Emmy award winner hes also been the prime host of 11 olympics he joins us from california. Bottom askin right into was do you ever remember a time in history when sporran sin politics has been so intertwined no not as pervasively of course muhammad ali was a singular figure of global influence and the 1960 s. As we both remember were of very very contentious period of time yet tommy smith and john carlos with the raise fissile that of the 1968 olympics in mexico city a lot of Young Athletes protested the war in vietnam some were part of the counterculture bill walton d an extremely likable man nonetheless had some countercultural ideas which many agreed with so that was a period of time when it was out there but i dont think numerically there were as many athletes who had a political bent a seem to have today is going to so many instances i know you will for and for a long time i wish to when he made them washington finally dropping the redskins well as i said a week ago theyre not doi
Our t. V. Dot com and get a complete look at your news right now stay with us for an amazing programming. Hello and welcome to cross talk where all things are considered im peter a little sri member the phrase to honest people can disagree this concept as essentially been the bedrock of western civilization enlightenment its also the origins of the american 1st amendment cancel culture is putting all this in question are we now ruled by the hecklers. To discuss this and more im joined by my guest Brad Blankenship in prague he is a freelance journalist as well as a journalist for c. G. T. And and in bloomington we have mike a kernis he is a r. T. Calmness and a comic book writer all right gentlemen crossed up rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i was it was good and its going to bradford. You know it was a bit over the last few weeks watching this whole cancel culture phenomenon and i find it just completely ludicrous anti intellectual and a historical. Antir
Caldwell weighing in on media and prominent democrats downplaying the riots. You wont believe the new sound we have got on tape. Republican guy reschenthaler from house judiciary he is with us. Weve got more. Were digging into the newly declassified documents. It is getting worse by the day. It shows chaos going on behind the scenes at the fbi and floundering failed, trumprussia probe. Showing the fbi misled the fisa courts to get pourerful wiretaps on trump and his team and more. Were uncovering this information. The fbi officials under the Obama Administration commit perjury . Media Research Centers brent bozell tackle how anonymous leaks to the media kept the trumprussia collusion story alive for three years when behind the scenes, top officials like james comey, peter strzok, James Clapper that they had no evidence of trumprussia collusion. They told House Democrat this. Newly declassified documents show former fbi official peter strzok slamming the New York Times for numerous mist
At this is that book expo which the publishing industrys annual convention and here is president bill clinton. [background sounds]. Good evening everyone. My name is greg and i meant the Vice President shoaf manager for book expo america. A manageable familiar tonight. To this very special occasion. He would not be here this evening if it were not for the support and loyalty the bookselling and Publishing Community spring to us each and every year. For the for an eye for that i think you. [applause]. The fabric of our convention lies in the connections we all make with the authors that appear here. Its been over 100 years of memorable moments since the very First Convention but has two guest of honor. Mark twain in 19 oh one. And since in the book industry has continued to come together to house authors have provided us with thoughtprovoking discussion to say nothing of stimulating entertainment. But all i think i can safely say that nothing has approached the magnitude of this evening
A looming election join me Steve Clemons in conversation with leading voices on the bottom line your weekly take on u. S. Politics and society on aljazeera. But remember. Youll support the. Troll or. Get on youll not give them an. Alarm or to guess virgin youre watching the listening post working from home here are some of the media stories were covering this week poland reelect president after the government turns back the clock to the good old days of state controlled television he won the Nobel Peace Prize last year but now the ethiopian Prime Minister has shut down a Major News Network and jailed its founder rahsaan kanafani the palestinian voice that like so many authors got his start in journalism. And disney world in florida lays out the welcome mat. Through a video that goes spectacularly wrong. Polish voters have reelected their president on jury duty to another term in office but only just dude who is aligned with the ruling law and Justice Party scraped in with 51 percent of