This is about an hour. Admiral, great to see you again. We are two days after veterans day and that was the occasion for this event. Publicre plenty of issues right now that i want to ask you about, but i want to defer that for a moment and talk about service itself. With how yourt came by service. You came by it naturally, you grew up in a family of service. Tell me about your dad, who was an interesting person. Thank you forn the invitation to join you today, this is terrific. I enjoy spending time with you and your students. I came by it naturally, my ii fireas a world war pilot and fighter flew spitfires, a british plane. We entered the war, we did not have planes so the british loaned us spitfires. My grandfather also served in world war i and in world war ii, he was an army surgeon. My dad, later in life as i was getting ready to join the service, he said i remember what got me in the service. When i was a young boy, i saw the soldiers heading off to france in world war i, board
Soon that should change level Playing Field what kind of rules britain will have to continue to follow and how any disputes will actually be solved in the future well the outcome of those breaks the talks could impact the u. K. s kovac 1000. 00 Vaccination Program thats the usual up from choose day there are concerns about delays at the borders as the u. K. Adjusts to trading under the new system the u. S. Health secretary has shot back at president elect joe biden after he criticized the trump of ministrations coronavirus a vaccine plan aleksei as are called his comments nonsense and says there is a comprehensive plan to deliver vaccinations to millions of people across america. Well venezuelans are choosing a new congress in an election boycotted by the opposition the u. S. And most latin american countries are calling it a sham voters as you can see there on these live pictures venezuelas president Nicolas Maduro is in the process of costing his voters his Ruling Socialist Party is
You can do so by clicking on the q a icon at the bottom of the stream. The chat function will also built the active in that column youll find a link for purchasing the copy of the new book that evan has just written entitled joe biden. Evan is one of the most talented journalist of his generation. At the first part of his career overseas, will see the first of the Chicago Tribune which he joined shortly after graduated from harvard in which three years later was sent to the middle as to report to iraq and other countries. Next he went to china for the trip, the 2008 shared a Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting. That you rejoin the new yorker, stayed in china for several more years before moving to washington where he has been covering politics and foreign affairs. An excellent book about china, age of ambition when the 2014 National Book award and was a finalist for the 2015 Pulitzer Prize. This new book is adapted from occasional series of new yorker articles he has written ove
There are plenty of public issues right now that i want to ask you about, but i want to defer that for a moment and talk about service itself. And i want to start by talking about how you came by service, because you came by it naturally. You grew up in a family of service. Tell me about your dad, who was quite an interesting person. Adm. Mcraven first, thank you for the invitation to join you today, this is terrific. I certainly enjoy spending time with you and the students of the iop. You are right, i came by it naturally. My father was a world war ii Fighter Pilot. Flew spitfires, actually, which was a british airplane, because at the time when we entered the war, americans did not have planes to take on the german messersmith, so the british loaned us spitfires. But my grandfather also served in world war i and in world war ii. He was an army surgeon. My dad, later in life as i was getting ready to join the service, he said, i remember what got me in the service. It was when i was
Boarded up due to worries about postelection civil unrest and are ready for holiday shoppers. Its been a challenging time for our retailers to say the least. Many have adapted, though. The stores are all open, and there certainly is curbside pickup, theres instore shopping. Reporter with the Christmas Tree up, the need for an instaworthy photo op is back. Im all for christmas. Reporter and drawing in shoppers. Got this at macys, 40 off. Want to be out with the people. I want to i dont feel as much anxiety as i did before in the grocery store. Reporter now, of course, things became more complicated yesterday when the mayor announced that Indoor Dining would sho shut down here in restaurants in San Francisco. They say thats a problem with the holiday season, people wanting to take a break from shopping to seat and drink. Nevertheless, the Tree Lighting ceremony for the tree behind me in the middle of union square happens a week from today. They hope it will draw people back into the area