Journalists peter baker and Susan Glasser on the brandnew book on james baker, the life and times of james baker. Iner baker, no relation come Susan Glasser, welcome to washington journal. Let me start with a question about the idea of doing this book on james baker. This obviously predates the 2020 election, but this is earlier than 2016 correct . Visualize thenot rise of donald trump in the transformation of the Republican Party we started this book back in the obama era. We had a sense that baker was a character who would help us to write a big story about washington as well has as well as his own personal story. From watergaten to the end of the cold war and james baker is in the middle of that. Host was an easy prey . Did he easily agreed to be interviewed for the book project . Wast at this point, he willing and ready for some of the l2 write a biography about him. Some ready for amebody else to write biography about him. He was open and cooperative. He didnt put anything off bal
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[laughter] natalie, you previously worked for npr and are now working with a get out the Vote Organization you have told us about. We are proud your supporting democracy and you are doing social media. Democracy, media and the public sphere. Ryan is in the process of building an app to tell how long polling lines are. Bringing in the democracy, media, and the public sphere. We need those apps. My husband is in line now, a 70minute wait where he is. Both of you get a hat. They each get a hat that says cspan 2020 on the front. On the back, unfiltered. [laughter] you each get a hat. You each get something that you clean screens and microfiber. That is right. And then, very handy, always needed, a pen. [applause] thank you, both, for your work promoting democracy, media, and the public sphere, which is why we are all here today, right . Today we are going to talk about political advertising in campaigns. This is from chapter 13 in our book. There is much to discuss. Something that came to
U. S. Almost 100000. 00 new infections in a single day as some states theyre running out of intensive care beds. Hello im terry martin welcome to the program there is still no winner in the u. S. Election but there are some encouraging signs for democratic challenger joe biden the former Vice President has picked up wins in some closely fought states president meanwhile is facing an increasingly difficult to win reelection hes launched legal challenges aimed to stop vote counting in several tight races a call echoed by his supporters in arizona a group of supporters have been gathering to protest the ongoing vote counting there that race is neck and neck. News outlets have reported joe biden has flipped the battleground state trump has made unfounded allegations of voter fraud and on wednesday accused democrats of trying to steal the election. So heres a look at the results so far with some closer attention given to states that have yet to declare a winter winner are a figure showed bi
Supporters protest the vote counted as his campaign mounts legal challenges in several states also coming up a Record Number of fresh coronavirus cases before to the u. S. Almost 100000 new infections are registered in a single day as some states warmth theyre running out of intensive care for us. Alone terry martin good to have you with us theres still no winner in the u. S. Election but there are some encouraging signs for democratic challenger joe biden the former Vice President has picked up wins in some closely fought states President Trump meanwhile is facing an increasingly difficult path to win reelection hes launched legal challenges aimed to stop vote counting in several tight races a call echoed by his supporters in arizona. Trump supporters have been gathering to protest the ongoing vote counting there that race is neck and neck though several news outlets have reported joe biden has flipped the battleground state truck has made unfounded allegations of voter fraud and on w