White house intern and then a speech writer. He has a long record of acclaimed books on president ial this has brought him to the helm of five president ial libraries and Centers Across this country and throughout his career. He appears regularly, as many of you know, im sure, on news is cspans inhouse historian. He will be on a president s and patriots history tour. He focuses this year on truman, eisenhower, and churchill. In his his tours and writing, he is able to bring history to life. The boston globe praises his writing as compelling and provocative and the New York Times says his writing has authority and is immensely readable. We are so pleased to have him here tonight, and ladies and gentlemen, i hope you will join me in welcoming Richard Norton smith to the free library of philadelphia. [applause] mr. Smith thank you for that more than generous introduction. Or disagree about what is a failed president , but this is a successful introducer, without a doubt, so thank you. [la
With george washington, former president barack obama has largely remained out of the political fray. Today, two months before the mid terms, that changed. Leading to a bareknuckles brawl between the former president and his successor. It did not start with donald trump. He is a symptom not the cause. It was the first time president obama used trumps name and his party in an outright verbal attack. He told university of illinois students they grew up in a time of economic upheaval that wiped away many jobs. The result anlt bitterness came to roost in one political party. Over the past few decades the politics of division and resentment and paranoia has unfortunately found a home in the Republican Party. Hours later also speaking in the midwest, President Trump fired back. Im sorry, i watched it about the i fell asleep. But i fell asleep. I found hes very good, very good for sleeping. On a day when the latest numbers showed 201,000 jobs added in august, unemployment near an 18year low,