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Up next Lawrence Odonnell talks about his book playing with fire. And the transformation of american politics, which recalls the turmoil of the 1968 president ial election. We recorded this in washington to d. C. In 2017. This 1968 election, was the first when i was alert for. I was in high school, i remember zero of the 1964 election, just the one right before that. And i remember just flashes of 1960, because it was a giant deal for Irish Catholic boys in boston. And one of us was on his way t...

Notion that it couldnt happen, that they could not elect a catholic president of the United States. If you know our political history for the decades preceding that with al smith and others there was evidence that , you cannot elect a catholic, and that was all transcended and exploded one night in november 1960. And so the world we were looking at in 1968 when i could really finally Pay Attention was a world coming apart in the United States. The vietnam war is raging, we had an incumbent presi...

1968 was the year where the real decisions between the party that we see now were first locked in cement and we saw as one of the more poignant scenes in this book what literally became the last liberal standing on a Republican Convention stage in 1968, and it was the moment when mayor john lindsay of new york was forced at least half against his will to second the nomination of spiro agnew to be president of the United States after lindsay himself wanted to get that nomination, he then had to s...

Service to every city deserves. My honorable friend, as always, speaking on behalf of his constituents. We know it is a place you want to be able to visit frequently and easily. The government is investing record amounts to improving our railways in regard to a particular case to transport ministers working with crosscountry to see how the Gloucester Service can be improved. Order. [inaudible conversations] cspan2 we leave the british house of commons as members move on to other business. You ha...

Service to every city deserves. My honorable friend, as always, speaking on behalf of his constituents. We know it is a place you want to be able to visit frequently and easily. The government is investing record amounts to improving our railways in regard to a particular case to transport ministers working with crosscountry to see how the Gloucester Service can be improved. Order. [inaudible conversations] cspan2 we leave the british house of commons as members move on to other business. You ha...

The openingaight to market in asia. David lets get a really quick rehab recap of what happened overnight, not a big one. You have an overlap of constituents, but have a look at mexico and brazil. That is the emerging markets, so we had goldman joined by jpmorgan. Seeing the funds will continue. The e. M. Weibo continue whether it is equity or incomes. Equity, goldman says in india, that is where e. M. Equity managers manages income in both countries. Lets move over to asia. Four markets open at ...

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Clinton. Take a look at the real clear politics average for most june. It shows mr. Trump trailing by more than six points. Where does it go from here . Kristen fisher is watching the campaign and the polls from our washington bureau. Hi, kristen. Reporter hey, hello. Two new polls out this morning and both give Hillary Clinton the advantage, but by drastically different margins. An nbc news wall street journal poll has clinton ahead by five points, 46 to 41 but an abc news oh, Washington Post p...

Involvements right now. As we begin the broadcast on this monday evening, i want to tell you a few bombs that have dropped since we were last on the air just of course on friday night. First, the New York Times bombshell that trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani is under criminal investigation. Second, President Trump taking in that potentially Grave Development and doubling down by embracing giuliani at a lunch meeting this weekend. Third, the acting department of Homeland Security secretary is now out. ...

Ronald Surtz, professor of Spanish and Portuguese languages and literatures, emeritus, died peacefully at home in Cranbury, New Jersey, on Nov. 14. He was 75.