At cspan. Org. Welcome to the poly side and also some graduate student sitting in the back of gotten up ofhandouts for you all. Greetings to our friends watching this on the cspan lectures and history series. So just a quick reminder on thursday and were in a circle with the writing assignment and get back a test. I know were getting very close to spring break if you are not able to make it you have e opportunities to get the assignment and ask plenty of questions and i will of course hand exams back after the break as well. Any logistical questions about that . Okay. Im going to get us started with scheduledto program here. Today worked on by the president ial legacy of jimmy carter who is president from 1977 until 1981. Our lectures tired entitled whynot the best which is also te title of his campaign biography gives us some insight to keep that title in mind as we think about carters political projects and legacy. Im going to start us off here with jimmy carter in the news. A couple
Entities attempts to. It has been debunked, members of congress briefed over and over again. That is where he is concerned, along with American People building there is a perpetuated false narrative out there. That is what i think is the nut of this. The former fbi official said today that president tweeted the threat to james comey, in president is simply out of control. I would like you to respond to that . Is he . That is frankly offensive. Thank you, two questions about the fbi director selection process. You said that the names are coming from the Justice Department right now. Is the president consulting with Democratic Congressional leaders as well or republican congressional leaders on this or getting names . That is a good question. He will take input from them. I dont know what specific conversations he has had. I would be glad to check on who he is spoken to or speaking to. I got confuse thad dave stole one. You said you are not disqualifying anyone on this, you know there ha
Operations put on hold. Hackers demanding ransom for hijacked files. The worldwide response this morning. And stealing the show. Will ferrells hilarious commencement speech to California College students. All of you have excelled in various courses of study except for four students. His message and why he ended up breaking into song. Will always love you kind of wish i had will ferrell speaking at my graduation. Me too. I think we had bob dole. Not quite really, bob dole, will ferrell. Any time we can have will ferrell on the show its a good saturday. Absolutely. Absolutely. A good laugh. Thats right. We do want to start here with pretty serious news heading into another busy day on whats been even by trump standards one of the most extraordinary weeks of his Young Administration after the firing of fbi chief james comey. This morning, the search for a new fbi director begins with the first round of candidates arriving at the Justice Department for job interviews. These interviews on t
From behind east of grant line road. The bus had 51 passengers on board, employees of tesla corporation, the employees being transported from fremont to stockton. Its unclear what caused the crash, heading east the chb says the driver couldve been blinded by the minor by the sun. One thing is known. Drugs and alcohol dont appear to be suspected in a factor. Anytime theres a situation like this and potential for criminal charges we have to weigh what we have. The fact that Law Enforcement personnel see so much in the normal course of duty, its difficult to deal with that alone and when they deal with the loss of their own brother, it is tragic and heart wrenching. Reporter we spoke with the owner of the company hired to carry the tesla workers and he said the driver spend it with the company 10 years. He is distraught, very distraught with the fatality. Most of all, our hearts go to the family, very unfortunate accident. Reporter one person aboard the tesla bus treated for minor injurie
A virus, hospitals crippled. Operations put on hold. Hackers demanding ransom for hijacked files. The worldwide response this morning. And stealing the show. Will ferrells hilarious commencement speech to California College students. All of you have excelled in various courses of study except for four students. His message and why he ended up breaking into song. Well always love you kind of wish i had will ferrell speaking at my graduation. I think we had bob dole. Not quite bob dole will ferrell. Any time we can have will ferrell on the show its a good day. We do want to start with pretty serious news heading into another busy day on whats been even by trump standards one of the most the firing of fbi chief james comey. This morning, the search for a new fbi director begins with the first round of candidates arriving at the Justice Department for job interviews. These interviews on the heels of President Trumps latest tweet about fired director james comey raising questions about whet