Please check out more programming and looking about their event series and visit us online at harvard. Com. The communities that show philosophy and disciplines to enhance and improve civic life for the people of massachusetts. Tonights talk talk will conclude the time for your questions this is being recorded by cspan and q a questions will be recorded. There will be a book citing following here on stage off to my right the line will extend into the hallway and onto the stage. Books can be purchased outside thank you for making purchases from harvard books or to help support the independent bookstore. Please silage her cell phone. I am pleased to introduce tonight speakers, Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt professors at harvard the author of competitive interior and temporary. And Daniel Ziblatt is the author of the author of democracy. In the recent New York Times review how democracies die it shows how democracies have collapsed elsewhere not just through a violent coup but throug
President ial campaign. Weve got the numbers. Two Boston Police officers in Critical Condition this morning following a shooting in boston with the suspect wearing armor. We are following their condition. We will bring it to you. In business this morning wells fargo ceo is out and details on the exit and phoney account scandal coming up. Markets this morning looking low e. Lower. Thats due out later this morning. In europe stocks were lower across the board. That set the tone. The cac quarante down a quarter percent. Weakness also in london twothirds of one percent. In asia overnight, hang seng top loser. Other majors mostly lower with the exception of china. The 8carat blue diamond that could be yours. We will bring it to you and tell you about the gem. Those stories this morning. Joining me to break it down Dagen Mcdowell, steve hilton is with us and pollster lee carter. Big stories today, dagen. Dagen big stories. I was going through a lot of the headlines its like anticatholic, gro
Bad. Thats user error. Im going to tell you whats happening. Check your ballots. Check your democratic president ial nominee. It turns out Hillary Clinton turns 69 today. How will she celebrate, you ask . Looks like shes slightly overwhelmed. As you are. You just realized, oh, my goodness, fox and friends is about to start and i have no clothes on. Mornings are better with friends. Were you saying that you dont have clothes on . You said i dont have clothes on. My image is i hit snooze three times, im running late. I forgot to get dressed. Youre thinking for the people actually watching out in tv land. My image is always people in their homes. I dont just look at the you imagine them naked. Every day. I like the haircut. Thank you very much. Congratulations. It will eventually grow back. All of them. Im trying to look a little more mature. You look great. Indeed. Weve got a big program today. Were 13 days away from the election and the hot topic on the campaign trail today. The rising
Reporter we do know that something that President Trump had been considering, what were being told by Senior Administration officials the Deputy Attorney general was confirmed two weeks ago, he had time to look over james comeys turn your, and we have seen the letters which are essentially an indictment of the handling of Hillary Clintons emails. They said they no longer had faith in comeys ability to lead the department, they took this recommendation and he drafted this letter. But theres questions about the timing of this, why this is all happening now, its information that President Trump has celebrated in the past, but its serge not new information. The letter that the president sent to former fbi director comby. Can you explain what it cede said . Reporter i want to read you the portion that i think is
particularly confusing in President Trumps letter to comey, in this hes dismissing him. He said that while i greatly appreciate you informing me on three separate occasions that i a
The release of five very dangerous taliban detainees. We have complete coverage starting with joe johns live from washington. Joe . Thats right, chris. The high ranking Administration Officials who spoke at the briefing played a socalled proof of life video of Sergeant Bergdahl in captivity. Apparently recorded around the time of the death of South African president nelson mandela. Reporter a closed door Senate Briefing on the prisoner swap that brought Sergeant Bowe bergdahls freedom was intended to give Obama Administration critics some answers but it didnt exactly win them over. The exchange of five hardcore, hardest the hardcore al qaeda taliban will pose a threat to the United States of america and the men and women serving use the Service Meeting took place showing the actual Prisoner Exchange. Senators emerging from wednesdays briefing said their focus was on another recording. A socalled proof of life video showing Sergeant Bergdahl in captivity. In the classified video, bergda