Coming up on American History tv, a discussion with the author of the book 1948, Harry Trumans improbable victory and the year that transformed america. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to the clifton park half moon public library. We are very pleased to have david patrusia to talk about his latest book 1948. Harry trumans improbable victory and the year that france formed america kwoo. Hes been here in the past about his book about Arnold Rothstein and the book of 1920, the year of six president s and 1960, lbj versus jfk versus nixon, the silent cowls almanac and the homespun wit and wisdom of vermont, Calvin Coolidge and ted williams, my life in pictures. He produced a wmht documentary, local heroes, baseball and Capital District diamonds. Reviews for his harry truman book talk about how lively it is and illuminating portraits and the evenhanded appraisal for truman is especially compelling. What it takes to get us to election day is one thats definitively become the best at leading
americans can rest assured that our banking system is safe. did the government s actions actually make the system healthier? i ll ask democratic senator elizabeth warren of massachusetts.ollides plus, close encounters a russian fighter jet collides with a u.s. drone over the black sea. we know the intercept was intentional. we know the aggressive behavior was intentional. vladimir putin gets ready to welcome chinese president xi jinping at what could be a pivotal moment for the war while the top 2024 candidates no longer see supporting ukraine as a vital security interest. the greatest threat to western civilization today is not russia it s probably more than anything else ourselves. is the party ronald reagan now embracing isolationism i ll ask republican mike rounds of south dakota and a call for protest. former president donald trump claims he will be arrested and calls on his supporters to protest as he faces the possibility of an indictment in new york city
all backgrounds, that their full and equal participation at every level of our political process, that is the most fundamental building block of a stable and enduring democracy. we see it in iran. we know it to be true in afghanistan and everywhere around the world where women s rights have been repressed. those are the most repressive regimes for democracy for all, and that is true here too. joe. lawrence o donnell, thank you so much. greatly appreciate it. i can t help but, listening to rech and just thinking about america, sort of sets us apart when it comes to how we deal with women and leadership in leadership roles, especially as president of the united states. you can look back. my god, israel had golda meir 50 years ago. india, bhutto. you can go around the globe. the united kingdom, great britain, obviously the most important person on the world stage for them, protecting outward from britain, queen elizabeth. the entire era shaped by this woman. and in her time,
Bill ackman taking 5. 5 in mondalez. Those subscribers worries that originated with disney. A trio of stocks tesla, Green Mountain and fitbit, hit hard. Our top stories are mondalez shares spiking. Bill ackman disclosing that 5. 5 billion shake in cadbury. They welcome Pershing Square as investors and will continue to focus on executing our strategy as we look at another sector where mass sick consolidation is the play. We have been through airlines and health care. Now, it is food. We can remember that nelson felts has a 2. 9 stake. I have to turn to you, david, with more than 10 being held by you. I have to expect that. Thats got to be the expectation in terms of the play for ackman jim. You and i have talked behind the scenes about what it was going to be. I have been chasing this for some time as many have. I have probably put on alert more bankers than we know about. I thought, what could it be what could it be . I dont think any of us would have expected it would be mondelez. The
Reportedly settling on a reelection message amid the death and misery brought on by the present pandemic. The message is, get used to it. The Washington Post reporting they hope americani ins will le to accept tens of thousands of new cases a day. They want you to grow numb, not just the death toll but also to their failure, to what you see on this chart. This national shame. The chart illustrates the fact the european union, canada, mexico, china, japan, they all brought their cases down, but not us. Our daily cases just keep rising. We are now around 50,000 new ones a day. This is the american exceptionalism that donald trump has achieved, and there is no plan to turn it around. No. There is just a plan to try to convince americans this is normal, this is fine. Thats what we get from a guy who inherited a bunch of money from his daddy and then spent decades of public life bsing and bullying and tieing people up in litigation and acting so shamelessly he was eventually able to get ove