And questions for the Stanford University medical dean, dr. Lloyd miner, joining us from california. The phone lines are joint the phone lines are open, host [indiscernible] ,ur numbers are 202 7488000 ,202 7488001, 202 7488002 and you can join us on facebook. Cspan. We begin with the numbers from john hopkins university, now 0orldwide more than 530,00 cases across the globe, 24,000 deaths, the u. S. Surpassing china with more than 8700 cases of the coronavirus. The house and senate, acting quickly on a massive spending bill. Joining us in studio is alex bolton of the hill. Com, the Senate Passing 960 that bill, and i dont think i have ever seen about total that large. Alex i cant remember you nanas miss vote on legislation of such significance, and it is remarkable, especially given partisan fighting over the weekend and late into the night. It got acrimonious. Republicans and democrats accusing each other of politicizing the crisis, but in the end everyone voted for the bill, even th
Test. Test. Test. Test. Test. Test. Test. So nixon was wrong on that one. Bill clinton talked to him a lot, which was strange, considering no two politiciansing hapoliticians could have ever been more opposite. And hillary had been on the staff of the Judiciary Committee that had voted to impeach him. But clinton respected him and listened to him. And nixon was sort of he wasnt he didnt despair about the fact he didnt have a great influence in his exile years. But he was a realist enough to know that he was not like at that point, he didnt even reach the class of kissinger who really did have all their ears and probably had much more influential input. Yes, sir . In light of all youve learned in all the research, if you could interview Richard Nixon, what one question would you most like to ask him . What one question would i like to ask Richard Nixon if i could interview, other than why didnt you burn the tapes. Im fascinated about the formative years. People say i write too much abou
In he is the author of three books , attorneys ofrrow the dammed, and to oneill and the democratic century. Tonights talk will center on his third book, about Richard Nixon. Its a biography of the 30 37 37th president of the United States. He was a finalist for the pulitzer prize. Join the program, please us in the atrium for book signings. Please join us in welcoming mr. Pharrell to the program. [applause] thanks very much. That was terrific. Thank you. Groucho marx used to say, after that kind of introduction, i can hardly wait to hear what i have to say. Its a great honor to be at the smithsonian because at a time when history and may be objective knowledge is under the smithsonian is this great, wonderful institution, asset that we have, and today i was reading through the Smithsonian Magazine website and they had this marvelous story ofut how the black curator an africanamerican museum in virginia got together with the white curator of the museum of and togethercy, they set down o
Globe. He served on the spotlight team. In his capacity as a journalist he has covered congress, the Supreme Court and every president ial campaign from 1980 through 2012. In addition he served as a senior politicals correspondent for the center for public integrity, a Nonprofit Center for Investigative Journalism in dc. In 1996 he received the prize and award from the White House Correspondent association for coverage of the presidency, the first time anyone had captured the first in a single year. Hes a frequent guest including at harvard, the us military academy, university of chicago and other institutions abroad. Hes the author of three books. Tonight his talk focuses on his third book about Richard Nixon, a biography of the 37th president of the United States. This book has won the award for best biography of the year, the New York Historical society and was a finalist for the pulitzer prize. After the program please join us in the atrium where his book is for sale for signing. P
Hamas is a bunch of cowards that are hiding behind the civilians, they put their their headquarters where civilians are and buildings and the like, but to the extent that they can separate out and avoid im confident the israelis will do everything in their power to avoid the killing of innocent civilians. Lets get straight to israel where cnns Nic Robertson is. Nic, what is the latest on the ground at this hour . Reporter its been a relatively quiet day in terms of rocket strikes, missiles, artillery going into gaza and not many missiles coming out of gaza, either. It creates the impression that there is not a pause but at least diminution in the amount of Military Activity to perhaps give some space to some of the political discussions. I said that and you heard the explosion behind me. Yes, the afternoon has become increasingly punctuated by heavy explosions. That does sound like a Missile Strike landing on gaza there. And perhaps as we go into darkness i think we are beginning to se