of the unknown. and i think for generations to come we will still be uncovering the history of that time of the refugees and we will talk a little bit about that and to the country. it s something your family experience. i thought we would begin and we will start talking about it. thank you so much, thank you for inviting me to it come. so my book, when i was talking to cheryl she said it s not what i expected. and i think it s because it is not what they expected because it tries to dude almost to all but sit things. it tries to tell a very intimate history of a daughter and a father, and a history of my life and relationships with other people. as well as a super scholarly, footnoted book for everything is research very carefully. we do these things of the same time and it begins with a very intimate introduction, and it is an introduction about my life. so i will just jump in and then we will talk some more. we had been six at home. my parents, siblings, and paternal gra
book tv. on cspan2. and now i m book tv we want to introduce you to a author whose name is mike purdy. mr. purdy when you do for living? i m a presidential historian, i do writing on my website presidential history.com. i do writing for interviews for a lot of media on the intersection of president trump history and politics. are you classically trained to string? i am not, it is something this been a passion my whole life. and so it has been fun to do that writing now, and to be able to actually publish a book. and we want to talk to about that book it is 101 presidential insults . was that concept come from? it comes from many, many years of relationships between these 44 men who have served as president. sometimes good relationships sometimes really bad. sometimes they started out good, and that went sour. and so i began collecting these quotations and then i started thinking about the political environment we live in today. and i thought, this would be timely
They will take off immediately after the ceremony today. Because they can still damage the grass. That is right. You know what im saying. Donald trump is over at Saint Johns Episcopal Church in the private ceremony, with the vicepresident elect as well is inside that church and then after that they will go trekly over to the white house where they will heat up with michelle and barack obama, they will have have some tea, chat a little bit, look around the white house and then, as tradition states they will get into the same big limousine together the four of them. They car pool. It is not very far. What is that conversation going to be like. Hi, good morning. Im sure it is very gracious. Sure. They already had their heating in the white house. It is obviously, january 20th, this is the take , the 20th amendment, we will move from march 4th which it used to be. In 1932. The president wontings a lame duck. They took it that long to count votes and travel by stage coach or however to get
From raleigh, durham to laguardia. Taking them in to a storm. Reporter but moments later out of nowhere. Reporter passengers saw something they may never forget. Wow, never experienced this before. It was a flash of light and big explosion, the plane dipped about 100 feet, i dont know. It just felt like i was on a roller coaster. 3233 just got hit by lightning. There was visible damage to the jet in at least two places. As for the passengers, you know how they feel. My last meal is going to be the bag of peanuts and the cup of water i got on the flight . It was pretty intense but im glad we made it safe. It was an American Airlines jet operated by Republic Airlines according to the faa. Port Authority Police were out there on the runway but the jet landed without incident. The average commercial jet is struck by lightning at least once a year and the last one to crash from lightning in this country was back in 1963. Live tonight at kennedy airport, n. J. Burkett, Eyewitness News. We fi
Abcnews. Com and on our facebook page. A frightening flight. A passenger plane on approach to new york flies right through a storm and is rocked and hit by lightning. We have exclusive pictures of describe the close call. It was bad. I thought we got hit by a missile. Eyewitness News Reporter n. J. Burkett is at Kennedy Airport where the plane finally landed. 55 passengers, four crew members, all with the same reaction. Omg. Yes, their jet was on final approach to laguardia, when it was struck by lightning and forced to make an Emergency Landing here. I never had this kind of experience. Its the first time for me. Reporter passengers were still shaking long after flight 4233 was safely on the ground at jfk. With the storm clouds still menacing in the distance. Pretty terrifying, not going to lie. Reporter the call sign brickyard 3233 was in route taking them in to a storm. Reporter but moments later out of nowhere. Reporter passengers saw something they may never forget. Wow, never exp