Of 2017, and so i tide that for 13 months before general sessions resigned. Abruptly on the day after the election of 2018 and the president appointed me that day to be acting attorney general and ultimately bridge the gap between Jeff Sessions and bill barr. Host how did you become Jeff Sessions chief of staff. Were you a friend. Guest yes. Talk about hough i only met Jeff Sessions once before i was selected to be his chief of staff. He was i interviewed with him and talked to him many times but it was mutual friend in the white house and at the federal society that had recommended me to him and his people, and we bonded quickly over College Football and our love for good barbecue. So it was a match made in heaven. Host one thing you say aboutmer sessions are p recusal the russia investigation it was personal and factdriven. Guest yeah. I wasnt there when he did the analysis. He took over in february of 2017 after he was confirmed, and after the new administration came in, but having
As america confronts a new reality. This is the most Important Mission ive ever been on and wonders how much worse will this get and how does it end . This is a moment that is going to change this nation. A moment that forges character. This is an nbc news special report. The coronavirus pandemic. Hi, everybody, and welcome. Its good to be with you. Im Savannah Guthrie in new york alongside hoda kotb and for the next hour well be bringing you the latest on the coronavirus pandemic which has now infected 850,000 people worldwide, including more than 186,000 people here in the u. S. This day did start off with a sobering milestone. The u. S. Death toll surpassed 3,000 and likely to exceed 4,000 before the day is over if this virus continues to spread. And this evening, a grim projection from the white house that even in the best case scenario, we could see at least 100,000 deaths in this country. To put that in perspective, that is roughly the number of americans who died in the wars in
Washington post columnist David Ignatius hosted a conversation with two experts on iran. They discussed irans political future and impact on the greater middle east. This is an hour and a half. Ladies and gentlemen, while my fellow panelists are getting wired up, let me begin our discussion of iran upheaval and repression. Im David Ignatius. Im a columnist for the washington post. Have visited iran several times as a journalist and have a longstanding interest as a commentator and analyst in iran. Im delighted to be joined by two of the people i think understand iran the best in this country. Ill move from my left. Maziar bahari was my colleague as a newsweek reporter in iran. He worked for newsweek from 1998 until june 21st, 2009, when he was arrested and imprisoned in tehran. Youll know if youve read his wonderful memoir, then they came for me, what that imprisonment was like, and if you havent read the book, you can go see the movie because it was made into a movie by jon stewart ca
Anchor this is bbc wor news america. In hong kong anger has Police Open Fire on a protester in broad daylight. Tensions are rising as chinas authority is challenged. Chaos and uncertainty in bolivia after the president steps down amid protests. There is cfusion over who is in charge. The history behind the poppy as the u. S. Marks veterans day, wef look at how thlour helps us remember those who died in flower helps us remember those who died in conflict. Chor for those watching on pbs and around the globe, welcome. The political crisis in hong kong has deepened after a Police Officer was filmed shooting a protester. Thousands of demonstrators clashed with riot police as nsions soared. The former artist colony was riled by protests for months. British colony has been riled by protest for months. Reporter this is how a day of extraordinary violence starts, a Police Officer arresting the person in white, approached by another person wearinglack. He is shot at pointblank range and is captu
Issues. She also took questions from her constituents. This is about two hours. Hi everyone. [cheering] how is it going. [applause] good afternoon everybody. Hey malika. Lots of beautiful familiar faces, lots of people new faces. Welcome everybody. We are super excited, this is our monthly town hall and we are really excited and of course we are on track, we have not skipped a single month so weve kept on track for their promise at the beginning of the term, at least one town hall per month and this is nine out of nine town halls in addition to many, many local Community Events that we have been participating in. Very quickly before we start i want to acknowledge everyone here, our staff that has worked so hard putting this together. Id like to acknowledge them. Michelle, mabel, ariel, daniel, noreen. There we go. And marcus, sorry. Marcus is live streaming. Destiny, sorry and forgetting everything. And we have Translation Services this year today shes and we also have apollyon transla