Calls and reflections on the life and legacy of senator, astronaut john glenn. You can share your comments on our twitter page or join us on facebook. Ood friday morning to you the senate is in session trying to wrap up a cr to keep the government and operation through the end of april. The house did its part with a debate over how scared and if over how health care an American Hero, a combat pilot fighter who made history by rocketing into the future as the pioneer of space travel. The story this morning from his hometown newspaper in columbus, ohio. We will have more from the Columbus Dispatch. You can log on to the website including the life and career of john glenn. Services will take place in ohio and he will be interred at Arlington National cemetery. Remembering the life of john glenn. Here from universal news, which is called a space triumph back in 1952. Which was called a space triumph back in 1952. Five hours before he is to make a strident into history, his smiley face beli
And the mastermind of 9 11, Khalid Sheikh mohammed. And these captured terrorists gave us information that allowed the cia to round up virtually all the key members of that network and dismantle them and stop the attack they had planned. And today we are honored to have with us the man who interrogated those hot value terrorists and got them to provide that information that saved, saved so Many American lives, thats james mitchell. In the 15 years since 9 11, no one has heard from ksm. Hes been isolated from the world first in cia custody, then at guantanamo bay. But dr. Mitchell has looked directly into the face of evil, and in doing so he came to understand the terrorist mind, what drives and motivates them better than almost anyone in america, because the terrorists told him what drives them and what they believe. And now for the first time, dr. Mitchell is sharing what ksm told him, including his opinions on u. S. Counterterrorism policy, the Bush Administrations response to 9 11,
I suppose we are. Good evening. Im the president for the Atlanta History Center and its my pleasure to welcome you all tonight professor, author and po et patrick phillips. Patrick phillips received ph. D from nyu. He was a fullbright scholar and a National Endowment for arts fellow and recipient from the translation prize for translation of the works of danish poet. His 2015 poetry collection was a finalist for the book award. Even though we are in the presence of a distinguished poet, tonight phillips will be discussing his first work of nonfiction, blood at the root. A racial cleansing in america. This work tells the disturbing story, by tracing the broader historical phenomena that led to similar violent around our nation, phillips tells a story thats tragically much larger than foresight county. It is a significant work in so much that begins to tell a story about a bunch of people throughout the country who can effectively erase from the historical record. Im excited to welcome a
Indianapolis Union President chuck jones vowing to cancel boeings order for a new air force one and taking aim at private citizens have drawn criticism while the polls show most americans think there trump tweets too much. Our question for truers today, should donald trump stop weeting . Call the numbers at the bottom 6 your screen. Treeth us. And just this morning as we said, the senate had a marathon session that just ended this morning and also was an Early Morning for the president elect who has taken to his twitter account already amid reports he will remain executive browser for the Apprentice Television show during his tenure as president. He tweeted reports by cnn, ill be working on the apprentice during my presidency even parttime are ridiculous and untrue. Fake news. The president elect tweeted just early this morning. Hes referring to reports as the New York Times reports today that starting next month mr. Trumps most visible business interest will be beamed directly into mi
Hello, everyone. Welcome to lawrence park. I am so happy to be here with Courtney Martin and you can all be here with us. I want to say trent tillis, one of the cofounders of our project, is Courtney Martins editor on the blog, he is said he cant be here, he is sick today. I want to bring his name in here. Envious. Host Courtney Martin send an email yesterday. When we planned this we were not looking at the calendar saying what is happening that week . Courtney martin emailed yesterday and said should we do this . Should we have a book launch at a salon to talk about the new better off reinventing the American Dream in this unsettling election, unsettled Political Landscape . I said absolutely. Because of what happened this weekend how unsettled we are, it is important to sit together and talk about things that matter to us. I was thinking this morning about introducing Courtney Martin and i wont do a big introduction, you can read her credentials. I love what she brings to our media s