Making his debut on the national stage. Disgraced Hollywood Mega mogul Harvey Weinsteins fate is in the hands of a jury early signs on what theyre focused on plus the inspiring story of one womans rise to the big leagues. Its wednesday february 19th early today starts right now good morning im cori coffin. And im phillip mena. President trump is flexing his pardoning power for some of the nations most highprofile whitecollar criminals perhaps most notorious is Rod Blagojevich. The president commuted the sentence of the former illinois governor who was removed from office and convicted on corruption charges for trying to sell the u. S. Senate seat vacated by barack obama. The president also wiped away criminal records for several other big names including michael milken, once hailed as the king of junk bonds the disgraced financier became the face of Insider Trading in the 1980s. The president also pardon former new York Police Commissioner bernard kerik. He served four years in prison
About his artifact . I dont know if i will painful. It as it was more like cleaning out the closet. What i wanted to do for the readers. The book is about the lifecycle of fame and what its like on the inside of the lifecycle and begins and levels off and then dissents and some people stay at the level area and others like myself dissent and what its like for my series on why the public acts the way it does in different points in the lifecycle and how to society get to this point where we put celebrity on such a high pedestal. A lot of people say you written a lot of painful or personal things because i use my own experience as a framework like a reporter would. To me its more just branching out. I seal these experiences as items you would put up for sale underground salt. Theyre not personal anymore. I have processed them and im done with them and they only serve as s a framework for the book. The book my experience is not unique, it is in many other people who have gone to the lifecy
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Bring that to you live live as we have all day. We want to introduce you to the all author Justine Bateman. It is a relatively painful thing. I dont know if i would qualify it as painful. It was like cleaning out your closet. What i wanted to do for the readers is about the life cycle. And the sociological angle. For others like myself. And also what its like for the sociological theory. How did we as a society get to a point where we put celebrity at such a high pedestal. You had written a lot of painful and personal things in here. I used my own experience as a framework. Nor an empirical sociologist. To me its like its more just a flushing out. As items you would put out to sell at a garage sale. Theyre not personal anymore. They only serve as a framework for the book. In many other people who have gone through this lifecycle they can find a lot of commonality in that. I think what is more addictive than that. Is the idea of it. They havent necessarily lived through or been through
If i could have your attention please. We will get started. The president is on the west coast for a fundraising trip so i am filling in for him. I have a brief chat which is to introduce our distinguished introducer. Megan is a Washington Post columnist who writes about economics, finance and government policy. She has previously written as a correspondent for the economist, the atlantic, newsweek, daily beast. Articles have appeared in reason, the guardian, New York Post and the new york sun. She is everywhere. She started one of the First Business economic blogs asymmetric information and authors a 2014 book the upside of down while feeling well is the key to success. In her spare time she appears as a commentator on fox news, msnbc and npr. She is degree in literature from the Pennsylvania University and an mba from the university of chicago. Please join me in welcoming her. [applause] i admit when i was asked to stand in for him that i had a little trepidation because theres so mu