Im bradly graham the cohonor of politics and prose and welcome and thank you so much for coming. We were vers very excited when we learned of last years hearings on the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court that ruth marcus was writing a book on the subject because we knee that if anyone could deliver an indepth hen the scene s account of what happened, and also put the whole drama into a grander plate context it would be ruth. Her bookes revealing and incitele and evened hands and fast pace and elusive pros makes for a compelling read. In the acknowledgments she calls thats book she has been preparing to write for her entire career. And indeed she brought to it a wealth of knowledge and experience. Out indicate net history at yale and the how at harvard she went into journalism after he studies and spent 35 years at the Washington Post, closely observing how washington works and developing a wide network of friends and sources. I think nearly all of whom are here tonight.
The book covers the long accomplished career in journalism nearly three decades of which was listed in the New York Times. She joined the papers Washington Bureau in 1977 and spent the 80s arrived in cairo and paris. Returning to washington to serve as a correspondent. Osama bin laden and al qaeda and others in 2001 and before and immediately after the 9 11 attack when the Pulitzer Prize for the financial journalism. During the runup to the iraq war after the 2003 invasion they wrote a number of articles about the wmd efforts and the articles later turned out to be based on wrong information. They were both inside and outside of the times in the reporting and in 2004 and 2005 she ended up with further controversy this time over the plain case with the rights to protect sources and refusing to testify before the grand jury. In late 2005. In 2008 she joined the commentator and also is now an adjunct fellow and a contributing editor at the institutes magazine journal [inaudible] everybody
Missouri state Highway Patrol to express their belief that this, in fact, was a murder. She had been having an affair with her boss. The Prosecutor Says, after he shot his wife he washed his hands and washed his forearms. They called us back at noon and started the trial. I thought they made one of the worst mistakes i had ever heard of. It was obvious there was something that just wasnt right. The only thing ive ever wanted was for everyone to hear the truth. I told him that i would fight with everything i had in me. Thats the promise i made, too. Hello. Welcome to dateline. For many the Holiday Season is a special time, but for the Jennings Family one Christmas Eve turned into a waking nightmare. There was an argument followed by a gunshot, then a frantic call to police. Lisa jennings was dead. The question for detectives was, did she take her own life or was this murder . Here is Keith Morrison with a crack in everything. It was his secret that started it, a secret gift. It was Chri
The Prosecutor Says, after he shot his wife he washed his hands and washed his forearms. They called us back at noon and started the trial. I thought they made one of the worst mistakes i had ever heard of. It was obvious there was something that just wasnt right. The only thing ive ever wanted was for everyone to hear the truth. I told him that i would fight with everything i had in me. Thats the promise i made, too. Hello. Welcome to dateline. For many the Holiday Season is a special time, but for the Jennings Family one Christmas Eve turned into a waking nightmare. There was an argument followed by a gunshot, then a frantic call to police. Lisa jennings was dead. The question for detectives was, did she take her own life or was this murder . Here is Keith Morrison with a crack in everything. It was his secret that started it, a secret gift. It was Christmas Eve in the year 2006. A little farm not far from a little town called buffalo. Buffalo, missouri. And on that farm in the fine,
She had been having an affair with her boss. The Prosecutor Says after he shot his wife, he washed his hands and washed his forearms. They called us back at noon and started the trial. I thought he made one of the worst mistakes id ever heard of. It was obvious there was something that just wasnt right. The only thing ive ever wanted was for everyone to hear the truth. I told him that i would fight with everything i had in me. Thats the promise i made to him. A crack in everything. Hello and welcome to dateline extra. Im craig melvin. It seemed like an idyllic smalltown life. Brad and Lisa Jennings had been married nearly two decades and ran the farm that had been in the family for more than a century and a half. There were movie nights with the kids, family vacations. But there were also latenight arguments. So what happened on that tragic evening in the jennings home . Heres keith morrison. Reporter it was his secret that started it, a secret gift. It was Christmas Eve in the year 20