Wyoming. In 1954, when i was 13 years old about to go into the eighth grade, my dad moved the family to wyoming. He had a choice between wyoming or montana and it was a good day because lynn and i grew up together. I first took her out when she was 16 years old. We will celebrate our 50th wedding anniversary, august. [laughter] [applause] if dad had picked montana and wyoming, of course i would of never married lynn. Nixon invented before, sponsored by the Nixon Library when i had other books to write, to publish. And now we wanted to have an opportunity for lynne to present yours. Its a superb book about our nations fourth president , and the plan is i will ask your questions and she will respond. At the end of the period of time well open it up, take some questions from the audience as well. With that let me begin by asking why madison . What made you decide James Madison needed another biography . Before you get the august am so grateful to date for joining on this book tour. I star
Independents and all others, 202 5853882. If you have already voted, 202 5853883. You can also join us on twitter or facebook. You can also email us. Welcome to the show. Good morning. This is the hill newspaper. Two weeks toh with go. Positive pulls in colorado, arkansas, alaska, and other battlegrounds have republicans buoyant. Republicans started off well. Mavis in fort lauderdale, florida. Good morning to you. Caller i will be voting this weekend. I am voting democratic the whole way. Im hoping that the democrats keep the senate and that they will pick up more seats in the house. I cannot believe some of the people in our country. Where a single commercial can change their mind about who they are voting for. Democrats want us to have health care, a raise in pay. These things matter to small people. We need to get out and vote democrat. Host you are calling on the independent line. Caller yes i am and i think we going to vote democrat because they are focused on the small people. 2
Surrounding dr. Ronny jacksons allegations to head the va. The nomination is putting the spotlight on the nominee and the vetting question. Hearings the question, why didnt the white house know more about jacksons record ahead of time. I have a great team to help to break it down. First, i want to understand where things stand. This is supposed to be the day that Ronny Jackson headed to capitol hill. Instead, in damage control mode, jackson was abusive to his staff, improperly handed out prescription drugs and was even drunk on the job. I have to say again, these are allegations. The latest word from the white house is that jackson is not planning to withdraw his nominations. In fact, doubling down, facetoface with the president last night during which the two agreed that jackson would fight the allegations. The white house backed him up with this statement, quote, dr. Jacksons record as a white house physician is impeccable. He has improved unit morale, received glowing reviews and pr
Associated editor of the Washington Post and msnbc political analyst, Eugene Robinson is with us this morning. So take your pick, joe, of the top stories. I want to hear about moscow mitch. Can Congressional Democrats get on the same page . Nancy pelosi meets with aoc this morning. Good news there. This as one of the house speakers top lieutenants comes out in support of impeaching the president. Plus, Congress Takes action on one front and definitely does not on another. The house passes a sweeping spending bill while Senate Republicans block Election Security legislation just hours after bob mueller testified. In case theres any doubt about russia, which there should not be, a new report from the Intel Committee shows just how aggressive moscow was and how unprepared the u. S. Was to deal with it. You know, well talk about that in a second, but willie, the most shocking thing about this is that Robert Mueller testified that not only did russia try to interfere with our 2016 election