Are you gonna run for president . Think i just got an f from you, actually. audience applauding kurt andersen, welcome. Happy to be here. Good to be with you, congratulations on this book. Well talk about it first, fantasyland, the timing of this book is exquisite. Im assuming its not entirely accidental. It is entirely accidental. It is entirely accidental. It is entirely accidental. I started thinking about this book many years ago. Really decided that it was a book i was going to write as my next book in 2013, started writing in 2014, still no donald trump on the horizon. No one had talked about fake news . No one had talked about fake new or post truth or any of that. Alternative facts . Alternative facts was not yet a phrase. And then, really as i was finishing the draft, i put him in the book. I dont think he, donald trump that is, would have appeared in this book had he not run for president. And this book would have appeared without donald trump. This book indeed would have app
Southeast corner. It would carry north dakota oil to a terminal in illinois. The chairwoman of the iowa utilities board says the threemememr board plans to meeeemarch 9th to consider the permit application. Some environmental and Property Rights groups oppose the project. The argosy casino sailed away from sioux city over a year ago. But, the floating casinos legal battles continue. The Iowa Supreme Court referred an appeal, by the belle of sioux city, a Penn National gaming subsidiary that operated the argosy, to the iowa court of appeals in december. That appeal centers on the iowa racingngnd gamingngommissions rejectioioof penns request to extend the riverboats gaming license. Instead, the irgc awarded that license to the Hard Rock Hotel and casino, and its nonprofit partner Missouri River historical development. The argosy riverboat were removed from the Missouri Riverfront and sold to an illinois shipyard. matt todays the day the belle is heard before the court of appeals. sheilil
Or snow shower. As a low remains windy through thursday. As the storm pulls away the clouds clear thursday. The wind is light friday with the 40s into the 20s by monday light snow showers. A Mental Health patient is back in the hospital tonight, after police say he escaped earlier this morning by stealing an ambulance. Room at covenant hospital around 7 30 this morning and was later. Kwwls lauren moss has been looking into this she joins us now with the latest developments. Amanda, the search only lasted about an hour but it was tense. A neighborhood was on edge and a nearby school also went into lockdown. And everyone was wondering how a patient. Could actually steal ambulance . Police say the patient is 36 year old joshua rohner. As soon as he left the emergency room and took the ambulance by crashing through the garage. The search was on. Police say he was found here walking down lindner drive just blocks away from the hospital. We spoke to a neighbor who said he saw the man trying
Opponents say some parents are not responsible enough to regulate their childrens actions. And the age requirement protect them. while most parents would not allow their two year old to weld a revolver, we pass laws for those parents who lack the parenting skills needed to protect their own children. however, representative jake highfill, who is sponsoring the bill, says the decision should be the parents and says its one of the best bill to advance the 2nd amendment rights of all iowans. it returns the power back to where it full belongs back in the hands of the parents to make the decisions they are entitled to do instead of the government. both the suppressor bill and dropping shooting age passed out of passed legislation allowing someone on an atv or snow mobile to carry a loaded gun and a bill that would prohibit the governor and other officials from having a persons firearms confiscated during a state of emergency. All of those bills will now go over to the senate for debate. A f
Carolina and nevada. Democratic and republican president ial candidates pleading to voters. The primaries and caucuses now just hours away. Ray raimundi has the latest on the new push by the candidates. To get the all important vote. 3 the stakes couldnt be higher. The president ial hopefulls hot on the campaign trail. The democrats criss crossing thru the state of nevada. Sot Hillary Clinton d president ial candidate to have an election that is about real change . Not promises you cant keep. Sot Bernie Sanders d president ial candidatethe eyes of america will be on nevadaboth Democratic Candidates facing voters at a telivised town hall meeting answering tough questions on topics like immigration, privacy and their records sot Hillary Clinton d president ial candidatemaybe its that senator sanders wasnt really a democrat until he decided to run for president , she said. He doesnt know what the last two democratic president s did. Nats of crowd booingclinton response well, its true. Its