Senator for a grand total of three months, elected in 1948, sworn in on new years eve. And then he dropped dead in march. A that was it. That was his whole time in the senator. And before people got used to the idea they had a senator named joseph brotten, the voters didnt get to replace him. The governor got to replace him. It was an open seat. The governor of North Carolina decided to look to a very prominent North Carolina citizen to take brottens senate seat. He decided to give it to the president of the university of North Carolina. And the president of the university of North Carolina at that time, 1949, was a really interesting guy. He came from an academic background, he had been a history professor, but was a very politically skilled guy. When he became president of unc, he got lots of funding and made a lot of impacts. There was previously a quota of the number of jews that they would accept at the school. But when he came president , he drafted the jew quota. He was unexpect
Laura Huckabee Sanders defended the soninlaw in an offcamera briefing today. Ive been on several campaigns. People call offering information. As i know many of you receive similar calls of people offering information. Don junior took a very short meeting from which there was absolutely no followup. What a hoot. In a statement yesterday, Donald Trump Jr said i was asked to have a meeting from an acquaintance i knew from the 2013 Miss Universe pageant and this individual i was told might have information helpful to the campaign. I was not told her name prior to the meeting. I asked jared and paul to attend but told them nothing of the substance. President trumps legal team put out a statement saying the president was not aware of and did not attend the meeting. The Washington Post first reported the acquaintance of trumps who put together the meeting was a music publicist named rob goldstein. He was representing a rock star whose family has ties to putin and trump. Trump even appeared in
Mr. Bannon. They were laughing at me when i was saying, heyel, this guy trump is going to be serious. He caused friction with d. C. Insiders. If you think theyre going to give you your country back without a fight, you are sadly mistaken. It was the president himself that failed america. Hes failed the United States in terms of moral leadership. All of a sudden these statues of civil war generals that were installed in the jim crow era here, they became touch stones of terror. Those statues represent the honor, the courage and the bravery of the confederate soldier. Those soldiers were not fighting to perpetuate institutional slavery. This is new day weekend with vehicle or blackwell and christi paul. A goorng. Theres growing fall out from President Trumps response to the violence in charlottesville one week ago today. Business titans, charities and he van gel cal advisor all part of a remarkable rebuke of the president. Steven mnuchin, a former yale classmates, apparently, urging him
Deadly. This tragic gut wrenching situation has been unfolding in hollywood florida. At least six people have died at a nursing home after the facility lost its air conditioning during the storm. Firefighters are now evacuating some 100 other elderly residents from this particular home. Right now a lot of them are being treated for respiratory distress or dehydration, heat related issues. As brian mentioned, its hot down there. The police chief in that Community Says this is now a criminal investigation. Right now the building has been sealed off and were conducting a criminal investigation inside. We believe at this time that it may be related to the loss of power and the storm, but were conducting a criminal investigation and not ruling anything out at this time. Cnns miguel is there outside the Rehabilitation Center at hollywood hills. And the question is, as you were pointing out, the hospital is across the street. Why didnt they just go there . Reporter it is its shocking. I mean,
Majority of the island is still struggling. Mr. President , between one and ten how would you grade the white house response so far to puerto rico. I think it was a ten. I think our best was better than anyone has ever seen. The United States, when our government did we come in, did we do a great job . Military, first responders. Fema. Did we do a great job . You responded immediately, sir, and you did so, you know, tom and brock they have been on the phone with me essentially every day since the disaster. The responses there. Do we need to do a lot more . Of course we do. Is it realistic to expect that the power grid will be back up and running in a month in puerto rico mid december. Yes. Thats why i proposed it. You sound like the cabinet when donald trump walks in the room. I dont think ive seen this many new york liberals, this many wall street ceos in one room since my last visit to the white house. Every morning i wake up in my office and i scroll twitter to see which tweets that