New york times book review. We recorded the program in september of 2018. Good afternoon. Welcome, everybody. Im david moskowitz, head of Government Relations and Public Policy at wells fargo and pleased to be here with you today. We are pleased to serve for the eighth year as a charter sponsor of the book festival and prouder to watch the book festival grow into the incredibly popular and impactful event it has become. I wouldnt be surprised [ applause ] thank you. Wouldnt be surprised to see us move the needle on some bestseller list today. Its even more important to keep the book festival a free event that serves the community. The library of congress and the book festivals purpose here is literacy which leads to learning and opportunity which matches our goal of helping our community succeed, learning to love books and learning are what the book festival is all about. In this session, ron chernow will discuss his biography of Ulysses Grant f were lucky, certain is other popular fou
Sometimes when ive heard some bad news or bad things that had happened outside, ijust, here and do some mechanical things. Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news its newsday. Glad you could join us. Its 7 00am in singapore, midnight in london, and 7 00pm in washington, where the white house has published a letter to senior democrats, confirming that it will not co operate with impeachment proceedings against donald trump. The letter calls the process constitutionally illegitimate and claims democrats are seeking to deprive the American People of their president. Earlier, the Trump Administration blocked a key figure from testifying at an impeachment hearing. Gordon sondland, the Us Ambassador to the eu, was going to be asked whether he urged ukraine to investigate the former Vice President joe biden and his son. He released a statement saying hed been directed to stay away. Laura trevelyan has more from washington. Hes the manor House Democrats wa nted he
Meet afghanistans robotic team winning prizes and acclaim across the world, against the odds. Sometimes when ive heard some bad news or bad things that had happened outside, ijust, here and do democrats response was swift. Some mechanical things. Live from our studios the failure to produce this witness, in singapore and london, 00 01 11,005 2147483051 37 20,217 this is bbc world news 2147483051 37 20,217 00 00 02,764 its newsday. The failure to produce these documents, um, we consider yet additional strong evidence of obstruction of the constitutional functions of congress a coequal branch of government. Democrats were keen to question Gordon Sondland because hed been dealing with ukraine in the run up to the phone call between President Trump and that countrys leader, in which mr trump asked Volodymyr Zelensky to do him a favour and investigate the bidens. Us military to ukraine had been suspended days before. In Text Messages given to congress, veteran us diplomat bill taylor wrote.
of truth is upon us. the left choosing to rush through a so-called impeachment in the house as they did all in an effort to undo the will of 63 million americans that voted for president trump. all just months, months, right, ahead of an election in which the people would and could and should make the decision for themselves. forget the fact that we have the lowest jobless rate in five decades, forget the fact that he took out the number one and two heads of isis, forget the fact that he s bringing iran finally to its knees by taking out its top terrorist who killed 600 americans all while not hurting any innocent people. that s what the president did. but apparently, that s not allegedly allowed under the democrats because somehow they see that as a assassination according to bernie, according to elizabeth warren. don t get me started on that one. meanwhile, in terms of policy accomplishments, think about it. president trump publicly for the first time in presidential histor
the left choosing to rush through a so-called impeachment in the house as they did all in an effort to undo the will of 63 million americans that voted for president trump. all just months, months, right, ahead of an election in which the people would and could and should make the decision for themselves. forget the fact that we have the lowest jobless rate in five decades, forget the fact that he took out the number one and two heads of isis, forget the fact that he s bringing iran finally to its knees by taking out its top terrorist who killed 600 americans all while not hurting any innocent people. that s what the president did. but apparently, that s not allegedly allowed under the democrats because somehow they see that as a assassination according to bernie, according to elizabeth warren. don t get me started on that one. meanwhile, in terms of policy accomplishments, think about it. president trump publicly for the first time in presidential history has demanded china