Whose book just out this fall the man who ran washington the life and times of james baker the third. Of two brilliant books about it too complicated and fascinating men. They were born a decade apart. Baker in houston in 1930 and holbrook 1941 holbrook a democrat, student of Foreign Policy. Their lives had different trajectories but they both ended up in washington. Picking up on that, this is a man with great ambition and even before he came to washington. He was expected to do great things. He had a very dominating father who imparted on him the legacy of his family. One thing they were not meant to do his politics. They break away from his fathers domination and at age 40 he suffers a great family tragedy. His wife dies of cancer and the tennis court helps pick him up from the George Hw Bush on a whole different odyssey that put them in the center of world events. Host george im going to be going back and forth because the stories of the books are so rich we could go so many Differ
Information about the suspect in that violent rampage at ohio state university. What theyve learned about his ties to terrroism. But first. Prosecutors in North Carolina have decided not to charge the Police Officer accused of shooting and killing Keith Lamont Scott back in september. Scott was shot while stepping from his parked suv outside his apartment. Police say he had a handgun and ignored commands to drop it. Scotts death days of protests in the city of charlotte and questions about what led Law Enforcement to kill the the 43yearold who was medicated because of a brain injury. Abcs Lauren Lyster has more on the decision. The oklahoma Police Officer accused of shooting and killing an unarmed black man is set to stand trial for manslaughter. Trial. Now were hearing from officer Michael Slager about the moment this video of this incident made National Headlines because abcs Kenneth Moton has the latest from washington. Donald trump. Legally cutting ties with his billion dollar comp
Thank you distinguished members of the subcommittee. And and the ways we work with our state, local partners to improve the conditions of incarceration. We believe that gathering data about custody is a noble and necessary step towards a transparent and legitimate justice system. Theres no more solemn responsibility than life and helping us obtain information we need to assist state and federal authorities in fulfilling this responsibility. Since the original statute was enacted more than two decades ago, the department of justice through its office of Justice Program has worked to collect data in prisons and jails during arrest. And i know the committee appreciates, its a major undertaking to gather this information from 56 states and territories to in turn rely on reports from thousands of prisons, local jails and Law Enforcement agencies, but we firmly believe that its well worth the effort. While the need for reporting by the department, the current process deserves to be reevaluat
Allegations against bloomberg for profanity and sexism through the years. Josh, lets talk about the reaction from the Bloomberg Campaign. First the provocative question of Hillary Clinton . Whats the reaction there, and might bloomberg really be considering Hillary Clinton and if so, why . This took a lot of people by shock today, alex. Partially because a lot of people remember vividly Hillary Clintons loss in 2016 and are skeptical about whether having her on the ticket would help or hurt the democratic nominee given the way a lot of republicans feel about her these days. The campaign is not confirming he is considering her. In fact, we are told in a statement, we are focussed on the primary and the debate, not v. P. Speculation. So far theyre not willing to confirm that Hillary Clinton is really under consideration for that job. Well leave that alone but lets get to this, josh, the Washington Post report, what is this about and what is the bloomberg camp reaction to it . Reporter th
While Elizabeth Warren hits a polling high, but shes still facing a major challenge. Well take a look at that in a moment. We start this hour with the new battle lines in the constitutional clash between the white house and congress. The Trump Administration now publicly refusing to cooperate with the impeachment inquiry. Right now were in a standoff waiting to see who blinks first. Nbc White House Correspondent Kelly Odonnell is on the north lawn for us. Garrett haake is stationed on capitol hill. Mr. Haake, ill start with you. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is vowing that democrats will move forward with this impeachment inquiry. How do they go about doing that without cooperation from this white house . Reporter craig, theyll do that on a couple of tracks. First, youll see an increased emphasis on getting the whistleblower and anyone who might be able to kwob rate his or her accounts in front of the committees doing the investigating here they know now they cant rely on the white house