They know how to play this game. They will have been sizing up the administration expertly over the last little while, looking for any opportunity to strengthen those links, hoping that the candidate they clearly favored in the u. S. Election, donald trump, will bring them in from the cold. And the end game, of course, is to get those sanctions lifted. Elizabeth palmer in sochi, Margaret Brennan at the state department. Thank you both. With the house in recess, republican members are hearing from angry constituents at town meetings back home. Most complaints at first were about the gop plan to repeal and replace obamacare. Then the comey story exploded. Heres dean reynolds. Tell the truth tell the truth reporter at one town hall no, answer the last question reporter after another. Open your eyes all right. All right. Reporter Congressional Republicans on recess this week [ boos ]. Have been getting an earful. And now another issue is testing their hearing. I have a question in regards
He didnt share it with us. We were a set of pictures getting a lot of attention shows the president sharing a laugh at the white house yesterday with russias foreign minister, sergey lavrov, and sergey kislyak, the Russian Ambassador to the u. S. Kislyak is a key figure in the investigation of russian meddling in the u. S. Election and whether there was any collusion with team trump. The photos were russian. No American Press attended. Were joined now by Margaret Brennan at the state department and Elizabeth Palmer in sochi, russia. Margaret, let me start with you. How did this meeting come about . White house Officials Say that last week during a phone call Vladimir Putin personally asked President Trump to meet with his top diplomat sergey lavrov. The meeting in the oval office lasted around 30 minutes, and at trump whether the firing of fbi director comey had any impact, he said none at all. But an invitation into the oval office is an honor, and the fact that President Trump went t
[applause] shank tonights guest is war and being home. Freelanceoadcaster, author, and write her. He won a ba in history from the university of North Carolina go, heels. His career includes nearly 25 years of success in sales and marketing and philanthropic services. He is a special interest in the history of south and North Carolina. Carolina and george seems to be a theme. He is the creator of carolina color, a series of live radio the nuts vignettes, and his column has appeared in the raleigh times and observer. I hope you brought some hush puppies or barbecue or something with you. Being a tech person myself, i appreciate warren because he has a very active twitter account. Thank you for promoting this event to your following. Tonights event, he will discuss his latest book, George Washingtons 1791 southern tour. This is a book that considers the history and lore of the president s president s visit to the south. I had a opportunity to work on an interactive map here a few years ag
Comparison of Abraham Lincoln and jefferson davis. The two wartime president s. He also wrote lincoln the lawyer, which probably everyone in this room has read. He wrote lincoln and the constitution, and lincoln and white america. He will be talking about his new this book coming out in lincoln in indiana. February,he will talk about lincolns indiana years. Thats where he spent from seven to 21, his formative years. He is going to tell us how important it was to his life. Please welcome dr. Brian dirck. [applause] prof. Dirck is my powerpoint oh. It is on. It is good to go. In my powerpoint. Let me try that nothing is happening. While he is working on that, thank you for inviting me back. I was sitting at dinner this evening. This is actually my third visit to the lincoln group. I have very fond memories of you guys. I dont know if any of you were here the first time i was here way back, i want to say in the year 2000. I was a freshly minted professor at my university with my first boo
Congressman david kustoff, what did you do before you came to congress . Ive been a practicing lawyer and was honored to serve as the United States attorney for the Western District of tennessee for a few years, sculpt l of years during president bushs tenure and ive enjoyed the practice of law, i enjoyed representing the people of west condition condition as the United States attorney. Its the chief Law Enforcement officer for the district. Tell our viewers was what operation tennessee waltz and your role in it. There was in the early 2000s and in the mid2000s in the Tennessee Legislature there was a level of corruption among state legislators. And so the u. S. Attorneys office and the vib before i became United States attorney developed an undercover operation, tennessee waltz where a Fictional Company was created. They would quote unquote lobby members of the Tennessee Legislature. Orme they were bribing those members who had been engaged in other activity that they should not have