President s to work with and for . On, i didnt have a favorite president. Ou they were all so dempt in some ways. The only thing they really had is similar was a large ego. Some larger than others. Jerry ford didnt but enough of an ego to cause him to run for the house of representatives ino state of michigan and he he wand to be speaker of the house but they have so many things that were different that i couldnt have picked a favorite. A favorite first lady . Theyre all favorites. [applause] hell never say it, but we know. [laughter] thank you all for being here today, and please come and peck up the book five president s will be signing it in the tent in just a little while we appreciate your time and your attention. We [applause] and starting now on booktv, a block of programs about president elect, donald trump. Transition of president ial power, and president ial history. First up, a rounds table discussion of Donald Trumps book, the art of the deal. This was taped prior to the el
Might see some sleet coming down here, winter radar is trying to pick up little mix here, across chester county, about as far north as it goes. Right along 95, little further south, reports around williamstown of some rain and snow even some sleet. Little heavier there, in parts of the atlantic county, little farther west here, seeing some activity around dover, and up toward wilmington, where weve seen reports of light rain, then little bit after mix. So this is all moving through, with the temperatures into the 40s, not many problems on the roadways, but might want to grab the umbrella head out, might even see sleet coming down, where it is right now, computer forecast picks it up, pushes it to the south here. Over the next few hours, clearing up, briefly, because this next storm, which is developing, watching this closely, updating the forecast it, looks to be intensifying little later now, and well start to bring some areas of rain and snow later tomorrow night. That is the key tim
Thats the way people get to have a book. Its a very supported art in st. Paul i would say, and in minneapolis. Very respected and supported. I didnt start writing until i was 40. It was like your accident. I think both poets dont decide, i suppose some do, dont decide when their little kid, i will be a poet. Ive been keeping a journal when i was raising a family. I decided i would go to the loft which is our Literary Center and take a class about how to write a novel our how to put all the stuff in the book. Someone recommended that i see a writer who she knew who had a big family just like mine. She had three children. I had seven. Or situation, as long as im there ill take a class in poetry and thats how it all started. What were you doing before you got into all this . I lived in new york for a while and work for wonder magazine. Then i was writing for the newspaper, for the st. Paul pioneer press. But also all that i was writing poetry. But when that ended us able to give a lot mor
This program is about an hour here we are with the secret world of oil, your new book on the oil business. Im going to ask the first question that you are sick of answering. Why did you decide to write this book lacks guest well, ive written about the oil industry for a long time, for over a decade. And ive written about the corruption of the oil industry and the way the United States maintains Close Relationships with various unattractive regimes and the basis of the relationship so for example when i was at the Los Angeles Times back in 2002 thats when i first started writing about it and if the Equatorial Guinea which is a small west african country, nobody knew about it or cared about it. It was a pariah state, terrible dictatorship and dirt poor. And then in the mid1990s, exxon found a lot of oil and other American Companies poured in and suddenly the relationship changed and it was no longer a pariah. They had a friendly relationship because it was a little too embarrassing but t