Mark we will talk more about gwen, but we will start with the day in politics. Beenfaults name has floated as possible secretary of state. Weekend, the next president feel the top who jobs filled the top two jobs. To reportre going directly to President Trump and will be equal partners in running the administration. ShowsPresident Trump willingness to employ some d. C. Swamp dwellers. The story of band and has unleashed a gush of criticism from civil rights. Democrats and some republicans bannon represents the nationalist and sometimes racist views that many think trump should reject. Povertyhern center for called it a mockery. Present obama had some tough love for critics of the team that trump is building. I have been encouraged about comments on Election Night about being the president for staffs,le and how he thefirst steps he takes, reset that can happen after the election, all of those things are things he should think about. The people have spoken. Donald trump will be the 45th
Was adapted for his bestselling memoir see no evil and a sleeping with the devil. Hes one of the most accomplished operatives in the history. Hes won the career intelligence medal and speaks eight languages. He spent much of his 21 years with the cia and the middle east and one of his notable assignments of which there are plenty was attempting to assassinate Saddam Hussein. He is currently National Security analyst for cnn and one of the foremost authorities on the middle east. He takes us on a wild adventure through the history of assassination in his latest book the perfect pill. Thinking about who the perfect fit would be to interview bob tonight obviously we needed someone with the appropriate crop of house and experience and deep knowledge of the complex political history and we also needed someone who had been portrayed by the major movie star in the movie based on their work. So, we are deeply honored to have him here to interview bob. Wool is one of the founders of the center
Author of big, hot, cheap and right, and what america can learn from the strange genius of texas. [inaudible conversations] good morning. Im glen, the directer of the school of journalism at the university of texas at austin. I welcome you. Theres two superb authors here to morning to talk about the state of the union where we went wrong. We have 45 minutes, but could spend 45 hours on this. We better get rolling. Ill introduce the writers, ask questions, and i turn it over to you. I want to remind you when the session ends, two authors go to the signing tents, and theres a place to buy copies of the books and take them to the tent and have them signed. Follow us out when we leave. To the left, george packer, staff writer for the new yorker magazine, author of asass sins gate, named one of the ten best books of the year by the New York Times, written two novels and two Nonfiction Books, a play off broadway, and lives this brooklyn, new york, the new book called the unwinding inner hist
Hope hicks has never in the now well documented span of Donald Trumps political career been known to do anything other than carry out the boss directives. She is not known to free lance, and there are no reports of her acting on any consequential press matter without the president s approval. Reporting at the time confirms that the crafting of the president s statement aBoard Air Force one consumed the president s staff and divided his communications team. From the Washington Post on july 31st, quote, the strategy the advisers graed to be for donald trump jr. To release a statement to get ahead of the story. They wanted to be truthful so their account couldnt be repudiated later if the full details emerged. But within hours at the president s direction, the plan changed. Flying home from germany on july 8th aBoard Air Force one, trump personally dictated a statement in which trump jr. Said he and the russian lawyer had primarily discussed a program about the adoption of russian childre
What my colleague, Barbara Starr and i are told, mcmaster could leave by the end of this month, that, according to an Administration Official or in the near future. Multiple sources describing it that way. And in addition, it is becoming more likely that mcmaster will not return to the military in a possible fourstar general job there but would ultimately retire as a threestar general and go on into a civilian job. This follows many public and private disagreements between mcmaster and President Trump and the feeling from a number of people ive spoken with is just as his position as National Security adviser became untenable because of many of those disagreements. Is there any word on who could actually be replacing him . Yewere hearing a number nam, among those names being considered, saffra cat, john bolton, former u. S. Ambassador to the u. N. Steven beegen, a Vice President at Ford Motor Company and senior staff member of condoleezza rice. Ford has told cnn that that is not true. H