The staff would appreciate if you pull up the chairs and leaned them against something. And so now for a for the feature presentation, it always makes our hosting job here a little easier on the day that the author is due to appear. Spin it however you want to. [laughter] okay. What seems amazing some of his closest friends is and how im using both turned out. Its how he found time to write it. For one thing, he represents a pretty demanding and far from securely democratic district, new yorks third Congressional District that includes a chunk of long island as well as a small proportion of queens also having served in congress for 14 years hes become a Ranking Member of the houston a critical leadership and twice chaired the Democratic National committee and kennedy. But he does enjoy writing and apparently developed a knack for doing so on his cell phone which is where he composed a good part of the book. Why a comic novel, as he told the Washington Post instead of screaming and yell
Good evening. I am bradley graham, coowner of politics prose along with my wife, with the muscatine and on behalf of the entire staff thank you for coming. Thank you for braving the cold and the ice. Is due to appear at the Washington Post style section decides to run a favorable future about the person in the new book and that of course is what happened today for the congressman steve israel. For those of you that havent read the book yet with me summarize steve and his first attempt at a novel has written a really funny washington parody titled old moron morris the story recounts how the giant counterterrorism apparatus thats focused on the hapless long island pharmaceutical salesman feldstein. But it seems to amaze even steves closest friends is how that turned out and its how he found the time to write it. For one thing it represents a far demanding district new yorks third Congressional District which includes a chunk of long island as well as a small portion of queens. Also havin
But we do know the truth now. What does russias Prime Minister and greece have in common . Well find out what theyre talking about. Is this the scene of the biggest heist in history, still trying to find out how much thieves got away after broking into the vault of londons jewelry corner. What could be the biggest deal of the year . It is an energy buyout the biggest takeover in the oil world in a decade. Shell is buying britains bg group for 70 70 billion. We will find out if the big slump in oil prices means more takeovers and whether or not this is the new model for the energy industry. Its midday here in london 7 00 a. M. In washington and south carolina, where a white Police Officer has shot dead a 50yearold black man. This time, hes already been charged with murder because the shooting incident was videod by a passerby. It appears to show quite clearly that the officer fired repeated repeatedly at the man, whose back was turned as he was running away. After the eighth shot he fel
Sexy and beautiful. Hello and welcome. A white Police Officer in the american state of South Carolina has been charged with the murder of a black man. The charge came within hours of investigators seeing a video of the incident. Walter scott was shot in the back repeatedly while apparently running away from the officer. The fbi and the Justice Department are jointly investigateing the incident which follows a series of high profile killings of africanamericans by white Police Officers. We have this report and warning, you may find some of the images disturb disturbing. Reporter it was a video hastily recorded by a passerby. Its led to a Police Officer being charged with murder. On the eighth shot 50yearold walter scott fell to the ground. Watch again. He appears unarmed and is running away. Mr. Scott had been stopped for having a broken brake light. He died here the latest killing of an africanamerican man by a white Police Officer. The police man, Michael Slager 33 said he felt threat
Country. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] good evening. I am the owner of politics ambroses with my wife on behalf of the entire staff thank you for coming and braving the cold and the ice. Just a few notes. Knowledge is the big time to turn off your cell phones during the talk. When we get to the q a please step up to the microphone because we are recording the event tonight for our purposes and is the spee into booktv is here. And the staff would appreciate it if you could fold up the chairs where you were seated to leave them against something solid lead somewhere. Now for the feature presentation it makes our job here a little easier when on the day and the author is due to appear the Washington Post style section decides to run a big favorable feature about the person and the new book and that is what happened today for congressman steve israel. If you have not read the piece yet let me summarize. You can read the whole thing. [laughter] with his first attempt a