Globe. He served on the spotlight team. In his capacity as a journalist he has covered congress, the Supreme Court and every president ial campaign from 1980 through 2012. In addition he served as a senior politicals correspondent for the center for public integrity, a Nonprofit Center for Investigative Journalism in dc. In 1996 he received the prize and award from the White House Correspondent association for coverage of the presidency, the first time anyone had captured the first in a single year. Hes a frequent guest including at harvard, the us military academy, university of chicago and other institutions abroad. Hes the author of three books. Tonight his talk focuses on his third book about Richard Nixon, a biography of the 37th president of the United States. This book has won the award for best biography of the year, the New York Historical society and was a finalist for the pulitzer prize. After the program please join us in the atrium where his book is for sale for signing. P
[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] good evening and welcome to the main event the last program of the evening here in the ballroom. My name is ron and i am an editor correspondent broadcaster at npr and also thank you and a fulltime faculty member at American University school of public affairs. It is my very great pleasure to be here this evening with John Aloysius farrell, jack farrell to his friends and he has written his third book. His first was called Clarence Darrow attorney for the. I think you should buy that book just for the title. The second book was called tip oneill and the democratic century and then turn to Richard Nixon Richard Nixon, the life. He is such a popular character. Jack because of that trajectory i have to ask what made you turn to nixon . I was drawn to his story. The original subtitle to the book was Richard Nixon an american tragedy and i was struck as they did the research that people like Henry Kissinger and Elliott Richardson would wri
The e. R. In Alameda County alone, we might be able to save as much as 16 million a year, just on hospitalizations of children. Woodruff all that and more, on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by bnsf railway. And with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff President Trump and russias president Vladimir Putin have been on the phone again, and they agreed to step up diplomacy in syria. The two men spoke today for the First Time Since the u. S. Attacked a Syrian Air Base last month. Earlier, putin met with german chancellor angela merkel, in sochi, russia. He claimed again that moscow did not meddle in the u. S. Election translated we never interfere into political life and political processes in other countries, and we would very much like that nobody interfered into our political life
The e. R. In Alameda County alone, we might be able to save as much as 16 million a year, just on hospitalizations of children. Woodruff all that and more, on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by bnsf railway. And with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff President Trump and russias president Vladimir Putin have been on the phone again, and they agreed to step up diplomacy in syria. The two men spoke today for the First Time Since the u. S. Attacked a Syrian Air Base last month. Earlier, putin met with german chancellor angela merkel, in sochi, russia. He claimed again that moscow did not meddle in the u. S. Election translated we never interfere into political life and political processes in other countries, and we would very much like that nobody interfered into our political life
Nixon was seen as a Foreign Policy sage. When he died, all the president came out there to california to be at his too many or his bur l burial. September 7th, 1972, 10 32 a. M. Following the controversial shooting of candidate George Wallace whether they were candidates for the presidency or not were offered tem pouporary secret service protection. Youve got one u. S. Senator kennedy whose a secondary factor in the campaign. You give him secret Service Coverage throughout the campaign. He said, i understand. I dont like to give him something but at the same time if he gets shot its our fault. You understand what the problem is. If you the son of a gets shot theyll say he didnt furnish it. We buy his insurance. After the election he wont get a thing. If he gets shot, its too bad. Theres the tough thing. He cant stand ted kennedy. He trails kennedy around. He said i will get a secret service guy but i want him to be a spy for me. He even uses secret service guy not to use. After the ele