Discussed his biography of president harry truman. The book was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for biography and was instrumental in changing attitudes about the truman presidency. Here is a portion of that interview. The assassination and the number of president s had been assassinated, why wouldnt the government have protections . This wasnt done. Why wouldnt the government have a pension for everybody but no pension for a president . He had very little money. He had to borrow some money quite secretly which dean patterson cosigned to pay for the move back home. This is not wellknown. It doesnt mean he doesnt have money. He did have money but needed cash to cover expenses of moving out of the white house. When he got home, in order to provide himself some income he undertook the writing of his autobiography, his memoirs which no other president had ever done. Except Herbert Hoover but hoovers time in office was much briefer, trumans presidency covered far more to multiple us history tumu
Cspan why wouldnt the government at that time have protections for him . Guest why wouldnt the government have a pension. There were for pensions for nobody else and not a penchant for the present in effect he had very little money. He had to borrow money quite secretly which dean acheson cosigned to pay for the move back home. This is not wellknown and it doesnt mean he didnt have any money. He did have money but he needed cash to cover all the expenses coming out of the white house. When he got home in order to provide himself some income he undertook the writing of his autobiography, his memoirs which no other president had ever done except for herbert hoover. Hoovers time in office was much briefer than was trumans presidency and covered far more tumultuous history so to undertake the 2volume memoir was a very major ambitious task and then he build his library. There had been a previous president ial library, Franklin Roosevelt library at hyde park established after roosevelt had d
Will your the favourite look like this . On the run how hundreds of goats were able to escape taking off through a major city. Good wednesday morning, everyone. There is a new prediction about the coronavirus and how it could spread by this sumer. A coronavirus model used by the white house is now projecting 147,000 deaths in the u. S. By august. That projection has increased in the last few days as more of the country reopens. But other areas say theyre not rushing. Authorities in Los Angeles County say it could be another three months before their stayathome order is lifted. Here in new york all broadway shows are now canceled through labor day. A huge economic blow to the city. Meanwhile, that mystery illness affecting children has now spread to at least 13 states. Dr. Anthony fauci says while rare, the illness demands attention because so much remains unknown. We have much more on all of this beginning with abcs megan tevrizian. Reporter this morning, people hoping orders to be lif
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Mendocino counties and possibility of drizzle on the ho deee it is cooler this morning. Temperatures and in the mid 40s to low 50s and pretty much staying that way through 7 00. Little bit of fog in the north bay from petaluma to santa rosa. See increasing clouds and the chance of showers best from mid morning to mid afternoon with 50s and 60s. Thats all we can muster for temperatures today. Well talk more about the weekend rain coming up. Heres kumasi. Thanks, mike. It looks like elon musk will get his way. He reached an agreement with Alameda County that will allow tesla fremontn tughe culdnt be. Julian glover is live to sort all of this out for us. Good morning, julian. Hey, good morning, kumasi. A long back and forth, hasnt it . Essentially we got a deal are the words from the county to Tesla Ceo Elon musk. Late last night we got a memo from the county saying they reviewed the safety and prevention plan and if they make a couple tweaks, the plan could be back open next week. As we