She is also a bestselling author that calls maryland home. When we found out she was releasing a new book, we knew we had to have her back at the pratt stage. In under fire, brian gives her unique look at the Trump Presidency from inside the white house. The book was only released this month and is already being called a must read. If you havent gotten your copier, mahogany books is here tonight selling under fire in the lobby. You will have your opportunity to get your book signed after the program. Please join me in welcoming april ryan. [applause] thank you. Thank you. Thank you so much. It is so good to be home. So good to be home. This is home, seriously. Baltimore. Im that kid who grew up in Baltimore City and i cant leave. I dont know what it is. It traveled the world. You know . Go to the white house every day but something theres a special juice in baltimore. Yes. [applause] i want to thank you guys for coming out to tonight. It touches my heart. Tonight is not about politics.
Welcome. I have written fiction about president ial politics and the media and i wish i knew these four giant when i was doing research for the novel. We could not have a better panel for the topic today. What do you feel is the role in this era of journalism and specific to the times. The la times, are using a Division Within your staff . I think there are several components to that. August, 19 episode. One of which was with the word, racism. Whether that was a fair label for the president or whether as i think an older generation of editors that went to question intent. Given the president s we were never sure if it was racism or sexism or gender issues. And so, that was one part of it. The second i think is the question of how. Weve been dealing with the economic model for journalism that has basically going away. To your point about the president which i call that this information is in chief. There was always a compact between people and government and journalists. They try to tel
Historian mary beth norton. She is the author of five books and coeditor of several others in your textbooks in a survey of u. S. History and been published in ten additions and sold more than 500,000 copies. Norton is a price finalist and. She is married professor of American History at cornell university. Her new book, 1774, year of revolution, available for purchase following the program. So now, please join me in welcoming mary beth norton. [applause]. Mary is really nice to be here. I want to make sure that the microphone is on. It does not seem to be. Hope there is pretty great. I want to show you the cover of the book because that little bottle on it, is famous here in colonial historian. I dont know if anybody recognizes this but it is in the collection of the massachusetts historical tidy. It claims on the label which is impossible read, that it contains t picked up from bostons harbor. The day after the tea party. So there is a quite wellknown object in the colonial america.
French fat tuesday. Next week is super tuesday, then super fat tuesday. This is debate number ten for the democrats, and one of the Big Questions going into this is how Mike Bloomberg would respond to his poor showing at the debate last week. So far, bloomberg spent about 500 million to get smacked around by Elizabeth Warren on television. His primary goal was to try to knock off the number one guy, Bernie Sanders. Bernie has a lot of plans, expensive plans. Hes no dummy. Every time one of the other candidates asks whos going to pay for these programs he points to bloomberg and says him meanwhile, President Trump is on his way back home from india where he was well buttered. This is going to surprise you. He believes the reception he got was like nothing the indian people had ever given before. In the history of india, which has a long history and a brilliant history in so many different ways, theres never been a reception given to somebody like was given, and i would like to say for t
How senator sanders is now responding. Winter weather alert. The major coast to coast storm on the move right now. Slamming the west with heavy rain and snow. Now the midwest and northeast bracing. Airlines already offering waivers, the new timing and track. Kidnapping rescue. The 11yearold snatched on her way home from school and the alert drivers who spotted the car hours later helping police save her. And the 28yearold nfl star shocking fans, now the latest in a string of Young Athletes to leave the game. Why hes hanging up his cleats. And the prince goes public. Prince harry appearing for the First Time Since that bombshell announcement that he and meghan are stepping back from their royal duties. His new message this morning. And we do say good morning, america. It is a very busy thursday morning. Take a live look at the capitol. An historic day in the impeachment showdown about to begin. President trump is about to become the third president in American History to stand trial on