it wasn t turning all of his texts over to the january 6th committee. i misremembered. it was writing in his book that trump almost dies when he has covid. that s something your news organization, as well as glenn s, was close to reporting at the time. trump was so sick, he almost dies and trump is irate. it s trump s interactions with meadows autobiographers that leads to the documents in that case. it sounds like the body of reporting on meadows is that he s like pence in trump world. he s dead and he may not know it. i think he s dead to trump world and he does know it. notice the careful dance he s done in terms of really not as much of a public face of late, according to my colleague s good reporting. he s stoeped back from trying to interact with trump world.
games that i covered which was half a dozen. including author usa games. and conversations with him. he was fine and he s always working hard and we know the hours that he puts in. but there was no indication of any ill help so that s when i was texting my friend last night to tell me this it was trump s shocking. and it s so very sad for his family. for his close friends. for his colleagues. and here is a guy who was one of 82 journalists who were honored in qatar for attending their eighth world cup. i mean he s been a part of it for a long time. can you tell me glenn about what grant meant to the u.s. specifically soccer world? i know he wrote we talk a lot about that early piece he wrote on lebron james, right in his high school years and lebron offered a tribute when he heard of glenn s, so, i grants
pioneer and former ohio senator john glenn. glenn became the first american on orbit the earth changing the space race in 1962. he made a name for himself. a navy test pilot and flew 150 missions in world war ii and korea. he broke the transcontinental speed record flying from los angeles to new york in 1957. glenn never traveled to the moon after president john f. kennedy ordered nasa not to fly him fearing his safety. he served four terms in the u.s. senate in 1974. glenn did get back to space when he was 77 years old. the oldest astronaut ever. he was awarded the space medal of honor in 1978 and medal of freedom in 2012. there are not enough awards for a life like glenn s. president obama said john always
investigations into what the bush torture scheme, the eavesdropping program, whether the obstruction of justice were criminal and illegal. inculcated in the american mind is the idea we re all equal before the law. it s because we re not you see citizen anger and loss of faith and legitimacy of institutions. the reason we have faith in the institutions is not because they re institutions and stable, but because we want to believe they re just. it s a confrontational point, and you make it beautifully. thank you for writing this book. it s a big deal and really important. thank you for having me. i appreciate it. glenn s new book called with liberty and justice for some. it s really, really good. recommend it. all right. giant, scary nukes neutered. a moment of geek straight ahead. i ve seen this before the old impromptu in-law visit. look at mom whipping up some kraft homestyle mac & cheese.
the pardon of nixon that triggers revulsion. large majorities wanted investigations into what the bush torture scheme, the eavesdropping program, whether the obstruction of justice were criminal and illegal. inculcated in the american mind is the idea we re all equal before the law. it s because we re not you see citizen anger and loss of faith and legitimacy of institutions. the reason we have faith in the institutions is not because they re institutions and stable, but because we want to believe they re just. it s a confrontational point, and you make it beautifully. thank you for writing this book. it s a big deal and really important. thank you for having me. i appreciate it. glenn s new book called with liberty and justice for some. it s really, really good. recommend it. all right. giant, scary nukes neutered. a moment of geek straight ahead.