Thanks emily. And thank you all you for being here with us this evening at old south meeting house. So just a few days from now, on saturday, we will be marking 250 years since a very important meeting happened in this space. But we still use the space to convene people in dialog about history, about its legacies, about how it relates to the challenges that we face our country today in our democracy. And im so delighted to be here with you to share this program, this conversation with, you. So our program tonight is about dr. James fichter, his new book, tea consumption, politics and revolution. 1773 to 1776. And were just really delighted that he chose to be with us as part of a tour of different places that he has been on the last several weeks to talk about this new book and a beautiful book. It is as well. So this lovely book reveals a dimension to the Boston Tea Party by exploring a story largely overlooked for the last 250 years, the fate of two large shipments of east India Comp
And harris give us their take of some of the biggest stories coming out of capitol hill to watch the whole. Join me every thursday on the alex simon show and ill be speaking to guests of the world of politics or business im show business ill see you then. In america a College Degree requires a great deal. Paying a decades long debt. Studying so hard it requires strongest. Going through humiliation to enter an elite society. And partying to death sometimes quite literally. Wants other true colors of universities in the us. In the wise words of harvey milk politics is theater it doesnt matter if you when you make a statement you say im here Pay Attention to me and so it was this week that for motives selfserving or compassionate Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi took to the off to the house floor to put on some theater of her own holding the floor uninterrupted for eight hours and calling on congress to protect aka recipients from imminent deportation amidst a Government Spending battle the
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Town halls. [ crowd chants do your job ] have democratic voters found their voice after the election . Ill talk to a leading progressive, senator Bernie Sanders and jim web of virginia, a democrat who says the Trump Victory may have been necessary for the political system. Joining me for insight and analysis are catty kay, Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson and Greta Van Susteren and former North Carolina governor matt mcroy. Well co welcome to sunday its meet the press qwest. The longestrunning show in television history, celebrating its 70th year, this is meet the press with chuck todd. Good sunday morning, sometimes it seems as though were not in week three of the trump presidency, but year three. Consider whats happened in just the past President Trumps travel ban was struck down unanimously by a federal Appeals Court and it may rewrite the order. Mike flynn did, in fact, talk to russias ambassador about sanctions before President Trump took office, a possible violation of t