Ten admirals and the voyage of character, which was published late last year. Admiral james stavridis. Why do you refer to yourself as the accidental admiral. Guest what a great question. First of all because at a certain level all of our lives are accidents. You can choose to steer a particular course, but the sea will come, the wont will come, youll move ultimately in a different direction. More prosaically it comes from a period in my career when i was a four star admiral, fish issuing the u. S. Sorry command and charge of all military activities south of the out and i was very hopeful of going pacific next as a commander of u. S. Pacific command. Which is a very traditional position for a senior admiral. My boss, wonderful boss, secretary defense robert gates, bob gates, said, stavridis. Were going to send you to nato. I was the first and thus far the only admiral to be spree supreme am lied commander in nato and just an accident of timing and faith and secretary gate decision. So
Well wait a second for everyono just put away the flask and have a seat. Im there from florida, and ill tell you a little bit about myself if you dont know or even if you might care. I was born in fort lauderdale, florida, and i have my background is in newspaper journalism. Ive never lived anywhere but florida, and thats my excuse for my novels. I dont know anything finish the weirdness of florida is my daily reality. And everyones moving to florida now, which is a lot more material for me. Our newest floridian, former resident was in manhattan, apparently [laughter] now hes down there golfing. The material is priceless. Ill talk to you about the first, one of the first the first book i ever wrote with just my name on it was a book called tourist season. I had done three novels with another columnist, one about the cocape war, one about marijuana smuggling in key west and another set in china where my buddy had been stationed for the herald and one of the first reporters in beijing. T
At the inventions that have the greatest impact of todays economy. It is author carl hiassen on his writing career. [inaudible conversations] we welcome carl hiassen. [applause] [inaudible conversations] high. I have two microphones. Can you hear any of them . Good. We will wait a second for everyone to put away the flag and have a seat. I am from florida. I will tell you a little about myself, if you care. I was born in fort lauderdale, florida. My background is newspaper journalism. I still write a column for the miami herald. I have never lived anywhere but florida and that is my excuse for my novels. I dont know anything. The weirdness of florida is my daily reality. Everybody is moving to florida which is a lot more material for me. Our newest e and, former resident of manhattan apparently. Now he is down there golfing. The material is priceless. One the first book i ever wrote with just my name on it was a book called tourist season. I wrote another novel that was ripped out a re
states senate today, senate majority leader chuck schumer is going to join us. and rachel, this new information tonight, the new tape of donald trump making a call to georgia to an election official, this one before christmas. so earlier than the one that we already heard is just such stunning additional information about what was clearly an ongoing campaign to try to change the result of that election. and as you point out, he seems to cross the legal line repeatedly in these phone calls. and it also fills in some of the pieces about who was involved in this campaign and what the pattern of corrupting events were. and this may be a racketeering investigation in georgia based on actions and statements from that district attorney s office. but the white house chief of staff really did turn up bodily in person surprised at the audit in georgia when they were auditing the absentee ballots in cobb county. he showed up in person and then the next day he apparently told the presi
and as you point out, he seems to cross the legal line repeatedly in these phone calls. and it also fills in some of the pieces about who was involved in this campaign and what the pattern of corrupting events were. again, this may be a racketeering investigation in georgia based on actions and statements from the district attorney s office. but the white house chief of staff really did turn up bodily in person, surprise, at the audit in georgia when they were auditing the absentee ballots in cobb county. he showed up in person. then the next day he apparently told the president to call the investigator leading that audit while he told her what answer he wanted and how much she d be praised when she produced that correct answer, which was that he mysteriously won the election. i mean, that s just it s starting to read like an elmore leonard book. and you hear on the phone call something you d otherwise never hear in a phone call with the president of the united states.