The city was right up there with places like New York, Los Angeles and even Las Vegas. Market Street alone had hundreds of signs lighting up the night.
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All the news you need to know for Thursday, February 8th, 2018!
Today, can lawmakers make a deal before another government shutdown? And we're talking about one lawmaker's marathon, record-breaking speech.
Plus: what to watch for at the Winter Olympics, from sports to politics, and why this year's Gerber baby is making history.
All that and much more in less than 10 minutes!
Award-winning broadcast journalist and former TV news reporter Erica Mandy breaks it all down for you.
Then, hang out after the news for Three Question Thursday. This week's guest is Damona Hoffman.
Damona Hoffman is a certified dating coach, radio host, and TV personality. Damona was the host/dating expert of #BlackLove on FYI TV and the host/relationship expert on the A+E Networks TV series, A Question of Love, which just finished it’s first season on FYI TV.
In addition to her hundreds of media appearances (People Magazine, Essence Magazine, Ebony Magazine, and more) and hosting Dates & Mates with Damona Hoffman for 5 years, Damona is also the love expert for BET.com.
On The Gist, America's longest war, in Afghanistan, rumbles on under a third U.S. president. There is still no exit plan. Steve Coll’s new book explores the covert side of America’s campaign in Afghanistan and the secretive Pakistani intelligence wing lending support to the Taliban. Coll's book isDirectorate S: The C.I.A. and America's Secret Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
In the Spiel, considering Christopher Steele and Carter Page.
Hey, Uncivil listeners! This week we’re sharing a story from our friends at the The Nod, a podcast that tells the stories of Black life that don't get told anywhere else. We know you all will love this episode about a woman who broke away from a plantation in the South, where descendants of enslaved people and slave owners stayed together as family, long after the end of slavery.
To listen to part 2 of the story, Diary of a Mad Black Cousin, look for The Nod in your podcast feed, wherever you get them, or on their website, http://www.gimletmedia.com/the-nod.
Listen, chattering classes: Let’s at least chatter correctly. We take a minute on the proper name pronunciation for the scandals of the day.
Today on The Gist, U.S. foreign policy is a mess. But U.S. foreign policy has been a mess for decades. Ian Bremmer, president of the Eurasia Group, explains.
In the Spiel, what they were thinking in the stands of President Trump’s speech on Monday in Ohio.
Killing insurgents on the battlefield in Iraq and Afghanistan seems to end up giving us more of them. Erik Goepner comments on how that math does and doesn't add up.
In the interview, comedian Phil Rosenthal went to six cities across the globe to eat everything they had to offer and put it on Netflix. He tells Mike about his new show, Somebody Feed Phil, and the creative angst behind the sitcom that put him on the map: Everybody Loves Raymond.
In the Spiel, Justin Timberlake didn’t bring sexy back thanks to white privilege alone.