Shout out target friends from cspan who are also joining us today. Before we hear from Gloria Venlet about his new book id like to tell you but to upcoming programs taking place in the theater for this friday august 16 at noon when t. Jr. Will tell us about a forgot founding father george mason the founding father who gave us the bill of rights. On tuesday december 10 Sidney Blumenthal will talk about his biography of Abraham Lincoln all powers of earth the political life of Abraham Lincoln in 1856 to 1863. To find out more about these programs and our exhibits please visit our web site at www. Archives. Gov account and you will find. Material in the theater lobby about coming events as well as sign up sheet so you can receive an electronic version of her monthly calendar. Philip mudd joined the Central Intelligence agency in 1985 on a panel specializing on asia and in the middle east. After the september 11 attack he was a cia member of the small Diplomatic Team that helped piece toge
Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer in washington. This is a special edition of the situation room. Right now this historic moment. When the Scientific Community agrees that the United States is taking the first real steps to ending the coronavirus pandemic. On the desk of the cdc director right now, the final clearance for a now authorized advantage seep to make its way into the american pun. When he signs it and were told it could be any moment now the vaccine goes. This is a truly historic moment. More horrific milestones reached today in the us. A Record Number of hospitalizationings. More than 108,000 americans, 108,000 americans are in hospitals sufg from covid right now. The u. S. Also surpassing 16 million confirmed cases of coronavirus. It took just four days to add one million cases here in the United States. This map, by the way, showing where infections are highest, where most people are getting sick. The next thing to expe
Nations doctors Holding Back Tears as they warn americans that the worst is ahead. The Health Director of l. A. County which has seen its hospitalization rate and fatalities triple over the past month and just had deaths top 8,000 in the county spoke about the toll from the alarming spike. The more terrible truth is that over 8,000 people sorry. Over 8,000 people who were beloved members of their families are not coming back, and their deaths are an incalculable loss to their friends and their family as well as our community. Those words as dr. Fauci says the u. S. Still has not come to grips. We have nearly 300,000 americans death, with how serious this pandemic is. Well, i think everybody uniformly needs to admit that we have a real problem. Weve got to own the problem. If you dont own the problem, youre never going to fix the problem. And it is a deadly problem. So far today another more than 2,000 americans have died from coronavirus and its only 7 00 eastern. And the president doe
Good morning. Its been a packed week in politics and we begin with Hillary Clinton, as she sets to barnstorm the country with her new memoir, hard choices, we have a first look at her exclusive interview with diane sawyer. A poll Shows Hillary clinton has a commanding lead for the democratic nomination. 7 in 10 democrats want her to be their candidate. And her time as secretary of state has boosted her standing with the broader public, 67 of americans think shes a strong leader, 60 say shes honest and trustworthy and 59 believe she has new ideas for the countrys future. The top political question right now, hillarys personal future. When are you going to decide whether youre running for president . You know, when im going to decide when it feels right for me to decide. Still by the end of this year . Well, you know, certainly not before then. I want to kind of get through this year, travel around the country, sign books, help in the midterm elections in the fall and then take a deep br
Good morning. Its been a packed week in politics and we begin with Hillary Clinton, as she sets to barnstorm the country with her new memoir, hard choices, we have a first look at her exclusive interview with diane sawyer. A poll Shows Hillary clinton has a commanding lead for the democratic nomination. 7 in 10 democrats want her to be their candidate. And her time as secretary of state has boosted her standing with the broader public, 67 of americans think shes a strong leader, 60 say shes honest and trustworthy and 59 believe she has new ideas for the countrys future. The top political question right now, hillarys personal future. When are you going to decide whether youre running for president . You know, when im going to decide when it feels right for me to decide. Still by the end of this year . Well, you know, certainly not before then. I want to kind of get through this year, travel around the country, sign books, help in the midterm elections in the fall and then take a deep br