[ applause ] well, good morning, everybody. Welcome. Were delighted to have you here. Im going to start with a little safety announcement. I learned this lesson from Rex Tillerson when he was ceo at exxonmobil. Every Public Meeting begins with an announcement with how well take care of you if anything comes up. The exits are behind us. The stairs closest that will take us down is behind this door, go down to the first level. Were going to take two left hand turns meet across the street at National Geographic and there will be ice cream for you when you get there. So everything will be fine, no worries. Let me first say welcome to richard spencer, secretary of the navy. Were glad you could join us today. Thank you for your service, richard. It was about a year ago i was having breakfast with then Rex Tillerson. Hes no longer Rex Tillerson for me, hes secretary tillerson. He had announced he was going to be retiring, and we were talking about how we would continue relations with him and
Here. Im going to start with a little safety announcement. I learned this lesson from Rex Tillerson when he was ceo at exxonmobil. Every Public Meeting begins with an announcement with how well take care of you if anything comes up. The exits are behind us. The stairs closest that will take us down is behind this door, go down to the first level. Were going to take two left hand turns meet across the street at National Geographic and there will be ice cream for you when you get there. So everything will be fine, no worries. Let me first say welcome to richard spencer, secretary of the navy. Were glad you could join us today. Thank you for your service, richard. It was about a year ago i was having breakfast with then Rex Tillerson. Hes no longer Rex Tillerson for me, hes secretary tillerson. He had announced he was going to be retiring, and we were talking about how we would continue relations with him and all that. I said rex, what are you going to do when you retire . He said im goin
Introduce new procedures for staff in westminster, following a series of allegations of abuse and harassment. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Tonight we bring you more revelations from millions of leaked documents dubbed the Paradise Papers which show how the rich and powerful try to avoid paying their taxes. Whether its a Multi National corporation or household names here in britain, they are all accused of using tax havens to dodge paying their fair share to the inland revenue. The papers show how Lewis Hamilton avoided vat on a private jet. Three of the stars in the popular sitcom mrs browns boys have their wages paid offshore. And documents show how hard the tech giant apple works to keep its tax bill as low as possible. After ireland banned an arrangement which meant it paid very little tax apple has moved billions tojersey. What its done is legal. Our Business Editor simonjack reports. A rapturous reception for the latest iphone. Its the most popular and profitable Consumer
People, and you at the top of that list, to thank above all for the inspiration. Thank you all. [applause] [inaudible conversations] more now from the recent conference at Princeton University called a worthy life finding meaning in america. The next panel focuses on bioethics and the potential for technology to advance the physical and mental capabilities of human beings. This is about one hour 45 minutes. We turn rather abruptly from the prescientific to the scientific come from the Human Experience of a human to the scientific account of man, its implications and what we imagine to be its implications. In book seven chapter one of the metaphysics aristotle says quote, in fact, the thing that is been sought both anciently and now, and always, and is always perplexing, is what is being . Does this question apply to the being that is asking to us . If so, and it seems so, then to paraphrase aristotle, the inquiry and perplexity in early times and now and always is this, what is human b
On those roadways with mike. Looking for a break on friday. Something for you to look forward to. You can look towards the bay bridge and the sprinkling and the drops forming on the lens here and also the slick roadways as the crowd starts to build subtly. Were seeing a smooth drive for the maze. Reports of some vehicle dropping, maybe some debris in the lanes. Sound like somebody dropped the box off the back of their truck. No slowing shows up and that was reported around gilman and a smooth drive for the rest of the bay and eastbound 580 countercommute getting over towards the and somewhere just past greenville. Lets check in with today in the bay Stephanie Chuang live at the san mateo bridge. Steph, how is the storm faring out there. You have your hood on. It is a very light sprinkle right now. The ground, though, plenty wet. You can see the commute really not there yet this morning that san mateo bridge. But rain is the story, as you heard not just for today, for the week all acros