Force to with enough the white house. Later, the treasury secretary talking about new sanctions against north korea. This week on newsmakers, the president of the American Federation of teachers joins us. Randi it is a terrible idea. It showed absolutely no about children, parents, and educators. All want and need schools to be safe sanctuaries for teaching and learning, not armed fortresses. Like, this is what the nra has wanted all along. New market for the gun manufacturers. This is where the president , listening session, to the conversation . If you think about it pragmatically, it is an insane a suggestion, because what are you going to do in terms of teachers . Our kindergarten teachers going to wear their guns on their hips . Are you talking about just handguns versus an Assault Rifle that can shoot 90 rounds in a minute . Happens if kids are rushing away in a hallway . What is a frightened teacher going to do . I could go through all of these unanswered questions, and the more
Schools to be safe sanctuary for teaching and learning, not armed fortresses. Not armed camps. It felt like oh, this is what the nra has wanted all along. This is now a new market for the gun manufacturers. This is where the president , after that listening session, to the conversation . If you think about it pragmatically, it is an insane a suggestion, because what are you going to do in terms of teachers . Our kindergarten teachers going to wear their guns on their hips . Are you talking about just handguns versus an Assault Rifle that can shoot 90 rounds in a minute . What happens if kids are rushing along and a horribl hallway . What is a frightened teacher going to do . I could go through all of these unanswered questions, and the more questions you go through, the more you realize what an insane idea it is. And frankly, i was on the phone with about asked he thousand 60,000 teachers and other educators this week and we raised this idea as one of the ideas of the president had sai
I will begin with your response to the president calling for teachers to be armed in our nations schools . Randi it is a terrible idea. Stop. , full but it saddens me, because it absolutely no understanding that children, parents, and educators all want and need schools to be safe sanctuaries for teaching and learning, not armed fortresses. Not armed camps. And it felt like go, this is what the nra has wanted all along. This is now a new market for the gun manufacturers. And this is where the president , after that listening session, to ok this conversation instead of actually trying to reduce gun violence in our streets and our schools . So if you think about it pragmatically, it is an insane suggestion, because what are you going to do in terms of teachers . Are kindergarten teachers going to wear their guns on their hips . Where are you going to lock guns . Are you talking about just handguns versus and ar15 that can shoot 90 rounds in a minute . So what happens if kids are rushing
Million, but 11 are or very special because he developed an intimate relationship with every president many modern time going back to harry truman. And with us today to talk about this book is Michael Duffy who is a veteran reporter with Time Magazine. He is known in this town as the ultimate insider. He is the reporter who knows the back story on the big story. He is a man who is very well sourced and has a reputation in time for being selfeffacing, very witty and a man who would sit with his coauthor, nancy gibbs, in the bureau and come up with these astounding cover stories, more than 100 of them to their credit, in a mysterious process that no one else quite understands. [laughter] so i want to get to that in a minute, but first, welcome to the show. Welcome to after words, michael, and let me ask you many books, scores of books have been written about billy graham but none that have focused on his relationship with the president s in quite this way. How did you get this idea, whyd
A plane powered by the sun landing in hawaii after a recordbreaking fight across the pacific. The Solar Impulse ii taking off from abu dhabi, the flight around the world included muscat the capital of imam. Two stops in india, to myanmar, and set the world record for the fastest manned flight clocking 134 miles per hour. Along the way there were two stops in china, there were problems from china to hawaii forced to arrive in japan. It took off again, gerald tan has more on the flight. Reporter a graceful glide into history, the Solar Impulse ii lands in hawaii after 120 hours of flying. The pilot could express elation after a journey across the pacific. Now the longest solo flight on record. This wasnt the feat of time but one of science. He flew the plane without a drop of fuel. The sol ya impulse two powered by the sun, and has 17 solar cells charging the batteries. The journey tested the endurance of the vessel and that of the pilot who didnt have much room to move in the cockpit an