President ial library here at his home in hyde park he envisioned it becomeing the people Year Research study for the roosevelt era and is one of the busiest Research Rooms in the president ial library system. We get to see the fruit of the labor of all the people who use our Research Room through the years. So its our pleasure to have how here. Would everyone please take out your Electronic Devices and turn them off so that our presentation is not interrupted today. Thank you. Second housekeeping matter, if youll find somebody on the staff here today, theyll be have to givedown of this Roosevelt Library buttons and that will get you into free admission to the new permanent exhibit we opened just a year ago after our three and a half year renovation. So i encourage you to check out the new exhibit. Finally, i want to thank our friends from cspan who are film hearing today. Theyre always great at showing support for Public Programs at the Roosevelt Library. The format of the session is
I had no intention of doing that when we went to the state of the union. That was well into past the first third of it. Now, im a speed reader so i was reading ahead, i knew what was there and i got past like about a third of it and i thought this is terrible. I made a niche in a couple pages thinking you ought to remember whats on this page, on this page, then i realize most every page had something in it that was objectionable. What about, though, the fact that the president seems liberated and this is about Democratic Politics so im not asking you to criticize here, but he was acquitted, his he was not there was by the senate. You cant have an acquittal unless you have a trial and you cant have a trial if you dont have witnesses or documents. He can say hes acquitted and the headlines can say acquitted but hes impeached forever, branded with that and not vindicated. Even the senators were saying, yes t wasnt right but didnt have the courage to act upon that. Except for. Except for m
Never mattered so much. Big drama, big stakes, a big batch of delegates. Hillary clinton claims a win could clinch the nomination. Bernie sanders is hoping that a huge turnout will lead to a dramatic upset. Donald trump, he wants a sweep of delegates in his home state. Here you see him voting just a short time ago at a synagogue here in new york city. His own Congressional District hearing from some sources could be an issue. But a big part of the drama is coming from within his own campaign with reports of a shakeup. Lets begin with cnns Jason Carroll live in Staten Island where real vogte ervoters are c real votes. Jason . Reporter thats one good way of putting it, john. Were in the toad hill section of Staten Island. Very affluent section of Staten Island. A strong number of Trump Supporters here. Some of them coming out to vote here, casting their votes at Staten Island academy. You talked about some of the drama. What would a primary day be like without lastminute drama. Theres be
Comey where the president is said to have asked for the dismissile of charges against Michael Flynn. We issued a statement with his reasoning. My decision is not a finding that crimes have been committed or any prosecution is warranted. I have made no such determination. What i have determined is that based upon the unique circumstances, the public enter requires many to place this investigation under a person. He headed the fbi starting one week before the september 11 attacks all the way through 2013. Had his term extended by two years by president obama. Pamela, the white house barely getting any notice on this. What are you learning . Reporter yes, we found out minutes ago that Rod Rosenstein didnt notify the white house or general sessions about this investigation that puts mueller in charge of the investigation. This is a significant step for the Deputy Attorney general to take himself and the department of justice out of the equation, erin, and hand the reigns to outside special
You like me because im a scoundrel. There arent enough scoundrels in your life. I happen to like nice men. Im a nice man. No, youre not, you a short while ago the Star Wars Franchise released this statement saying Carrie Fisher, our princess, passes away. The president of lucasfilms saying her Ground Breaking role as Princess Leia served as an inspiration of power and confidence for young girls everywhere. Fisher hailed hollywood royalty. She was the daughter of the pop Singer Eddie Fisher and the actress debbie reynolds. Fishers own daughter released a statement saying she was loved by the world and she will be missed profoundly. I want to bring in Paul Vercammen who has been following the news of her death. Paul, tell us about what happened on that flight last week. Martin, im on hollywood boulevard where theyre remembering Carrie Fisher fondly. When she was returning to los angeles for shooting in london about 20 minutes before that plane landed she suffered a massive heart attack.