Recording, if you could just come to the microphone by the white pillar so we can hear your questions and engage in a nice discussion, and lastly, once everything is done if you could please fold up your chairs and place them against the pillar. Our staff, as in me, would greatly appreciate that. [laughter] tonight im pleased to introduce jared cohen, the founder and ceo of jigsaw alphabet inc. As well as an adjunct senior fellow at the council on foreign relations. The New York Times best selling author with eric schmidt of the new digital age and has written the children of jihad. One of the great lessons of american politics that ive learned is tale of two brothers. One went off to sea and one became Vice President. Neither was heard from ever again. [laughter] however, in rare case the Vice President is not relegated to obscurity. Namely, when the president dies. And his newest, best New York Times best selling book, accidental president s, cohen investigates these men. Who ascende
A state execution the murder trial of journalists from our show gene has now begun in turkey without the 20 saudi defendants. Also ahead the u. S. Seizes a shipment of human Hair Products thought to have come from ethnic minorities held in chinese detention camps. We begin in the u. S. Where President Trump is attending july the 4th celebrations at Mount Rushmore its in defiance of Health Experts recommendations to avoid large crowds mr trump will watch a fireworks display with thousands of people at the landmark in south dakota mosques will be available but they will not be required indigenous groups in south dakota are protesting near the event demonstrators blocked the road leading to the monument some carried signs saying make america native again and chanted the slogan land back. Lets talk to our correspondent in jordan just outside washington in alexandria virginia great to see you again what do you think well hear from mr trump today. Well a few excerpts are now being released o
Eleanor roosevelt wings that were built in 1972. But even after the Library First opened, fdr started catching with ended up being the structure here to incorporate eleanors papers because he was telling her that we really need to have your papers that the library. When the archivist said, do you think theyll give it to you . The fdr said you can never tell what my mrs. Is going to do. Which i think is a true statement about Eleanor Roosevelt. How many of you are members here today . Look at that. Thank you so much. Your support makes programs like this possible. We really do appreciate everything you do for us. The library is a federally funded institution, but obviously we rely on private donations to allow us to do many of the non federal funded programs and exhibits like that. Today, we have with us a very special friend and guest. She spent many many days a year when she was working on the Eleanor Roosevelt papers with George Washington university which is really a tremendous reso
Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the night tv studio, another edition of our program. As the 2020 president ial election, starts to invade our daily news feed, and with joe biden feeling the fire this week. What better time to look back at the history of the presidency, and looking at the character and dignity of the man holding the office. The title tells it all of our book, youll be hearing from susans wayne soon, who will discuss how her book came together, based on the historian survey of president ial leadership. Following the presentation, i have the distinct privilege of speaking with brian lam, the chairman of cspan, who over the course of many years conducted the interviews, with president ial historians that make up the content of the book, and we are also joined today by historians can ackerman, and David Stewart who have both contributed to the book. At this time please welcome susans wayne. Hello nice to see you, we have a long long friendship and relationsh
Good evening, everybody. My name is katie willard, and im part of the event staff here at politics and prose. Before we begin, id like to go over a few announcements. Announcements. Please type in your cellphones and other boys making devices. Not only is it courteous to the author, but we are also on cspan tonight, so you do not want to be the person whose phone goes off on cspan. Second, during the questionandanswer portion and in the interest of our video and audio recording if you could come up to the microphone over here and it is right here by the pillar that way we can all hear your questions and engage in a nice discussion afterwards. Lastly, once everything is done if you could please fold up your chairs and place them against something solid, our staff, as in me, would greatly appreciate that. Tonight im pleased to introduce jared cohen to politics and prose. The founder and ceo of jigsaw alphabet inc. As well as an adjunct senior fellow at the council of foreign relations. H