Garrett graff, author and historian, to talk about the special counsel Robert Mueller. Why dont you start. Who is Robert Mueller . Guest he is a lifelong career prosecutor, mostly here in washington and the Justice Department. He spent most of his career working his way up through various u. S. Attorneys office, head of the Criminal Division for the u. S. Department of justice under george h. W. Bush, and then was Deputy Attorney general under george w. Bush before becoming fbi director. As has been told over the last couple days, he was the longestserving fbi director since J Edgar Hoover himself. The first since hoover to complete the 10 year term of an fbi director, and then he was so popular and so respected that he was extended for an additional two years by president obama and a bipartisan act of congress. Host what made him so popular and respected . Guest he is a ramrod straight , former marine straight shooter. In a city that seems like it gets more partisan and more politiciz
Garrett graff, author and historian, to talk about the special counsel Robert Mueller. Why dont you start. Who is Robert Mueller . Guest he is a lifelong career prosecutor, mostly here in washington and the Justice Department. He spent most of his career working his way up through various u. S. Attorneys office, head of the Criminal Division for the u. S. Department of justice under george h. W. Bush, and then was Deputy Attorney general under george w. Bush before becoming fbi director. As has been told over the last couple days, he was the longestserving fbi director since J Edgar Hoover himself. The first since hoover to complete the 10 year term of an fbi director, and then he was so popular and so respected that he was extended for an additional two years by president obama and a bipartisan act of congress. Host what made him so popular and respected . Guest he is a ramrod straight , former marine straight shooter. In a city that seems like it gets more partisan and more politiciz
Garrett graff, author and historian, to talk about the special counsel Robert Mueller. Why dont you start. Who is Robert Mueller . Guest he is a lifelong career prosecutor, mostly here in washington and the Justice Department. He spent most of his career working his way up through various u. S. Attorneys office, head of the Criminal Division for the u. S. Department of justice under george h. W. Bush, and then was Deputy Attorney general under george w. Bush before becoming fbi director. As has been told over the last couple days, he was the longestserving fbi director since J Edgar Hoover himself. The first since hoover to complete the 10 year term of an fbi director, and then he was so popular and so respected that he was extended for an additional two years by president obama and a bipartisan act of congress. Host what made him so popular and respected . Guest he is a ramrod straight , former marine straight shooter. In a city that seems like it gets more partisan and more politiciz
Higher opening. In europe stocks are higher across the board. Take a look at the indices. The dax index and the cac quarante are up half a percent a piece. The british pound dropping sharply showing the conservatives will fall short of winning majority in parliament. It has since stabilize slightly but still lower. In asia overnight, stocks mostly higher. Worst performer was hong kong. Nikkei average in japan 1 half of one percent. Chaos across the pond in turmoil in capitol hill. James comey slammed President Trump saying that the commander in chief fired him to undermine the probe into russias influence in the 2016 election. Comey also addressed the president s request to let the investigation into former National Security adviser Michael Flynn let it go. I dont think its for me to say whether the conversation i had with the president was an effort to obstruct, i took it as a very disturbing thick, very concerning but thats the conclusion the special counsel will work towards to try
Thurgood marshall. This is dedicated in this courthouse where he served on the Second Circuit. We welcome our cspan audience to our proceedings as well. Our gathering is at the intersection of two initiatives which have engaged the courts of the Second Circuit the last two years. Initiatives, which i had the privilege of proposing which have taken life because of the creative and dedicated work of remarkable colleagues of the bench bar and our court staff. But first, the 125th Anniversary Commemoration of the second court of appeals chaired by Richard Wesley has several components, including scholarly values and Public Events as we take stock of our past to better understand how our work has evolved. So as to better meet the challenges of the present and the future. The second initiative, justice for all, courts and the community is a project of all the courts of the Second Circuit. A project which, through a wide range of Civic Education ongoing activities seeks to bring courts and co