Award for editing. And congratulations on that, which is a prestigious award for editing in challenging circumstance voices. So congratulations on that. And we appreciate you being here. Hes also one of the few journalists that have had a large amount of firsthand experience going to see on ships, going out and watching naval forces operate and practice their their work. Most recently, he was up in norway, even with the marines looking at what the marines were doing up there as part of the expansion of expedition or advanced base operations. So a wide ranging of experience both practical and as a reporter. So were really happy to have mike here tonight to talk about his new book, heavy metal, which is about the hard days and nights of the Shipyard Workers who build the americas super carriers. To talk a little bit about that tonight, but thank you very much for being here. We appreciate it. My pleasure. Thanks for having me. So to start with, i wanted to ask you kind of a big overarchi
In addition he is also the winner of the award for editing and congratulations on that which is a prestigious award for editing in challenging circumstances so congratulations on that and we appreciate you being here. Is also one of the few journalists that have had a large amount of first hand experience going to see on ships and watching naval courses operate and practice their work. Most recently he was up in norway with the marines as part of the expansion of the state wide range of practical and as a reporter so were happy to have mike here his new book heavy metal the hard daysand nights of the Shipyard Workers who build americas supercarriers. Well talk a little bit about that but thank you mike for being here. Thanks for having me. To start with i wanted to ask you kind of a big overarching action. Why did you want to write a book about newport news . Youve got a large history there, i assume thats part of the decision. Way back when when we first got married in the late 80s i
And they laid jesus christ in the grave he went to the sick and he went to the poor and he went to the hungry and the lame and he said that the meek would inherit the whole world and they laid jesus christ in the grave [ theme music ] michael this is the war room. Im michael shure. Coming up tonight the betting window is about to close on the sequester stakes. It looks like no deal is the oddsonfavorite. But is there time for a darkhorse solution to emerge . Lets find out. [ music ] michael all eyes are on washington where the showdown over the sequester is coming to a crescendo. All sides have staked out positions before tomorrows talks at the white house. Unless a deal is made friday, president obama will have to order the 85 billion in across the board cuts in federal spending. Meanwhile, the senate rejected both republican and democratic bills that would chart a path out of the mess. But thats to be expected in the worlds greatest filibustering body. Over in the house lets just say
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