C. B. S. Wonderful man and i said to i want to get in a radio what should i do and he said get down to miami you know union lot of stations lot of radio more stations and the market needs and so youll find older guys. And younger guys. Very few 40 year olds. To be good chance of breaking in and i knocked on doors and small station w. H. R. In miami beach gave me a job was a dish sarky and on may 1st 19 fifties. I saw it on the air and from that moment when that light went on and i told the audience it was my 1st day i never never gave a lively audience. I. I found my magic so my dreams of what it was always were now i had Program Directors i didnt like i had management maybe but i never ever. And that light went on. Didnt like what i was doing. Your natural yeah i think i think the good broadcasters. Are naturals and i had the good fortune to be around people like the godfrey and Jackie Gleason while godfrey i cohost of the show with him for a week and taught me so much and jackie told
A kid from brooklyn who. Walked the streets with my friends and who always want to be on the air i dont know why but i was trance was really you know and i was that little poor kid we won relief my father had died when i was in. New york city bought my 1st pair of glasses i think what it means is rick i never forgot where i came from and thats true to this minute i never forgot where i came from so im 85 years old but im the kid from brooklyn ive lived brooklyn but brooklyn never left me so thats part of my soul thats and thats what i brought to the business being curious being that kid went to dodger games all my friends. I would want autographs i would want to ask questions i remember running down the street with car for oh there are roads you get that on how did you learn to throw the 3rd base like that i was fascinated with asking questions born to do interviews where i was born to be what i do this whole thing started in miami for you did Brooklyn Miami get us there i always wante
And now Pulitzer Prize winner Caroline Fraser discusses the life and novels of Laura Ingalls wilder. She explained the differences between actual events in the authors life, the little house on the prairie book series, and the television adaptation. The Jefferson County, Missouri Library hosted this event. Good evening, everybody. We are really thrilled to see you here tonight. This is the third and final program in this series. We kept miss fraser very busy for the last two days and weve had wonderful crowds turned out each time. We sold out of the books. It has been really very satisfying. To have cspan here taping this to show on television is just the icing on the cake. Its such a wonderful feeling to know that something so positive representing Jefferson County will be on national television. My job tonight. [applause] is to introduce the two people on the podium who will be conducting this conversation. Jane henderson is the book editor at the st. Louis post dispatch. She grew up
Plus reverberations are being felt after the doublewhammy from attorney general bill barr who said, no, the Justice Department has not found any widespread evidence of voter fraud, yes, he did appoint a special ounce sell to probe the origins of the trump russia investigation. Critics calling out nasdaq to force companies to include women and minorities on their boards. They say it is another example focus on identity politics taking precedent over efficient capitalism. President obama, remember him, attacks the party about defunding police. They need more than snappy slogans. That is drawing sharp criticism from his fellow democrats. Im gerry baker in for elizabeth mccdonald. The evening edit starts right now. Gerry we begin tonight on capitol hill where there is potential progress on delivering a covid relief package. Fox news Congressional Correspondent chad pergram has the details. Chad . Reporter good evening, gerry. The Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell is pushing socalled s
Thinks. Well talk to congressman cedrick rich b monday of louisiana and republican senator kevin cramer. A covid explosion. More sick than i have ever seen in my life. They just drop so fast. Daily case records being set. Were in an utter emergency here. A quarter million americans now dead. The Trump Administration refusing to confer with the biden team. Were in a very serious situation. We can do something about it. Vaccine help is on the way. We had enough vaccine doses between these two vaccines of about 20 million during the month of december. This morning youll hear my conversation with dr. Fauci and ill talk to the head of operation warp speed. Join iing me for inside and analysis are hallie jackson, eddie glaude jr. And anna palmer and john podhoretz. Welcome to sunday. Its meet the press. Is from nbc news in washington, the longest running show in television history, this is meet the press with chuck todd. Good sunday morning. In the days immediately following joe bidens victo