everybody knew when ben bradley was walking in. of his joy and expertise he exuded hoochlt was second place behind the washington star in washington, d.c. had the number two, three paper depending on what the week was. for "the new york times." to get the biggest story in the world. he, he, he was -- he, salivate the. in order to play, in that same game. he wanted to catch up. when the moment came. he had the papers that told the truth. and to, publish them, would be to run afoul of the justice department of the united states of america. well, unfortunately that was below his pay grade. and, fortunately, it was -- in hers. >> yes. >> it was my decision, yeah. >> it was your decision. >> yeah, you, katherine gram. meryl, all of the president's men. barely mention. barely registered, katherine graham. like somebody, air brushed out. the history. is it about giving her her due. >> people looked up, recognized. they're more aware of who is not at the table. who is left out of history. often the more colorful personalities like ben brad

the campaign reporting, and that that whole kind of male secrecy bond that extended from jfk to ben bradleye washington post, to many other politicians was broken by women reporters. >> the nature of the washington press core changed. it became more feminist, more sensitive, more caring about these issues. >> in the spring of '87, at the urging of his staff, hart agreed to be interviewed by the "new york times." >> i asked him a kind of general question, but that was specific enough, and that's when he came out with the follow me around, you'll be bored line. part of me thought he was actually setting a very clear signal that at least for the duration of the campaign, he was going to lead a traditional married life. >> thanks very much! how y'all doing? >> the other part of me was startled that if he had not made that decision, this was a very dangerous thing to say. >> suggestive stories continued to appear in the national press. some noting that hart and his wife, lee, had separated twice. tom of the "miami herald" objected to the sketchy recording in a column published in 1987. >> the co

according to my father only got the job because his aunt put up some of the money, was a kid named ben bradley, and he did not last long either. the new hampshire primary is so important to the body politics of the united states, and mr. gardner here does a great job of protecting that, although he was a little chagrined this morning when the only question asked of him of the tv news is about tom quinn day tomorrow and what he is going to do with it. thank you for having us, billy. >> i think we have time for a question or two. >> 1968 was a big year for bob. that is the year he and my mother married, they had their fifth child. four years later, he ran for governor of new hampshire. mr. loeb gave him the name broad- based bobby because he was an income tax supported. to this day, we still have people ask my wife, are you related to broad-based bobby? to this day, bob has nothing but great things to say about mr. loeb. i'm glad to be here to represent bob. >> bob is still pruning his risk when he swings the club at 81. i want to mention one anything, it was a shock to people when lyndon johnso

ben bradley was right standby story. you could've easily shown it was wrong in five minutes and they just did buy it. ultimately it was retracted but, i don't know, i don't understand it. he's in a powerful position because of his name and he could do a lot of good but he's choosing to do harm. i don't know why. >> as a pediatrician for 40 years, i can thoroughly identify with pediatricians who were screaming about how vaccines are denied by parents. my own feeling after all these years is that a lot of it comes down to science education. it's in the elementary and high schools. this is how we teach people what scientific method is and how to evaluate facts. just as he said about robert kennedy, the facts don't seem to matter to people. we probably could be better at trying to educate about what the method allows and what it does allow us to say. i think were just in a different time. the notion is simply proudly declaring your own truth even though there's a direct contradictions everything we know. you have to deny 250

ben bradley, mp for mansfield, said perhaps there is to some extent people making a bit ofa mountaint people making a bit of a mountain out of a mole hill on this issue because it is convenient for them to do so but one thing eve ryo ne for them to do so but one thing everyone can agree on, borisjohnson certainly knows how to spark a debate and cause a bit of controversy. jessica, thank you for joining us from westminster. let's speak now to heena khaled. heena is a co—founder of avow, or advancing voices of muslim women against islamophobia, and shejoins me now from westminster. thanks forjoining us. what do you make of what boris johnson thanks forjoining us. what do you make of what borisjohnson has been saying and writing? it is really discriminate in —— it is really dehumanising and it is the language thatis dehumanising and it is the language that is someone who is part of the tory party and it creates islamophobia in the tory party. many members like boris johnson. islamophobia in the tory party. many members like borisjohnson. although he is not calling for a ban, the languag

sort of channelling ben bradley we stand by our story. bradley was right to stand by his story. ultimately it was retracted. it was -- i don't know, i don't understand it. he's a powerful position because of his name. he could do a lot of good and he's choosing to do harm. i don't know why. this one right here. >> as a pediatrician for 40 years, i can certainly identify with the pediatricians who were screaming about how vaccines are denied by parents. my own feeling after all these years is that a lot of it comes down to science education. science education in the elementary school, the high school, i would like your thoughts on that, that this is how we teach people what scientific method is and how to evaluate facts because just as this gentleman said about robert kennedy, the facts don't seem to matter to people. >> yeah, i wish i had an easy answer to that. i certainly agree that we probably could be better at trying to educate and about the scientific method, about what the method allows us to say and what it doesn't allow us to say. but i think we're in a different time.

according to their father only got the job because his aunt put up some money and it was a kid named ben bradley. he didn't last long, either. it is so important to the body of the united states, and he does a great job protecting that. although he was a little chagrinned this morning when the only question asked of him about town news was when the tv meeting was and what he was going to do with it. thanks for having me. >> i think we have time for a question or two. go ahead. [ inaudible question ] >> -- he's in florida. he turned 81 years old last month. he said he would much rather play golf in florida than shovel snow in new hampshire, and i'm sure you can understand that. but 1968 was a big year for bob. that's the year he and my mother-in-law married, had their fifth child and the year he became minority leader of the house at 31 years old. four years later he ran for governor of new hampshire. mr. lobe gave him the name broadbased bobby because he was an income tax supporter, and to this day we still have people ask my wife, are you related to broadbased bobby? to this day bob has nothing

off and they say we believe in our reporting, we stand by our story, ben bradley said that during watergate washington post" made a major mistake during watergate. testimony that had next been presented to a grand jury, "the washington post" did not stand by the story and said it was wrong. maybe cnn can conclude this hasn't so far. let me go back to the interview with lanny davis. he told me he said to the cnn reported that he could not confirm this business about the advance knowledge of the trump tower meeting but he encouraged them to check it out which he now thinks he may have unintentionally sort of miss interpreted that as a green light with a wink and a nod. beneath that, he said joe should've told him as an unsubstantiated story, don't pursue it in one last point and this is important, lanny davis is now seeing the error he made in his going further and walking back claiming on msnbc about what president trump had any advance knowledge of the hacking of democratic emails during the campaign, he says he was describing his beliefs but has no hard evidence and that is something as he

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