Tonight it did. So listen to this President Trump has nominated someone to serve on the Supreme Court. He was supposed to announce his pick on thursday but then yesterday he tweeted that hed made his decision and would announce it live tonight. He decided to preempt our regularly scheduled programs to make the announcement in primetime which is historic. Usually hell just announce this stuff in the moneying and the afternoon. This is the first time a Supreme Court nomination has ever interrupted an episode of ncis. [ laughter ] this is big. Not only did the white house do everything they could to keep the nomination secret to build suspense, they brought his final trumps final two choices, judge neil gor such from denver, and judge hardiman from pittsburgh, they brought them in to see which one thats right, Ryan Seacrested his choice for the Supreme Court. Like a two on one date on the bachelor. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] President Trump chose americas next top Supreme Court
Tonight it did. So listen to this President Trump has nominated someone to serve on the Supreme Court. He was supposed to announce his pick on thursday but then yesterday he tweeted that hed made his decision and would announce it live tonight. He decided to preempt our regularly scheduled programs to make the announcement in primetime which is historic. Usually hell just announce this stuff in the moneying and the afternoon. This is the first time a Supreme Court nomination has ever interrupted an episode of ncis. [ laughter ] this is big. Not only did the white house do everything they could to keep the nomination secret to build suspense, they brought his final trumps final two choices, judge neil gor such from denver, and judge hardiman from pittsburgh, they brought them in to see which one thats right, Ryan Seacrested his choice for the Supreme Court. Like a two on one date on the bachelor. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] here was the moment of truth as President Trump chose
Independent publishing and bookstores. Before we begin just a bit about matt. Matt taibbi is the author of New York Times bestsellers the divide and the great derangement. Derangement. Hes an editor for Rolling Stone and the wind of it 2007 National Magazine book magazine book columns and commentary. Please join me in welcoming matt. [applause] hello . Thats better. Here we go. Thank you very much. Thank you, everybody for coming. Before you start tonight, im speaking tonight with a bit of a heavy heart. I just got the news on the way here that the great Investigative Reporter Wayne Barrett has died this afternoon. Wayne was my first boss in this business. He was a mentor to me and hundreds of other reporters and other media people in this city. He dedicated his life to rooting out corruption in new york and i think new york is a better place because of him. Its a very sad day. I think its also, no journalist in america knew more about donald trump than wayne. He was his first biograph
Independent publishing and bookstores. Before we begin just a bit about matt. Matt taibbi is the author of New York Times bestsellers the divide and the great derangement. Derangement. Hes an editor for Rolling Stone and the wind of it 2007 National Magazine book magazine book columns and commentary. Please join me in welcoming matt. [applause] hello . Thats better. Here we go. Thank you very much. Thank you, everybody for coming. Before you start tonight, im speaking tonight with a bit of a heavy heart. I just got the news on the way here that the great Investigative Reporter Wayne Barrett has died this afternoon. Wayne was my first boss in this business. He was a mentor to me and hundreds of other reporters and other media people in this city. He dedicated his life to rooting out corruption in new york and i think new york is a better place because of him. Its a very sad day. I think its also, no journalist in america knew more about donald trump than wayne. He was his first biograph
Larry her rare row recalls the assistance france and spain provided the communist during the revolutionary war, and then an examination of the economic value assigned to slaves. Those are just few of the programs youll see on booktv on cspan2 this weekend. For a complete Television Schedule visit booktv. Org. 48 hours of nonfiction books and authors. Television for serious readers. Hello, everyone. Welcome to powerhouse book. Were very excited to host dispatches from the 2016 by matt taibbi. Matts book isnt a blowbyblow recounting of this bizarre and disturbing election season but the wider temperature of the seeming collapse of the american democracy. Matt will talk about his book and read a section from the book, too, and then you have a chance to ask questions and get your book sign. So we have copies up front and we encourage you to pick up a book that allows us to do this great event and support independent publishing and book stores. Just a little bit of our tie matt is the autho