Clipper and George Hammond culture of the amenities forum which organized todays event. Im happy to welcome back a. J. Baime if we had them here you in half or so ago from the accidental president. His last book, and this time we have a virtually from his home, and were going to talk about his new book about a 1940 election. Were going back 72 years to another electionyear and you will be amazed at exactly how similar it sound in some ways. Another with a different but in some ways. Whats different is the politicians were all younger than they are today. Thats one big difference. But a. J. , take it away and tell us about the overview of the book. Just a very good read by the way. Very good read. Outstanding. I want to say a couple things first. Thank you so much for having the. The the Commonwealth Club is a wonderful place to be and you are doing this virtual. A lot of people are going to painandsuffering china for myself im just reminding why i fell in love with reading when i was s
David is the author of a number of books and he is here to talk about some of the past. His book about arnold rothstein, has book about 1920 the year of six president s, 1960 lbj versus jfk versus nixon, and ted silent cows almanac, the wit and wisdom of calvin coolidge, and ted williams my life of pictures. He has also written and produced a wma hq documentary local heroes, baseball and Capital District diamonds. Reviews for his harry truman lively itabout how is, illuminating portraits of candidate, and the evenhanded appraisal of truman is especially compelling. The journey he takes to election day is one he has definitively become the best at leading. His work has been compared to theodore whites classic them a of the president s series. After three homeruns, i think pietrusza is the undisputed champion of chronicling americans president ial campaigns. He holds a masters degree in history the university at albany and has served on city council in amsterdam new york and is the , rec
Are getting overrun. You must cancel the normal thanksgiving plans. States across the u. S. And else more restrictions as the country gets a new high of more than 180000 covert cases in one day was president supporters take to the streets backing his Election Fraud claims which are making little headway in the courts. So we begin this hour with some breaking news. Were following reports that at least 3 rockets have been fired. It eritreas capital from ethiopia. Diplomats in the region say at least 2 of the rockets hit us mara airports if you appear in eritrea, were at war with each other from 9098 to 2000, with a peace deal only signed in 2018. The ethiopian Prime Minister ahmed was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for helping and that wall. And it comes on the 11th day of fighting over the border in ethiopias to gray region. An official from the to great Peoples Liberation front has admitted its forces, carried out the attack on a military base, which prompted the government to launch an
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Looking at why former felons have to fight so hard to earn their right to. Vigils have been held across france to commemorate 3 People Killed in an attack on a church a nice investigators say the suspect is from tunisia and arrived in europe last month on the italian island of lampedusa another man has been detained suspected of having been in contact with have from nice david chase reports. A place of worship now a crime scene inside not to don basilica the congregation had been praying when a man armed with a knife attacked them 3 people were killed one of the victims a woman was to capitated according to the Police Another victim was a churchwarden she the most but i still imagine him i still see him lighting the candles and now im thinking hes not there anymore. Hes good nephew we are always with him hes always there he spends the day that he shares his life here hes not someone who comes and goes witnesses say the attacker shouted. During his attack he was shot by police near the