It is really wonderful for us to have jonathan eig back in the public library. Its been several years since jonathan was here. He was here for a book about jackie robinson, and thats been probably seven, or eight years since then. And whats really neat is that jonathan had decided to kick off his book tour for his new book, his book just came out yesterday, and do that here at the jimmy carter president ial library, which is really, i think great. This is his sixth book. Hes written, as ive said about jackie robinson, lou gehrig, muhammad ali, al capone, as well as the foursome who really did the push to get the approval of the Birth Control pill. But the thing that you see in jonathans writing is an immense amount of research that goes into it. And i think he comes by that naturally. His dad was an accountant. So a stickler for details. And his mom was a community activist, and so if you think about that, and think about the subjects hes written about, jackie robinson, muhammad ali, M
Conference, even though we are seeing some of the Cabinet Ministers trying to change the conversation today. So far, anything from steve barclay s speech that you think was weighty enough that might turn the Conversation A Little Bit . Ida. Weighty enough that might turn the Conversation A Little Bit . Conversation a little bit . No. Dont think so. Conversation a little bit . No. Dont think s0 i Conversation A Little Bit . No. Dont think so. I think Conversation A Little Bit . No. Dont think so. I think h52 Conversation A Little Bit . No. Dont think so. I think h52 will Conversation A Little Bit . No. Dont think so. I think h52 will continue l think so. I think hs2 will continue to dominate the headlines, partly because the government is refusing to discuss it. We think we know broadly what will happen probably over the next couple of days, which is the manchester to birmingham leg isnt going to happen, the money that was supposed to be used for that was supposed to be used for thatis
Bring them to you. Jeff good afternoon. Thank you for joining us. Im jeff maher in for michelle velez. And Krystal Allan here with me. Were talking about something that could be making a comeback here in nevada. Krystal yeah. Fantasy sports. Could it be making its way back . Our Kyndell Nunley has details on new plans that are currently being pushed right here in las vegas. Kyndell two Major Companies in the world of online Fantasy Sports are hoping to make their way back here at home into nevada. To do so theyre pitching new hopes of getting a law changed. Were talking about draft kings and fan duel who pitched a new piece of legislation to the Gaming Policy Committee that would create a fantasy gaming license. This is an effort to get legal by suggesting a change to the law after the state kicked the popular gaming site out of nevada. That happened in 2015. Criticism was that the fantasy operated Sports Betting sites didnt go through the vetting and licensing process as other means o
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