heart throb and an actor he was. and according to his sister margaret who wrote this book, the entertainer. quite a guy, and it was quite a family, and his brother, steve, is also a real interesting guy who is a fantastic documentarist, video maker, was well known for doing the frontline series and also to the baby boomers he was known as gilbert. gilbert on leave it to beaver, yeah. yes. we were a sitcom family. [laughter] so david is a journalist, he worked during the heyday for craw daddy concern. wow, that s yeah? deep digging. i remember! who remembers crawdaddy here? the great rock and roll magazine. rolling stone, you probably know rolling stone. and as editor at mother jones which is still going, doing really well. and i interviewed david for this book, the devil s chessboard, and was at the examiner. and then he was one of the first people to sort of say, oh, my god, the internet exists. maybe we can do journalism on it, and he start
.. you want to introduce me first? this is david talbot and i am patrick marks, my little shop, you have probably been here, maybe not, we just celebrated seven years here. david has been a part of it. david was born in los angeles. in a log cabin. be fitting imagine, we don t know what year that was. his father was an amazing heartthrob and an actor and according to his sister margaret who wrote this book, the entertainer, quite a guy and quite a family and is brother steve is also a real interesting guy, fantastic documentary videomaker, very well known for doing the front line series and also to the baby boomers he was known as gilbert john leave it to beaver. we were a sitcom family. host: he worked in the heyday for crosser daddy. i remember. guest: the great rock and roll magazine. host: you probably know rolling stone and editor of mother jones. and interviewed david for this book the devil s chessboard and at the examiner, he was one of the first people
this program is about an hour and 20 minutes. only the small secrets need to be protected. the large ones are kept secret by public incredulity. marshall mcluhan. the gospel of thomas includes the following, jesus said, know what is in front of your face and what is hidden will be disclosed. there is nothing hidden that will not be revealed and nothing that will not be raised. our speaker is a former army intelligence officer, an expert in far eastern studies, a scholar of christian theology, and historian, educator, and an author whose research has led to revelations about america s hidden histories. the author of 1992 s jfk and vietnam, and oswald and the c.i.a., updated for the 2008 edition. and most recently 2011 quest for the kingdom, the secret teachings of jesus. i m honored to introduce dr. john newman. and he will introduce his assistant jay. welcome, dr. john newman. [applause] we live with the mic? good. i m going to get started. i have a busy agend
west africa countries, we want to ask you this morning about your opinion of the level of confidence that you have in the federal government to handle ebolaouts breaks in the u.s. if you re confident of the government ability to do so. somewhat confidence, and not too confident if you want to put on our social media pages, a poll on our facebook page, you can email us too at journal at c-span.org. polling put out a poll asking a question similar to this one and using the same categories about people s confidence in the ability of the federal government to handle ebola outbreaks in the united states. when those polls were taken, they found that 26% said they were very confident. 35% somewhat, not too confidence, about 20% of those responding and not confident at all, 17% was participants. again, if we want to get your opinion on the same categories this are morning about your confidence in the government to do so and the numbers will be on your screen. divided it into confiden
we will get the latest from investigative journalist patrick cockburn and speak with ghaith abdul-ahad, an iraqi journalist working with the guardian to embedded with shia militias fighting the sunnis. then, a new film is out called kill the messenger. webb,ls the story of gary one of the most maligned figures in investigative journalism. one of the dea s most wanted. brought in thousands of kilos to the u.s. every day. jesus. talks in 1996, gary webb published an explosive series in the san jose mercury news titled, dark alliance that revealed ties between the cia, nicaraguan contras, and the crack cocaine trade ravaging african-american communities here at home. we will speak with veteran , arnalist robert parry reporter who originally broke the story in the 1980 s, who devised webb before he published his series. all of that and more coming up. welcome to democracy now, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i m amy goodman. the first patient diagnosed with eb