Congressman always asked to this question before. Youve always had a large reading list, what is on your current reading list . Cnet well, i have just finished be splendid and the vile by eri eric. Wonderful account of churchill and his family. Really in the worst year of the war. Right after he becomes prime minister, may 10 of 1940. That was really the day of the german invasion of the low countries and france. And then basically what it was like to stand alone against not see germany until june of 41 the russians are in the war. And obviously by december of 41 the United States in the war. Its an extraordinary book. Its a wonderful read about a guy the supreme ordeal of his brilliant career and ive also been reading, i just picked up the greatest story by the name of jean edward smith. Great biographer. I read his biographies grants and eisenhower. Eisenhower biography is by far the best eisenhower biography ever written. And there been some good wins. But he died in 2019. So right
Joining us now on book tv was representative tom cole a republican from oklahoma. Congressman kobe have asked you this question before, you have always had a large reading list. What is on your current reading list . I have just finished the splendid and the vial by erik larson. A wonderful of churchill and his family. Really in the worst year of the war. Right after he becomes prime minister, may 10 of 1940, really the day of the german invasion in the low countries of france. And basically what it was like to stand alone consulting germany until june of 41, the russians are in the war. And then by december of 41 United States is in the work. Its an extraordinary book. Until wonderful read by a guy i considered the greatest person of the 20th century. The supreme ordeal of a long and brilliant career. Then ive also been reading, i just picked up grade story by the name of Jean Edward Smith great, great biographer. Ive read his biographies of granton eisenhower. Eisenhower is by far th
Screen completely different from yesterday and will call it a modest rebound but it was the big tech stocks that fueled the selloff in today though stocks also seen a modest rebound, certainly not recovering the losses theyve seen over the last three days but nevertheless they are back in the green. Take a look at tesla, that stock has lost around one third of its value in just one week. But look at it go today up nearly 7 and by the way well talk to the former Vice President of tesla coming up in this hour. Also tesla rival nikola solid spike after announcing the partnership with gm and come up will talk to the company ceo about the electric Vehicle Market in the fierce and growing competition. Meanwhile talking about competition in the race for the white house joe biden traveling to battleground states michigan to tout his new made in america plan, this ahead of the president s visit tomorrow and this morning by the way President Trump nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize by a member of
Tells me the further spikes are inevitable. We will be. Live. From moscow this is the international long. Weekend update these are the big stories were tracking this hour were going to start in france for you best activists are back on the streets of paris for their 1st major rally since march they were nearing the protests over income inequality and unpopular tax reforms so father of 250. 00 arrests this saturday drew pinsky is there for us. But the tensions have broken through here now we need our new device which is quite close to the often feel good story to get a look up but not close to see here gas as people are not trying to move away from lets just give you stay still. Whats happening on the ground. The. Protesters and Police Officers have being clashing at what is the real new jersey version of the yellow vests it was cooled by one of the de facto leaders jury rodrigue is he suggested he wanted civil disobedience. I am here to talk about the yellow vests about people who are
Nearly half of all Syrian Refugees are children. More than three million of them. How old are you guys . We visited refugee camps in jordan. Six . When it was 111 degrees. There was no Running Water, no indoor plumbing, but there was a brandnew sesame street, produced with characters that these Young Refugees can learn from, as so many kids in america have for years. ticking this musical prodigy has been performing around the world since he was 11 years old. And hes blind. Which caught the attention of this neuroscientist, who wanted to see what would happen inside his brain. Okay. Shall we give it a shot . Yep. The part thats used for sight when he listens to music. This is what changes in his brain. Lights up. ticking im lesley stahl. Im bill whitaker. Im anderson cooper. Im sharyn alfonsi. Im scott pelley. Those stories, tonight, on 60 minutes. ticking for my mother my father my grandmother my brothers and sisters my friends for going back to school the bbq the lake the beach my pla