This virtual format works, youll still be able to ask a question of the author if you like. To do so just click on the qanda icon at the bottom of the screen. Bob woodward has been reporting in washington for half a century. In his decades with the Washington Post discovered nine president s and shared two Pulitzer Prizes first the post coverage of the watergate scandal and the second in 2003 for coverage of the 9 11 terrorist attacks carried his books also have made big news and drawn in many readers. His newest book, rage come is the 20t 20th in all of the natil bestsellers. We are accustomed to his books taking us behind the scenes of highlevel ratings and into the minds of those thinking critical u. S. Policy decisions. Whats extraordinary about rage is that this time, donald trump himself spoke with bob 17 times while the book was being written providing a remarkable view into the president thinkins thinking and key moments. The conversation this evening will be another prizewinni
White house whether the president sticks to that. A lot of people think the president is throwing out a negotiating ploy here. Im taking at his word likes he doesnt want to do it virtually. I dont know what the alternative can be and next debate further back. What are you hearing . Reporter keep in mind, neil, this all happened very quick. The commission on president ial debates this morning said the next president ial debate would be virtual. Moments later President Trump appeared on Maria Bartiromos show, no, no, he will not be involved in that at all. The campaign clearly took the cue from the president they then put out a statement saying instead the president will hold a rally that evening. Joe bidens campaign has just come out and said instead on that evening biden will speak and take questions from voters as the debate was supposed to be a town hallstyle format. Here were first reactions from President Trump and joe biden this morning. Watch. President trump no, i dont want to d
President ial election and listening to Campaign Songs in support of the republican candidate, james g. Blaine. We are live from the blaine house. This is home of james blain, and since 1920, the house for the governor. This house is filled with blaine memorabilia. Do you have a sense of the man while you are here . Absolutely. Welcome to the house. Mr. Blaine is here every day and we see his spirit every evening. And we always say goodnight to him. The house was built many years ago. And what have you come to learn about the man by living in his house . He not only was a very strong supporter and founder of the Republican Party in maine, but also a National Leader and he started maine on its course to where we are now. He was very influential in the State Government and federal government. He was a powerhouse. A big time powerhouse on a massive scale. I am very honored to be a steward of the house. You probably have the best commute in america because this is right across the street f
A change in style but not in substance japans new Prime Minister expected to continue his predecessors agenda. Thank you for joining us a slow moving storm is pummeling parts of the u. S. With torrential rain and winds of up to 165 kilometers an hour former hurrican and now Tropical Storm sally is the 2nd powerful storm to hit the gulf coast in less than 3 weeks and more are on the way 7 storms are currently brewing in the atlantic. Sally made landfall early on wednesday between alabama and florida flooding homes and streets along the coast half a 1000000 homes and businesses have lost power moving at an agonizingly slow pace of about 5 kilometers an hour sally will make its way to central georgia. Where forecasters are warning of serious flash flooding losing strength she is expected to continue on a curved pass across South Carolina before petering out on friday at the bottom of North Carolina alexy obrien reports. Early morning in mobile alabama brought a battering from Hurricane Sa
Hello im david rubinstein, the National Book festival, welcome to the National Book festival, which this year is being done virtually. Our guest this year is melinda gates, for the first part of our program. Im coming to you from washington dc at the library of congress and from another washington, seattle washington, is melinda gates. Thank you very much for doing this. Im so glad we could do it david. Melinda, youve written your first book recently, a book about women its a book about empowering women and i want to talk to you about that and what prompted you to write this book. How long did it take you to write this book and what prompted you to write this book . Melinda i wrote it over most of the year and what prompted me to write it was, ive been so incredibly fortunate with the foundation to travel to so many places in the world. Its the people and particularly the women ive met in these incredibly difficult circumstances and seeing what they are doing to empower their families