Matthew whitaker, acting attorney general from november of 2018 through february of 2019, the author of this new book, above the law the inside story of how the Justice Department tried to subvert President Trump. Before we begin with the book, explain how you became the acting attorney general to us. Great first question. I was chief of staff to attorney general Jeff Sessions starting in october of 2017, i did that for 13 months before general sessions resigned abruptly the day after the elections in 2018 and the president appointed me that day, the acting attorney general utterly bridged the gap between Jeff Sessions and william barr. How did you become Jeff Sessionss chief of staff. Were you a friend of his . One of the things i talk about is how i only met Jeff Sessions once before i was selected to be his chief of staff. I interviewed with him and talked to him many times, mutual friend in the white house and at the Federalist Society recommended me to him and his people. We bonde
So you can buy the book in the tent adjacent to us and go get it signed in the next tent. A portion of every book sold today supports the texas book Festival Mission at all of this is courtesy off bookpeople. Joining me today are two of the authors of this book. Want to start on my far right, michael shear covers President Trump, a veteran Political Correspondent before comingo to the times in 2010, he spent spent 18 years writing about local state and National Politics for the Washington Post what hear is also part of the pulitzer prizewinning team that covered the Virginia Tech shootings in 2007. To my right is Julie Hirschfeld davis, the congressional editor at the new times and deputy washington editor. Washington for 22 years, she joined the times in 2014 as White House Correspondent after bloomberg news, associated press, Baltimore Sun and congressional quarterly, she won the 2009 mckinley award for distinguished reporting of congress, please join me in welcoming our two guests t
Big mistake shooting down a u. S. Drone but adds it may not have been intentional. I have a feeling it was a mistake made by somebody that shouldnt have been doing what they did. Jane ao, the president has been talking trade with canada as Justin Trudeau visits the white house. And, dont look down. We talked to the youngest person onto ever climb el capitanof the most daunting rocks in america. Jane for those watching on pbs and around the globe, welcome to world news america. The u. S and iran find themselves increasingly at odds, this time over the shooting down of a u. S. Drone over the street of hormuz. While the pentagon says it was unprovoked, iran says a plane flew into its airspace. President trump called it a big mistake and he has been meeting congressional leaders discuss. Gary odonoghue has more. Gary the u. S. And iran agree on one thing, that an american drone was shot down by iran. They disagree where it happened. This pentagon footage claims to show it was over Internat
Big mistakshooting down a u. S. Drone but adds it may not have been intentional. I have a feeling it was a mistake made by somebody that shouldnt have been doing what ey did. Jane also, the president has been talking trade with canada as Justin Trudeau visits the white use. D, dont look down. We talked to the youngesperson to ever climb el capitan, one of the most daunting rocks in america. Jane for those watching on pbs and around the globe, welcome to world news america. The u. S. And iran find themselves increasingly at odds, this time over the shooting dn of a u. S. Drone over the street of hormuz. While the pentagon says it was unprovoked, iran says a planent flewits airspace. President trump called it a big mistake and he has been meeting congressional leaders to discuss. Gary odonoghue hasore. Gary the u. S. And iran agree on o thing, that an american drone was shot down by iran. They disagree whe it happened. This pentagon footage claims to showt was over International Waters 2
Signs of red. We are in the yellow, 15 minutes in the maze into San Francisco. Im tracking the fog for you this morning. We are seeing some fog building up across the east bay and the north bay right now. So lets zoom in close and show you whats going on for livermore down to about a quarter mile visibility now. It went from 0 to. 3 miles. Oakland airport 5mile visibility, concord 5 miles there. Napa, just down to a half, santa rosa about a quarter. So the airport in santa rosa, Sonoma County, you see some issues because of that fog. And thats why this dense fog advisory has been issued. Its not going to end until 8 00 this morning. So they are advising drivers of course to keep a distance between you and the car ahead of you. And turn on the fog lights, not your high beams. We are looking at our dublin camera. You can see some of that fog there. But sfo looks like flights are still good to go at this hour. No delays. Temperatures in the 40s and 50s. Right now, the search is on for an