This week, pales to the best moment of american literature, tom wolfe wrote in one of his manifestoes on behalf of literary realism, we need a battalion of brigade to head out into this one with far and predictable of stopping and three claiming it as liberty property. As the trouble of turning yourself into an america is that you immediately expose being trumped by reality, the critics are forever basing him from going over the top, for using cartoon characters returned is the opposite. Mr. Wolfson satire pains into significance paint with a reality that he tries to capture. Charlotte simmons was born and raised in what grand ther virgid give me virginia and at Yale University and the start of his journalistic career at the university newspaper. University newspaper. I dislike american correspondent for the Washington Post he earned the prize for his coverage of the cuban revoluti revolution. His 1962, he moved to the tribune where he interviewed the Staff Writers signed and a leader
And so if i wanted to say, well, the presidency in humor, humor in the white house didnt quite do it. But then i thought about it some more and actually it does work because neither of the first two president has a sense of humor. So it gets me out of that problem. But, im going to follow the lead of perhaps the most successful humorist in the white house. It might not be the person youre thinking of by doing what he always did, in most cases what he did at the beginning of a talk, he started with a joke. Again, some of you will have heard this joke, but please pretend you havent heard it before and laugh at the appropriate point. So this is a joke and this is a key to part of my story. That Ronald Reagan used to tap. And the key is, as youll see, Ronald Reagan was effectively telling the story on himself. It related to a time in his career when he didnt know sort what he was doing or where he was going. As you will know of Ronald Reagan, he had two careers primarily. He was a film act
A moron and hes unfit to be president and were trying to help bring them out publicly to say what they believe about trump privately to say that publicly he had republicans going against shrum but as you know written a couple of books including what does it. Have to be about you know what he said about you youre a one time bad congressman from illinois and then trump said you lost in the 2nd term by a landslide and then you failed in radio you see what trump thinks of you and your attitude to him and not winning in november. Type praise asked him any time data would trump goes after you you know youre making a difference look a lot of people have left the Republican Party we dont talk about that enough that will trump always prattles on about how to 90 percent of republicans support him you know what a lot of people no longer identify as Republican Trump support is like a sinking ship there are a lot of former republicans and conservatives out there who want nothing to do with them and
2027488001. And if youre a medical professional, call 2027488002. Good friday evening. Well begin, as we always do, was with the numbers. Curment of johns hob kinls university. 2. 2 million cases across the globe and more than 153,000 depths as a result of covid19. In the United States, 692,000 confirmed cases and nearly 7,000 deaths in the u. S. Joining us from baltimore is dr. Leana wen, the former president of planned parenthood the city commissioner from baltimore. Shes the author of a book and the visiting professor of Health Policy and management at George Washington university. Dr. Wen, thank you for being with us on cspan. Guest of course. Happen happy to join you and thank you for the invitation. Host there are reporters that in the city youre in, in philadelphia, in chicago and washington, d. C. , we have not reached the peak yet. What does that tell snull guest two things. One, when we hear we have yet to reach the peak, it definitely brings a level of fear because we dont k
Coronavirus here on cspan. Did you Say Something to if and someone over there . You are all by yourself. You. Good afternoon, everybody. Not exactly the easter weekend that irving berlin, fred astaire, and judy garland envisioned an Easter Parade but here we are. I am honored to be joined by the commissioner of the department of health. To her right is the state epidemiologist. Thank you for being with us. And another guy who does not need an introduction, the superintendent of the state police, colonel pat callahan. I want to acknowledge jared maples, the director of Homeland Security and preparedness. We have other colleagues with us. Thank you for joining us. Permission and i am flying police colors today. I want to give the chief and his men and women a big shout out for all of the great work they are doing. Im still loyal to the state. Olice lets get to the numbers. Since we met yesterday, we have been notified that 3599 more. Esidents have tested positive the statewide total rest