Political benefits. He also frequently attended comedies at fords theater and he was known for telling jokes, for his witty stories and selfdeprecation. The ability for a leader or politician to laugh at oneself and at politics more broadly is a hallmark of our democracy. In humor we not only have a to callvalve but a way attention to ideological differences while still maintaining the balance of democratic discourse. Today in these polarized times and as we head toward a president ial election we bring together a panel known for their ability to laugh about the business of leadership and politics. I am pleased to welcome our distinguished guest today. Log before Stephen Colbert and jon stewart mark russell dared to joke and sing about the often absurd political process. Though he actually knew little about politics when he first began performing russells ability to find humor in anything made him an immediate hit. His career spanned from a piano is mark0 years working russell comedy s
Host good morning. It is friday, august 11. Consumer prices up 3. 2 compared to one year ago. House gop continues the probes into the biden family and military aid deployed to help with wildfire response. Those are a few top stories this week. What is your top story of the week . You to share your thoughts on our phone lines. Republicans, 2027488001. Democrats, 2027488000. Independents, 2027488002. You can text us at 2027488003. Include your first name and city, state. We are on social media, facebook. Com cspan. Welcome to washington journal where we start with the wildfires and tragedy unfolding in hawaii. Here is the Associated Press. Authorities update death toll working to identify bodies. It says that maui county confirmed thursday night the number of deaths increase to 55. Hawaii democratic senator was in hawaii and spoke about the damage done by the fires and is asking for federal assistance. [video clip] this is truly a all hands on deck situation and our people here who have
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Officials turned up to an exercise to prepare for wartime scenarios, which was meant for the whole of government. He called on ministers to do more to prepare for conflict. Former defence secretary ben wallace agreed with his colleague and said too many in government were, quote, just hoping everything will go away. Everything will go away. For the latest stories , you can for the latest stories, you can sign up to gb news alerts. Scan the qr code on your screen, or you can go to gb news common alerts. Now its over to headliners. Headliners. Hello welcome to headliners. Im josh howie taking you through tomorrows newspapers for the next hour. And this evening im joined by the eric and ernie of the headliners crew. Louis schaefer and nick dixon. You dont look happy. You dixon. You dont look happy. You dont look happy about that. Presumably im eric. Presumably im eric. Well, yeah, im sure. What . Louis, you look genuinely upset about that. About that. I never watched sesame street. Okay,
Well, yeah, im sure. What . Louis, you look genuinely upset about that. About that. I never watched sesame street. Okay, sesame street , are you okay, sesame street, are you gonna give me anything . Comedian. Yeah, im gonna be your sort of recalcitrant straight. No, youre always asking, no, but youre always asking, how you . You know, are how are you . You know, how are you and you always. How you doing . And you always. How are exactly . Are you doing, exactly . But i thought ask. Thought you were going to ask. Oh, are you doing, louis . How are you doing, louis . How are you doing, louis . Dont mind your own business . Great. Great. Lets have a quick look at sundays pages. The mail sundays front pages. The mail on sunday in own tweets. The on sunday in her own tweets. The proof reina has been lying. The sunday telegraph, uk failing to prepare for war, says ex ministers sunday times. Britains support for israel is not unconditional, warns cameron. The observer cameron warns of gaza fa