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February 20, 2018
There was no evidence of any collusion in there. there was nothing that referenced his campaign. it was all, you know, rod rosenstein the deputy attorney general went as far to point out this at his press conference. but as the weekend wore on the president saw the narrative wasnt heading that way, that the narrative was there was russian meddling in the election. this was something that had helped the president get elected, and he went full force to do everything he could through his favorite m...
February 20, 2018
December i actually hadnt asked about collusion, but he had jumped on it on his own. you sort of saw that again this weekend where he took to twitter to try and turn the narrative in terms of russia back towards his favor. its our understanding that the president initially saw the indictments that came out on friday as a good thing for him. there was no evidence of any collusion in there. there was nothing that referenced his campaign. it was all, you know, rod rosenstein the deputy attorney gen...
February 18, 2018
Schoolboys, is now arguably the hottest rock n roll band in the world. their last album "the joshua tree" has so far sold 13 million copies worldwide. >> u2 somehow in the video age were still developing and become a great band and maintaining that kind of connection with people and not getting the message lost in the medium. >> we spent the last ten years finding out how to be in u2. well spend the next ten years seeing what u2 can do. lilly.
February 18, 2018
>> television at its best is a mirror of society in the moment. >> "st. elsewhere" challenged people and challenged you as an actor, much less the audience to think. the stuff they gave you was extreme. and what they did, whether they were dealing with aids or having one of their main doctor characters raped in a prison. >> they tackled lots of difficult subjects. >> "st. elsewhere" was run by people who were trying to stretch the medium, and in the 80s television producers were encouraged to st...
February 16, 2018
Quantity of the american public have already accepted a lot of the themes and these narratives russia put out for some time. the united states is the last nation to getyou, brian, america is the last nation to get this treatment. europe has dozens upon dozens of these conservative ethno nationalist groups out there that now control governments, like austria, poland and the russians have been carrying out these operations for years against them. and we only got it in 2016. >> twitter penetration ...
February 12, 2018
Flower wapots to keep him from coming back. christian shows the lengths that authorities are prepared to go to, to keep homeless people away from spots they might find comfortable. the heat from the metro attracts people from here. the spot was removed after christians tweet allowing proof that twitter is making a difference. including, as his profile, he receives gifts, like rechargers for mobile phones that he shares. twitter is a medium thats allowed him to share love and angry outbursts. but...
February 11, 2018
Schoolboys, is now arguably the hottest rock and roll band in the world. their last album "the joshua tree" has so far sold 13 million copies worldwide. >> u2 somehow in the video age were still developing and become a great band and maintaining that kind of connection with people and not getting the message lost in the medium. >> we spent the last ten years finding out how to be in u2. well spend the next ten years seeing what u2 can do. (phone line ringing) lieutenant ray speaking.
February 11, 2018
People. >> the pbs childrens programming in the 70s became the platinum standard on the planet for how you use this medium to educate kids. ♪ would you be mine could you be mine wont you be my neighbor ♪ >> it was fred rogers who made it okay to speak to an audience of kids like they were human beings. >> there are some new things that are very difficult to understand in a newspaper. >> every now and then i think back to mr. rogers and i think, he would say dont be scared, life is good, life...
February 11, 2018
And violence only begets violence. >> from the underground, that radical left wing group, the weathermen promises more attacks on the establishment around the entire country starting next week. the medium for this message was a tape recording reputedly by the weatherman rebel leader, bernadine donor. >> sisters and brothers, we are not just attacking targets. we are bringing a pitiful, help giant to its knees. guard your children, guard your doors. >> at one minute before 1:00 this morning, the ...
February 11, 2018
>> it may be the first time that television allowed an embracing of black pride. >> them is free. is free, honey. >> one of the reasons that "roots" was so incredibly popular is not because abc had so much faith in it, but because abc didnt. >> earlier miniseries were broadcast in weekly installments. and the abc executives determined that if "roots" were to fail, they could just be done with it in seven or eight nights. >> it was high risk, high reward. if it didnt work, you were out a lot of t...