A Masters Program in journalism and digital storytelling at American University in washington and as most guest you see on most cable news talk shows are these days she is joining us remotely margo welcome back thanks for having me how and you bet its good to see and if theres a slight delay its because were operating in remote mode here but 1st things 1st professor i want you to grade both parties the president and the press in those Daily White House briefings that are on again off again and generally during this crisis. Well i think you know i guess it depends on which Political Party youre coming from the grade that you would give and its hard for me to be an objective of objective observer of this president ial administration when for years now they have continuously tried to deal a jet in my eyes and marginalize News Reporters for doing their constitutionally protected job and so i would say that in any environment when youre up against you know someone whos continuously trying t
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The attempted assassination why would the government why would any had a pension . But no penchant for president in fact he had very little money and had to borrow some money. Quite secretly and then for the move back home. This is not well known he did have money but he needed some cash to cover all of the experiment on dash expenses. And when he got home in order to provide himself some income he took the writing of his autobiography in memoirs that no other president had ever done except for hoover but his time in office was much more brief him that covered the more tumultuous history so that was a major ambitious task and then he built his library for there was a Previous Library but it was established after roosevelt died in office so truman was the first over the president ial library and then he began something new so then to imply or emphasize in the book is that truman was in part a creative public figure he had been a builder all of his life he built the famous truman balcony
The European Union is under fire over coronavirus its accused of failing to properly deal with the pandemic even as 2 of its members are among the hardest hit worldwide so can the union stay united and relevant this is inside story. Hello and welcome again to the program im peter the spread of coronavirus a shut borders across europe and challenge the freedom of movement and the Free Movement of goods those are the very foundations of the European Union and some argue the bloc could be facing an existential crisis european governments have been criticized for initially retreating behind their walls in response to the outbreak and its leaders are divided over how to tackle the crisis economically theyve also recently squabbled over how to share the debt burden germany and the netherlands are among e. U. Nations objecting to a joint Debt Initiative that also disappointed spain. And italy they were joined by france in calling for a grander plan of action president emmanuel mccrum says his
The European Union is under fire over coronavirus its accused of failing to properly deal with the pandemic even as 2 of its members are among the hardest hit worldwide so can the union stay united and relevant this is inside story. Hello and welcome again to the program im peter w. The spread of coronavirus a shut borders across europe and challenge the freedom of movement and the Free Movement of goods those are the very foundations of the European Union and some argue the bloc could be facing an existential crisis european governments have been criticized for initially retreating behind their walls in response to the outbreak and its leaders are divided over how to tackle the crisis economically theyve also recently squabbled over how to share the debt burden germany and the netherlands are among e. U. Nations objecting to a joint Debt Initiative that also disappointed spain and its a. They were joined by france in calling for a grander plan of action president emmanuel mccrum says