We have it signed here but his book is the luckiest n, light with john mccain and jim and i have been fascinated with it. I didnt expect to read every word as my reading list is so vast and once i started i couldnt put it down. Its kind of you tosay, thank you. You worked with senator mccain in 2005 and i am blanketing, i know you did seven books, do you remember which was the 2005 one . It could have been a book on character assassination. We sold thousands of copies and one to the senator and i believe we ran low on signed copies. I find this a little strange to be talking about him without him after spending time with him. The other thing id like to say before i turn this over to jim was that i was really surprised that the mccain family listened to deep roots. I just assumed he had western roots. Im a carpetbagger in arizona. But i didnt recognize that john mccain was perceived as something of a carpetbagger when he ran for office but i asked johngrisham when we did an event , of c
Why doesnt the president call me . Heh hello, general powell. This is ronald reagan. Yes, sir. Ha woman would you f your tie, please david well, people wouldnt recognize me if my tie was fixed, but ok. [woman giggles] david jave it this wa all right. I dont consider myself a journalist, i began to take on the life of being an interviewer, even though i have a day job running a private equity firm. How do you define leadership . What is it that makes somebody tick . Were here today at city college, the place that you graduated from a number of years ago. Poll thank you,viavid. Why did you pick city college . Powell i was accepted at ccny ani was accepted at nyu, and the reason i went to ccny is nyu was charging 750 a month a year. I couldnt handle that. Family didnt handle that, so i took ccny cause it was free and because it was easy to get to and iheard a lot about it. David and you grew up in. The bronx . Powell i was born in harlem, about a mile frohere, and i grew up in the south b
Nservative voice of the view, defending her politics, even as the president attacks her fathers legacy. I was never a fan of john mccain, and i never will be. With senator mccains brand of statesmanship increasingly feeling like something from a, bygone eat do the mccains say now . Firing line with ssMargaret Hoover is made le by. Additional funding is provided by. Corporate funding is provided by. Meghan mccain and cindy mccain, welcome to the firing line. Thank you thank you. But, you know, candidly, i always want to saylike, we are personal friends, as well, and im a huge fanf firing line and grew up watching it, so i think its important to, you know. To disclose the fact that that were friends and come on this show, but, um, you know, its such an iconic brand. Well, im grateful to have reth of you here because it has now been slightly han a year since the country lost senator mccain. And he was a stalwart defender of Democratic Values around the world,e United States senate, a cand
Anthony weiner, somehow her emails are forwarded to Anthony Weiner included by her assistant huma abedin. Information. Hich classified charles that statement, as we know was incorrect. And meanwhile, the white house as of russias top diplomate meets with trump. All of this in a possible distraction to health care, and were going to have rand paul join us in a moment. Varney company is about to begin. I simply said to him, mr. President , all due respect, youre making a very big mistake. And he didnt really answer. And i have said from the getgo that i think a special prosecutor is the way to go, but now, with whats happened, its the only way to go. Well, that was senator Chuck Schumer calling for a special prosecutor to investigate ties between Trumps Campaign and russia. This happening after the president fired fbi director james comey and President Trump then tweeted this. Crying Chuck Schumer stated recently i didnt have confidence in them aring referring to james comey, any longer,
Newspaper and political blogger. But we begin this morning with a look at todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Call a useful idiot. Russians donald trump makesis pick for secretary of state. Anybody whos a friend of Vladimir Putin must disregard the fact that Vladimir Putin is a murderer, a thug, a kgb agent. The relationship betwe exxonmobils tillerson and Vladimir Putin it is not as if theyre friends or either have chosen as god fracture to their air. Its cold. Arctic air making its way across the midwest. A lufthansa superjet made an Emergency Landing at jfk because of a bomb threat. Police dragged a woman by her arms off the plane. Aild and dangerous pice chase to wound through compton. Boy, this guy will not give up. Tom brady off to the races a big win for new england with an eye toward the number one seed. All that president obamas swan on on the daily show. Its important for me to recharge. I think its important for me to reflect. Its important for me to get all that ma