This generation the first part of his career overseas courtesy first of the Chicago Tribune shortly after graduating from harvard in the middle east from iraq and other countries. In 2008 shared a Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting and then covering politics and Foreign Affairs with the 2014 National Book award and as a finalist for the 2015 put surprise. The new book is adapted from an occasional series of new yorker articles over the past decade including most recently, the profile of biden last august for him it has become an area of accidental expertise planting the former Vice President in the book to highlight the extensive experience, fundamental decency and language of dealing. Speaking of articulate and incite the conversation with Pete Buttigieg the 2020 democratic president ial candidate he also has a new book out he did an event for that three weeks ago so recognizing evans work and also putting in the political his former primary opponent who is now the enthusiasti
We have a special guest with us tonight my friend and a wonderful writer and author. Ian toll doesnt really need an introduction it should be very long and to be extremely accomplished the author of six books as well the pacific war the third volume has been released 19441945 from the naval of the United States will writing the writers award so those anymore Samuel Eliot Morrison was out there that thank you so much with the twilight of the gods. Its my pleasure. I am struck by the book this is a big story of the western pacific but you began this book in an interesting way of looking at fdr and douglas macarthur. I will expand on my question. Military history there is the expectation and in this case almost 100 pages into the book. And the unconventional way to begin work of military history i thought it had a little bit of latitude in the case that they are committed to read it or not and with that observation with the pacific war there is a lot of literature and i went to say there
3386 is the number to watch for that s p 500 record close. 59 minutes until the close we have a big show coming up to day the s p 500 makes yet another run at that record close bob doll will tell us why he is expecting the economic recovery to be more choppy. And why hes cautious in the short term plus, gaming the impact of the dnc. Well speak with a policy expert who says this weeks Democratic National convention could be a negative for the market even though its happening virtually. Right now, were going to focus in on the big stories were watching to day. Bob pisani is tracking to days action we have the latest on growing tensions with china. And joining us with his outlook for stocks is tony dwyer bob, start us off with the Broader Market whats going on behind the scenes and whether you think we could see that record s p 500 close today. When you get this close within less than 1 he , you usuy can get over it. Were still not there. 3386 as you heard before is the old closing high t
In 1973 i saw him first, across a loud, profane, filthy newsroom in downtown raleigh. He was right out of school. I was still in school. I looked across at a city summit, who is that . Thats david zucchino. Is going to be the new star here. He had long, dark hair, over his shoulders, sick, jet black mustache. It was a long time ago. David is a grad of the unc Journalism School and in the burnout of the journalism hall of fame. In raleigh, he became famous very quickly in the newsroom when a new young editor came in and sent out a memo to the reporting staff saying each report will submit to his editor every morning and itinerary for his plans for the day. David even then impossible to tame, sat down at the old manual typewriter. Its a legendary story. Said what i will do today, i david zucchino. 10 15 try to to sneak in a late. 10 40 get a son drop. 11 Start Talking up where to go to lunch. He was writing all this done. We went to the diner yesterday at the blue plate special win wt ov
Thousands pay tribute to the victims of a far right extremist attack in germany. A rainy and the voting in parliamentary elections under the shadow of economic sanctions the turnout is expected to be rather low thousands of candidates have been barred from running by the Guardian Council thats irans constitutional watchdog and it includes thousands of members of parliament the u. S. Has responded by imposing new sanctions or members of that council accusing them of rigging the election dosage of arias our correspondent in tehran the iranian capital of people coming out then in large numbers as the Supreme Leader has urged them to. Well i think its a bit too early to say whether or not the turnout has been large in numbers its been only just over 4 hours since the polls opened here we are in a mosque in. Is where we are and i just 1st want to show you what the voting process looks like here the people line up outside the mosque and they make their way in where they register electronical