Help with the high risk patients. The governor spoke to the reporters from Javits Convention center in new york city serving as a temporary hospital site. Good morning, good to see you all here in masks, related gear. Let me introduce to my right, we have general patrick muhr if i, my left, we have general raymond shields. These are two gentlemen who i have been through many situations with. Weve been through hell and back and if you have to have two professionals dealing with the situation like this, these are the two situations that you these are the two people you want to be with. So i thank both generals today. Im private cuomo, but ill be your governor today. I want to thank the army corps of engineer people who are here today who have done an outstanding job. They came in very quickly and theyre setting up this emergency hospital, which is going to be badly needed. I want to thank mcgowan steel and the javits center. This is an exhibition hall and not what they normally do, but t
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Rob blot. [applause] [applause] good morning. Good morning. Thank you so much for inviting me here. I want to thank everyone with the book festival, this is an amazing event and im honored to be here, you know, its really moving for me to be part of this group, im looking through all of the other folks that are here , and youre wondering, this guy is a lawyer. You know whats going on here. And thats what i want to talk about today, is why i ended up writing this book, exposure and whats the story about and why i believe its an important story for all of us. Most of the people in the room have probably heard of flint, michigan and the lead crisis, right . Im curious how many people heard of substances . Some, good. You know, i think most of us realized that we turn on the television, we are watching the news, we saw nonstop coverage of the flint, michigan lead crisis for a good reason, we had contaminated water, children drinking contaminated water, all National News networks, 24 7 cove
We are going to have more of a dialogue and if you have questions we will engage up for the last 30 minutes. The first is a think many of you saw jon on 60 minutes this past sunday. Is there anything on the cutting floor of 60 minutes youd like to apprise . I think i went pretty well. 60 minutes folks it was her second case on 60 minutes in the last year both of them having to do with espionage. One chinese and one russian but a good indication both of the kind of the tv we are seeing these days but also the level of interest in the media which is very different from the last time i is on the National Security division when this is really a counterterrorism job and it was 95 counterterrorism post9 11 al qaeda responsibility. This is a big shift over the last 10 or 12 years. One of the questions we all have the nsc has been quite active in the china prosecution. Youve done your china initiative. What do you see as the goal of nst in that space and what do you consider success in that sp
So its like a fire side chat, we have no fire side we have chairs, but i want you to use your imaginations and thats gonna be it. So if you guys have questions you should, we will give you the last 30 minutes. And many of you have seen john on 60 minutes on this sunday, john is there anything thats on 60 minutes that you could. I think that went pretty well. The way it was edited. On 60 minutes. But there are second case on 60 minutes over the last, year that was a different issue, one chinese and one russian. I think both the kind of activity we are seeing, and also you know the person, its very different from the last time when this was really a counterterrorism situation, 95 , or post 9 11 alqaeda focused responses. So theres has been a shift over the last years. So one of the questions i think we all have, is an espy is required to act on the china prosecution, the China Initiative what do you see, as the goal of an ice tea, in that space, and what do you consider as a success, to