Loss, departments and agencies that carry out the policies. It was not always the case. Trumane 1952 president wanted to bring into the white house both the republican and democratic essential nominees to meet with his cabinet and white house staff members, he met with a partisan divide. He had wanted them to come in because he found when he came into office, he was unprepared. He came in january of 1945. Roosevelt died in april, and truman knew nothing of the atomic bomb. Seared by that experience, he wanted to bring people in so they would understand what was ahead of them. Adelaide stephenson accepted, but general eisenhower turned down trumans invitation, in large part because he said he was running against the administrations programs and from the public would be coming into the white house when he was running against it. Truman was very upset. He sent a handwritten note, which she would sometimes do because he could slip by staff, and they would not see it and stop him. So he had
Dnc floor. The georgia delegation even marked out letters so their signs would read, stop her instead of stronger together. Senator sanders who was greeted by, lets just say, a spirited crowd, shall we . Very spirited. Well, he headlined the first night, clintons exrival took to podium to quite the outcry, and he worked to rally his supporters around the former secretary of state. It is no secret that Hillary Clinton and i disagree on a number of issues. That is what this campaign has been about. That is what democracy is about. But im happy to tell you that at the democratic platform committee, there was a significant coming together between the two campaigns. So on that note, we have more on day one of the dnc from philadelphia. Shannon, good of you to join us at this hour. How are you . Im great, kelly. You know, it was a big night here, packed with celebrities and heavy hitters, from up and coming stars to political headliners including senator Elizabeth Warren, first Lady Michelle
Taking place of the george w. Bush president ial library in dallas, this is one hour in 20 minutes. One of the most striking features of president ial transitions is the bipartisanship that prevails among government officials in congress who read the transition laws. The president and the white house staff who set the direction of planning and departments and agencies that carried out the policies. It was not always the case. When the 1952, president truman wanted to bring to the white house but the republican and democratic president ial nominees to meet with his cabinet and white house staff members, he met with the partisan divide. He wanted them to come in because he found when he came into office he was unprepared. He came in january of 1945, roosevelt died in april and truman knew nothing of the atomic bomb. Seated by that experience, he wanted to bring people so they could understand what was ahead of them. Adlai stevenson accepted but general eisenhower turned down trumans invi
And actions undertaken during the transition period. Led the president bush most determined transition out of office that we have experienced. He began the transition cycle in 2007 in discussions with his chief of staff, josh bolten, who lead that effort. Closed the circle that truman proposed to structure by having representatives of the incoming and outgoing chief executives meet well before the election. He brought together representatives of the two candidates in the white house in july, almost too much fire to the 2008 party conventions. , lead theon transition as executive director for president bush into office in 2001, clay johnson was the deputy for management at the office of management and budget and was the department and agency planning, gathering information for a new team. He is going to be on our second panel. Equally important in the 2008 transition was interest in making use of these administration preparations by those leading the transition effort for senator and th
Tonight, a surprising resignation amid a damning report amid pressure to get trump reelected. A top prosecutor working on attorney general bill barrs investigation has quit. According to the hartford current she is quitting over political concerns, pleasure to deliver a report that President Trump thought would benefit him and to deliver that report before election day. Shes a highly respected career prosecutor. She was working the u. S. Attorney, john durham. An investigation that will go against bob muellers investigation and show a conspiracy among democrats to bring him down. Durham is coming back and i hope its going to be soon. And i would imagine hes got plenty. Trump wants the Durham Report and he wants it out stat. That pressure is loud and clear. In fact he has publicly pushed barr to get that report out. Bill barr can go down as the greatest attorney general in the history of our country, or he can go down as just an average guy. Trump wants the report out because he thinks