not long after leaving, the boston journal had compared to a shiny night dream into a mother whose son had been captured the year before it and then had been wounded at gettysburg. her boy had fought in 15 battles. she liked dozens of others had rushed to the battlefield and there she was relieved to find he was survived. but she was more proud than relieved in what she had heard about how hard her soldier boy had fought. i told him when he went away that i would rather hear he was dead and that he had disgraced himself the mother told father. coffman told the mother he was perplexed at that. he told the mother they had done his part. and that certainly he believed she was time for him to come home. even at gettysburg and she was happy about them. they had the crushing blow she told kaufman. .. [applause] there is a lot to dive into and want to get to audience questions but i am always interested in the reactions so what have they contacted you? i got it ebs on tuesday from a great great great krantz nephew who is said history professor. [laughter] and also apologized to be for his fam

excerpt from this guy named charlie kaufman who was a very colorful, shall we say, reporter for the boston journal. he was fearless. he was really known for taking risks, and a lot of his other correspondence, fellow correspondence would chide him on how reckless he was in covering battles. after the battle of antietam, he writes the following, that was the bloodiest, the single day oe the war into writes about how a war correspondent went about his work.e i see his because as far as i know there was only a handful of women that were in that whole area of correspondence coming to work. here's charlie kaufman describing how to win about their business. it goes to the point of for journalist when everybody else is over, i work begins. he says quote, when the soldiers are seeking rest, the work of the army correspondent begins. all through the day eyes andd ears have been open. the notebook is scrawled with characters intelligible to him read it once, but wholly meaningless if you are later. i think every reporter in the room will understand that. he must grope his way along the lines in the darkness

dealing with something along the lines of what you're advocating but this say story in the wall street journal saying the boston police department taking heat from civil liberty groups for planning to spend 1.4 million on new software that scours social media and the internet for threats also inspired by the attack of the ohio state university but also concerns about civil rights and especially when it comes to civil liberty groups and what goes on the internet and freedom to do that. >> surely there are civil liberties advocates that haven't lost family members. that haven't been injured that do not see the ramifications of social media con tebt that calls for the killing of americans and how people are radicalized online by the content that i have seen provide recruiting for them abroad and also in the united states. no one is suggesting here that will should be discretion to take down content. >> i pointed out five specific websites where content called for the killing of americans. five days later they took it down. is that censorship? they are taking down the content that we pointed out. the issue to me is

he has written for "vanity fair," the new york times books review, the wall street journal, the l.a. times and the boston globe. and he's appeared on the today show, on dateline, on pbs's american experience, on c-span, npr and leads me to say we're delighted to have c-span this evening to film nat's lecture. like another great historian, he credits his history teacher by recognizing his nascent talent and encouraging him to right and we welcome nat philbrick on his new book, and copies are here for signing. george washington, benedict arnold and the fate of the american revolution. please help me welcome nat philbrick. >> thank you, curt and it's great to be here at mt. vernon. this is such a special place if you've been researching and writing george washington. yachting with parody and yachting with spelled with two a's and no c, explains why it's a parody. but to be here in mt. vernon after writing this book, it begins with washington at -- in new york after a -- as a huge armada of british war ships and transports arrives in new york harbor. more than 400 ships, more than 40,000 sailors and soldiers

he has written for vanity fair the new york times book review, the wall street journal, the l.a. times, and the boston globe. he has appeared on the today show, on dateline, on pbs american experience come on c-span and npr which we are delighted to have c-span here to film the lecture. like another great historian, nathaniel phil bourque from pittsburgh credits his ap u.s. history teacher for recognizing his talents and encouraging him to rights. so this is part of the reason we welcome this evening to discuss the latest book which was just released today and copies are available after the election. please try me in welcoming our guests. [applause] >> thank you. it is great to be here at mount vernon. this is a special place if you have been researching and writing in a little sidebar that the parroting was spelled with two a's and no see. so that explained why it's a parody. to be at mount vernon after writing this book it begins with washington in new york is a huge armada of british warships and transports arrive. in new york harbor. more than 400 ships, more than 40000 sailors and soldiers, that

the boston herald american," i moved to baltimore. my second job was at "the baltimore evening sun," which was a job that taught me a lot about journalism. it was the first time i was going in as a working reporter. i wasn't the kid in the corner. i was really going to be allowed to cover city hall, politics, and government. that was my first exposure to covering politics and i loved it. i covered campaigns with people who were running for mayor. i covered city council and people who were going to jail for accepting illegal money. i went to the state house in annapolis and covered the legislative session. i got to meet a lot of people who chose public service for the right reasons. it is one of the reasons that i still like politics and politicians, because i met so many politicians serving on doing it for the right reasons, not the ones you hear about who are doing it to rip you off. i met people who were committed to public service. that impressed upon me the importance of public service and public servants, the people who actually could be doing other things, but decided to represent. i worked in baltimore for another three years, th

when i left the boston herald to baltimore ved and my second job, baltimore evening sun, which was a job a lot about e journalism i was for the first time going in as a working reporter, not as a gopher, not could kid in the cover, i cover city hall, politics and government. that was my first exposure to covering politics. loved it. i covered campaigns with people running for mayor. council and y people going to jail for accepting illegal money under table, i went to the state house and covered the legislative session. to meet a lot of people who chose public service reasons, one reason that until today i still like politics and politicians so many met politicians early on doing it for the right reasons, not the ones you hear all the time doing to rip you off or trying to cut corners. committed to public service, that impressed upon me andrtance of public service public servants, the people who could be doing other things, but to de it is important represent. i worked in baltimore for another three years and then washington and my first job in washington was the "washington post." for ked for the "post," seven y

the boston university school of social work at a research fellow at the center for promise. thank you for joining me. guest: thank you having me. host: that does it for us on "washington journal." we are again tomorrow, talking to the heritage foundation, discussing the legal potential voting in the united states. we also talked to melissa yeager, a senior staff writer at the sunlight foundation on president-elect donald trump's businesses. a panel from the guardian news and media discuss u.s. european relations under a donald trump administration. we will see you then. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2016] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] ♪ >> a house armed services chairman mac thornberry of texas talks about military readiness. then, ranking member ben cardin of maryland discusses global challenges. after that, u.s. central command chief general joseph hotel -- votel discusses the u.s. fight against isis. >> now, house armed service mac thornberry on military readiness. in the national defense authorization act. for fiscal year 2017. from the foreign-p

the boston marathon bombings. natalie will be leaving the conference tomorrow to attend the vice presidential debate so she has a busy week. jared council joined the "indianapolis business journal" september 14 and covers technology and finance, before joining the ibj he works as a reporter on jobs in southern indiana and coastal virginia covering crime, city government and defense contracting. he's won statewide journalism awards in virginia and indiana for both investigative reporting and technology reporting. emily dreyfuss is "wired's" news and opinion editor. she leads "wired's" new national affairs coverage focusing on social upheavals that will shape the future of america. before landing at "wired" her previous endeavors including acting as the managing editor of c-net social media and home page as well as executive producing "rumor has it." emily will be speaking a second time today here in fowler hall at about 3:30 about her experiences working in the san francisco offices of "wired" as a telepresence robot, and finally but certainly not leastly, quinn tin hardy the deputy technology editor for the "new york times" and former executive for forbes media. hardy began his

the few who had survived, at a hospital in boston. so when dr. alexander learned from a little clipping in a medical journal that he just so happened to be reading that the deputy surgeon general of the reich was here in america working, he became so insensed that he called up the military and the military was really over a barrel. and this is the heart and soul of operation paper clip. because the scientists knew that the military had a vested interest in keeping their histories secret. and so there was a big battle that went on behind the scenes with sliber saying essentially if you let them know my past i will let you know about the 16 00 others of us who are here. and dr. leopold saying this is an outrage. this man should not be in america working as a doctor. and the fight took place behind scenes until leopold became so upset that he went to truman himself. that's a teeny small victory that i share with you in the short amount of time i have to talk about this fascinating program. when it's dark -- when its darkness is revealed, people auve ask me does any good come of this reporting about this story

the boston marathon bombings. she will be leading the conference early tomorrow to head to the presidential debates such as a busy week. next i'm delighted to introduce jared council. jared joined the indianapolis business journal andy covers technology and finance. before joining them he worked as a reporter on jobs and southern indiana in cultural virginia covering beats including crime, city government and defense contracting. he is one state why joseph awards in virginia and indiana for both investigative recording and technology reporting. emily dreyfuss is wired news and opinion editor. she leads wired new national affairs coverage focusing on social upheavals that will shape the future of america. before landing at wired or previous endeavors including acting as a managing editor of cnet social media and homepage as well as executive producing cnet tvs rumor has it. emily will also be speaking a second time today right here in the hall at about 3:30 about her experiences working in the san francisco offices of wired as a telepresence robot. and finally but certainly not least lee, quentin hardy was a deputy technology editor for the "new york times" and formally executive editor for forms of media. he be

journal 25 years after his patient died. a noted surgeon founder of the clinic now, now major medical center of boston was called in as a consultanton roosevelt's condition and later left the message for prosperity dictated by no coincidence after he declared for a fourth term. the letters said that he wouldn't be able to survive it. much later after a prolonged court battle over the issue of patient confidentiality, with the clinic and roosevelt library lined up on opposing side, the doctors' letter finally came into public domain in 2007, less than ten years ago. most helpful to me were the days -- dairies. daisy was a cousin who spent more times along with the president than anyone else including his wife eleanor. daisy survived by nearly half century always insisting that he was frequently asked, she was frequently asked by scholars, always insisting she had saved no notes or correspondence. she died in 1991 in her 100th year. inside was her copious dairy which jeffrey, the author of two books on roosevelt edited into a quite-moving volume and revealing volume titled closest companion. read in conjunction with the official whi

the boston marathon bombings. natalie will be leaving the conference tomorrow to attend the vice presidential debate so she has a busy week. jared council joined the "indianapolis business journalseptember 14 and covers technology and finance, before joining the ibj he works as a reporter on jobs in southern indiana and coastal virginia covering crime, city government and defense contracting. he's won statewide journalism awards in virginia and indiana for both investigative reporting and technology reporting. emily dreyfuss is "wired's" news and opinion editor. she leads "wired's" new national affairs coverage focusing on social upheavals that will shape the future of america. before landing at "wired" her previous endeavors including acting as the managing editor of c-net social media and home page as well as executive producing "rumor has it." emily will be speaking a second time today here in fowler hall at about 3:30 about her experiences working in the san francisco offices of "wired" as a telepresence robot, and finally but certainly not leastly, quinn tin hardy the deputy technology editor for the "new york times" and former executive for forbes media. hardy began his c

the election of donald trump. you are watching and listening to c-span and "boston journal." -- and "washington journal." l be right back. ♪ >> all day saturday, american history tv on c-span3 is featuring programs about this week's 75th anniversary of the japanese attacks on pearl harbor . beginning at 8:00 a.m. eastern, christopher carter reads from logs describing events on ships that were under attack. follow by the barrel -- the burial at arlington national cemetery. his remains were identified 75 years after the attack. at 9:00, tour april harbor attack site on the island of oh wahoo. at 9:30, franklin d. roosevelt speech to congress asking for a declaration of war followed by the pearl harbor 75th anniversary ceremony at pearl harbor. from 11:00 to 1 p.m., we are taking your calls in tweets live. -- author of pacific was pacific crucible. at new, where -- at noon, where live with all travelers. -- with paul travers. then at 1:00, the pearl harbor 75th anniversary ceremony from the memorial and washington, dc, with remarks from john mccain. saturday on american history tv on c-span3. >> c-span, wher

journal" continues. linda oining us now is martinez. is an assistant professor soebl e boston school of work and a research fellow at the center of promise so much for taking time for us this morning. guest: thank you for having me this morning. host: you're here to talk about a new report from the center of promise. report found that young people of color across this unsafe in e feeling their communities. your s more about what report found. guest: sure. america's promise alliance is he largest alliance, a multisectoral alliance committed to the well being of young people. working with the center for promise, we conducted a assessment and what that means is that young people were guiding the ssessment and determining the priorities throughout the process, and assessment is the stage in community planning effort. so it's important when we're thinking about young people that they're at the table and have are a voice. we work with young people in chicago, denver, philadelphia and st. paul and in artnering with organizations and grass roots youth leaders, e were able to train teens of young people around health and determinance the of healt

boston university professor discusses a new report looking at the safety of young people of color and what impact a lack of access to overall support an opportunity has on them. c-span's washington journal's life beginning at 7:00 a.m. this morning. join the discussion. >> united nations will have a new secretary-general in january when former prime minister of portugal takes office. president obama welcome the secretary general designate to the oval office on friday and spoke to reporters shortly before their closed-door meeting. president obama: this is a great pleasure for me to welcome the toretary general designate the oval office. he will be assuming a poster has enormousthat influence around the world. the good news is that he has an extraordinary reputation as someone who has led multi-lateral organizations at the highest level and is done so in ways that everybody recognizes has been extraordinarily effective most recently his work with the un high commission on refugees has its applauded for effectiveness and capability to really concretely help people who are an extraordinary need. us fact that i think all of were pleasantly surprised by how achieved consensus was around his de