A lot of what he says in the book quotations and so on contradicts each other and that some of the people were flat out lying to him. And that in some areas hes going to let the readers decide what is true in other areas hes going to decide on the narrative that he believes in this guy is a charlatan hes a flim flam man hes hes hes selling scandal to an audience a resistance liberal Media Audience wants to believe its like fox mole i want to believe now this is a review of one of his earlier books in the new republic hardly you know a center left magazine much to the annoyance of wolfs critics the scenes of his columns arent recreated so much as created springing from magination rather its from actual knowledge of events even. Wolff acknowledges that conventional reporting isnt his bag but rather to absorb the atmosphere and gossip surrounding it cocktail parties on the street and especially during those long lunches at michaels hes around town enough to have those insights to spot peo
Low in welcome to cross talk were all things are considered im peter all about its a new year but the same stories persist out front is the chaotic Trump White House followed by the steel dossier and a possible breakthrough with north korea. In the new year im joined by my guest mark hes an International Affairs and security analyst and we have to hes a political analyst we spoke Nick International ok gentlemen as always crosstalk rules and i think that means you can jump in anytime you want my always appreciate lets talk about michael wolfs fire in fury i look at it is basically political gossip something that somethings in there weve already. Suspected but one of the things i thought was interesting that i pulled from the exit i havent read the book i havent seen the whole thing but you know when we have these conversations with steve bannon the former strategist. And being thrown to the curb later by mr trump the collusion with israel again this story pops up it doesnt get a whole l
2008. Id like to provide specific welcome this morning to our new member, senator smith. It is good to have yes part of the committee. I think youll find that this is a committee that does good work it would like to focus on policy, and would like to do things in a bipartisan way every now and again. So looking forward to starting the new year off with that good foot. We dont have senator capito with us this morning but she is also returning to our committee and i look forward to welcoming her and her ongoing contributions. We do have a lot on our agenda today. Our broad Bipartisan Energy Natural Resources bill where again were looking forward to continuing that as the year progresses to our efforts to increase our nations mineral security, our need for wildfire funding fix, for Street Management reform, innovation, islands and territories. With a wide range of public lands come so theres just do the things that we have on deck for this new year. We were probably have a lighter attenda
Next, a look at the Global Energy outlook with fatih birol. He testified before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources committee about issues including u. S. Oil and Gas Production. This runs an hour and 45 minutes. Good morning, efveryone. The committee will come to order. Id like to provide specific welcome this morning to our new member, senator smith. It is good to have you as part of the committee. I think you will find that this is a committee that does good work. We like to focus on policy and we like to do things in a bipartisan way every now and again. Looking forward to starting the new year off with that good foot. We dont have senator capito with us this morning but she is also returning to our committee and i look forward to welcoming her in her ongoing contributions. We do have a lot on the agenda today. Our broad bipartisan Energy Natural resources bill where again were looking forward to continuing that as the year progresses. Our efforts to increase our nations minera
Good morning, efveryone. The committee will come to order. Id like to provide specific welcome this morning to our new member, senator smith. It is good to have you as part of the committee. I think you will find that this is a committee that does good work. We like to focus on policy and we like to do things in a bipartisan way every now and again. Looking forward to starting the new year off with that good foot. We dont have senator capito with us this morning but she is also returning to our committee and i look forward to welcoming her in her ongoing contributions. We do have a lot on the agenda today. Our broad Bipartisan Energy Natural Resources bill where again were looking forward to continuing that as the year progresses. Our efforts to increase our nations mineral security, our need for wildfire funding fix paired with for estry management reforms, Park Maintenance backlog, islands and territories. Weve got a wide range of public lands. Those are a few of the things that we h