Good evening and welcome to oblong books and music. Tonight were so pleased to bring you author guy lawson, he is a New York Times best selling author and Award Winning investigative journalist whose work has appeared in Rolling Stone,. Hi latest book arms and the dudes how tree stoners became the most unlikely gun runners in hoyt. Join me in welcoming guy lawson. Thank you. Theres some kids in the crowd so theres going to be a few word that start with the letter f, and i apologize in advance. So please forgive me. Torture, massive illegal government surveillance. The coverup of the purdue of civilians in iraq by american forces. Epic contractor fraud. These are the crimes of the 21st century in socalled global war on terror. Each crime relates to actions taken by the government, policies implemented in secret, without public debate. Each part hoff the voyage the United States took to what dick cheney took called dark side. Who is accountable . Torture, prison garth in abu grade named
They made their taxes lower, and far lower in many cases than ours and jobs left our country. Large corporations changed their Business Models by exploiting jobs to other countries and then shipping their goods back to the United States where they make massive profits and they wouldnt be paying tax to us either so we lost the jobs, we lost the taxes, they closed the buildings, they closed the plants and factories, we got nothing but unemployment we got nothing other businesses, even classic American Brands switch their headquarters to foreign countries. Because of this and other reasons like weak borders, america remains stuck in the past although i have to tell you, we have general kelly here today, and we stopped 78 going up to 80 on the border traffic coming through. In just a short period of time [ applause ] hes done some job whole different world out there right now. Today, we are still taxing our businesses at 35 and its way more than that and think of it, in some cases, way abo
Strength and 13 bill that members, to manage the nation , form a leading of Central Committee about the Legal Management of the based on scientific and system, promote , givenment based on law legal system information, make just inan realize the supremevel status of law and the constitution. Each different level must follow legal and democratic ideas. That was xi jinping continuing his remarks at the 19th communist Party Congress meeting, and essentially talking partyleadership, how leadership has become more perfect, in his word. We are hearing more anticorruption drive continuing, that it has gained the kind of momentum that xi jinping has sought with those reforms. We have our correspondent Tom Mackenzie. He has been wallowing events from tiananmen square. As those remarks continue, we heard about the fx reform. We heard about the promise to lower Entry Barriers for foreign businesses, and now we are starting to hear the leadership , of course, a lot of speculation that when it come
This is 40 minutes. It is a great pleasure to introduce today and welcome jeffrey immelt, the chairman and ceo of general electric, our newest corporate citizen. Dartmouthated from with a degree in applied sciences and went to harvard to get his mba. He spent his first 19 years at ge in Global Leadership ts biggestof i businesses including appliances, plastics, health care. , he succeeded jack welsh as the ceo. It is been said it is easier to succeed and inadequate ceo than an adequate one. So he had his work cut out for him. He succeeded the role four days before the 9 11 attacks. Nevertheless, in the 14. 5 years ge, hes been the ceo of has transformed the company by focusing on energy, health care, and transportation. Aeating its core as Materials Company manufacturing jet engines, locomotives, gas turbines, and mri scanners. In that process he has divested nba, nbc universal, and appliances. More recently, is selling ge capital which until a few years ago was responsible for 50 of t
A lot to focus on from those new treasury rules to disney to fed speak. Europe in the red after unimpressive pmi numbers for march. Well get ism services in an hour and oil not bouncing after kuwait says they still predict a Production Cut in doha. We begin with the new tax inversion rules threatening the pfizer and allergan deal. Disneys heir apparent, the companys operating chief stepping down. Who is next to lead . Minneapolis president going after the big banks saying its time to end too big to fail once and for all. But that wildcat victory, theyre calling it maybe the best final ever. First for the wildcats since 85. Chriskris jenkins, how do you not celebrate that shot. This is a moment you look at jay wrights team, theyre a bunch of kids who go to college and also play basketball. Thats important. You dont go to villanova to play for the heat after a couple years of not taking classes. You go to nova, get a degree. Some of the parents of the guys on the team, they went to schoo