Im on inside this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up iran will never have a Nuclear Weapon. Donald trump puts pressure on the u. N. To reimpose sanctions on iran often embarrassing defeat to extend an arms embargo. Defiant and determined protesters braved the threat of a renewed crackdown in groups to rally against the will of the president. Former u. S. President barack obama has delivered a stinging rebuke of his successor on day 3 of the Democratic National convention he says donald trump has shown no interest in putting in the work and has sought. Need to help himself and his friends obama urged americans to vote for joe biden in the president ial election saying he has the ability to lead the country out of dark times. A former democratic nominee Hillary Clinton and current House Speaker nancy pelosi expressed their support for biden i have sat in the oval office with both of the men who are running for president but i never expected that my successor would embrace my vis
Historical society. I would dont extend a special welcome to anyone who might be takenning a Virtual Program for the first time. Considering the side of the virtual crowd and the geographic spread im sure there are here for the fir time. Youre not familiar with us were the oldest Historical Society in the america. Funned in 1791 and have been an independent Nonprofit Institution defend indicated to collecting, preserving, publishing and sharing our states and nations history for the past 229 year. In these days of social distancing we are taking to hosting Virtual Event and we have Online Events planned for every week through june. We have a virtual tour of plymouth, massachusetts, this year i the 400th motorcycle of arrival of pilgrims so join us for that program. You can fine additional detail notices program on our website, mass history. Org. Today we eave a great from. Joined by abram van engen, aen so professor oft english at Washington University in st. Louis. He received his ma
Author jeff quinn. You open your most recent book, waco, with this author jeff guinn you open your most recent book we go f with ts from rick perlstein. A far crosscutting motive that defies storybooks simplicity, that is usually the way history happens. I think that quote is the most cogent ive ever heard. Rick does a tremendous job himself and its true no historic event happens in a vacuum. Thats the fascination in researching the narrative nonfiction history. I want to read that quote inu u. S. Well and this is from 2021 and in the plea burn times radio. A lot of people no longer want to find nonfiction to learn things. They want nonfiction books to reflect what they already belie. They want books to reinforce their opinion. They want books that tell them everything they believe is absolutely right and that the other side is worse than i thought. If you take a look at the bestseller list for nonfiction for the last several years there are three categories generally representative. T
Welcome to prime time week, and i am alex wagner. Lets get right to the weeks top stories. He is tall, lean, and blond, with dazzling white teeth, and he looks ever so much like robert redford. He dates slinky fashion models, belongs to the most elegant clubs, and at only 30 years of age, estimates that he is worth more than 200 million. That is how the New York Times described donald trump in 1976. If you asked donald trump then and now, hed say his most valuable asset was his brand. And for decades, the name trump has been synonymous with wealth. Trump promoted himself to the world as a business genius, want to be rich . Be like trump. You walk down the street sometimes, and people will touch you just for the good luck. Ive never figured that out of never really understood it. But its something thats been happening. And i took great offense that. And now i guess not to get at considered a compliment. I dont know what it is. But perhaps theyre going into a deal, or theyre going up to
Welcome to prime time week, and i am alex wagner. Lets get right to the weeks top stories. He is tall, lean, and blond, with dazzling white teeth, and he looks ever so much like robert redford. He dates slinky fashion models, belongs to the most elegant clubs, and at only 30 years of age, estimates that he is worth more than 200 million. That is how the New York Times described donald trump in 1976. If you asked donald trump then and now, hed say his most valuable asset was his brand. And for decades, the name trump has been synonymous with wealth. Trump promoted himself to the world as a business genius, want to be rich . Be like trump. You walk down the street sometimes, and people will touch you just for the good luck. Ive never figured that out of never really understood it. But its something thats been happening. And i took great offense that. And now i guess not to get at considered a compliment. I dont know what it is. But perhaps theyre going into a deal, or theyre going up to