About religion in 20th century new york city and talked to us about misconceptions on the subject. He was interviewed this year in providence, rhode island. Jon butler, you are writing a book called god in gotham, what is it about . Jon butler it is about religion in modern manhattan. When people think about religion in america and new york, they do not put the two together. When we think about religion in modern america, we think about Rural America and south. But we do not think about manhattan. Manhattan and new york city are often referred to as the capital s of american secularism. What encouraged you to write this book . Jon butler two things. A close friendd who was an urban historian at ucla. We were close friends. We both lived in minneapolis in summer. Our kids played together. We talked about urban history all the time. I just found out that i thought there was a story here. In other words, he helped me find a story. I started out as a colonial american historian. 200 years
Jon butler it is about religion in an unlikely place modern , manhattan. When people think about religion in america and new york, they do not put the two together. When we think about religion in modern america, we think about Rural America and south. And the south. We think about evangelical america but we do not think , about manhattan. Manhattan and new york city are often referred to as the capitals of american secularism. What encouraged you to write this book . Jon butler two things. I had a close friend who was an first, urban historian at ucla. We were close friends. He sadly died a few years ago. We both lived in minneapolis in summer. Our kids played together. We talked about urban history all the time. I just found out that i thought there was a story here. In other words, he helped me find a story. I started out as a colonial american historian. 200 years before him. I thought there was a story about religion in modern manhattan, and part of that you can see in the iconogr
Coverage was politically motivated or influenced by political forces. Its raising questions about whether ami violated the terms. A nonprosecution agreement reached with federal prosecutors last year over a hushmoney payment to help Donald Trumps prospects in the 2016 election. The agreement requires ami to commit to crimes to commit no crimes whatsoever for three years. If ami breaks the terms of the deal, it could be charged with Campaign Finance violations. Federal prosecutors are now reviewing whether the company violated the agreement according to a person familiar with the investigation. Amis chief executive, david pecker, is a longtime friend. Donald trump. Adding aiding his campaign by burying stories during the 2016 campaign and publishing articles adverse to trumps opponents. Trump himself has berated bezos on twitter, going after amazon and criticizing the Washington Post coverage for months. He said this after bezos divorce was announced last month how do you react to this
As the president spends the weekend at his maralago golf club, bipartisan negotiators are working to hammer out a deal to avoid another u. S. Government shutdown in just 12 days. But the president has already referred to those talks as a, quote, waste of time. In an interview with cbs, he did not rule out another Government Shutdown. Would you shut down the government again . Well, were going to have to see what happens on february 15th. Youre not taking it off the table . Well, i dont take anything off the table. I dont like to take things off the table. Its that alternative. Its National Emergency. Its other things. There have been plenty of National Emergencies called. You need a wall. And anybody that says you dont, theyre just playing games. Cnns Boris Sanchez is in west palm beach, florida, not far from the president s maralago estate. The clock is ticking towards yet another shutdown. Where do things stand . Reporter hey, fred. If it feels a bit like deja vu, its because were pr
His medical school year book. Will Ralph Northam conclude that he can no longer effectively govern and resign . A lot of folks watching for his answer to that question. Lets begin with a closer look at the poll numbers. It is interesting, the president off his lows for Approval Ratings. What did we learn from this more broadly . It dipped down in our poll, too. Take a look at preshutdown and during the shutdown and you can see he is now at 40 . He was at 37 , 39 . So you see that he has come back a bit. This is all margin of error stuff. He does not operate outside of a pretty narrow band here no matter what the news environment is. The Government Shutdown being over has helped a bit. Lets look at how he looks compared to his predecessors at this point of his presidency. He is near the bottom of his 40 Approval Rating. Only reagan was below him. Reagan went on to win a resounding reelection victory in 1984. The fundamental question about 11 days from now, are we going to have a deal he