Everybody. I am bradley graham, the coowner and everybody at the bookstore and all the great folks, welcome. Thank you very much for coming. Every time we do a joint author event like tonight which we love doing by the way and marvelous facility, i think back 15 years when the building was up for sale and how close it came to being transformed into a nightclub. It came this close but instead the s founders and the staff hae transformed the wonderful place over the pastnd decade and a haf into the vibrant Community Center that it is today, lets have around of applause for that. We have a great event for you this evening featuring Melinda Gates here to talk about her new book, the moment of lift, this is melindas debut as an author and her book is part memoir and part call for more action as melinda recount the mission she been on, she tells the story tof her journey from taken a jb at microsoft in 1987 fresh out of Business School to marrying bill gates seven years later to partnering w
[inaudible [inaudible conversations] the hearing will i welcome you all. [inaudible] we have a profound responsibility to do all that we can do. [inaudible] that could be trouble. All right. Can we get the rest on record as i get started here quick servicemembers put their lives and their health on the line when they put on theirand in return they have a profound responsibility to make sure that the nation is doing all that it can to keep us safe, to training casualties and provide the best possible care for those who are injured. We are holding this hearing because dod is not meeting its responsibility when it comes to traumatic brain injuries and other injuries that result from firing weapons. Injuries from the pressure thats caused by a shockwave that exceeds the normal atmospheric values have been signature with wounds of the wars in iraq and in afghanistan. But there are also injuries incurred in training home. They are invisible but they affect thousands of Service People causing
Trumps legal team will face the federal judge overseeing the 2020 election interference case. This as the Special Counsel requests an aggressive trial date. Meantime, trumps 2024 republican rivals are flocking to iowa for the annual state fair. Former Vice President mike pence is being heckled by some people at the fair as a traitor. A Covid Variant grips the country as Health Experts brace for a surge in the flu and rsv as well. A viral Triple Threat threatens america. And thousands of hackers are headed to las vegas for a chance to win millions of dollars in prizes to crack chatgpt. The white house is telling them, do your worst. Cnn this morning starts right now. Breaking news this morning, that death toll from the catastrophic set of wildfires across maui has risen to 55 people. Officials are warning its expected to increase as Search And Rescue efforts continue. We are seeing loss of life here. As you know, the number has been rising, and we will continue to see loss of life. Its
Which cloud was an alumnus of, are expressing their condolences. Im really sad. Im actually like very sad. He was like one of my favorite characters. Disbelief in sorrow for many after the death of oakland born actor angus cloud on monday. Clouds family, who still resides in the east bay city, announcing his death in a statement to abc news. It reads in part, it is with the heaviest heart that we had to say goodbye to an incredible human today as an artist, a friend, a brother and a son. Angus was special to all of us in so many ways. The 25 year old cloud was best known for starring in the hit hbo show euphoria. As a child, he attended the Oakland School of the arts, which reacted to his death by saying the Osa Community is mourning as we remember angus and we offer our deepest condolences to his family and friends. Angus is remembered as a multifaceted and talented artist and instrumental music, Digital Media and production design. Who had a huge presence at osa cloud, maintained str
Apple is a big drag on the averages today especially with the nasdaq. The company hit with a nearly 2 billion fine by the european commission, the ec, said apple has abuse of rules for other streaming music providers but may be a bigger concern for investors is the companys perceived slower start to the ai race. We have much more on the story, courtney. We will start with macys. That stock rallying 15 today as arthouse and Brigade Capital raised their offer for the company to 24 a share from 21 bucks. Macys confirms it has received the offer and its board will review it as they did previously. Joining us, gabrielle, managing partner and our own leslie picker is here with us as well. Leslie, kick it off. Thank you, gabrielle, for being here. The big news is that you bumped up to a 51 premium to the unaffected stock price from a few months ago, but shares still trading about 3 1 2 dollars below that price tag. You said in an earlier release that the board was unwilling to engage due to a