Sailboat races, and the big competition at the time was between the u. S. And the soviet union. I mean, and hed been in world war ii which was, which was another big battle against this totalitarian, evil empire. Its one of these things, you dont even need one of those cell phones or, you know, magic ear sticks, you know . You just go around and they press a button, and you walk into the room and you hear her voice. And each room of that house, shes talking about some sort of, you know, they live near the catholic church, and she liked to go there with the kids every day so that they saw that mass wasnt just for sundays, and, you know, theres a picture of mary and jesus in the bedroom where kennedy was born, and theres a picture of the vatican in the dining room. And he made these speeches about godless, evil capitalism at notre dame and at assumption which are catholic colleges. And, you know, he could say, well, he wanted he was pandering to the catholic audience or the catholic vote
Is that workingclass people are not getting elected to Political Office. Doesnt matter theres a socioeconomic disparity between most elected officials and the citizens they represent . Nicholas carnes looks at whitecollar government tonight at nine on after words. And in january in depth with mark levin. He will take your questions for three hours beginning at noon eastern sunday january 5. All part of booktv weekend on cspan2. Cspan2. And online for decembers booktv booklet, we want to know what your favorite books were in 2013. Throughout the month joined other ridge to discuss the notable books published this year. Go to booktv. Org and click on book clubs to enter the chat room. We continued our block of programming on president john f. Kennedy in recognition of the 50th anniversary of his assassination on november 22, 1963. Up next, ira stoll examines president in his public and Foreign Policy record and argues it defaults his conservative political leanings. This is just under on
Agency officers used interrogation techniques that had not been authorized. Were abhorrent and rightly should be repudiated by all. But brennan would not call it torture. I would leave to others how they might want to label those activities. Brennans explanation, the c. I. A. Was not ready after 9 11. The program was uncharted territory for the c. I. A. And we were not prepared. And he maintained the agencys enhanced interrogation techniques or eits produced intelligence, even though he conceded it was unknowable if the same results were obtainable without harsh methods. It is our considered view that the detainees who were subjected to enhanced interrogation techniques provided information that was useful and was used. In the ultimate operation to go against bin laden. Thats in sharp contrast to the torture report from Democratic Senate Intelligence Committee chair, dianne feinstein. She responded to brennan in a tweet that critical intelligence that led to bin laden was unrelated to
Real life as a father, a single father as it turns out and the jason seever character. The fellow tv dads, the star of the wonder years will join us to remember his friend. All that and more this hour, we we begin with the top story. Donald trump in a meeting with the top titans of the Tech Industry at trump tower. A brief look from inside that meetinging for just a few minutes ago. Donald trump, Vice President elect mike pence there leading the meeting. Donald trumps children ivanka and don jr. And eric. Right outside trump tower where the meeting is taking place. This group, these are folks who were hostile to donald trump in the campaign and now they are sitting down with him. What kind of conversation are they having . This was a prohillary clinton group. All the big names in the Tech Industry. 3 trillion worth of wealth in the one room. We expect the meeting should be wrapping up about now. Donald trump opened the meeting, playing to the crowd. Take a listen. Perhaps more importan
Stan, you were just hit with the liberal agenda. Are you going to recover . This is the cbs evening news. Mason and this is our western edition. Good evening. Im anthony mason. President trump gave his attorney general a very public, very humiliating thrashing today and left open the possibility of firing him. Speaking in the rose garden, the president made clear that Jeff Sessions is a thorn in his side, most notably for recusing himself from the russia investigation, which led to the appointment of a special counsel. Heres chief White House Correspondent Major Garrett. But i am disappointed in the attorney general. He should not have recused himself almost immediately after he took office, and if he was going to recuse himself, he should have told me prior to taking office, and i would have quite simply picked somebody else. Reporter President Trump denied attorney general jeff daysions is twisting in the wind, but after days of steady criticism the president declined to offer a vote