trump and the kushner s and so many other new jersey new yorkers who are running for president, there s cory booker, there s rudy giuliani in the middle of everything. why do you think right now there s so many new yorkers and new jersey folks who are at the upper levels of power in american politics? you know it s such an innocent question because for so many years, when i was covering new york politics there is a sense that new york was sort of out in the cold. not of course like people like hillary clinton he rallies he ran for president from new york. but because there s a sense that somehow because i new york was in iowa or new hampshire really wasn t an important state except for fundraising purposes. and one of the things that happened when trump was elected president, he was so of this world that he had been covering, a world of new york real estate and wheeling and dealing, and political donations, that i felt almost a sense of obligation. i have to cover trump and
good afternoon everybody. welcome to the aspen institute i m the director of the strategy group bricco you will be on c-span. be on your best behavior and we are here to launch a very important book on the china relationship of the struggle for power but first i want to recognize our very distinguished guest, the cochair of our organization condoleezza rice is here with us. [applause] and you will be hearing from secretary rice in about half an hour. she would be one of the conversationalists. the other cochair could not be here with us but he is very much a part of this effort. i want to pay tribute to our former secretary of defense in a very good friend bill and janet cohen. welcome. [applause] and also paid tribute to the people that embody bipartisanship involved in every effort to go across bipartisan lines former national security advisor steve hadley is here as well. [applause] rama manuel you will see him on stage during the interviews. the subject is china. all of
i found it incredibly detailed and informative. andrea, one of the first things that struck me about reading your book was i feel like you re the perfect person for this because you ve immersed yourself in new york, new jersey politics and real estate and business for a career, and now here we have not only the trumps and the kushners, but so many other new jersey and new yorkers who are, you know, running for president. there s cory booker, there s rudy giuliani, of course, in the middle of everything. why right now, do you think, there are so many new yorkers and new jersey folk who are, you know, at the upper levels of power in american politics? you know, it s such an interesting question because for so many years what i was covering, new york politics, there was a sense that new york was sort of out in the cold. not, of course, people like hillary clinton who, obviously, ran for president from new york, but there was a sense that somehow because new york wasn t iowa or
First i thought that was interesting was the internet feed idea. We put a camera on rising waters on the river and everyone in the community tunes in to see what is happening so they can see it or we use this all the time for weather. People are constantly checking today, right, when the storm is coming in tonight and the simple idea that people could with Simple Technology check to see what is happening with voting lines in their precincts. Would you be turning a camera on the people or just giving reports . I think what we had envisioned is that the administrators would be continuously assessing wait times and posting reports that citizens could consult if they sort of plan out, when it would be most relevant for them and efficient for them to vote. And as you pointed out, this is fairly straightforward. It is one of the ways in which we believe we have to be continuously thinking about the introduction of technology to support the voting process. Put election administrator saying no