Theres plenty to choose from here. The folks from Huffington Post have this headline about one of the top stories of the year. International womens day was the most talked about moment on facebook this year. 2017 was quite a year for women. It kicked off with the inauguration of President Trump, who was elected despite being accused of more than a dozen women of sexual assault. Millions of people took to the streets for the womens march in cities worldwide. As the year unfolded large numbers of women indicated interest in running for office. The final months have been marked by dozens of women courageously coming forward to call out sexual abuse by powerful men. As the year unfolded large numbers of women indicated interest in running for office. Earlier this year as we saw live on cspan. Part of the story takes us to capitol hill as well. A series of Sexual Harassment charges on the hill. The household hearing earlier this year. One of the people who testified at this hearing was jack
A look at the impact of entrepreneurs living in the worlds poorest countries, and a book on the rise of chinas military and economy. For a complete Television Schedule visit booktv. Org. Booktv, 48 hours of nonfiction books and authors. Television for serious readers. Youre watching booktv. Up next, historian h. W. Brands recounts the life and political career of americas 40th president , Ronald Reagan. Henry william brands is a man of the american west. Born in oregon, earned graduate degrees in mathematics and history in oregon and texas. He taught at Vanderbilt University and texas a many and university before going to the university of texas at austin where he holds the jack s. Blands senior chair in history. Professor brands teaches history with and writing to graduate students and undergraduators. Hes written several dozen books on American History and politics politics and is no strange err to the bestseller list. Two of his books about fdr and Benjamin Franklin, were finalists
Congress investigating the obama administration, using evidence from the trump socalled dossier, that document Hillary Clinton and dnc, turns out funded. And they may have used this to get permission to spy on Donald Trumps Campaign Last year. If that is true, the legal i implication cost be absolutely massive. Well get to that. To our top story, the president about to declare a Public Health emergency in just a few minutes from now. Lets go to blake burman who is live at white house. Hi, there, break. Reporter trish, President Trump will speak in a few minutes from the east room white house, youre right. He will declare a Public Health emergency. That will allow a handful of things. As president were believing will outline at white house. Will call for expanded telemedicine access. Will help those in rural communities. Will allow the department of labor to provide grants to displaced workers. It will permit shifting of resources and hiv aids patients so they can receive Substance Abus
Oh, well, then i am preaching to the choir. I was going to tell you, i was looking at the Pulitzer Prize winners announced and there are five books nominated or that won Pulitzer Prizes. I was talking to frank reese, our partner in this, and i understand you know frank, we only have three of those five to show. And one of those was poetry and we dont do a whole lot of poetry. I told him we better do better this next year and get all five. Chris whipple is no stranger to awards. He is a filmmaker, writer, journalist. He started his career in washington d. C. With richard hol brook at Foreign Policy magazine. A correspondent for life magazine and the thing i am very envious of is 20 years at 60 minutes and at abc news and won multiple emmy and pea body awards. He won a columbia du pont journalism award. He is the executive producer of programs like spy faster, the cia, and the cross hairs. And the the gatekeepers how the white house chiefs of staff define every presidency which lefthand
Oh, well, then i am preaching to the choir. I was going to tell you, i was looking at the Pulitzer Prize winners announced and there are five books nominated or that won Pulitzer Prizes. I was talking to frank reese, our partner in this, and i understand you know frank, we only have three of those five to show. And one of those was poetry and we dont do a whole lot of poetry. I told him we better do better this next year and get all five. Chris whipple is no stranger to awards. He is a filmmaker, writer, journalist. He started his career in washington d. C. With richard hol brook at Foreign Policy magazine. A correspondent for life magazine and the thing i am very envious of is 20 years at 60 minutes and at abc news and won multiple emmy and pea body awards. He won a columbia du pont journalism award. He is the executive producer of programs like spy faster, the cia, and the cross hairs. And the the gatekeepers how the white house chiefs of staff define every presidency which lefthand