12.6 Tennessee Titans running back Derrick Henry tied the NFL record witha 99 yard touchdown run against the Jacksonville Jaguars, highlighted by three amazing stiff arms of would-be tacklers.
12.6 Geore W. Bush eulogizes his father: In his inaugural address, the 41st President of the United States said this, we cannot hope only to leave our children a bigger car, a bigger bank account; we must hope to give them a sense of what it means to be a loyal friend, a loving parent, a citizen who leaves his home, his neighborhood, and town better than he found it. What do we want the men and women who work with us to say when we are no longer there? That we are more driven to succeed than anyone around us or that we stopped to ask if a sick child had gotten better and stayed a moment there to trade a word of friendship? Well, dad, we’re going to remember you for exactly that and much more. And we are going to miss you. Your decency, sincerity and kind soul will stay with us forever. So through our tears let us know the blessings of knowing and loving you, a great and noble man, the best father a son or daughter could have and, in our grief, let us smile knowing that dad is hugging Robin and holding mom’s hand again.
12.5 An internal CBS investigation reveals that former CEO Les Moonves received “transactional” oral sex from at least 4 CBS employees, along with an employee who was “on call” for such acts and protected from termination as a result.
12.4 The Dow Jones industrial average dropped 799 points, or 3.1 percent, thanks to confusion over Trump’s China policy
12.4 Senator Dole rises from his wheelchair to salute President Bush
12.4 Huffington Post: Breaking with President Donald Trump, senators leaving a briefing with CIA Director Gina Haspel on Tuesday said they were even more convinced that Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman was involved in the death of Saudi journalist and U.S. resident Jamal Khashoggi. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Corker said he believed that if the crown prince were put on trial, a jury would find him guilty in “about 30 minutes. Sen. Lindsey Graham, who demanded the briefing with Haspel, said there was “zero chance” the crown prince wasn’t involved in Khashoggi’s death. “There’s not a smoking gun. There’s a smoking saw,” Graham said. “You have to be willfully blind” not to conclude that this was orchestrated and organized by people under the crown prince’s command.
12.3 After being defeated at the ballot box last month, Republicans in Wisconsin and Michigan passed laws denying Democrats full control of state government
12.1 Ginny and I have dinner at La Cucina restaurant in Woodstock, then see David Bromberg and Larry Campbell at the Colony
12.1 Axios: “Less than one-fifth of Americans live in a neighborhood where at least 80% of the residents have broadband, according to a report last year from the Brookings Institution. Nearly one-in-five teens are sometimes unable to complete homework because of lack of a reliable computer or internet connection, per Pew. Local news and information is becoming scarce and hard to access: More than 500 newspapers have closed or merged in rural communities since 2004. The big picture: There are two types of “digital divide” operating today: The geographic divide: Rural and other areas are underserved because it doesn’t make financial sense for companies to invest in infrastructure. The economic divide: Infrastructure is in place, but lower-income families lack affordable access and devices.”
12.1 Michelle Obama: “That whole ‘so you can have it all.’ Nope, not at the same time. That’s a lie. And it’s not always enough to lean in, because that shit doesn’t work all the time.”
12.1 Anchorage is hit by earthquakes on Friday measuring 7.0 and 5.7.
12.1 Peter Baker in The New York Times: “As the end neared on Friday night, his son George W. Bush, the former president, who was at his home in Dallas, was put on the speaker phone to say goodbye. He told him that he had been a ‘wonderful dad’ and that he loved him.” “‘I love you, too,’ Mr. Bush told his son. Those were his last words.”
