Threatens retaliation if sanctions are imposed and says russia is ready to help. I did have a big day and i i made a judgment i should not continue my job as Prime Minister. The end of an era japans shinzo i b resign speakers of health problems. This is the most important election in the history of our country. The president ial conventions are no over the final stretch of the u. S. Race for the white house is officially underway. And this for us present all trump slams the n. B. A. Calling it a Political Organization with bad t. V. Ratings the president s comments that follow teams boycott him playoff games in a protest over Racial Injustice. The European Union has agreed to impose sanctions on senior officials in bella resort for the violent crackdown on protesters this month falls in the center of e. U. Foreign ministers in berlin demonstrators have been calling on president Alexander Lukashenko to step down and senses election victory on august the 9th which his opponents say was r
One cia director, george h. W. Bush, later became president himself. The Smithsonian Associates hosted this program. Good evening, everyone. My name is ruth robbins. Its a pleasure to welcome you here tonight for our program. A couple of quick things first. One is, if you could, please put away your cell phones, turn them off, silence them, any electronic devices, we would appreciate it. If youre wondering why bright lights in here, because youre all going to be on tv. Cspan is taping tonight. Im kidding, youre not going to be on cspan, the speaker will be on cspan. When we get to the q a, they usually want to bring a mic down so they can record it. So if you have a question, just try to wait until they bring the mic to you so we dont have to repeat it. The speaker will repeat the questions so you can hear, but this is so they can hear it or however they work it. Our speaker tonight is david robarge, received a phd at columbia university. After teaching at columbia, working for banker
Up and wondering who these people are. We would play directors jeopardy. I have not done this before. It may fall flat. Or i may spend the rest of the night doing that. Lets start with this. Longestserving director of Central Intelligence. And you can shout out the name. Allen dulles, correct. And there is right there. Conversely, im the shortest serving director. Pompeo was in for the better part of the year. So was george bush. Schlesinger, almost. He was in for about a year and a half. We have to go way back. The first one. He was a crony of harry truman. He made it very clear when he took the job that he only wanted to serve a few months. He was not experienced. Truman wanted a figurehead who could get the Intelligence Group up and running. I am the only convicted felon richard hounds. Regrettably. He was caught in a pretty nasty gotcha episode. He was testifying before the Senate Foreign relations during his hearings before he went out to iran and was asked by senator stewart and
Stocks. The nikkei down half a percent. Lauren higher avocado prices clock is thinking about 10 . Fbn am starts right now. 5 01 a. M. In new york. Wednesday october 21st. Good morning. Lauren and lauren simonetti. Thank you for joining us. Higher avocado prices. Three bucks a pop or i go. The clinton president ial campaign as well as the Democratic National Committee Help fund a research firm. That produces a dossier of allegations about President Trump and his ties to russia. The firm, fusion gps. Then hired to write the dossier. Devin nunes on special report last night saying he is now seeking the baking records of the research firm. We believe we are going to have this matter fixed within the next week or so and we believe we will receive the financial records of fusion gps ps chairman of the committee, it is my job to enforce subpoenas. Lauren fusion gps says the subpoena has no legitimate purposes. Cheryl thats a big story overnight. Also, the white house saying Arizona Republican
Now. A bay area woman gunned down in austin, texas. Good evening. I am ken wayne. I am heather holmes. A murder warrant has been issued for the suspect. Investigators search for the shooter and the motive, friends and family of the victim are heartbroken that senseless violence claimed an innocent life. Three others were injured in the shooting. Ktvus Azenith Smith is live in redwood city where the victim worked as a School Bus Driver. Reporter loved ones tell me she worked here for a year, Teqnika Moultrie. She grew up on the peninsula. He was in austin visiting family. He was there less than 24 hours when her life was tragically ended. Reporter friends and family mourning the death of Teqnika Moultrie killed in a shooting. Everyone is devastated. She we would have never thought this would happen to her. It is horrible. It is a it is a tragedy. Reporter by phone we spoke with her brother in law who was with her when she died. Around 2 00 a. M. In the morning they had left a donut shop