There were two bills at National Review and in the conservative movement, two bills. Bill Buckley Concha a brilliant shooting star who lit up the sky and bill rusher, and never wavering northstar by which conservatives learned to chart their political course. Now many have written about william f. Buckley junior, irresistible renaissance man but no one until david frisk has given us an indepth portrait of the other bill, william a. Rusher among his other salutary played a pivotal role in the life of the National Draft Goldwater Committee and that was critical, because if there had been no Draft Goldwater Committee there would have been no president ial candidate Barry Goldwater in 1964. And if there had been no candidate goldwater in 1964, there would have been no president elect Ronald Reagan in 1980. It was goldwater you see who approved reagans famous a time for choosing television address which made reagan a political star overnight and led to his running for governor of california
Before the president suggested he do so. He acknowledged the optics were bad and called mr. Trumps tweets disruptive to the department and to his own job. I had made a decision that i thought was fair and reasonable in this particular case. And once the tweet occurred, the question is, well, now what do i do . And do you go forward with what you think is the right decision or do you pull back because of the tweet . And that just sort of illustrates how disruptive these tweets can be. Youre saying you have a problem with the tweets . Yes. Well, i have a problem with some of the tweets. Then in the past couple hours, the doj announced a decision that seemed to underscore barrs claims of independence. After more than two years the department declined to pursue charges against Andrew Mccabe. He authorized the probe of the Trump Campaign when he was acing director of the fbi. He was one of the president s chief political targets. But then a moment ago news seemed to throw barrs independence
Were talking about syria. Were expecting to hear from the white house any minute. Youre taking a look at the press briefing room, reporters likely to push for answers on what is the administrations plan here to respond to the chemical weapons attack which president obama blames squarely on the Syrian Government . Jill dougherty is standing by at the white house and, jill, i want to ask you a couple questions here. First of all, we heard from the president. He says no doubt the assad regime used chemical weapons on its own people here. He will be Briefing Members of Congress Later in the evening. What do we expect to hear from the president today . Well, we may not hear anything specifically publicly. This, they have presented at least they have this intelligence estimate, this i should say Intelligence Report that musters whatever evidence they have that the regime as they would argue did use chemical weapons. Theyre presenting that to the members of congress. This would be presumably
Were there live for the event. And thanks for joining us. Youre watching cnn newsroom im natalie allen. And im errol barnett. A big welcome to our viewers in the u. S. And around the world. Its a special day. A poignant remembrance in france on this, the day that changed the course of world war ii which went on to change the world. Absolutely, it did. 70 years ago today. 70 years ally forces stormed the bees of normandy. Amphibious vehicles came on shore in a reenactment just like in 1944. Others happenings include a veterans flag raising ceremony, a british Remembrance Service and a french ceremony honoring civilian victims there in france. The people who live there. Take a look at this. This shows the first few hours of d day. Some 156,000 ally troops storming the beaches there. They were part of the largest air, land and Sea Operations in history. Thousands were killed that day though the exact death toll remains unclear. Jim bitterman is live where ceremonies started. Our senior Wh
A serious mistake. By the west and 13. 4 so coming up will it be deal or no deal for Boris Johnson after convincing the European Union all eyes on now on the u. K. Parliament on saturdays crunch vote. You. Havent started the talks he goes far as is concerned you could still going to get 1st at the lives of yet one on one of the worst thing that. We start the day with a cease fire that wasnt shelling out the border between turkey and syria has continued despite the 5 day pause in hostilities agreement between ankara and washington turkish president budget time have been dismissed as misinformation and speculation reports of ongoing clashes in northeastern syria where his country has launched an assault against kurdish militias but footage from the area around. Tells a different story. Gunfire and shouting running between kurdish and Turkish Forces in the town and syrian kurds whove been displaced by the incursion or as little trust in turkey. And the deal agreed between washington and a