How Popular Culture prevented the wire. How was aware presented from the 1940s . How was it presented and comic books from the 1940s . How was it presented in athletic events from the 1930s and the 1940s . How was it presented in tin pan alley in music from the 1940s . And now on booktv, encore booknotes. Richard ben cramer appeared on booknotes in 1992 to discuss his book, what it takes. In the book mr. Cramer profiled the president ial election, george h. W. Bush, robert dole, gary hart, richard gephardt, joseph biden and Michael Dukakis. Mr. Cramer died this past monday at the age of 62. This is about an hour. Cspan Richard Ben Cramer, in your book what it takes the way to the white house. Is there any one thing that was a thread through the six candidates that you followed that would tell you what it takes . Guest i think there was, although i didnt set out to write a paradigm of a president ial candidate. There were some similarities, and, alas, similarities in the stories of thei
Muellers investigation revealing that mueller was actually given much Broader Authority than we previously knew to investigate a wider range of arranged crimes beyond initial Authority Given in may of 2017 and this was. This any links and or coordination between the russian government and individuals associated with the campaign of President Donald Trump and any matters that arose or may arise directly from that investigation. Well, now this memo shows rosenstein authorizing a much deeper dive into criminal allegations against these campaign aides, carter page, paul manafort, george pahoundis, Michael Flynn and fifth unknown unidentified individual and the criminal allegations go well beyond russian interference they included failing to disclose frames a Foreign Government acting as unregistered agent as a Foreign Government. Failing to report contacts with a Foreign Government. As well as making false statements to the fbi. And this comes as fox news is also learning that transcripts
Know. And you know what life is like in france. 35hour workweek, six weeks of vacation, great wine and food. Not quite. The countrys economy minister busts some myths. Then, five years ago, cairos Tahirir Square was crowded trying to topple a government. What happened to egypt and the arab spring . I have a scholar and great journalist to tell us where it all goes. And honor killings. One of the most barbaric brands of murder. A woman shot by her own family because she loved the wrong person. Ill talk to an oscarwinning filmmaker who has made a stunning film about one such horrific case. But first, heres my take. To understand why the current conservative crackup so con founds the republican establishment, you have to recognize that the party is facing two separate revolts that are taking place simultaneously. One led by ted cruz, the other by donald trump. The first one is well described in an important new book why the right went wrong. For six decades, he explains, conservatives hav
For hours on capitol hill by lawmakers. They keep talking about this blue wave. Their blue way is really sputtering really badly. The red wave is happening. Ainsley we begin with a fox news alert. A Supreme Court stunner. President trump now narrowing down his list of potential replacements for Justice Anthony kennedy. Yep. He is working on that list and checking it twice. It will be his second Supreme Court nominee in less than two years. Steve this could be the most Pivotal Moment in president Trumps Administration some say. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to fox friends for this very special thursday. We are in new york and Griff Jenkins is live not too far from the Supreme Court in our d. C. Bureau. Griff, where do the cards lay right now . Good morning, guys. Its going to be a big day and, of course, Justice Kennedy was known as the swing vote in the deciding factor in just the last 24 hours on 54 rulings on the travel ban and Public Sector unions. At times he was champion of abo
Confirmed by the senate, his appointment is actually unconstitutional. We have seen this argument raised in recent days by legal scholars, including Kellyanne Conways husband george conway, but the Senate Democrats are the first lawmakers to take a crack at it. I want to read to you part of the Statement Issued from senator blumenthal, one of insenators who is part of this. He put out this statement saying in part, installing Matthew Whitaker so flagrantly defies constitutional law that any viewer of schoolhouse rock would recognize it. Americans prize a system of checks and balances which President Trumps dictatorial appointment betrays. Now, of course, the Justice Department would strongly disagree with this. Last week, they put out a very robust explanation of why his appointment is valid, is constitutional, and they point to an entirely different statute. The federal vacancies act, which allows someone who is above a senior level here at doj, who has been here over 90 days to take