Operation and this comes from his experience as a speechwriter for president clinton, and he did a number of landmark speeches for the 42nd president. He also has a background in history from Brown University and was a Rhodes Scholar and so has a masters degree in history from oxford. His previous books are on fascinating. X in and of themselves one on Franklin Roosevelt and his tussle with the us supreme court. The other is speaking of tussles on the conflict between Robert Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson, and so we were just talking before we went on camera. Jeff is just so good at developing dramatic tension and i would say about this book, which i thoroughly enjoyed and i think i may have mentioned to him. I certainly did others that when im getting ready to moderate a book discussion. I assign myself so many pages of the book to read a day so that i make sure im finished with it by the time the discussion begins and this one i assigned myself some time ago 10 pages a day, but it was li
Book called mercury rising, which is the story of John Glenn John kennedy and the space race in the context of the cold war. Jeff comes to us from the west wing riders group, which he founded as a speech writing business along with a strategic operation and this comes from his experience as a speechwriter for president clinton, and he did a number of landmark speeches for the 42nd president. He also has a background in history from Brown University and was a Rhodes Scholar and so has a masters degree in history from oxford. His previous books are on fascinating. X in and of themselves one on Franklin Roosevelt and his tussle with the us supreme court. The other is speaking of tussles on the conflict between Robert Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson, and so we were just talking before we went on camera. Jeff is just so good at developing dramatic tension and i would say about this book, which i thoroughly enjoyed and i think i may have mentioned to him. I certainly did others that when im getti
Seven and they would become household names. Sy carpenter, gordon cooper, john glen, grisham, sh era, shepherd and slaton. The story of the mercury seven would become a book and a movie both called the right stuff. John serela recapped his nasa career and his life. Reporter by the time allen shepherds space suit shimmered, the United States was behind. Garren had already become the first human in space. The u. S. Was losing the space race. It was up to shepherd. He carried the duty of carrying the american pride. Shepherd had been a navy pilot before being chosen as one of the seven original mercury astronauts. All wanted to be first in space. But it was shepherd who was flying now. Higher, faster and farther than any american had ever gone. They all came over and hook my hand. Congratulations and filed out of the room. And i didnt see any of the bars i visited on the way home. Reporter shepherd sub orbital flight went perfectly. It lasted all of 15 minutes and 20 seconds. What a beaut
Dashing through the snow it is Holiday Travel, folks, threatened by a blizzard. You have to put up with the snow and the singing. The once promising talks b bogged down again with less than two weeks to go. And getting to the bottom of the benghazi fiasco. Hearings set to start in a matter of hours from now. Good morning you to. Sorry about the singing this morning. Welcome to early start. Its 5 00 a. M. In the east. Shes been singing all morning. Were going to begin with this storm. The cause behind all the singing. It is a big one. It is pounding the nations midsection and threatening to derail Holiday Travel plans for millions of americans. What bad timing. A blizzard warning in effect for half a dozen states. Colorado has already been clobbered at 156 mile stretch of interstate 70 had to be shut down in both directions yesterday. Look at that. The storm is also hitting iowa hard overnight packing wind gusts over 50 miles an hour. The wind part of the real problem here. Some places
Reporter the fbi released these photos of the suspects property, along with more detailed information about the rescue of 5yearold ethan. Nbc news has learned as a result of ongoing negotiations, the kidnapper, jimmy lee dykes. Was expecting a delivery of additional comfort items. Four members of the hostage Team Approached the bunker and opened the hatch dropping in a flash bang device to distract dykes. He was disoriented but managed to fire one shot. The hostage team shot and killed dykes and then rescued ethan. They found explosive devices, one inside the bunker and one in the ventilation pipe shown in this photo. Ethan spent the night in the hospital monday after the dramatic rescue and is now said to be physically fine. He was running around the hospital room, putting sticky notes on everyone that was in there. Eating a turkey sandwich and watching spongebob. Reporter tuesday night in midland city, the Community Came together for an early birthday celebration. Ethan turned 6 on w