This is the cbs evening news with norah odonnell, reporting from the nations capital. Odonnell good evening, and thank you for joining us. Were going to begin tonight with breaking news on that bombshell federal indictment against steve bannon, President Trumps former chief white house strategist, who was once described as the president s ideological soulmate. Well, tonight, bannon is out on a 5 million bond after pleading not guilty to charges that he used a charity designed to bolster one of President Trumps signature policy goals to line his own pockets. Federal agents arrested bannon aboard this 152foot luxury yacht earlier today after prosecutors filed a damning indictment, accusing him, along with three other associates, of sealing more than 1 million from a Fundraising Campaign designed to build a portion of President Trumps Mexican Border wall. Well, tonight, the president is distancing himself from the former architect of his 2016 campaign, saying he hasnt dealt with bannon fo
Harris on the democratic ticket. Then, Purdue University associate professor nadia brown joins us for more on the Vice President of canada and the role of black women in american politics. Washington journal is next. Host good morning. It is thursday, august 13. Joe biden and Kamala Harris made their debut as democratic running mates. With of the ticket now set, harris biggest moments in the spotlight are set to come next week at the Democratic Convention and debate with mike pence. We are asking you how much you Pay Attention to the bottom half of a party ticket. Do you think running mates matter . Phone lines for you to call in, republicans, democrats, independents. You can also send us a text. Do, please include your name and where you are from. Otherwise, catch up with us on social media, twitter and facebook. A very good thursday morning to you. You can go ahead and start calling in as we begin with this headline from yesterday from political. Mates dont usually matter, they write
President trump said, quote, i guess everybody makes mistakes. Yeah, but there are mistakes, and then there are mistakes. When i overwater one of my plants the economy stays open and americans can still travel to canada. During an interview yesterday, President Trump refused to say whether he would accept the results of novembers election if he loses to former Vice President joe biden, which is completely terrifying and antidemocratic, but also dont you wish democrats would have that kind of fighting spirit al gore lost by like nine votes and just said, well, the people have spoken. During the interview, President Trump also said hes not a good loser. Oh, stop it. You are the biggest loser i know enough of that talk. According to a new poll, former Vice President joe biden has a 15point lead over President Trump nationally though, dont get too excited, thanks to some creative gerrymandering, no matter who you are, this is your closest polling place. According to a new poll, 55 of voter
Gentlemen, the first is paul sparrow who is director of the franklin de roosevelt president ial museum and library in new york, following a career as a documentary filmmaker and a Senior Executive at the museum. Paul has been directing the Roosevelt Library museum since 2015. He will be talking obviously about fdr and the Manhattan Project. Our second guest is Clifton Truman daniel who is the eldest grandson of president harry truman. He is also a truman scholar. He has spent quite a bit of time studying the life and career of his grandfather. And he currently serves as honorary chairman of the board of trustees at the harry truman president ial library and museum in independence, missouri. Today, we will give a great opportunity for questionandanswer. Please weigh in with lots of questions. We have already been talking quite a bit offcamera about our topic today. And i guarantee there will be a lot of interesting ideas and discussion. So i will begin and introduce paul to the program.
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