Been conquered during winter months despite first being summit in one nine hundred fifty four keep it here up front its next. News has never then. But their message is simplistic and misinformation is rife the listening post provides a critical counterpoint challenging Mainstream Media narrative at this time on aljazeera has been a year of couldnt travesty and crises of breaking rules and telling lies so how do you cover how do you hold to account a president as unique as donald trump and from special. Promoting us neo nazis retreating british neo fascists peddling conspiracy theories and brazen lies defending an alleged child sex abuser and threatening a nuclear war with north korea there has never been a president of the United States quite like donald trump so how do you cover President Trump and how is he survived his first year in office against all odds in this up from special im joined from chicago by gwenda blair a longtime trump biographer from milwaukee by Charles Sykes a for
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Cspan2, live coverage of the savanna book festival. Scott shapiro is about to begin. His book, the internationalists, is about the peace pact that outlawed war around the world. Good morning, booklovers. My name is out styles. I am delighted to welcome you to the 11th annual savanna book festival. The book festival is presented by georgia power, david and nancy cintron, the Sheehan Family foundation and mark and pat. Many thanks to jack and mary, our sponsors for this glorious venue, Trinity United Methodist church. We would also like to extend thanks to our literary members and individual donors who make the saturday off presentations possible. 90 of our revenue comes from donors just like you. We are very excited to have the savanna book festival available for your phone. Look in your program for information on downloading. Immediately following the presentation, Scott Shapiro will be signing festival purchased copies of his book. If you are planning to stay for the next off your pre
Clocked in for 35 35 years, rad a good family, you are a hero, too. And i think too often in our society we put certain folks on pedestals as he rose because of something they missed they did for the sacrifices they did, but every day, i mean, i was walking over here just from the hotel looking at people curious about the sacrifices they have made for their own kids or for their marriage or for caring for an ill person. So for me while the veterans and war and Everything Else have become close to my heart, it reaffirmed my belief that everyones got a great story. Everyone should share that story even if you think your story is important, make sure you share it with someone. Make sure you share with your kids. Unfortunately those folks that pass away, when you talk to them right before death, often they will say their biggest regret isnt i didnt write a a book r star in a movie will make more money. Its i wish id spent more time with my kids, or i wish i told my kids a little bit more a
Did, a family with very conservative values but very liberal political allegiances, and then end up becoming politically conservative. It also became a perspective of how i viewed issues through that political lens. So coming into our Current Situation here in lynchburg at liberty university, number one, its an academic perspective. Number two, since its a private christian institution, the theological perspective came into play as well. And i think a lot of the issues that i talked about in the book where i had Political Solutions, i think i now look to more Spiritual Solutions particularly since the community that ive dealt with here not just at liberty university, but in lynchburg has really given me a different perspective, maybe even a little more empathy about issues and challenges that people are facing and what they need to do to overcome them. Can we talk about initially in the book what were some of the topics that you were tackling, and why did you name the book the title th