world today. i know he is modest and doesn t like people to see the pic or maybe he does like people to say that a lot. by all means. and i will just say this. that is not merely my opinion. the u.s. public very much agrees with that assessment. jim has written four books on the u.s. navy during world war ii. all four have been new york times bestsellers. the last stand of the tin can sailor. ship of ghost, neptune s inferno, the u.s. navy at guadalcanal. by the comp the fleet at flood type your guy was once a book review editor for world war ii magazine. back in 2004. and i just started and said this - now i have to read all these books. oh my gosh. the first book became across my desk was left-hand of the tin can sailors. is a very nice things about it in print, jim. i would repeat those over and over and over again. if you have never read it, you should pick and you should be everything, in fact, that jim has to say on what you. so, here to speak on the naval battles in th
it chronicles what happened to his own family after his brother was shot dead by a white man in long island, new york, in 1992. the killer, never charged. plus, we hear from oscar-nominee, the musician and actor, common. the day that women took over, let it take over. now women get paid as much as men do. dr. angelo looking from heaven s window, telling young girls phenomenal woman is in you, body is a temple. mother earth saying, it s ok. toilet seats down, that is a no-brainer. monuments in washington of fannie lou hamer. amy: comment also stars in the film here at sundance that has had its world premiere about sexual abuse gold detail. then hale county this morning, this evening. a new documentary captures life in the black belt of alabama. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i m amy goodman. in switzerland, thousands of protesters took to the streets of zurich tuesday to protest against the world econo
we are without the united states. president s day in the u.s. that means a lot of participants stateside but we also see reduced trading over the asian session as well. we saw the asian equities session with the nikkei moving higher, 1.8%. a little higher a little harder to make any headway. more will get to more that. our focus on what we are doing in europe because without the united states and the chinese and hong kong markets are closed . that s get the first word news update. president trump spent the weekend criticizing everyone but russia for meddling. he tweeted 14 times over 24 hours criticizing the fbi, democrats and special counsel robert mueller s investigation. they came after his sweeping indictment of 13 russians for allegedly leading social media efforts to attack trump rival, hillary clinton. in florida, students at the high school where 17 people were shot and killed are speaking out or gun control. they plan to organize anti-gun violence marches for n
although it is important. i just find that my work both inside and outside of the federal government, you know, going to someone, anyone and saying hey, i would like to place a camera behind you so i can watch and scrutinize everything that you do in realtime tends to be a tough sell. so i tend to lead with more substantial arguments like, this does not reflect on the dignity of your job. so i think those are the three things that matter the most to me around transparency. and why i care about this issue. good morning. i want to thank gabe for inviting me and tony and dahlia for hosting it. i m excited to be here. my skin in this game is pretty serious. i teach constitutional law at georgia state in atlanta. it s ironic to me that the supreme court might be the least transparent court in the united states because at best i am with judge pozner that it is a political court. i in fact don t think it s a court at all. to the extent there are transparency issues to begin with j
from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. stephen greenblatt is a literary critic and shakespeare scholar who teaches at harvard. his biography will and the wor ld topped the new york s best new york times bestseller list. he speaks about the french essayist michel the montaigne. pleased to meet you. why did you write this? booke central part of this is an addition of a particular translation of montaigne that lets you look over shakespeare s shoulder as he was reading. the greatest french writer and the greatest english writer of the renaissance encountered each other. shakespeare read montaigne. montaignepositive never heard of shakespeare. this is a magical, wonderful translation, and a wonderful opportunity that a colleague of mine, peter platt, and i sought to put together, these essays that were central to shakespeare, these translations of montaigne s essays. florio was an interesting character, the son of protestants. began his life as an ital