Died at the age of 85, just one year after retiring from nearly 50 years of bringing big bird and oscar the grouch to life. Those are some of our top stories on this monday, december 9th. Good morning, everyone. Great to have toni in from espn. Hey we do begin this half hour with democrats wasting no time setting the stage to unveil articles of impeachment against President Trump this week. Another public hearing is getting under way today to lay out the case for removing the president from office. The president is crying foul tweeting quote no president in American History has been treated like this. Abcs david wright has more. Reporter on the eve of historic impeachment hearings, congress has been burning the midnight oil. We have to act now, you cant wait for the next election because hes trying to interfere with the next election. Reporter the House Judiciary Committee is now charged with drafting specific grounds to remove President Trump. The president leaves us no choice. Report
Its a celebration of books and bookstore reading. You really know how to endear yourself to us. Of course michaels own fondness for books dates back to his childhood and he is a gracious reader as a kid and perceived his interest all the way through graduate school earning a doctor that and comparative literature. Instead of staying in academia he launched into what turned out to be a lifelong career as a literary journalist in the Washington Post book world session of 1978. 15 years later he wanted to surprise for criticism and stayed another ten years before leaving the paper to become a book reviewer, sas, feature writer. Hes continued to write a weekly column on books for the post. Anybody that has read his columns does how enthusiastic he is about all kinds of books, not just bestsellers. And what a mac he has for making others want to read those books. Hes offered a few previous books of his own including a memoir and a study of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle as well as the collections o
Working class town seen through the leans of High School Football playing through the whistle. For the complete schedule go to booktv. Org. Following the passing of scalia, several delivered tributes in washington, d. C. School l calia was pointed to the high 1986. In [captions Copyright National [captions Copyright National cable Satellite Corp 2016] we didnt have a chance to do at the beautiful funeral mass. [capping performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content capticaption conten and accura. Visit ncicap. Org]t this memorial is an opportunity to do two things we to do at e the chance mass eautiful funeral earlier this month. Fathers tribute to my life and career and time for families and friends to spend some time together in an afterward. I couldnt begin to convey my thoughts about my father in the of time that ive allotted myself for this introduction, so i thought i just one t myself to recollection which is a dinner party my parent
I dont see where its ever going to get more reasonable. The stakes are very high. Not only are both sides at fault , but the other thing to keep in mind is that both sides often overwhelmingly vote to confirm judges because they are put forward and are overwhelmingly qualified. This complicates the situation. Its one of the reasons why republicans dont even want to hold hearings because someone like david kelly being confirmed by 96 to zero in iowa, virtually any of the names that you heard floated or potential picks by president obama. There are republican senators, like orrin hatch, who have come out and said extremely positive things about them because they are very qualified. Once you begin the process there is the danger that there is no way to stop it. Host bottom line, does know me know from senator senator mcconnell . Sen. Leahy yes mr. Bresnahan yes. Host to both of you, thank you for being with us on newsmakers. We appreciate it. [captioning performed by the national captioni
Bleeding and other practices which even in 1840 the medical society said probably contributed to his death. He died of pneumonia one month after taking office. One thing he was sent to pursue was a corrupt political system of warding jobs to the people who are given to your campaigner helped with your campaign instead of the best people. He issued executive order that they would not be allowed to participate in politics or contribute and he did start in that direction i believe that cincinnati ends and americans have really not recognize the contribution that William Henry harrison maine what is probably different about harrison is what you find in that. Of history, a towns person is interested in urban affairs. They do things there. Country people are less likely to be noted. Harrison had 1 foot in the city and one point in the city he brought the two together. For more information on book tvs recent visit to cincinnati go to cspan. Org local content Pulitzer Prizewinning boat michael