Good evening ladies and gentlemen and welcome to barnes and noble upper west side. David blake and to the white house in 2011 and lasted until 2016 as a special assistant to senior president ial speechwriters. Described as a comic music to the president , david contributed to resident obamas speeches and was a lead writer on for white house correspondents messages. He is currently the head writer for funny or die dc. Adam davidson is a staff writer at the new yorker. He also cofounded and cohosted and pr planet money after serving the international plummet. He has been a frequent contributor to this american life. His work has appeared in the atlantic, harpers, gq, Rolling Stone and other publications. Then bring us tonight, mister david litts new book thanks obama. More than any other president , Barack Obamas eight years in the white house were defined by young people. In 2011, david litt became one of the youngest speechwriters in history until leaving the white house in 2016, he wr
The challenge one donor has made to all Granite Staters. No one covers New Hampshire like we do. Shelley we re hearing from the family of the u. S. Army ranger from New Hampshire who died this week. Corporal Andrew Aimesbury was killed during a Live Fire Exercise in georgia. Good evening, i m shelley walcott. Tom i m tom griffith. The corporal s family and fellow rangers are remembering him for his leadership and for his service. Mike cronin joins us live. Cronin Corporal Aimesbury s family lives here in somersworth. He was a decorated soldier who was loved and respected by many. Corporal Andrew Aimesbury s family remembers him as special person. His sister explains, anyone who knows andrew, knows exactly what i mean. Even if they only beheld a fraction of his personality. If you only heard him laugh for a second. If you only saw his smile in he is strong, kind, stubborn, goofy, hilarious, proud, humble, brave, a leader, a ranger, a friend, a brother, a son. Special. The 21yearold was
Good evening, i tom i m tom griffith. S family and fellow his leadership and for his service. Mike cronin joins us live. S somersworth. He was a decorated soldier who Corporal Andrew aimesbury s family remembers him as special person. His sister explains, anyone who knows andrew, knows exactly what i mean. Even if they only beheld a fraction of his personality. If you only heard him laugh for a second. If you only saw his smile in passing. He is strong, kind, stubborn, goofy, hilarious, proud, humble, brave, a leader, a ranger, a friend, a brother, a son. Special. The 21yearold was killed this week at training in fort stewart, georgia. The army says he was seriously fire exercise and later died from his injuries. Ve s very very sad. Reporter kelly gagnon doesn t know the family but has a daughter and son in the army around the same age as aimesbury. They saying that they ll do whatever it takes to protect the United States of america and all of its pay the ultimate price and it s reall
Man who gave his life to keep the rest of a safe and free. Mike the army says his death is under investigation. Mike cronin, wmur news 9. Shelley the debate over the proposed Kinder Morgan pipeline continues. Today hundreds gathered at the state house in protest. Kinder morgan says the pipeline that would run through parts of Southern New Hampshire would decrease electricity costs. But as wmur s Heather Hamel explains live, people protesting fear they d have to foot bill. The bill. Heather yes, they came from all walks of life, past and present elected officials, business owners. They say that the Kinder Morgan type line is bad for the state. Speaker after speaker aired concerns. Kinder morgan says the pipeline could reduce electric bills by 35 because the natural gas worry New Hampshire ratepayers would have to foot the cost of the pipeline. With concerns so far reaching, they say this cannot be characterized as a not in my back yard issue. You would find that basically if a group wan
The willis report, where consumers are our business. Two breaking stories this hour. First another big hack at a Health Insurance company. This time blue crossblue shield, an affiliate of that company. Millions of folks are affected. Social security and bank records exposed. Well have all the details later this hour. We begin with a critical election in israel and the crisis in the middle east. World powers reportedly making headway with iran on Historic Nuclear Deal as israelis vote on the fate of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, one of obamas biggest critics in these negotiations. One exit polls, two exit polls, show Benjamin Netanyahu with a slight lead. We have security analyst, kt mcfarland and former u. N. Ambassador john bolton. They are tied in two, netanyahu ahead in one. He appears to doing well. He is tweeting what a great victory he has. Kt, to you tell us a little bit how the system works there. Its a parliamentary system. Are we headed towards a Coalition Government . O