A new book. Things that matter is not a confessional memoir or scandalous kissandtell. Its a collection of newspaper and magazine pieces from the pulitzer prizewinning columnist. Or maybe its more than that. Are you decoding my book . I am decoding it right now. Like its entirely about me. [ laughs ] but its all written in hieroglyphics. Well, its not quite as impenetrable as hieroglyphics. Lets start with part one of your book, and it is titled personal. And in there, the first column is really an incredibly moving piece about your brother. Marcel krauthammer died of cancer. He was 59. Charles writes this about his older brother. He taught me most everything i ever learned about every sport i ever played. He taught me how to throw a football, hit a backhand, grip a nine iron, field a grounder, dock a sailboat in the tailing wind. And how we played. It was paradise. Tell me about that. It was a paradisiacal childhood. My brother and i were inseparable. He was four years older, which is
Best friends. And that. Was one of the most important managers at the Agency Responsible for planning and booking Advertising Campaigns for Global Airlines and other clients. His job also involved defining target groups for Consumer Item Producers developing Communications Content and promotional films he delivered sales of Three Billion Euros a year. Also negotiated discounts on advertising broadcast time and concealed the proceeds in a network of companies his employer was left. In the dark. The court later found him guilty on sixty eight counts of investment he was acquitted of charges in a civil court because he had made personal use of those profits. Maintained his
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Analysis and discussion of the days top stories and compelling issues from Lawrence ODonnell. General under president clinton and former federal prosecutor. Julia, i will have you play a few roles for me tonight because you do also cover the Justice Department. Jeff sessions in the room with the president when he is told that Robert Mueller is going to be Special Counsel, according to bloomberg news. Jeff sessions offered his Rec Resignation in that moment. I think the idea that Robert Mueller had been appointed was pretty obvious right there. He saw the writing on the wall, that it was because he had recused himself from this investigation that this had been allowed to happen, that Rod Rosenstein was allowed to appoint this Special Counsel. The way we all see it and the logical way to see it is the appointment of Robert Mueller was because of the firing of jim comey. It was actually the president s decision to fire jim comey, not Jeff Sessions decision. But knowing donald trump and i
Analysis and discussion of the days top stories and compelling issues from Lawrence ODonnell. Jeopardy for the president. Were learning more about the trumpmueller relationship. The day after he interviewed Robert Mueller to be the director of the fbi, trump was in an Oval Office Meeting when an aid announced that mueller had been appointed the Special Counsel to investigate the Trump Campaign. Trump and Attorney General jeff session, who attended both meetings were blind sided according to a person familiar with both meetings. The president immediately blasted sessions for not knowing the announcement was coming and challenged how the person he just interviewed for the fbi job and who trump had said he had a past dispute with over Golf Club Fees could now be investigating him, the person said. Now, we dont know if trump had turned down mueller for the fbi job at this point. But we do know that Christopher Wrey wasnt named until a month after. Read on the man, he knew he would also be
A roundtable ensemble discusses and debates the days news. Shows 85 of people dont care, as an example, about gender. They are not going to base their vote on gender and yet thats all of 2016 wise. Vote for hillary. First woman president. Or vote for this person. The first of this or that. Americans are not carrying. It doesnt work. Her position, this is not working. We have relied on it. Lets retreat. The president is just being consistent. It was with the campaign was. We are all in this together. The numbers prove its growth. The Unemployment Numbers are extraordinary. Everyone has been lifted. Its this thing he promised. Its based on all of us seeing each other as a neighbor. Thats what resonates with the American People and thats why its working. Dana richard, i imagine you disagree. I will give you the floor. You can tell us why. Greg dont give him the floor. Just give him the table. We can say a muslim man can be the first governor, the first muslim governor in this country, in