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Between the four of us we have written at least 17 biographies. It might be more than that. I was losing count because Randy Roberts has written so many. Youve written more than half of our total number i think. So we have a lot of experience in the genre. We have obviously been drawn to it and have an affinity for it some way or another. Before we begin, let me introduce the panelists, and as i introduce each of you, if you could just stand a minute or two, telling the audience what was it that...

Were back with a small brush fire raging on a hillside about 30 miles east of downtown los angeles. Firefighters were able to save a nearby restaurant, but the heat wave is hanging over Southern California for another few days. Miami is headed for another warm but soggy day. As much as 7 inches fell in parts of southern florida, washing out memorial day for many and making driving hazardous. More rain and severe storms are expected today because a big storm system is sitting right off the coast ...

We are going to start on time. I am london breed, mayor of San Francisco. Today i am joined by the carmen chu, director of department of Public Health, doctor grant colfax and director of emergency management, director of housing and homelessness and the director of the office of economic and work force development. Today we are going to do things a little different because we actually have good news, and we actually have a guide for what San Francisco will look like as we begin to envision a ne...

For example the Washington Post writes, shes a professor of history, Heather Cox Richardson, she explains goldwater, as a modern conservativism in her masterful work. Shows slight in what was perhaps the most important Political Coalition of the 20th century. As Publishers Weekly says, though richardson under emphasizes racism and equality and other parts of the country following the civil war. She is an amount of evidence to support the books provocative title. Liberal readers will be persuaded...

Listen to richard haas the prolific author and academically came out with another book entitled the world. A brief history and 300 pages its departure but i want to start because only after you turned and manuscript the world was confronted by the covidien pandemic and since that happened this crisis has highlighted so many of the themes and concepts that you tackle in the book. I just want to ask you out right what does the pandemic tell us about the world right now . Thank you for doing this a...

Her book and other matters political. The Washington Post that the professor of history at Boston College explains goldwaters crusade in her masterful Book Publishers weekly says it emphasizes the prevalence of the inequality and other parts of the country during the follow up to the civil war she marshaled a wealth of evidence to support the provocative title conservatives will cry foul but be persuaded by this. Im really excited to dig in here but first i want to invite those of you out there ...

Million cases in this country. Meanwhile, california now has more than 101,000 cases and more than 3800 people have died Santa Clara County has pretty much led the bay area in covid 9 cases since the pandemic started not every step but just about but now as restrictions are beginning to ease the county Health Officer is calling for caution santa clara, public Health Officer doctor sara cody told the board of supervisors tuesday. The state could be moving too fast at reopening she expressed conce...

Well meet medics on the front lines. 3. Hero. And a space x. Rocket funders away from earth with 2 nasa astronauts aboard. A new era in commercial space travel. For protests against racism have spread to even more u. S. Cities becoming violent in many of them what began as demonstrations over the death of george floyd after being arrested the real work in the National Outrage of the deaths blamed on police well start with this report from mike hanna. What started out as peaceful protests in doze...

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Eugene odonnell is a lecture at the John Jay College of criminal justice, hes a former new York City Police officer and trainer and instructor at the Police Academy in new york city. Eugene odonnell, welcome to washington journal. Good morning, good to be with you. Let me ask you about how this all started. What do you think went wrong in the e encounter between the fou officers and george floyd on that memorial day arrest attempt . Its a complex conversation and its going to consume a lot of ti...