In texas, and its a long and tangled tale. You can read about it in the book. But its really astonishing that schreiber, the former Surgeon General of the third reich, was living in texas. But as i said, the cold war was heating up, and this was the threat. The threat was that the soviets, who, bill the way, had their own program of german scientist, they got a lot of rocket scientists, but unlike our program, we sort of put the german scientists on pedestals. Pedestals and treated them with great regard and made them the top dogs of our program. The soviets loathed the germans. There was deep animosity from the war, and so their german rocket scientists were kept at a second tier and they were actually squeezed of the information, and sent back to germany by the russians, at which point the cia stepped in, grabbed up all those german scientists to learn what they could about the soviet missile program, but what they learned was nothing, because the soviets didnt share with the gem ger
Set, the end of the encore. And, that was maybe a month or so after she died, and i felt like it was janis coming to say goodbye. Janis came down the ramp, and there was this little girl needing approval and comfort and she said, was it okay, was i okay . And i said, you were great [ theme ] bill hello friends and neighbors good thursday morning. Great to see you this morning. Early in the morning here on current tv. Welcome to the full court press. For the next three hours well be telling you all about the big stories of the day. Whether it is happening here in our Nations Capital around the country or around the globe were on top of it. Well give you a chance to tell us what you think about it at 186655press. Theres lot going on this morning here in washington, yesterday, congressman Jesse Jackson jr. Pleaded guilty to misuse of Campaign Funds. It looks like he and his wife will be spending some time in prison. Very sad to see his career ruined like that. Florida governor rick scott
Up almost immediately. This is a deep embarrassment for kim jong un. Happening as u. S. Warships are heading to the region to deter this very sort of provocation. Now, that north korea fired something is really not a surprise. Theres been speculation for weeks that a Nuclear Missile test was in the works. What isnt clear is the reaction or the extent of reaction particularly from the United States. President trump has said that north korea is a problem that will be dealt with. But so far on the test hes been silent. With only a brief statement acknowledging the test, and the failure. That was coming from the defense secretary, general james mattis. Vice president pence has waded toig this into this tension in the region. Tomorrow hes meeting with south korean officials on u. S. Securitiesy assurances, but the Vice President has barely acknowledged this latest test. Suggesting this is official white house policy. At least for the time being to deny north korea the attention that its see
Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. Today, multiple reports that people within the president s inner circle are considering firing the attorney general. That reporting comes amid increasingly strange barrage of strange utterances itself. President trump and his advisers are privately discussing the possibility of replacing attorney general Jeff Sessions and some floating prospects of who could take his place where he would resign or be fired according to people familiar with the talks. Members of trumps inner circle have increasingly raised the question as president continued to vent his truss frags with the attorney general the people said. Today the president s new press secretary was asked about sessions appearance today at the white house. There are some reports that at the white house today can you share any information about that . Sure. I can confirm he was at the white house. But he did not meet with the president while he was there today. Sanders confirming sessions wi
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