Historians. Mr. Poke ranked 14th in cspans story of president ial leadership. John seeingigenthaler, autho james k. Polk. How did they talk you into doing a biography of this president . He called me and said youre a tennessean, james polk was a tennessean. Why dont you write a biography for the series on the president s. I said, arthur, i dont have time. Im retired. He said i want you to do one thing. He said allen evans has done a paper back that excerpts his diary, his president ial diary. Just take the weekend to read it and tell me no. I read the excerpts from the diary and i couldnt say no. I was fascinated by the man. Did you know much about him before you started this . I knew he was a tennessean, im a tennessean. I knew that his grave is behind the capitol. There is no marker in nashville except a plaque on the side of a dirty motel wall. His old home place in columbia is preserved, and ive been there many times and have been there since. But i knew virtually nothing about him
Attendance today, and the attention, i should say, is focused on the nations capital. Maybe it is an uproar to you. Maybe it is not. It is certainly an uproar inside the beltway. If you have been sleeping overnight, the Trump Administration takes fertile judicial action takes further judicial action against the former National Security advisor john bolton. His book is out, and trust me, it has been. In the news ritika gupta it has been in the news. Ritika gupta will give you the latest on that. Jonathan ferro, i am thrilled to talk to you about this. It must seem so foreign to see this. How do you, being from the motherland, how do you see all of these First Amendment debates within america . Jonathan i am not sure the United States would like to refer to the u. K. As the motherland this morning, so i will avoid my personal opinion on the matter. I do think it is amazing to witness what is happening, which is a man, john bolton, with the rare ability to upset pretty much everyone. I re
A 2nd day of protest in minneapolis after the death of an unarmed black man at the hands of police. And in sport all the large sigma sound so much chance to go 2nd in the german bund is legal. And now knowing points adrift of leaders are finding. More Chinas Parliament has given the go ahead for a new security laws in hong kong despite protests and International Warnings a wide ranging legislation includes a ban on treason secession sedition and subversion and it could now be in effect within weeks adrian brown has more. Hong kongs people had no say in the decision to impose a new security law on this city that was not a concern among people we spoke to in the north point district where many mainland immigrants live. Of course we will have peace now hong kong has been so chaotic the protesters even went to the United States to ask them to put sanctions on hong kong what a mess they have made. The young may have different thoughts before as the elderly there are we make our country pros
Messages about covert 19 and covering up a crisis. And questioning the president s story puts a fact check warning on tweets from donald trump. And joining with sports including a Pivotal Moment in the race for the german football tight so it is by meaning voters who dont mean one bell in an empty stadium to make 7 points clear at the top of the book to sleep. Ok were going to begin in hong kong where more than 200 protesters have been arrested after a standoff with police in the heart of the city. Police used pepper spray to disperse crowds rallying against a bill that could see people jailed for mocking chinas National Anthem but theyre also demonstrating against a security law proposed by beijing activists insist its going to mean the end of hong kongs freedom and rights but probation politicians say its necessary to defend against what they call home grown terrorism. I think people need to recognize that our separate systems is based on our ability to National Sovereignty security
Series of books on the president s and i said, arthur, i dont have time. Im retired. And he said i want you to do one thing. Allen evans have done a paper back that excerpts his diary, his president ial diary. Just take the weekend and read it and tell me no. And i read the excerpts from the diary and i couldnt say no. I was fascinated by the man. Did you know much about him. I knew he was a tennesseean and im a tennesseean. I knew that his grave is behind the capitol. There is no marker in nashville except a plaque on the side of a dirty motel wall. His old homeplace in columbia is preserved and i had been there many times and have been there since. But i knew virtually nothing about him and almost nothing that was good. His reputation was the result of what was to him during his presidency over the mexicanamerican war. Left him a bad reputation. A reputation as a warmonger. And the attacks on him in congress in the latter days of his administration reminded me a great deal of the att