Good evening. I am bradley graham, coowner of politics prose along with my wife, with the muscatine and on behalf of the entire staff thank you for coming. Thank you for braving the cold and the ice. Is due to appear at the Washington Post style section decides to run a favorable future about the person in the new book and that of course is what happened today for the congressman steve israel. For those of you that havent read the book yet with me summarize steve and his first attempt at a novel has written a really funny washington parody titled old moron morris the story recounts how the giant counterterrorism apparatus thats focused on the hapless long island pharmaceutical salesman feldstein. But it seems to amaze even steves closest friends is how that turned out and its how he found the time to write it. For one thing it represents a far demanding district new yorks third Congressional District which includes a chunk of long island as well as a small portion of queens. Also havin
Samoas funeral. She repeatedly denied she had anything do with the murder. She td police she didnt even own a gun. Then c the big break, a good samarit f this dismantled gun on beltway and gives it to the cops. It turns out to be the murder weapon. A aer a painstaking invesgapo trace the gun to this pawnshop in columbi mississippi, where records indicate it was sold to katrina ben. What a dramatic scene in that courthouod as members of the samoa family walked up and told the a t pain told the judge about the loss. More ont coming up at 6 00. Wendy, bto you. Pat collins. Now to the two carjackings in the heart of georgetown. Both in broad daylight yesterd news w 4 Jackie Bensen is live ju off wisconsin avenue. Jacks . Rep well, i can tell you th ve unusual for this neighborhood, two carjack the suspect was armed in broad daylight here in the residential heart of georgeto we c t you the first one happenedp at 31st and p northst thma dr was able to drive away and not be carjacked. But t s
Broke out after the death of a black man in police custody. There were some tense moments after a false report that police shot a man yesterday afternoon. Last night on the late show with david letterman, president obama said event in baltimore and elsewhere have caused the country to address the issue of racism. President obama a lot of the things we have seen in ferguson or new york or baltimore have been going on for a long time. We are aware of it because when you see something on video it is a lot harder to deny and communications have improved. That is a good thing. Olivia the president said it is just a handful of police who have caused problems for their communities and other police officers. The imf is warning the eurozone you will have to take a haircut on greek debt. The Financial Times says the imf is telling greek creditors it may cut off support to greece unless they agree to write off significant amounts of sovereign debt. Greece is facing a cash crunch. Investors are re
Country. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] good evening. I am the owner of politics ambroses with my wife on behalf of the entire staff thank you for coming and braving the cold and the ice. Just a few notes. Knowledge is the big time to turn off your cell phones during the talk. When we get to the q a please step up to the microphone because we are recording the event tonight for our purposes and is the spee into booktv is here. And the staff would appreciate it if you could fold up the chairs where you were seated to leave them against something solid lead somewhere. Now for the feature presentation it makes our job here a little easier when on the day and the author is due to appear the Washington Post style section decides to run a big favorable feature about the person and the new book and that is what happened today for congressman steve israel. If you have not read the piece yet let me summarize. You can read the whole thing. [laughter] with his first attempt a
[inaudible conversations] good evening either from politics prose along with my life on behalf of the entire staff thank you for coming the cold and the ice melted is a good time to do turnoff your cellphone when we go to the q a session please step up to the microphone because we are recording for our purposes and also cspan booktv. Before you have your book signed our staff would appreciate it if you could fold up your chairs so now for the feature presentation and makes our job here of little easier on the day the Washington Post style section runs the big favorable feature about the person in the new book and that is what happened today for representative israel. If you have not read the piece yet let me summarize. To read the whole thing. [laughter] in his first attempt at a novel as a funny washington parody titled the global war the story recounts how the giant counterterrorism apparatus is focused on the pharmaceutical salesman with boris feldstein. But what seems to amaze even