Encore: original airdate 6-17-2024. On today's 'BradCast':\xa0 Covid is surging again around the country. A dangerous, early-season heat wave is broiling much of the U.S. and triggering intense wildfires in California. Israel's far-right Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is reportedly undermining ceasefire and hostage release negotiations to stay in power and avoid criminal prosecution. Veteran journalist STEVE HERMAN, of the non-profit, non-partisan, independent, government-funded media outlet Voice of America, discusses his new book, 'Behind the White House Curtain: A Senior Journalist's Story of Covering the President -- and Why It Matters,' with fascinating insider observations and history lessons from some of the most tumultuous years in recent U.S. history.