Mess out there. Forecasters predict it could create 12 high 15 15 foot surges. I believe that is key largo that we are looking at. We have been talking about the keys a lot as well. There is an estimated 127,000 people hunkering down in shelters, making sure they stay safe. More than 1 million customers are without power, expecting millions more to lose power. The National Weather service is telling people to stay away from the windows because of highrise buildings being hit with wind gusts close to 100 Miles Per Hour. We have Team Coverage this morning, lets go to Lauren Blanchard live in orlando with the latest. Reporter we are just getting rain in this part, we are bracing for weather to come this way hundreds of thousands of people have lost power, shelters like the one behind me already filling up. Hurricane irma is battering areas with heavy rain and high winds. Irma officially making landfall this morning in the florida keys. Bringing made major hurricane winds before shifting n
Ofh economically in terms the money that they are spending, the debt they are incurring that is bankrupting the country, but also in terms of the destruction of our liberty. I haver the years, mulled over the thought of having a conference. Many of these it many of you know we have written a lot on. He kennedy assassination staff about three years ago, i started mulling over a conference like this and i thought, if i could bring together the speakers that have had a big impact on me and my intellectual development, it would be so exciting. Finally, we decided we are going to do it. So we put this thing together, and this because i invited that you will be hearing today, everybody said yes. And i was so pleasantly surprised and excited because everyone of these people that are speaking today has been heroes to me. Inir work is been heroic terms of what we are going to be examining today. And so, it is exciting to be putting this program together, and i want to thank you for coming. We a
[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] we are back. We will pick up where we left off and start with senator cruz for his questions. Thank you, mr. Chairman. Mr. Ross, congratulations to you and your family on this nomination. I think you are going to do a terrific job and i look forward to this committee working closely with you. Ill tell you one of the things im most excited about, you and i had an opportunity to visit at length, and your commitment to regulatory reform, to working to reduce the burdens of washington on Small Business and job creators i think its critically important and i think it is shared by cabinet appointees throughout this administration. And that is what aspect that is going have among the most dramatic impacts on bringing back a jobs, expanding the number of highpaying jobs and raising wages across the country. So i commend you for that. I want to talk about a number of specific areas. I want to start with addressing spectrum, which as you know i
[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] we are back. We will pick up where we left off and start with senator cruz for his questions. Thank you, mr. Chairman. Mr. Ross, congratulations to you and your family on this nomination. I think you are going to do a terrific job and i look forward to this committee working closely with you. Ill tell you one of the things im most excited about, you and i had an opportunity to visit at length, and your commitment to regulatory reform, to working to reduce the burdens of washington on Small Business and job creators i think its critically important and i think it is shared by cabinet appointees throughout this administration. And that is what aspect that is going have among the most dramatic impacts on bringing back a jobs, expanding the number of highpaying jobs and raising wages across the country. So i commend you for that. I want to talk about a number of specific areas. I want to start with addressing spectrum, which as you know i
And thank you tonight for cspan for being here. This is a first for me. Maybe you guys are used to this. Im going to cover just a few basic things before we get started. Copies of the book are available downstairs. I think they are at the register. You can purchase them there and then bring them up here to get signed after the event. If you could take a moment silence your phones, i think we would all appreciate that. Youre welcome to take photographs. You can post them on social media, if theyre good. And then after the event, or after the author has finished speaking it will be a q a. Then if you could please wait for a mic, come by with a a microphone so we can all hear your question, that would be great. All right, lets get started. James hornfischer, hes a writer, a literary agent and a former book editor. He is the author of the New York Times bestseller neptune inferno, the last and other 10 can sailors and the ship of goes. Hes widely acclaimed historical accounts of the u. S.