Decemb december k putting together two companies that in terms of programming are similar. Its not like were going from one network that does reality or that type of programming to sports or lots of scripted work or whatnot this is putting those two things together the question is are you better off putting those two together or in this new age of media trying to go into scripted gore into a premium thing scripted. Scripted. But this has been bandied about. For a long time they were two sort of theyre not like outliers that deserve to get together. If it was going to happen, would put these together for scale thats where the synergistic value is some analysts would question this how much more power does a discovery scripps together have in terms of carriage agreement Going Forward . How much value proposition, if you want this channel you have to take this channel that was more scripps problem than a discovery problem zaslav yesterday admitted we are managing through the new times, dau
More on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by Carnegie Corporation of new york. Supporting innovations in education, democratic engagement, and the advancement of International Peace and security. At carnegie. Org. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and individuals. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Sreenivasan 13 dead, scores more hurt, two arrests grim results of todays attack in barcelona, where a speeding vehicle vaulted a sidewalk and drove down its victims. It follows similar attacks across europe, and last weekend, in charlottesville, virginia. For more, we turn to max gayler, reporting for reuters in barcelona, and lorenzo vidino, who leads the program on extremism at George Washington university. Spain hasnt been the site of this attacks. Weve seen a lot of focus on london and france. Yeah, the last time sp
More on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by Carnegie Corporation of new york. Supporting innovations in education, democratic engagement, and the advancement of International Peace and security. At carnegie. Org. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and individuals. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Sreenivasan 13 dead, scores more hurt, two arrests grim results of todays attack in barcelona, where a speeding vehicle vaulted a sidewalk and drove down its victims. It follows similar attacks across europe, and last weekend, in charlottesville, virginia. For more, we turn to max gayler, reporting for reuters in barcelona, and lorenzo vidino, who leads the program on extremism at George Washington university. Spain hasnt been the site of this attacks. Weve seen a lot of focus on london and france. Yeah, the last time sp
He is a vietnam veteran and a life long aficionado of books, maps, chicago sports, and music. This afternoon, he will be speaking on his latest book, the tragedy of u. S. Foreignpolicy, how americas civil religion betrayed the national interest. [applause] thank you very much. It was a wonderfully brief introduction, except you left out my doctoral dissertation. [laughter] mr. Mcdougall i thank you all. The turnout is fantastic. I will try not to let you down. , this is a homecoming, or would be, if the Woodrow Wilson center had not changed so dramatically over the years. I was a wilson fellow in the early 1980s and rose most of my pulitzer prizewinning at the wilson center. Was in those days, it the Smithsonian Castle building, presided over by jim billington, his assistant, and sam wells. Is sam wells still affiliated . Yes, he is. Mr. Mcdougall god bless him. Back in those days in the Smithsonian Castle, there was virtually no security in the building. Those were the days, right . T
And also with that we have [laughter] we have a commentary on the constitution of the United States, two volumes. This is gorgeous. And also what we call the familiar exposition of the constitution of the United States by the joseph story, and with all modesty i must say it has a foreword by me. [laughter] [applause] now if youll join us all, and we have in the foyer we will have a reception where you can personally meet the judge, but before we leave i just want to thank you again personally for being with us for all youve done for the law, and particularly for being with us tonight. Thank you very much. Thank you. [applause] [inaudible conversations] we take you live now to the National Press club for remarks from Veterans Affairs secretary robert mcdonald. You will be speaking today but efforts to improve medical care and other services for veterans. Secretary mcdonald has been on the job for just over 100 days. It took over the department after former secretary Eric Shinseki retire