not simply a democracy at. we re but something that could actually destroy american democracy, another hour of velshi begins right now. hi begins right now. good morning, it is sunday january the 8th. i am ellen kevin mccarthy s new election as the speaker of the house, it was a historic one if not exactly for the best reasons. the first time for a speakership was divot sided on a multiple, ballots are where occurrence in the scope of all american history. mccarthy s bid this year was only the 15th time that has happened, it was 15 ballots but it was only the 15th time that it is happened. there were only four other instances when the volker shut went on for longer, all of which were in the 1800s, which was an era in which political parties were influx and factions were ideologically split over the issue of slavery. take the 16th congress as an example. henry clay was initially elected as the speaker at the start of the term and 1819 but, he opted to step down in the midd
in the book a number of times, and there are lots of conversations about all american and what that means, and i think a lot about when i was a kid i wanted to be a child actor and model. a child actor and model. it didn t work out, but i will never forget the casting director who said oh yes, brandon, we would like to handle you because you, brandon, look like the all american boy. and the implicit racism in that that there is one single image that there is that definite article defines this is part of what we are playing within the title of the book, that is absurd and racist to reduce things to that way. i remember a conversation that jason and i were having about the title at one point and jason saying, that term all american kind of felt like a slur. because it felt exclusive the way that it was so often used in pop culture. and so we wanted to play with
you have a 20-year-old college kid from queens new york going to an aeronautics school near laguardia airport. you would think, and the pictures of him showing him in his graduation cap. he looks like the all american boy. the fbi has recordings of an online posting that suggested this was a guy that was actively looking to mount an attack. is. you also write because you have had a lot of sources that have given you lots of information to paint a disturbing scenario as we are in the holiday weekend. you are right that the other cell that worried officials as the holiday approached was comprised of two men from boston and a third from rhode island. the three allegedly plotting at one point to be ahead of the anti-muslim agitator in new york. that s what the fbi says and
who is the best? spits or phelps. the peak of both of you, who would win? selfishly maybe i might beat him. spits s inspiring advice and escape from a terror attack with the whole world watching. this is piers morgan tonight. mark spits is a true olympic legend long before michael phelps was swimming in the pool. he won seven gold medals and 40 years later he remains an icon and american hero. welcome. my pleasure. what s it like being an american icon? probably more than not being an icon. i thrusted into that opportunity in 1972 and didn t realize my performance would elevate to a level where people would look at something special. i remember it vividly. it was the first olympic games i ever watched on television with any kind of interest or be old enough to understand. all i remember is you were this incredible fish. every time you went in the water, everyone else had to get out. you destroyed everyone. you had the most incredible mustache. it s now gone.
would win? selfishly maybe i might beat him. spits s inspiring advice and escape from a terror attack with the whole world watching. this is piers morgan tonight. mark spitz is a true olympic legendong before michael phelps was swimming in the pool. he won seven gold medals and 40 years later he remains an icon and american hero. welcome. my pleasure. what s it like being an american icon? probably more than not being an icon. i thrusted into that opportunity in 1972 and didn t realize my performance would elevate to a level where people would look at something special. i remember it vividly. it was the first olympic games i ever watched on television with any kind of interest or be old enough to understand. all i remember is you were this incredible fish. every time you went in the water, everyone else had to get out. you destroyed everyone. you had the most incredible mustache. it s now gone. i grew that out of spite because the college coach said you need t