And an american original. A new appreciation for thomas heart benton as a major exhibit helps rediscover the painter and his work. We begin this hour with the 3 million gallons of toxic waste moving town two rivers that cross colorado, new mexico and utah. Today in its growing public anger the head of the Environmental Protection agency said her agency takes full responsibilities. Last week an epa crew actually breached a damn holding back heavy medals used in gold mining the animus river turned bright yellow and is now toxic. The e. P. A. Is determined to, quote, get it right. But the extent of the damage is unclear and at this point nobody seems to know what getting this right will involve. Al jazerra has a team of reporters watching the water. Allen is watching the water. Kristen is downstream near farmington, new mexico but well begin with allen and the latest on the cleanup. Well, you said it, right, the e. P. A. Has admitted this is their mistake, they promised the people of this
John meachams american lion he won at the pulitzer price in 2009 for that book. We want to show you this author presentation now. I am delighted to be here. Ive had on eclectic couple of days, mirroring the history of the last 40 years in the american presidency. Last thursday night, i was standing at the Nixon Library, and now im here. Why not the best . Ultimately. It was almost impossible at the Nixon Library has a replica of the east room and all i could do was not say, my mother was a saint. It was like dork disneyland. It was fabulous. I was sent to summer camp once during the 1980 convention when reagan and ford had their flirt. Never been so angry at my parents. Never recovered, the relationship. Went to i am from chattanooga. For those who not know swaney, its a combination of brideshead and deliverance. Like to set the scene so you know from whence i came. I began this book as just heard, five years ago. Partly because it was the period in which David Mcculloughs wonderful jo
I was sent to summer camp once during the 1980 convention when reagan and ford had their flirt. Never been so angry at my parents. Never recovered, the relationship. Went to i am from chattanooga. For those who not know swaney, its a combination of brideshead and deliverance. Like to set the scene so you know from whence i came. I began this book as just heard, five years ago. Partly because it was the period in which David Mcculloughs wonderful john adams was doing so well, Walter Isaacsons Franklin Benjamin franklin, and we should cover someone who reps the best of us and the worst course and Andrew Jackson does that. Thieves as much by his vices as his virtues so this you cant have eight in on that warts and all jackson because theyre mostly warts but they are on a man who ultimately capped the kept the possibility of progress alive by preserving the union and want to talk about that and particularly interested in your questions. In 1861, in wintry springfield, the president elect o
This week on q a, Mark Cheathem on his biography of Andrew Jackson. He talks about the comparisons made between president jackson and President Trump. Brian Mark Cheathem, author of Andrew Jackson, southerner, and a lot of other books about Andrew Jackson and the south, when you see this picture on the screen, what comes to mind . Mark all the comparisons between trump and jackson and how wrong they are, frankly. I dont see a lot of similarities in terms of depth between donald trump and Andrew Jackson. Brian really . Not a mark really. Brian not a thing . Mark im not saying there arent some similarities. They both have great hair, of course. But i think a lot of the comparisons try to push trump into a box with jackson and its not a viable comparison, in my opinion. Brian thats a picture of i mean, a painting in the oval office that he put up. Why do you think he did that . Mark steve bannon convinced him to do it, i think. I dont think trump had any clue as to who jackson was, probab
This week on q a, Mark Cheathem on his biography of Andrew Jackson. He talks about the comparisons made between president jackson and President Trump. Brian Mark Cheathem, author of Andrew Jackson, southerner, and a lot of other books about Andrew Jackson and the south, when you see this picture on the screen, what comes to mind . Mark all the comparisons between trump and jackson and how wrong they are, frankly. I dont see a lot of similarities in terms of depth between donald trump and Andrew Jackson. Brian really . Not a mark really. Brian not a thing . Mark im not saying there arent some similarities. They both have great hair, of course. But i think a lot of the comparisons try to push trump into a box with jackson and its not a viable comparison, in my opinion. Brian thats a picture of i mean, a painting in the oval office that he put up. Why do you think he did that . Mark steve bannon convinced him to do it, i think. I dont think trump had any clue as to who jackson was, probab