We hear you. And we stand with you. We are steeped in the good evening, america. Im katie britt, and i have the honor of serving the great people of alabama. But tonight, ill be auditioning for the part of scary mom. And ill be performing an original monologue called, this country is hell. You see, im not just a senator. Im a wife, a mother, and the craziest [ bleep ] in the target parking lot. First and foremost, im a mom. And like any mom, im going to do a pivot Out Of Nowhere into a shockingly violent story about Sex Trafficking. And rest assured, every detail about it is real, except the year, where it took place, and who was president when it happened. And tonight, i am not just responding to the State Of The Union, i am also selling these bejewelled cross necklaces. Kitchens are where families have the hard conversations, like the one well have tomorrow about how mommy freaked out the entire country. To the American People who are struggling right now, know this, we hear you. We
Recent book insane clown met iab in depth, your most recent book insane clown president dispatches from the 2016 circus. You write about donald trump, quote, no ordinary conman, he is way above average, the american political system is his easiest mark ever. That was early in the campaign. That was in march 2016. It was around the time he was sewing up the republican nomination and the purpose of that article, this is a compilation of articles to try to explain the trump phenomenon to people who were for the first time having to take it seriously and come to grips that this was happening. I took a different approach to trump and tried to listen to what his supporters were saying and focus on what he was doing. My take on him that he was a Brilliant Media manipulator who was perfectly suited to play on the weaknesses of the american political media and that turned out to be true. I wish i had stuck to my guns. Later on in the book i didnt believe he would be president. Host the day afte
Matt, and your most recent book, insane, president , youre right about President Trump quote, he is no ordinary conman, he is way above average in the american political system is his easiest mark ever. That was early in the campaign. I think that was it in march of 2016. It was just around the time that he was filling up the republican mom nomination. The the purpose of this article was to try to explain the trump phenomenon to people who were for the first time having to take it seriously and having to come to grips with the fact that this was happening. I took a different approach to trump and try to listen what his supporters were saying. My take on him was that he was a Brilliant Media manipulator and he was perfectly suited to play on all the weaknesses of the american political media. That turned out to be true. I wish i had stuck to my guns on that because i thought he was going to be president. And then later on in the book i do not believe that. The day after the election you
Switch up the board, dollar on the back foot yesterday, front foot today. Another piece of top data. Time warner has come out with adjusted earnings per share of 1. 49. At 7. 3 billion. Billion hbo5 at 1. 15 billion. They are reaffirming their fullyear outlook and the stock is currently down 1. 5 in the premarket. Pre 74. 32 unchanged. Ondo have beating estimates the eps side and earning side. David two in a row for me. Now, back to politics. Donald trump won big last night in indiana. Delegates tonough secure the nomination. He commended ted cruzs decision to suspend his campaign. I did not expect this. Braveed did is a very thing to do and a great thing to do because we want to bring unity to the Republican Party. We have to bring unity. It is so much easier if we have it [applause]. [applause] david this is not what the political pundits would have predicted. i think ted cruz dropping out last night has been unexpected. Donald trump is going to get the nomination. That is a fact. Me
As someone who lives in austin, its nice to have this weather. I am welcoming it. I was hard all summer long. I was very excited to get to interview david westin, somebody ive admired from afar. And he has written exit interview, a book i hope you all get. If youre watching this at your home or you are here in the audience, its an extraordinary book about his time running abc news in 19972010. He was therefore all of the big moments of our recent history, and of all personalities and the broadcasting journalism business, so its a delight and a real welcome. Thank you very much. Great to be with you. [applause] before i get into your book i just want to ask you about your own trajectory. Did you ever plan on where we you brought up . Did you every think about being in journalism as a teenager or College Student . Im a proud michigander, north of here. Yeah, exactly, from flint, believe it or not. I was born in flint, michigan. I went to law school and became a lawyer and clerk for Justi