Sally lets start out by talking about Harvey Weinstein, that is the story everyone is talking about right now. Every day, some new atrocity occurs, like yesterday or the day before. Three more people came forward with the idea this has been going on for years and years and years. There were eight settlements against him. Obviously everybody in the company knew about it. I have to say, i wonder about his wife, who i gather last night announced she was leaving him, finally. How she could possibly not have heard about this how do you think this happened . How is this allowed to go on and on and have nobody ever speak out until now . Gretchen because as a society and culture, we protect harassers. If somebody can actually tell me why that is the 20 million question, why . Is it because we are protecting our own jobs . Is it because we are protecting a person in power . I think those are the top two reasons. But now that the floodgates have been opened, i give so much credit to the women wh
It is worth noting how you came to know these two guys. Michael i had written moneyball. Which was about the way in my mind that markets misvalue people, in this case baseball , players. There were cheap ones and expensive ones. My interest was of that. If Baseball Players can be misjudged, who cannot be . Question, whythe it happened. In a review after the book came out in the new republic, they said basically Michael Lewis has written a good story but he does not seem to understand there is a good source for all of this stuff. There are two israeli psychologists that did work on the biases, the Cognitive Biases of the human mind that lead to things like Baseball Players and political candidates being misjudged and doctors misdiagnosing diseases. Charlie and most important how the mind works. Michael these two guys are named Daniel Kahneman and amos tversky. I read some of that stuff. I was embarrassed i had not heard of them. Daniel kahneman had just won thw nobel prize for economics
In the american president ial election. It is as conclusive as it is damning, pointing the finger directly at Vladimir Putin and saying he ordered an Influence Campaign aimed at undermining public faith in the Us Democratic system. It states their understanding that the russian government developed a clear preference for President Elect trump over Hillary Clinton, and backed what private cyberspace companies have long concluded that a Russian Group known as fancy bear was behind the leaked emails of top democrats. The report emerged shortly after a meeting between trump and his top spies this afternoon. Donald trump called the meeting constructive and appeared to admit foreign spies could be behind some of the hacking. But he refused once more to believe the outcome of the election had in any way been affected. This is where it all started so publicly, the Democratic National convention injuly, a chance for a president ial candidate to shine in front of an adoring party conference. But
Millions hitting the road and sky. And how the travel industry is handling the influx of passengers and the security measures to keep us safe. If you are flying, you want to know your pilots are prepared for emergencies. How do they stay sharp . Well take you behind the scenes of pilot training, the ultramodern way. It is all happening now. We begin with president elect Trump Building his new White House Team that turned out to be his own team of rivals as he choose a critic. And welcome to the second hour of happening now. I am jon scott. I am patty ann browny e in for jennily. Governor nikki haley is the first woman named to the top postand dr. Ben carson was offered secretary of housing and urban development and more announcementes could come today. There ary questions about mr. Trumps Sprawling Network of business and conflicts of interest in the administration. Mr. Trump is carryingon with business even as president elect. And he told the New York Times that the law is on his side
Millions hitting the road and sky. And how the travel industry is handling the influx of passengers and the security measures to keep us safe. If you are flying, you want to know your pilots are prepared for emergencies. How do they stay sharp . Well take you behind the scenes of pilot training, the ultramodern way. It is all happening now. We begin with president elect Trump Building his new White House Team that turned out to be his own team of rivals as he choose a critic. And welcome to the second hour of happening now. I am jon scott. I am patty ann browny e in for jennily. Governor nikki haley is the first woman named to the top postand dr. Ben carson was offered secretary of housing and urban development and more announcementes could come today. There ary questions about mr. Trumps Sprawling Network of business and conflicts of interest in the administration. Mr. Trump is carryingon with business even as president elect. And he told the New York Times that the law is on his side