Officers around the my grandmother, she was very beautiful. My grandfather had been trying to talk to her. When the ship shook, they rushed to go upstairs and do what they had to do. They left her standing there. Grandfather fell in behind her going to the step to the upper deck and they came running back. They said her father was dead and my grandmother fainted. Into the arms of the president ial. Caught her tenderly and gently. This week, the encore presentation of our original series first ladies. Anna harrisonto belies a johnson, all this week at 9 00 on cspan. During tonights program, join in the conversation at. Facebookcom. Inside the Media Business this is a huge story because it is the first time that a true digital native has stepped into one of the legacy Media Businesses and broadcasting companies. If he acts in any way like he did in disrupting the Book Publishing business, the bookselling business, the delivery of streaming media and certainlye commerce, mr. Bezos will pr
War. Booktv in prime time continues this week. Tonight after the communicators, well bring you authors from book fairs and festivals. At 8 30 p. M. Eastern, we begin with Oscar Goodman at freedom fest. He talks about being oscar from mob lawyer to mayor of las vegas. After that, well go to this years printers row Literary Festival to hear about the cooked seed. Then on to bookexpo be america in new york city city with erica jong who talks about fear of flying. And we finish with author and radio talk show host larry elder at the Los Angeles Times festival of books as he discusses his memoir about his troubled relationship with his father in dear father, dear son. Booktv in prime time all this week on cspan2. Cspan, created by americas Cable Companies in 1979, brought to you as a Public Service by your television provider. Host well, with the announcement this week that the Washington Post has been sold to jeff bethos, we thought wed take this opportunity to look at changes in the newsp
Reasons. It was wrong to say it in the context of the campaign. It was wrong to say it in the context of a major speech. He implications of that are if you go before the American People and tell them the war is over or almost over or al qaeda is on its last legs, it makes it very hard to defend it weeks later when the nsa program has expanded so much. Sideyou want allies on our , Standing Firm against islamic terrorism, after the president says the war is almost over i support the nsa program. We went through the nuances. Apart from the isolationist the blameart from America First crowd in congress, one of the main reasons why we have a hard time maintaining support for programs such as the nsa is because the president has undercut us. He speaks in a schizophrenic way. He should be the one out there on national television. He should be the one of there, instead of talking about phony scandals, he should be talking about the speeches he has made about islamic terrorism and tell us why t
Will be the subject of my weather dissertation in a few minutes. The bart contract negotiations. No deal on those talks. Bart and Union Leaders have less than 48 hours to strike a deal before workers walk off the job. Contract talks resume this morning. Union members will hold a press conference in San Franciscos Mission district. Key sticking points in the negotiation, worker safety, pensions, and Health Care Costs. Yesterday bart workers stormed barts Board Meeting demanding the chief negotiator be replaced. They shut down for four days. Political leaders are going public with urgent efforts to bring about a settlement. Over 28 days of a contract extension there have been accusations of both sides of little progress in negotiations. The state labor secretary says hes disappointed. They havent reached an agreement yet. Thats my concern. Theres been mediation, theres been involvement of officials all over the state. Closer isnt good enough. They have to reach a deal. Governor brown sen
Adults are most at ristic. Twothirds of the senate is over the age of 60. And the average age of house members is nearly 60 years old. Right now three men over the age of 70 are in contention for the white house. The president has no rallies in his schedule but both Bernie Sanders and joe biden do. Given the risks, were wondering how long politics as usual can be politics as usual. They have made a commitment of their life to serve publicly, and thats what theyre doing. There are just risks that people take. And there are relative risks. And each individual makes up their mind for their own safety. Youre saying that they, from where you sit, they are putting themselves they are taking a risk . Well, i dont know really hardly anything about the underlying conditions of these people. Im not just talking about elderly people. Im talking about elderly people, particularly those with underlying conditions. Though the president is not Holding Still interacting with supporters. Today in ore l