The story of the great humanitarian, the story of a moral policy during the cold war and after and his own story, the story of one analyst and a moment in time trying to make sense of the often brutal consequences of politics and the human impulse to respond in a moral way. Showing us the broad sweep of history and the impact of a great, if not wellknown man. Kicking things off with an introduction for the book and after that we will have some conversation and q and a. We will take those up at the back end of the alley. Thank you so much for the invitation to speak at carnegie. As i have been doing for about 26 or 27 years. This book, it is a story about an epic biography. The greatest humanitarian you have never heard of. That is the point. He is only known to an inside culture of state department and United States agencies for International Development workers, essentially. Some people in the cia. People inside washington know all about him. To a larger group, even to the Human Right
people. and that s really a tragedy. exactly. well, russell moore, thank you so much. i hope you have a wonderful easter weekend. that does it for us this morning. katy tur picks up the coverage right now. right now on msnbc, dollar signs. democrats have a record fund-raising night, $26 million for a three-president special. what donald trump is saying to try and spin his money woes. plus, unlike anything they have done before, the biggest crane on the eastern seaboard arrives to start salvaging the remains of the key bridge. also ahead, one year the wall street journal s letter to you, the reader, as evan gershkovich marks a year in prison. what the paper wants you to know. an nbc news exclusive. what federal agents found in the homes of sean diddy combs. it is 10:00 a.m. here in new york. good to be with you. i m katy tur in for ana cabrera. it was the best of times. it was the worst of times. if charles dickens were writing a book about campaign finances, it
fine. a lot of you will say, neil, don t talk. anyway, we ve got more on what s happening on the price front, where are that that s all going down for the time being, but the real trouble for much of the country and up to a third of all americans is this heat wave that s gripping a good part of the country. fox weather s robert ray in galveston, texas, where it s particularly hot. welcome, my friend. reporter: neil, good good morning to you. happy weekend, happy saturday. galveston island just off of houston, the gulf of mexico. and look at that, neil, this big seawall, 20-foot seawall, jetting down. it was created after the 1900 hurricane that still killed more people in america than any other natural disaster. it is scorching here this morning. temps expected to be in the mid if 90s, dripping as i speak right now. gulf of mexico temperatures above average, and that is concerning, definitely, as our tropical storm season is about to heat up in august and into september. in
neil: well, may not look like but the heat is on in iowa. the presidential candidates are making a mad dash to the finish line. six days to go as a fierce winter storm is cancelling events today. but not much could keep caucus goers today. the only thing weather related that could affect turnout is a really bad ice storm that would prevent people from driving there. we have 1,657 precinct sites. nobody has to travel a long ways to get to those caucuses. minus 6 degrees, that s a walk in the park for us. neil: so he hopes. so forget the freeze and focus on the money. nikki haley and her supporters betting big as she surges in new hampshire. busy day. your world now. welcome. i m neil cavuto. so fast and furious that six days to go to iowa and polls tightening and people wondering, is all of that money being put to good use by nikki haley? still too early to tell for sure. grady trimble following it in a snowy des moines. grady? neil, the candidates are braving the we
and trusted insider in the trump white house delivered blockbuster testimony before the january 6th committee. painting a damning portrait of an unhinged trump before and during the capitol attack. she described a volatile and irate president who knew the crowd was armed and still wanted them to have access to the capitol. i was in the vicinity of a conversation where i overheard the president say something to the effect of, you know, i don t effing care that they have weapons. they are not here to hurt me. taking the effing mags away, let me people in, they can march the capitol from here. this morning you will hear from an array of attorneys including several former federal prosecutors who will explain why that exchange, the one you just heard there, puts the former president in a different legal category. and there s more. according to hutchinson s testimony former white house counsel pat cipollone warned about the criminal liability trump and others might face saying,