Rice University History professor that was brinkley to discuss the Trump Presidency and when it comes to leadership at home and abroad. It is the 25th anniversary of the cspan bus. Here is a clip of Doug Brinkley over two decades ago, talking about the idea that sparked the first cspan bus tour. [video clip] we had a lot of fun with the bus and we give credit to this project to the gentleman who authored this book, the magic to be withs relented us on the set. Majic bus, what is it about, and are you surprised we stole your idea . With, i am honored you ran the idea. It is about a history professor taste in new york, and in 1972, i brought some of my students in the gutted out bus, and i was tired of teaching in a traditional setting, so we hit the road to read American History and literature text on the road. We read mark twain in mississippi, John Steinbeck in california, and the students who take exams in motels or farm houses right at picnic table. The idea was to try to understand
Once again, thank you for that idea. Guest it reminded me of how invaluable the cspan archive is that you can pull out a tape like that, and of all these interviews cspan has done over the years, they are tools for historians. If you want to interview someone, do a paper, and you need a primary source, you can tap into that archive and get real quotes for your papers, so congratulations on keeping the archive intact all these years. Host we appreciate that. One of their project that Doug Brinkley has been enthralled with, this he spent involved with, he served as the academic advisor for each of the three surveys that helped to come up with the methodology use of those who participate and 11 zero inlet and a little over seven months into trump us office. How do you think he fares when it comes to survey criteria you come up with . Guest the big thing on these president ial surveys is you never want to be below william harrison. He was president for one month and he died in office. When
Because they cant claim on their insurance policies unless they have suffered damage to their buildings. I will be finding out more later. In sport lacazette strikes again. Arsenals summer signing scores twice against west brom. He has found the net in every premier league game he has played at the emirates. Also this morning should scrums and tackling be banned in schools rugby . We will speak to the doctor who says the government must put an end to what she calls harmful contact. And carol has the weather. Morning. Good morning from south london, formally at deer park, now owned by the National Trust. Weatherwise, it is a dull start for many of us. There are some fog around as well, giving way to sunny spells and just a few showers in the east. But it is going to feel quite warm for many of us again today. I will have more in 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story women from across europe whose children were harmed by exposure to an epilepsy drug in the womb will give eviden
This inundation of information is not necessarily a good thing. That our children can access not only horrific acts of real violence on their cellphone, but pornography. Anything and everything is accessible now. Its not good for society. Its starting to feel like a dark age in hollywood. Is there a way back for the weinsteins and spaceys of this world . If they were to show us that they put the work in and are truly sorry, and making amends, and not defending their actions, but asking for forgiveness, then maybe down the road there is room for that. Character transformation is becoming a theme of Bryan Cranstons late career as a star of stage and screen. From crystal meth cooking teachers to mad as hell newscasters. Will gompertz, bbc news. Newsnight is coming up on bbc two. Heres evan davis. On august 30th this year, a massacre occurred in a village called tula toli, in mynamar. Our team has been piecing together what happened that day. The testimony theyve acquired makes a disturbin
This morning, im speaking to campaigners about the impact thats having. Good morning. In sport, its going to be a world cup without italy after the four time champions fail to qualify for the tournament for the first time in 60 years. I think it is time to drop the c bomb, christmas with carol. Good morning. Look at this gorgeous Christmas Tree. It will be lit up this evening and we have a sneak preview in all its glory. The weather is not glorious for england, wales and Northern Ireland. It will be fairly cloudy with some patchy rain, limited brightness. Forthe north of Northern Ireland and scotla nd north of Northern Ireland and scotland it is much more bright with some sunshine. I will have much more details on all of that in 15 minutes. Thank you, carol. See you later this morning. Good morning. First, our main story. Mps will today begin debating a key piece of brexit legislation, the eu withdrawal bill. It will help turn european laws into uk ones but opponents including tory reb