[silence] ladies and gentlemen, please welcome former abc news anchor Sam Donaldson. [applause] thank you. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to this mornings program. There are dates that all of us have a very personal. There are dates that we have as a country that we all share. In my lifetime december 7, 1941 november 22, 1953, 911, these are three terrible dates of the country. Then there is november 9 1989 good news, the fall of the berlin wall. Presaging the end of the soviet union. Its a subject that we are going to discuss today. How did it happen . What are the consequences . Who did this . Who for a look at whats in store for us this morning its a pleasure to welcome andrew card. Who served in three administrations with the Ronald Reagan as Deputy Assistant to the president and director of intergovernmental affairs. With George Herbert walker bush the treasury secretary abnot treasury, secretary of transportation. And with george w. Bush he was the white house chief of staff. Andr
Franklin foer, the author of the book called the last politician inside Joe Bidens White house and struggle for americas future. it is about the first two years of the biden presidency. Tell us what prompted you to write this book. Guest its is going to sound uninspiring but my publisher asked me to write the book and have never done an insider, political account like this. Im a staff writer at the atlantic so i do political journalism it is my thing but i never invested all the time to understand presidency over an extended period of time from the inside. She presented the idea to me, her argument was the biden people are coming in, the middle of a pandemic, with the prospect of an economic collapse, and they are inheriting the government that has been in disrepair. It would be fascinating to see what happens when will the people come in to try to conquer the problems and whether there was succeed or not. I was not to somebody who thought much of a joe biden. I kind of thought he was
Franklin foer, the author of the book called the last politician inside Joe Bidens White house and struggle for americas future. it is about the first two years of the biden presidency. Tell us what prompted you to write this book. Guest its is going to sound uninspiring but my publisher asked me to write the book and have never done an insider, political account like this. Im a staff writer at the atlantic so i do political journalism it is my thing but i never invested all the time to understand presidency over an extended period of time from the inside. She presented the idea to me, her argument was the biden people are coming in, the middle of a pandemic, with the prospect of an economic collapse, and they are inheriting the government that has been in disrepair. It would be fascinating to see what happens when will the people come in to try to conquer the problems and whether there was succeed or not. I was not to somebody who thought much of a joe biden. I kind of thought he was
Franklin foer, the author of the book called the last politician inside Joe Bidens White house and struggle for americas future. it is about the first two years of the biden presidency. Tell us what prompted you to write this book. Guest its is going to sound uninspiring but my publisher asked me to write the book and have never done an insider, political account like this. Im a staff writer at the atlantic so i do political journalism it is my thing but i never invested all the time to understand presidency over an extended period of time from the inside. She presented the idea to me, her argument was the biden people are coming in, the middle of a pandemic, with the prospect of an economic collapse, and they are inheriting the government that has been in disrepair. It would be fascinating to see what happens when will the people come in to try to conquer the problems and whether there was succeed or not. I was not to somebody who thought much of a joe biden. I kind of thought he was
Franklin foer, the author of the book called the last politician inside Joe Bidens White house and struggle for americas future. it is about the first two years of the biden presidency. Tell us what prompted you to write this book. Guest its is going to sound uninspiring but my publisher asked me to write the book and have never done an insider, political account like this. Im a staff writer at the atlantic so i do political journalism it is my thing but i never invested all the time to understand presidency over an extended period of time from the inside. She presented the idea to me, her argument was the biden people are coming in, the middle of a pandemic, with the prospect of an economic collapse, and they are inheriting the government that has been in disrepair. It would be fascinating to see what happens when will the people come in to try to conquer the problems and whether there was succeed or not. I was not to somebody who thought much of a joe biden. I kind of thought he was