And in the midst of these two crises, we are now faced with yet another crisis, a crisis of anger, a crisis of racial division, flames that are pulling this country apart. This crisis was precipitated by the wrongful death of george floyd in minneapolis, minnesota. At this point, most if not all of us have seen that horrifying video. Mr. Floyd in handcuffs, face down on the pavement, incapacitateed, not posing a threat to anyone, and a Police Officer with his knee on the neck of mr. Floyd, pressing down hard on the neck of mr. Floyd, and keeping that knee there for eight long minutes. Mr. Floyd begs with the officer, pleads with the officer, says he cant breathe. He is an he is in obvious and serious physical distress. Other officers are standing there, watching a defenseless handcuffed man pinned to the ground for eight long minutes with a knee pressing down on his neck. As we all know, those actions took the life of mr. Floyd. And rightly, following what happened, the u. S. Departmen
Americans, over 300,000 people. Across the globe. And anno economic crisis that hs cost over 40 million americans their jobs. And in the midst of these two crises, we are now faced with yet another crisis, a crisis of anger, a crisis of racial division, claims thatme a pollig this country apart. This crisis is precipitated by the wrongful death of george floyd in minneapolis, minnesota. At this point most, if not all of us can have seen that horrifying video. Mr. Floyd, in handcuffs, face down on the pavement, incapacitated, not posing a threat to anyone, and a Police Officer with his knee on the neck of mr. Floyd, pressing down hard on the neck of mr. Floyd, and keeping that knee there for eight long minutes. Mr. Floyd bags with the officer, pleads with the officer, says he cant breathe. And rightly, following what happened, the u. S. Department of justice opened a civil rights investigation into the Police Officers conduct and also, rightly, i believe, the local prosecutor opened, be
Overcorrected and eisenhower was there with him. He thought that the end of colonial was a destructive hurricane. As we write the book and that helped lead to the disaster, the vietnam war, where francis was dealing with counterinsurgency for the better part of a decade since the end of World War Two. It go well. They make a lot of mistakes that the American Army will later repeat pretty frighteningly. And so by the time frank church is in the senate and he visits vietnam in 1962, its pretty clear that the saigon government is the us military has supporting and abetting them. Britain and france refused to help because there supposed to be a treaty. The geneva accords, that would have united vietnam through an election. Ho chi minh probably would have won was incredibly popular. He was a communist communists were killing rival groups. So there was already a civil war brewing. Think there was going to be blood . The united just made it worse. And thats so. Frank church visits vietnam in
He a member of the team that won the 22 pulitzer for explanatory for coverage of the september attacks. And then with a colleague he shared that 26 pulitzer for national for coverage of the nsa domestic spying program. Hes also written four books a about americas fight over abortion, about the cias final showdown with the kgb, about the cia and the george w bush, and about the costs, consequences of americas war on terror and first dozen years or so, after 911, currently his Senior National security correspondent for the intercept his son, tom its been a journalist for 15, 16 years. And hes worked for various news organizations covered and covered a wide of local and national topics, including National Security and u. S. Politics. His current focuses on in the last honest man, they look back at the life of former democratic senator frank of idaho, who was one of the most consequential lawmakers of the 20th century. He served in the from the late 1950s through the sixties and seventies
Welcome to politics prose im brad graham, the coowner of the bookstore along with my wife Lissa Muscatine and were very pleased to be hosting two ryzens here this evening we have veteran journalist jim and his son, journalist tom, and theyre here to talk about their new book the last man the cia the fbi, the mafia and the kennedys and one senators fight to save democracy. Our jim, of course, is a very accomplished investigative reporter, did some outstanding work with the new york times, where he was for for nearly 20 years from 1998 to 2017. He a member of the team that won the 22 pulitzer for explanatory for coverage of the september attacks. And then with a colleague he shared that 26 pulitzer for national for coverage of the nsa domestic spying program. Hes also written four books a about americas fight over abortion, about the cias final showdown with the kgb, about the cia and the george w bush, and about the costs, consequences of americas war on terror and first dozen years or