Political leadership. And we offer academic and practical campaign training, and we facilitate research and discussions like this on women, politics and leadership and. Tonight, we want to discuss a question that really is at the heart of so many conversations about in politics. Its also the subtype title of a new book, electable why america hasnt put a woman in the white house dot, dot, dot yet by ali vitali, who covers for nbc news before her post on hill, however, she covered both 2016 president ial election. Of course, saw a woman as the democratic nominee and Hillary Clinton and the 2020 president ial election saw a record breaking six women run for the white house. And one woman, of course, elected as president. So were thrilled, ali here with us tonight to talk about front row seat on the campaign trail and help us reflect on the progress been made and the progress yet to made. But before we start i want to let everybody know that were going to save plenty of time for your quest
California politics and government desk, and i cohost our political breakdown podcast. And i am thrilled to be here moderating. Todays program with, author and Television Journalist katie tah. Shes here to discuss latest book, rough draft. It is an anchor for msnbc live and has reported for other nbc programs, including early today tonight, nbc nightly news, meet the press, nbctv, msnbc, and the one youve all been waiting for, the Weather Channel. In a rough draft, katie opens up about the oftentimes ignored challenges dangers and hardship faced by the broadcast media from always being under the public eye to dealing with the news climate that is increasingly hectic, political and hostile. She also talks about her relationship her parents, both journalists themselves, and how that shaped her journey to fame. And if you have questions for katie, i will be taking them later in the script so you can put them in the text chat on youtube and well to those later. In the meantime, welcome. Ka
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David Stephen Hayes and Jonathan Martin, not just journalists. Theyre not gonna like me saying this, but arguably not. Arguably, they are celebrity who have reached the of their profession. It should also be noted whenever youve mentioned jonathans name, that his wife betsy is here and she has risen to the top echelon journalism in and of her own right. Um, something very curious happened last night that that does not happen enough in politics anymore or last night bunch of journalists and politicos got together for dinner and had fun and lots of stories were told was lots of lots of laughter. And it was fun. And then despite the different ideologies and platforms, it was it was a really good time. There. Also some arguing and some disputes and, some finger pointing and most of that was brought about our our very own cattle prod. Allan lange and you have the good fortune of him being your moderator for that. Alan. Alan is one of those people that when people say, what does alan do for
It should also be noted whenever youve mentioned jonathans name, that his wife betsy is here and she has risen to the top echelon journalism in and of her own right. Um, something very curious happened last night that that does not happen enough in politics anymore or last night bunch of journalists and politicos got together for dinner and had fun and lots of stories were told was lots of lots of laughter. And it was fun. And then despite the different ideologies and platforms, it was it was a really good time. There. Also some arguing and some disputes and, some finger pointing and most of that was brought about our our very own cattle prod. Allan lange and you have the good fortune of him being your moderator for that. Alan. Alan is one of those people that when people say, what does alan do for a living nobody really knows and and its not because he its not that he that he doesnt anything its that he does so much he has owned several successful businesses involved in economic and j