His journalism has appeared in the source, the College Sporting news, the San Francisco bay view. He talks about his book whats my name, fool . The San Francisco bay view has said that he is that rarest of commodities with sports writing. An original voice. This book will be loved an orginal voice. Please join me in welcoming dave zirin. [applause] dave whats my name, fool . Sports in resistance in the United States. This book is about times when radical politics found expression in the road of role of professional sports in the u. S. Just to be clear, i have heard some of the jokes about this book. Like, radical politics in u. S. Sports. That will make a great template. Why dont you write about. Omething in little more mature why dont you add the great atheists of the Christin Coalition . There is a tradition deeply hidden when times of struggle off the field exploded onto the field with electric consequences. I actually had a front row seat for this carnival of reaction. I went to a
Im pat lawson news. Tom kierein is looking at the storm team 4 forecast on this tuesday. Hey, tom. Good morning. Its already heating up quickly on this tuesday morning. Got the bright sunshine pouring down on washington. Theres the jefferson memorial, washington monument. Everything all green. Blue sky. It is 75. A month from now it is is in the mid80s. We will be feeling more like june than may. Already climbing into the 70s is about everywhere. Reagan national, 71 degrees. Cooler by the bay. In the 60s with a breeze off the bay. Hour by hour temperatures, by 2 00, 80 degrees. Maybe 3 00, 4 00, 83 or so. By 6 00, down to nearby 08. Sunset at 8 15. Clear evening. Back down to the mid70s by 10 00 p. M. Tomorrow morning, waking up, it balmy. The heat on the way in just a President Trump is defending revealing information to russian officials. He tweeted in part that he shares facts pertain to go terrorism and Airline Flight safety and that he wants russia to, quote, greatly step up their
Thanks for joining us. Im melissa mollet. Im erika gonzalez. We start with President Trump slamming the appointment of a special counsel in the russia investigation. He tweeted, with all of the illegal acts that took place in the Clinton Campaign and obama administration, there was never a special counsel appointed. The president goes on to call the investigation the greatest witch hunt of a politician in american history. With the man now in charge, exfbi director rub ert mueller is being praised by lawmakers. Edward loorns hawrence has t details. The man who made the decision to appoint Robert Mueller special counsel said nothing while walking through reporters. Deputy attorney general Rod Rosenstein briefed on the after appointing a veteran to head the fbi. Got to give the American People confidence. We frankly dont have confidence that it can be done in the current situation. Robert mueller is, i think, a fantastic person. I think this is a positive thing. Many republicans say this
In 90 seconds. Its an absolute disastrous mess. Ive never seen anything like this in my life. A deadly Train Derailment in philadelphia. Classify this as a mass casualty incident. Six people were killed including one person from the u. S. Naval academy. The cause is not yet known. It hit power lines, the pedestrian bridge. They were just pulling people, just lifeless. Reporter two choppers join the search for the missing marine helicopter scouring the earthquake devastated area. The death toll is at least 65 in nepal in the wake of a powerful aftershock. Tom bradys agent says the super bowl mvp will appeal his fourgame suspension. Hes going to have a successful appeal. This thing will be reduced. Jeb bush is backtracking from comments he made regarding the war in iraq. He said he would have authorized the war even with the benefit of hind sight. I dont think you can honestly say that if we knew then that there was no wmd that the country should have gone to war. We will not stop in mad
But we begin this morning with todays eess eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Its an absolute disastrous mess. Never have seen anything like this in my life. A deadly Train Derailment in philadelphia. At least five people were killed. At least 140 people injured. The cause is not yet known. It hit power lines, pedestrian bridges. They continue the search for the missing helicopter scouring the earthquake devastated area. The death toll is at least 65 in the powerful wake of the aftershock. Tom bradys agent says the super bowl mvp will appeal his fourgame suspension. Hes going to have a successful appeal. This thing is going to be reduced. Jeb bush made a comment regarding the war in iraq. I dont think you can honestly say if we knew then that the country should have gone to war. In madison, wisconsin there will be no charges against the Police Officer who shot and killed an unarmed teen. This was the result of a lawful use of Deadly Police force. More rain and flooding are expected