Susan john, your latest biography is ted kennedy a life. Please sum up the man and politician in a couple of seconds. John he was a u. S. Senator who succeeded despite serious flaws and a life, a tormented life filled with tragedy. That is how i would describe him. Susan you write in the book that his life is a lens to examine the cause. Explain. John jfk came into the office as something of a centrist. His father had worked on fdrs new deal so they had roof they had roots in the left but the movements of the 1960s, the feminist movement, the antiwar movement, they adopted the positions and became martyrs to the position, becoming symbols of the american left. Ted had more than 40 years in the senate and you can see the things he fought for and against and it becomes liberalism from fdrs death up until the most recent time of hyper polarization. Susan does his brand of liberalism exist today . John no. I would say the bernie sand folks are probably more enthusiastic and extreme than he
Thank you, rachel. Thank you, lawrence. The shortest honeymoon in history, that is what one british political historian is calling the collapse of Prime Minister Boris Johnsons majority in parliament this week. It is british governing chaos like nothing we have ever seen. And we have the video of Boris Johnson being verbally attacked in parliament today, directly to his face, as is the british tradition. That is later in this hour. In a new Inspector Generals report, its horrifying and predictable. It describes the psychological and Emotional Trauma suffered by children separated from their parents at the southern border and held in custody by the Trump Administration. Easy to predict that there would be Emotional Trauma involved in that. Well have the details of that report later in this hour. And some of those details are very difficult to read. The report quotes people working in those facilities who see firsthand the damage being done to these children. In an op ed piece for the ne
Electability argument. Then he takes 4,000 selfies. He says latino voters are horrible. But he insists he can stretch the map in 2020 and win new mexico. Were going to win the state of new mexico and ill be so surprised if we dont. That was a long drive, but all the way in, we had people and they were waving. I didnt see any negative head gesture. Right . No, i think were going to do great here. Back to politics in a bit, but we begin with new tough words from the Vice President , reiterating the u. S. , he says, is, quote, locked and loaded has new details about the weekend attacks on the saudi oil field. A source telling cnn that both saudi arabia and the United States both say there is a, quote, very high probability that lowaltitude cruise missiles were used in those strikes. They say they were assisted by drones on the iraqi border. Iran denies responsibility for these attacks. Both democrats and republicans on the hill demand a briefing. Eagle e eager to see the evidence and eage
Emerging or expected schisms within the parties and pressure on each of the parties and pressure on the twoparty system. That comes on the election carousel every two years in this country. But the idea that the system itself may not be able bear the strength, thats something we fear but theyre living through. It sure makes a constitution look like a good idea. One thats written down, yeah, im glad for that. Thank you, rachel. Thank you, lawrence. The shortest honeymoon in history, that is what one british political historian is calling the collapse of Prime Minister Boris Johnsons majority in parliament this week. It is british governing chaos like nothing we have ever seen. And we have the video of Boris Johnson being verbally attacked in parliament today, directly to his face, as is the british tradition. That is later in this hour. In a new Inspector Generals report, its horrifying and predictable. It describes the psychological and Emotional Trauma suffered by children separated f
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