Members of president Trumps Campaign and moscow. The Justice Department which he now leads says one meeting was an office visit while he was a member of the Senate Armed Services committee. The other was in a Group Setting with other ambassadors. Congresswoman nancy pelosi issued a statement saying, now after lying under oath to congress about his own communications with the russians, the attorney general must resign. There must be an independent bipartisan outside commission to investigate the trump political personal and Financial Connections to the russians. There was no comment from the white house tonight. Two thrill seekers arrested after they reportedly jumped out of one of the tallest buildings in San Francisco this morning. Police say they found these guys with parachutes next to the hilton in union square. We have mugshots of the b. A. S. E. Jumpers. Joshua glowvack and brendan weinstein. Both live in San Francisco, both were arrested when they jumped off the hilton and lande
Host welcome to washington journal. If you happen to have one or many past here or present, we are interested in hearing from you about your political hero, if you have one. Heres how you can call in this morning. You can also tell us your thoughts on your political hero on twitter this morning, or our facebook page. You can also send us an email. It was in the light of mayor cuomo, that cbs posted quotes from many leaders. The new York Attorney general said this got us thinking about this idea of political heroes, and if you have one. Again, you can let us know who your political hero is. It can be a political a present day hero, or from the past. All we would ask is that you take the line that best represents you. If you would, please turn on your television when youre on the air, and tell us why that person is a political hero. To give you a little bit of background this was released by gallup. They look at problems in 2014, look at concerns about the top political problem. In the t
Overwhelming against it. I was drug czar, director of National Drug control policy, 8 990. We didnt have this kind of research then. We had some, smattering. But now it is overwhelming, the harm that marijuana does. And i just have to believe or want to believe the American People are not informed of these facts. And so the point of the book was to get these facts out so they can make a second judgment on this, an informed decision. Let me get to the end of my story. I think in colorado which has been kind of ground zero here, that they will reconsider at the end of the day. Host uhhuh. Guest try to put this jeepny back in the genie back in the boding and recriminallize because theyre starting to see the results. You can watch this and other programs online at booktv. Org. And its day two of booktvs lye coverage of the Los Angeles Times festival of books. On your screen the campus of the university of Southern California, home of this 20th annual festival. Yesterday we covered programs
Los Angeles Times festival of books. On your screen the campus of the university of Southern California, home of this 20th annual festival. Yesterday we covered programs on journalism publishing, World Leaders and more, and today we continue our live festival coverage with author panels on u. S. History, california history and crime. Youll also be able to talk with authors such Azzam Quinones and ben shapiro. Theyll sit down with us on our outdoor set to answer your questions via twitter and by phone. Check booktv. Org for a complete schedule of todays events, and you can see schedule updates all day long at the bottom of your television screen. All right. We kick off todays l. A. Times festival inside newman hall on the usc campus. Youre going to hear from Claudia Rankin author of a book called citizen, which was a finalist for the National Book award. Live coverage of the 20th annual los Angeles Times festival of books starts now on booktv. [inaudible conversations] hi everyone welco