The public memory goes to those who rose to the occasion. Elizabeth will be sitting here and signing books and they will line up this way. As usual, please help us with the chairs and thank you again. [applause] thank you, everyone. [applause] almanacs washington journal, the militarization of police forces. And. I did my official book launch for both books here. Aryan thinking is to seize been an end a booktv with others talking about books that is fantastic and this is the third time i have been on the program. So that is tremendously exciting to me. Said this book the president s war six american president s and the civil war that divided them for me as a history lover and junkie for what i was before it became an author this is a story that has never been told. We have a right a Record Number of living president s for the of civil war all live to witness Americas National tragedy to oppose and advise president Abraham Lincoln. But the story began with a conversation with a friend o
Douglas said had one series after another of successfully more important positions in politics. Lincoln was born to run against douglas for the senate. Of course in that time senators are chosen by state legislators. The thought was that if the parties named their Senate Nominees and campaigns throughout the state people could be persuaded to vote for one legislator or another based upon party. Of course those a famous series of debates were they talk about the great issues of the day, the expansion of slavery, popular sovereignty, and the country discovers what lincolns friends and political allies have long now, a brilliant, crafty, an exponent of these issues that he believed in. So in the process of winning this election he becomes a national celebrity. Well, election lincoln actually was the most votes. Remember, the district at the time are not run according to one man one vote. There were a number of holdover Democratic Senators who have been elected. Lincoln was the majority of
Had they made a quid pro quo. And there are many investigations of it. But nobody has found anything and ford, as president had bought before the subcommittee to testify on what had happened. Gerald ford was picked, i believe, a lot of people were nominating themselves because he was safe and he was old gerald ford and he had been a critic of nixon and he was a decent guy, a decent man, a good guy from michigan and ohio, having a partiality for midwesterners. But he was no sparkling figure and i described the scene here in the white house when nixon was going to announce who is going to be his Vice President after they got rid of spiro agnew for accepting cash and the Vice President ial office from some contractors like that. So he was out. And i remember and i described the scene at as he was talking in sort of building it up and people stand up and applaud and i thought, there has to be a mistake. He must be confused and sure enough it with him. And he turned out to be just right for
They need to get a life and go on. And did steve bannon pull a scaramucci 2. 0 and accidentally go on the record with a reporter . I like mr. Bannon. Hes a friend of mine. We have to begin this morning with the biggest names in Corporate America turning their backs on President Trump in the wake of charlottesville. These are men and women that control half a trillion dollars in the u. S. And saying they can no longer work with this president and theyre not the only ones. We have a great team to break it down this morning. First i want to walk you through this. By the time the president disbanded his Economic Advisory council, it was clear he didnt have a choice. Most of the members had already quit. It started with mercks ceo ken frazier, dropping out of the Manufacturing Council monday morning. Within minutes, the president slammed him on twitter, accusing merck of ripping off customers. But other ceos wouldnt be scared off so easily. Frazier was followed by under armour and intel and
We will see, the senate will proceed on the budget resolution paving the way to pass a budget and tax reform through budget reconciliation rules requiring the majority to pass as donald trump takes his tax plan, the conservative Heritage Foundation promising the tax code bringing trillions of dollars home and you keep more of your money, a plan democrats oppose. Hard getting the democrats because they are obstructionists but if we get the republicans we need we will get that largest tax cut in the history of our country and you will see things happen like have never happened before. Getting republicans on board the end could be insight. Acute vote to watch on the budget today will be rand paul who says he isnt quite there yet but healthcare holdouts signaled support for this budget. The white house is optimistic they could deliver something to the president s desk by the end of the year as Steve Mnuchin says everything is negotiable. Everything is negotiable to get this done. What we a