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In those chapters, i tried to get out of the way as an author and let the reader experience exactly what was said at that time. after he was shot, bobby clung to life for about 26 hours. then on this day, june 6th exactly 50 years ago, frank monkowitz who worked for bobby kennedy and loved bobby kennedy had to make the most painful announcement that any presidential campaign press secretary has ever had to make. >> i have short -- i have a short announcement to read. which i will read at this ti...

Going to be the assassinations. first the assassination of martin luther king jr., and then the assassination of bobby kennedy, who was shot the night he won the california primary. in those chapters, i tried to get out of the way as an author and let the reader experience exactly what was said at that time. after he was shot, bobby clung to life for about 26 hours. then on this day, june 6th exactly 50 years ago, frank monkowitz who worked for bobby kennedy and loved bobby kennedy had to make t...

and now for some good news. philadelphia teen richard jenkins spent part of his childhood homeless. he was living in a shelter, and he was known as an avid reader, so much so other kids nicknamed him harvard. maybe you can see where this is going. and heres how he did it. richard joined the mighty writers afterschool program, and he got into gerard college, a full scholarship boarding school for students who came from single parent families with limited resources. this month richard jenkins n...

And now for some good news. philadelphia teen richard jenkins spent part of his childhood homeless. he was living in a shelter, and he was known as an avid reader, so much so other kids nicknamed him harvard. maybe you can see where this is going. and heres how he did it. richard joined the mighty writers after school program. he got into gerard, for students who came from single parent families with limited resources. this month richard jenkins now graduates as valedictorian. and this fall he i...

Language is the currency of power. and if you do not use language properly and appropriately and consistently, then youre never going to get what you want. youre never going to be clear. and i think that this whole thing with capitalizing sort of hot button words like president, like nation, like state, like flag, for instance. if you emphasize those words rhett torely, then yoorical rhetorically, then your reader is going to put more emphasize on those and that is going to appeal to emotion tha...

Home. >> amen to him. phil? >> at the vietnam veterans panel, 36w, thomas oday, served in three wars, voracious reader, he was fluent in mandarin which i would have loved to at one point learned about. in 1968 on christmas day, he flew on a helicopter to visit his home psychic troops. he did -- homesick troops. he did not survive. in his last letter home he talked about he was looking forward to christmas, 1969. and he was thankful that his children sent a small christmas tree. one of those chil...

Family members serving want to remember today and be connected to those who have sacrificed so much. if you go to a-- as i was driving in this morning i looked out at the arlington tombstones i saw a lonely soldier in uniform standing with his dog. either a service dog or a dog that was probably used mine sniffing dog but such a sight amidst all those white tombstones with flags in front of each and every one of them the lone soldier standing there. today youll hear general mattis try to put int...

York times." heres what happened in the newsroom on the day james comey was fired. >> a much bigger mess. >> in the firing memo you mention the russia investigation. >> the way shawn spilled the news to us and we spilled the news on the internet. all of that happened before comey is told hes no longer the director. >> i sad down with her and one of her suspects. the goals i had when i started are the same goals as i have now, which is to -- and that i can tell to the reader in a concise, clear w...

>> hes smiling. >> we have the clip of him walking out of the courtroom, guys. if we can queue that up and play it. but its a blip. >> your earlier interview with katherine kendall said she thought it was nervous laughter. i think thats most likely the case. we were talking earlier, you mentioned he was carrying books in today when he came in. why was he carrying these books in when youre getting booked, you know theyre going to take everything away from you. i think that he may have thought or ...

Was in kindergarten. i was her troop leader for years and i led with a friend of mine. and she was actually about to start her gold award, which is the highest honor that a girl scout can earn, anyone whose familiar with boy scouts, its like our eagle scout. >> right. >> she was going to work on creating a program with asl. she was going to create a program for young children and families to communicate better using asl. she was delayed in speech as a preschooler and toddler so we used a lot of ...