Into clintons emails. In a statement he called out the bureaus director saying quote it is extraordinary that we would see Something Like this just 11 days out from a president ial election. But that quote we are confident this will not produce any conclusions different from the one the fbi reached in july. Nat plane clinton didnt acknowledge reporters who shouted questions about her emails when she arrived at the eastern iowa airport, talk about it during her 30 minute speech in cedar rapids, which largely focused on bashing trump. I stood next to donald trump for four and a half hours during those three debates. That proves once and for all i have the stamina to be president and commander in chief. The revived email concerns come as the latest polls show clinton gaining more and more favor in iowa. Data from Quinnipiac University shows a tie in the hawkeye state, when just last month clinton was down eight points. Pollsters say trump is losing support from the bump by getting voters
Rallies today, including one tonight in cedar rapids. It adds up to an october shocker in the president ial campaign. Clinton spoke about the investigation several hours after news that the fbi was reviewing newly found emails. The fbi is looking into if the new emails are relevant to its previous investigation into clintons private email server. Investigators discovered these messages during a federal sexting investigation of former new york congressman weiner. Hes the estranged husband of longtime clinton aide, huma abedin. Clinton responded to this investigation earlier this evening in des moines. She said the American People deserve to have as much information as possible before they vote november 8th. We heard the rumors. We dont know what to believe. And im sure there will be even more rumors. That is why it is incumbent upon the fbi to tell us what they are taking about. A Law Enforcement official says it was abedin who sent and one source has said there were a considerable numb
We waited for them to do something but we didnt do anything. You have to do it yourselves. I think thats a good note to close on. Thank you everybody for coming tonight. [applause] bob will be signing his books in the lobby so please join us there. Thank you very much. [applause] [inaudible conversations] good morning. Im Michelle Easton present at the Clare Boothe Luce policy institute and i want to welcome you all to this special lunch featuring Wayne Thorburn and his great new book called red state and insider story of how the gop came to dominate texas. You may be wondering why is the president of the Clare Boothe Luce policy center introducing him . It was 42 years ago when i came to washington d. C. From new york after graduating from college and my first job was a Young Americans for freedom and my first boss there was Wayne Thorburn. Ron robinson who asked me to do this introduction, ron and i have known wayne and his wife judith for decades and waned by the way was a very good
[inaudible conversations] good morning. Im michelle easton, president of the Clare Boothe Luce policy institute, and i want to welcome you all to this special lunch featuring Wayne Thorburn and his great new book called red state an insiders story of how the gop came to dominate texas. Now, you may be wondering why is the president of the Clare Boothe Luce policy institute introducing a guest . Well, it was almost 42 years ago when i came to washington, d. C. From new york after graduating from college. My first job was at Young Americans for freedom, and my first boss there was Wayne Thorburn. [laughter] and ron robinson who asked me to do this introduction, ron and i have been friends with wayne and his good wife judith for decades. And wayne, by the way, was a very good first boss. Wayne joined Young Americans for freedom as a College Student in 1961 and eventually rose to become executive director when i worked for him. After running Young Americans for freedom for a number of year
Author of big, hot, cheap and right, and what america can learn from the strange genius of texas. [inaudible conversations] good morning. Im glen, the directer of the school of journalism at the university of texas at austin. I welcome you. Theres two superb authors here to morning to talk about the state of the union where we went wrong. We have 45 minutes, but could spend 45 hours on this. We better get rolling. Ill introduce the writers, ask questions, and i turn it over to you. I want to remind you when the session ends, two authors go to the signing tents, and theres a place to buy copies of the books and take them to the tent and have them signed. Follow us out when we leave. To the left, george packer, staff writer for the new yorker magazine, author of asass sins gate, named one of the ten best books of the year by the New York Times, written two novels and two Nonfiction Books, a play off broadway, and lives this brooklyn, new york, the new book called the unwinding inner hist