Prosecution by the special counsels office and the u. S. Attorney for the district of columbia. These documents include a report that was done by the fbi actually closing out the file on general flynn by january 4, 2017. Finding no evidence of any wrongdoing or improper russian contacts or anything that would warrant further investigation in any way, shape or form. Then suddenly at the direction of the seventh floor, the tweets or Text Messages between strzok and page indicate that mr. Strzok reopened or made sure the file never got completely closed and started on an entirely different path. They reflect additional violations of protocol by all the people in the fbi that were involved in setting up general flynn. Elizabeth so it seems that peter struck was saying keep the case open against Michael Flynn, do not shut it. Later that day he texted lisa page, saying it is quote serendipitously good that basically were keeping the case open and then she texts back, quote, phew. This son th
I know it looks a little bit different today. And that is because we are over at our Emergency Management Operations Center. This is the area where so much of the work that we do in response to battling covid19 and also the work we do responding to natural disasters and other challenges that we face. Some of it so much of it happens here. It gives us an opportunity to show you a little bit of the inside of our response. Inside of our response. And i want to start today by introducing the head of Emergency Management here in kentucky. Give him an opportunity to welcome you to the center. s name is Michael Dossett and he has been doing a great job. Michael . Michael thank you, governor. Welcome to the state eoc. We christened the building in 2013. We have about 25,000 square feet. We are currently at level three for this operation. We are under unified command. We have 100 personnel working. If you have an opportunity to see some of the floor, they are spread out over a number of buildin
John seigenthaler, author of james k. Polk, howd they talk you into doing a biography on this president . John seigenthaler sr. Arthur schlesinger called me on the phone and said, youre a tennessean. Polk was a tennessean. Why dont you write a biography for this series that times books is doing on the president s . And i said, arthur, i dont have time. Im retired. He said, i want you to do one thing. He said, alan nevins ph has done a paperback that excerpts his diary, his president ial diary. Just take the weekend and read it and tell me no. And i read the excerpts from the diary, and i couldnt say no. I was fascinated by the man. Did you know much about him before you started on this . You know, i knew he was a tennessean. Im a tennessean. I knew that his grave is behind the capitol. There is no marker in nashville, except a plaque on the side of a dirty motel wall. His old home place in columbia is preserved, and id been there many times and have been there since. But i knew virtual
Working for pm we should talk a little but i will talk about that. The great investigative journalist i have stone remains the template for what journalism should be he was a fearless opponent of mccarthyism and the scourge of official liars as d. D. Gotten planned puts it in his biography of stone he did what few in his profession could he always thought for himself couldnt plan argues that the key to stones achievements throughout his singular career not just in the celebrated eye of stones weekly lay in the forests and passion of his political commitments he would become one of the best known journalists in the country and then because of the ferocity of his integrity and refusal to be cowed by the hysteria and witch hunts over communism a pariah he was placed under daily surveillance his passport was not renewed and he was blacklisted even the nation. Agonising would not give him a job at the age of 44. 00 he wrote that is total marginalisation made him feel like a ghost his career
Stones weekly lay in the force and passion of his political commitments he would become one of the best known journalists in the country and then because of the ferocity of his integrity and refusal to be cowed by the hysteria and witch hunts over communism a pariah he was placed under daily surveillance his passport was not renewed and he was blacklisted even the nation magazine would not give him a job at the age of 44. 00 he wrote that is total marginalisation made him feel like a ghost his career is a poignant reminder that moral autonomy and independence traits stone had in abundance comes with a price that is a primer on what constitutes great reporting in an age when celebrity gossip and trivia are passed off as news joining me in the studio to discuss i. F. Stone and his legacy is. Gotten planned author of american radical the life and times of stone 1st of all this is a brilliant biography you produced a masterpiece and if people havent read it they need to buy it its a stunni