just hard being a white house reporter. i have not expense in kind of personal animus directed toward me because i'm a black woman. i have a different audience than april does. my audience is a lot broader than hers. one thing i try to keep in my is there is life outside of the white house afterwards. pursue your interests and that will take some of the sting out of whatever happened to you that day. >> race has b

well, that's wrong for you to say that haitians aren't contributing and two, you should go to savannah, georgia because there's a monument that haitians contributed and help you free from your own people in the form of britain. so i think that's what i do to stay balanced in my mind. >> and i want to talk to your haitian question, your response a little later, darlene. >> yeah, how do i keep it balance? one thing i would say that i exercise. [laughter] >> keep exercising, it helps, you know, sort of relieve the stress, it's a stressful place. but as april said, it's a hard place to cover whether you're white, black, male or female, it's hard being a white house reporter. i have not experienced any kind of personal animus directed towards me because i'm a black woman and i have a different audience than april does. my audience is a lot broader than hers, one thing that i do try to keep in mind is that there is life outside of the white house after work, your interest and that'll take come of the sting out of whatever happened to you that day. >> do you guys, you know, race has been -- race is su

so please keep your questions short so from savannah state university. the host of the georgia public broadcasting program as well as the cohost of the correspondent for national public radio and classically trained soprano and has even written a book called "we need to talk" a very good book about communications i will have my wife read that very soon. [laughter] please give a warm welcome to t19t19. [applause] >> i am a buddhist so this feels a little uncomfortable. so for generation after generation to cause an argument we don't talk about it so politics and religion willll be address and climate change and guns and eventually we will add everything until we are not talking about anything anymore. we don't talk to people unless they agree with you or if you will never be challenged you cannot learn anything new. also forgive me if i get emotional because after the shooting in florida last week i keep seeing those headlines saying it was the unspeakable tragedy but it is not. you have to speak about it. [applause] >> so most of us that disagree with us. you can get along with

on february 17th, we head to georgia for the savannah book festival which will be live on booktv. and then on march 10th and 11th, we'll be live from the university of arizona for the tucson festival of books featuring msnbc's -- [inaudible] david cajon son and -- kay johnson and more. and later in march it's the virginia festival of the book in charlottesville and the national black writers conference in brooklyn, new york. for more information about upcoming book fairs and festivals and to watch previous coverage, click the book fathers tab on -- fairs tab on our web site at booktv.org. >> okay. i do double duty here. so i am welcoming steve villano who is next, and he is a native of brooklyn, new york, and is the former head of governor mario cuomo's new york city press office with decades of experience in public service, public education, public health and is the ceo of several national and nonprofit organizations. i'm just going to skip to the inhere. he has written quite a bit, there's a long list of things that he has written. he has authored major pieces on ethnic stereoty

georgia, roamed the hall ways of power looking for supporters. >> i would love to make a difference and i feel like i am. >> reporter: at issue is this bridge that spans savannah harsher. it honors eugene talmadge, a former georgia governor and white supremacist, who died in 1946. girl scouts here want lawmakers to name it instead for juliette gordon lowe. the savannah native founded the group in 1912 and was a bridge builder. the girl scouts were open to all of america, and became integrated decades before much of the country. the lobbyists even gave out bribes-- girl scout cooks. sauyer stewart is 11. have you heard any lawmakers say no? >> yes, like, they're saying "no" straight up. they're just like, "no, you can't do this. you just can't do that." >> reporter: and what do you say to them? >> still, no is not a boundary. i can reach the skies. and if you are saying no, that just wants me to try harder. >> so i support it. i signed the legislation, and i will vote for it. >> thank you for your support. >> thank you so much. >> reporter: and with a lobbyist this cute it's almost not a fair fight. >> no, not a fair fight. i think that being a daddy and a gran

my name is nancy lieb and i am delighted to welcome you to the 11th annual savannah book festival-presented by georgia power, david and nancy cintro, the sheehan family and mark and pat sun. many thanks to jack and mary romano, our sponsors, for this glorious venue, the trinity united methodist church. i want to extend thanks to our members and donors who have continued to make saturday's free festival event possible. 90% of revenues come from donors just like you. thank you. we are very excited to have savannah book festival app this year for your phone. please look in your program for information on downloading it. it well be helpful. i i have a couple of 0 housekeeping notes, immediately following the presentation, robert latiff will be signing festival purchased copies of his book just across the way in the square. if you're staying in this venue for in the next presentation, please move forward so u-ers can count available seats. please take a moment to turn off your cell phones. and we also ask that you do not use flash photography. during the question and answer portion, please raise your hand,

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we have a big project going on of national certificate at the port of savannah in georgia. is there any conversation about what would be penny wise and pound foolish in terms of reducing some of those infrastructure investments when those investments are so close to paying off? >> a couple different things. you all set aside a good bit of money in the emergency supplementals that might be available to other army corps projects which could free up money for projects like savannah. we also offer new ideas on how to do capital spending, capital budget, not doing a full capital budget. i look forward to talking to you more about that. .. and cuts that are repeated in the 2019 budget. you told me, quote, social security disability is not social security. social security disability insurance is disability insurance. it is a welfare program for the disabled, unquote. and i wanted to give you a chance to clarify the answer, but i just want to say that it was added to social security in 1954 and the money for both, the retirement and the disability, are paid for by everyone through

on february 17th, we head to georgia for the savannah book festival which will be live on booktv. and then on march 10th and 11th, we'll be live from the university of arizona for the tucson festival of books featuring msnbc's -- [inaudible] david cajon son and -- kay johnson and more. and later in march it's the virginia festival of the book in charlottesville and the national black writers conference in brooklyn, new york. for more information about upcoming book fairs and festivals and to watch previous coverage, click the book fathers tab

we are delighted that you are participating in the 11th annual savannah book festival presented by georgia power. david and nancy sin terror, the sheehan family foundation and mark and pat -- [inaudible] many thanks to jack and mary romanos for this glorious venue, the trinity baptist church. we'd also like to extend thanks to our individual donors who have made and continue to make saturday's free festival events possible. in fact, 90% of the revenue for the savannah book festival comes from donors just like you, so thank you. we are very excited to have a savannah book festival app available this year. please look in your program for information on downloading it to your phone. before we get started, please let me go over a couple of housekeeping notes. immediately following this presentation, our speaker, david enrich, will be signing festival-purchased copies of his book in telfair square. if your intention is to stay for the next presentation in this venue, please as soon as we are dismissed move forward so that we can allow the crowds that are waiting outside to come in and be seated

my name is nancy and i'm delighted to welcome you to the 11th annual savannah book festival, presented by georgia power, david and nancy cintron, the family foundation, and mark and pat. many thanks to jack and mary romano, our sponsors for this glorious venue, the trinity united methodist church. we would like to extend special thanks to our literary members and individual donors who have made and continue to make saturday's free festival events possible. 90% of our venue, of our revenue comes from donors just like you. thank you. we are very excited to have a savannah book festival app for your phone available this year. it's very easy to get it from the app store and there are directions in your programs. please try to download it. it will help you today. before we get started i had a couple of housekeeping notes. immediately following this presentation, brian curtis will be signing festival purchase copies of his books right across the way. if you are planning to stay for the next author presentation, please move forward to seats in the front so that we can accurately count how many spaces ar

as you know we have a big project going on of national significance at the port of savannah in georgia. is there discussion about reducing some of the infrastructure investments when the investments are so close to paying off? >> a couple different things. you all set aside a good bit of money in the emergency supplementals that might be available to the other corps of engineer projects that could be offered to savannah. we offer ideas on how to do capital spending and capital budgeting. i look forward to talking about that in more detail. there are some ideas out there that could be productive. >> thank you for your service. >> miss schakowsky from illinois. >> thank you, mr. chairman, thank you, mr. mulvaney and thank you for meeting with democratic members yesterday. appreciate that. last year i asked you about proposed cuts to social security disability, and cuts that are repeated in the 2019 budget. you told me, quote, social security disability is not social security. social security disability insurance is disability insurance. it is a welfare program for the disabled. unquote.

we are delighted that you are participating in the 11th annual savannah book festival presented by georgia power. david and nancy sin terror, the sheehan family foundation and mark and pat -- [inaudible] many thanks to jack and mary romanos for this glorious venue, the trinity baptist church. we'd also like to extend thanks to our individual donors who have made and continue to make saturday's free festival events possible. in fact, 90% of the revenue for the savannah book festival comes from donors just like you, so thank you. we are very excited to have a savannah book festival app available this year. please look in your program for information on downloading it to your phone. before we get started, please let me go over a couple of housekeeping notes. immediately following this presentation, our speaker, david enrich, will be signing festival-purchased copies of his book in telfair square. if your intention is to stay for the next presentation in this venue, please as soon as we are dismissed move forward so that we can allow the crowds that are waiting outside to come in and be seated

georgia. >> cute and a good personality, too. that's "nightly news" for this wednesday night. i'm savannah guthrie in for lester who reports live from the olympics tomorrow. i'll see you tomorrow morning on "today." for all of us at nbc nright now >> we really again are in a position to do something and we feel helpless. >> right now at 6:00, no breaks, no water, standing the entire time for a purpose, the driving force behind nancy pelosi's marathon speech. >>> the news at 6:00 starts right now. good evening. i'm raj mathai. >> and i'm jessica aguirre. 8 hours and 10 minutes and powerful and unrelenting. nancy pelosi delivered the longest speech in the history of the house of representatives. she pushed for a vote on daca telling stories of dreamers. those undocumented immigrants brought to the us as kids. we sped this up to show you how long she was on the house floor. her speech is over but now the debate over immigration rages on and this time for the democrats, time is running. we are live in san francisco and sam, you talked to those who pelosi is fighting for. are they impressed wit

is al stiles, and i'm delighted to welcome you to this 11th annual savannah book festival if the book festival is presented by georgia power, david and nancy cintron, the sheehan family foundation, and mark and pat soon. many thanks to jack and mary romanos, our sponsors for this glorious venue, the trinity united methodist church. we would also like to extend thanks to our literary members who, and individual donors, who make this saturday free all of the presentations possible. 90% 90% of our revenue comes frm donors just likee you. we are very excited to have a savannah book festival app available this year for your phone. just look in your program for information on downloading it. immediately following the presentation, scott shapiro will be signing festival purchased copies of his book. if you are planning to stay for the next author presentations, we just ask that you please move forward so that the ushers can count the available seats so we can let in the right amount of people. no flash photography. also, now is a good time to set your phone to do not disturb, or turn it off. for the question and answer port

georgia. >> cute and a good personality, too. that's "nightly news" for this wednesday night. i'm savannah in for lester who reports live from the olympics tomorrow. s'llee you tomorrow olympics tomorrow. s'llee you tomorrow gold. male: five quads, incredible. female: bow down to nathan chen. announcer: let the games begin. jamie poser: these olympics will be the most anticipated for me in my life, but hopefully one of the most rewarding. announcer: the olympics, just hours away. jamie: this was meant to be and i'm meant to be there. announcer: olympic medalist and bucks county native, jamie greubel poser, has extra motivation to perform on the world stage. jamie: my sister was adopted from south korea. announcer: jamie isn't the only local olympian. adam rippon: i give it my whole heart and my whole soul, and even if i kinda look like a fool, i just, i really work it. announcer: adam rippon is stylish on and off the ice. she went from small town girl, to covergirl, to olympic medalist. allison baver: i always try to showcase my personality, regardless of what i was wearing, whether it was

my favorite example is a presbyterian pastor in savannah, called john struble who was a delegate to the first continental congress from georgia. he was is bothered is anybody about the taxes in terms about his authority in the colonies. in 1775 and 76, when he saw the trend was heading towards independence and revolution, rather than just resistance, he said we can't do that as christians. we cannot rise up against the government because of these reasons. i do not think that argument is a lock. i do not know what my position would have been, if i would have been a patriot or a loyalist. he resigned from the continental congress and became a loyalist. he opposed violent revolution and lost everything he had. he had to live in a swamp in south carolina for a while. he lost his church and property and everything. why? because he was acting in accordance with his conscience and what he saw going on in 1 peter and romans. he is right about that interpretation. that is a good time. you see instances like that where people act according to their conscience, even to the point of great personal loss. i find those examples inspiring. i

the savannah book festival is presented by georgia power, by david and nancy, by the sheehan family foundation and by mark and pat sue jn. we would also like to thank our wonderful literati members as well as donors whose contributions continue to make saturday at the savannah book festival a free and public event. in fact, 90% of the revenue for the book festival comes from donors just like you, so it's a great pleasure to thank you for your support. before we get started, please allow me to go over a few housekeeping details for you. first of all, immediately following the presentation our author, ben blum, will be at the book-signing venue for the authors out in telfair square where he'll be glad to talk with you further and to sign books that you have purchased at the savannah book festival. m a couple of technology reminders, please take a moment right now to make sure that your cell phones and other electronic devices are turned off or at least in the silent mode so we won't have electronic interruptions during the talk. .. also, when you have that microphone in your hand, please make su

more than 400 little lobbyists, girl scouts from across georgia, roam, the hallways looking for supporters. at issue is this bridge that spans savannah it honors eugene talmadge, former governor and white supremacist who died in 1946. girl scouts want lawmakers to name it instead for juliet gordon lowe, the savannah native founded the group in 1912 and was a bridge builder. the girl scouts were open to all of america and became integrated, decades before much of the country. the lobbyists even gave up bribes. girl scout cookies. sawyer stewart is 11. >> have you heard lawmakers say no? >> yes. like they're saying no straight up. they're just like, no. you can't do this. you just can't do that. tau a >> reporter: what do you say to them? >> no is not a boundary. i can reach the sky. if you say no, that just, that just, wants me to try harder. >> i support it. i signed the legislation. and i will vote for it. >> thank you for your support. >> thank you so much. >> with the lobbyist, is this cute. almost not a fair fight. >> not a fair fight, no. >> i think that, being a dad and grandaddy it is hard to turn down your granddaughters and

celeste headley is with us courtesy of savannah state university, bob and linda, celeste is the host of the georgia public broadcasting program on second thought, as well as a previous cohost of the takeaway, midwest correspondent for national public radio's day-to-day and classically trained soprano. in between all of this she has written a book called we need to talk. a very good book about communications, one that i will have my wife read very soon. please give me a warm welcome to celeste headley. [applause] >> i'm a buddhist, so this feels a little uncomfortable. we tried it the other way for a really long time. generation after generation we have taught our children and ourselves that if something is going to cause an argument we don't talk about it. it used to be we didn't talk about politics and religion. now we have added race, we have added climate change, we have added guns. eventually we are just going to add everything into we are just not talking about anything difficult anymore. we don't talk to people unless they agree with you. you don't talk to people if you are never going to be