A ba in history from the university of missouri, kansas city to be a government from dartmouth followed by both ma and phd degrees in government from Georgetown University. He worked 10 years as a newspaper journalist before becoming a professor and his lectured widely on the news media the presidency and elections before us and international audiences. A prolific scholar he has written seven books including president ial communication and character. The nightly news nightmare spinner in chief and his most recent late night with trump political hero and the american presidency. His also the author or coauthor of dozens of scholarly articles of the presidency the mass media us Public Opinion and virginia politics. His political commentary has appeared in a wide range of Media Outlets including the New York Times the Washington Post. Pbs news hour cspan and bbc world his currently professor of Political Science and International Affairs and direct of the center for leadership and media s
Elections before us and international audiences. A prolific scholar he has written seven books including president ial communication and character. The nightly news nightmare spinner in chief and his most recent late night with trump political hero and the american presidency. His also the author or coauthor of dozens of scholarly articles of the presidency the mass media us Public Opinion and virginia politics. His political commentary has appeared in a wide range of Media Outlets including the New York Times the Washington Post. Pbs news hour cspan and bbc world his currently professor of Political Science and International Affairs and direct of the center for leadership and media studies at the university of mary, washington. Hes also taught choices in Political Science journalism and political communication at Georgetown University Mcgill University and george mason university. During his tenure at Mary Washington dr. Farnsworth has earned the reputation of being an outstanding tea
Todays discussion is defender in chief Donald Trumps fight for president ial power. Thanks for joining us today. S. Im one of the oldest people on staff talking about a book, without the relationships i have asked aei. Lets jump into the book. You summarize the overall argument of the book that donald trump, quote, has returned to the frames original vision of the presidency, and office of unity, vigor and independence in securing the benefits of an energetic executive, trump may have done the nation his greatest service. Elaborate on that and describe the argument of the book. Guest that is great writing. I should have taken a third of the words out of that. One long sentence. A fair summary of the book. When trump ran for president i was wary of him. He wasnt my first pick for president and one reason i was wary of him is he is a populist in the constitution fears populists. Think about populism, fdr, Andrew Jackson and even abraham lincoln, people think they have popular will behind
Discusses his book. And the federal response to the coronavirus with democratic congressman jamie raskin. Video from yesterday of President Trump announcing further federal and military intervention in the aftermath of the killing of george floyd. After those comments, the president strode through ofayette park cleared protesters to briefly visit a historic church, st. Johns church, which had been partially burned the night before. Welcome to washington journal. Getting your thoughts on what you heard it from the president to end the continued unrest in cities. For those of you in the eastern and central time zones, 202 7488000. 202 in and pacific, 7488001. You can send us a text at 202 7488003. We welcome your comments on twitter as well. That is http twitter. Com cspanwj. About 12dent speaking hours ago in the rose garden before he made the trip to st. Johns church. Here is the reporting of the washington times. Forces onilizes anarchists. After he that soon spoke National Guard troo
It is absolutely stunning. We just got thumped. I mean, i know that everybody got a lot of snow and this was a big storm, but i feel like somebody played a joke on me. Yeah. This is an insane amount of snow. I will pack some of it into cooler and send it to you. Rachel, you had Jim Rutenberg on talking about that New York Times article which is just amazing, and by the way, must be said, beautifully written. I think it may be the best written yeah. Of the trump investigative pieces. Andrew weissmann is going to join us on the same subject to pick up where you left off which to me is are there new crimes in this reporting that were looking at . Yeah. The times uses the very gentle word, extralegal. Does that mean illegal . Andrew weissmann is going to take us through it and tell us what he sees in that reporting. Excellent. Its really well timed. Tomorrow were going to see the response from the president s defense team, such as it is, to the Impeachment Charges and the Impeachment Charg