Hes a war hero because he was captured. I like people who werent captured, okay . I hate to tell you. Do you agree with that . Hes a war hero because he was captured, okay . And i believe perhaps hes a war hero, but right now he said some very bad things about a a lot of people. Stuart that comment, as you might imagine, did not go down very well. He is answering his critics in an op to you would in the usa today. Heres one of the quotes. John mccain has could his own constituents who want a secure border crazies no one including the Republican National committee criticize the senator for those comments. Hes not back down on what he said about john mccain. With us this morning ashly webster. Ill start with you, katherine. Lets get right at it, shall we . Do you think trumps finished . I dont think hes going to admit hes finished or be it should as long as people are still listening to him which is really what this is about. He was doing very well in the polls, but i think as we get a l
Within your means please pot buy books at the book tent. This festival is free to all of us, but book sales are important because it helps publishers and convinces them to send their authors to the book festival and we would like to continue to make this festival grow. Its now my great privilege to introduce our speaker, Sidney Blumenthal was the former assistant and Senior Advisor to president bill clinton and Senior Advisory to Hillary Clinton and began his career as a journalist and has been an National Staff reporter for the washington post. Washington editor and staff writer for the new yorker and Senior Writer for the new republic as well as contributor to many other publications. He has also written several bestsellers, the clinton wars, rise of the counter establishment and the Permanent Campaign and has worked in television and film was executive producer for the Academy Awards taxi to the dark side. He is here with us today to talk about his newest book, wrestling with his an
Proceedings lincoln knew how to use a fun to advantage, an opposing liar who claimed he could bring a man to prove an alibi heard lincoln shooting back i have no doubt you can bring a man to prove a lie by. You can watch this and other programs online a book tv. Org. Book tv tapes hundreds of other programs throughout country all year long. Heres a look at some events we will cover this week. Monday, National Press club in washington where derek grapple report on the us governments doomsday plan. That evening we fly out to california where former speechwriter and Senior Advisor to president richard nixon, pat buchanan will shed light on the inmate nixon administration. On wednesday, to the macarthur memorial where Washington Post Foreign Correspondent peter eisner will recall how the contingent of filipinos and americans survived Japanese Occupation of the philippines during world war ii. Also that evening in denver at the chatter cover bookstore to hear Laura Cardwell discuss how 14 e
Commemoration and reflection. Our speaker today is gordon kray. Gordon and i go way back to our days when they were on campus. He was from massachusetts and i was from lexington. Both of us had spent our lives in virginia. He studied history at william and mary. We were sticking cigarettes and the mouths of sculptures. Gordon has gone on to be a prominent sculptor. For many of you, if you have been to st. Matthews cathedral, you will see his culture there. You will also see one of his sculptures in washington, d. C. Most prominently in colonial williamsburg. You will find it in front of the red building at the college of william and mary. It looked worse for wear by 1958. It was put on display in front of the library. This was dedicated in the fall of 1993. Introduced by people who have been walking on the street. Now he has taken his talents to sculpting james monroe. In watching gordon work and being aware of the intensity with which he understands the person he is sculpting, it occu
Vote. Donald trump pushing hard for a yes vote. He says there is still time to do the right thing. He tweeted republicans should step up to the plate, crunch time has arrived. Todays vote dominates politics. How about money . A race to be the richest person in the world, jeff bezos close to exceeding bill gates after another high for the stock. Amazons founder is 3 billion behind. This guy, mark soderberg, is worth 70 billion. Facebook stock hit another record high and that stock has made him an extra 20 billion this calendar year. Watch out larry page and sergei brin, the google guys, their stock will come down and network will take a minor hit. The money story of the day, the massive wealth and power of the five Big Technology companies, the political story, the senate vote crucial to the Trump Presidency and political future of the Republican Party, highstakes indeed. And we are looking at another new high for the Dow Jones Industrials, up 100, 29 minutes from now. Varney and compan