Inauguration. And then john has returned to our stage many times and we are excited to celebrate him and his fantastic book, the hardest job in the world the american presidency. It is safe to say the office of the president looks different than it did in 2009. Not only has the party in power changed but the tone of the position shifted. In his new book, the american presidency has become an almost impossible job between trying to fulfill Campaign Promises and solve every urgent crisis that arises. As he prepares how we choose our president and what we should expect from them once they are in office. His impose reporting resume includes his chief political correspondent, coanchor of cbs this morning at his current role as a 16 minute correspondent. He corresponded with the journalism gene, his pioneer in journalist. Join will be joined in conversation on the subject of the presidency. Susan page of usa today. So excited to have her here, in addition to covering 6 administrations and 10
Professor of lauper he served in all three branches of the federal government to the Justice Department office of legal counsel, and the Senate Judiciary committee and Justice Clarence thomas prayed the previous books include crisis and command a history of executive power from George Washington to george w. Bush. His newest book the subject of todays discussion is titled defend her in chief, Donald Trumps fight for president ial power. John thanks for joining us today. Spivey entrance. Guest thanks adam and thank you its hard to believe ive been a scholar here for almost 20 years. I think im one of the oldest people on the staff. Its great to be here again to talk about a book and it would not be possible without having relationships like those i have aei. So terrific lets jump into the book. The end of the books introduction you summarize the overall argument and theme of the book. You say that President Trump has returned to the framers original vision of the presidency as an office
Us Vice President mike pence has announced plans to deal with a cruise ship thats moored off San Francisco with passengers infected with coronavirus. Mr pence said 21 passengers and crew have tested positive on board the grand princess and says the vessel will be brought into a non commercial port where all 3,500 people will be tested and treated if necessary. We are taking all measures necessary to see to the health of the americans and those involved on the grand princess, and just as importantly, to protect the health of the American Public and prevent the spread of the disease through communities in this country. We are instituting the strongest testing protocols to ensure that not only those on board receive the treatment that they need, but that the American People can be confident that there will be no erosion in our preventative measures and efforts to keep the coronavirus from spreading throughout our country. North america correspondent peter bowes has more on what mike pence
Release from prison of the former Us Army Intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning. The leading official dealing with Infectious Diseases in the united states, dr anthony fauci, has described the american system for coronavirus testing as inadequate. President trump has been insisting the set up is tremendous, and that anyone who wants a test can get a test. About 11,000 tests have been carried out in the us. Dr fauci was answering questions at a congressional hearing. He had a very different view from mr trump. The system the system does not is not really geared to what we need right now, what you are asking for. That is failing. It is a failing, and lets admit it. The fact is the way the system was set up is that the Public Health component that dr redfield was talking about was a system where you put it out there in the public, and a physician asks for it, and you get it. The idea of anyone getting it easily, the way people in other countries are doing it, were not set up for that. Do i
The leading official dealing with Infectious Diseases in the United States, anthony fauci, has described the american system for coronavirus testing as inadequate. President trump has been insisting that the set up is tremendous. About 11,000 tests for the disease have been carried out in the us, compared with more than 200,000 in south korea. The doctor was answering questions at a congressional hearing but had a very different view about how easily people could be tested. The system is not really geared to what we need right now what you are asking for. That is failing. It is a failing, and lets admit it. The fact is the way the system was set up is that the Public Health component that dr redfield was talking about was a system where we put it out there in the public, and a physician asks for it, and you get it. The idea of anyone getting it easily, the way people in other countries are doing it, we are not set up for that. Do i think we should be . Yes, but we are not. President tr