Interviewing senator mack in 1982 cermak left a successful banking career to the senate where he served three terms in the u. S. Senate. He then served two terms before reelection so with that i will hand it over keep an eye on your chat feature. Thank you very much it is great to have this conversation with a man i admire so much in the New York Times today had an article about independent bookstores that i think is worth mentioning because i am a kindle guy but every time i read a book i by ten to send to friends its important to focus on the fact that as a nation we need to be literate and supporting authors across the spectrum. Im a big fan of yours and a big supporter i read it on the Amazon Kindle and if you have a chance to do it i would suggest you do that the independent bookstore especially during the pandemic so theres enough for my announcement. There are four independent bookstores participating. Thats why i brought it up. [laughter] we should name who they are the midtown
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Transition to as administration began monday. He said his team had spoken with you. Who did you talk with specifically on his team and when will you meet with him directly . Base with theed chief of staff, ron klain. We do not talk about the nuts and bolts. Obviously, soon we will be getting the Transition Team and the task force to give them the information that would make their assuming the responsibilities easier and more efficient. Serveif asked, which you on a Biden Administration Coronavirus Task force . Guest of course. Host what are you anticipating from the Biden Administration, specifically on the idea of testing and tracing . Guest i dont want to get ahead of them. They will have their agenda. We will discuss it together. I certainly will give them recommendations, but i dont want to get ahead of them and make announcements of what they should do. We really need to sit down and talk together and then we will come out with that. Host we want to give you a chance to talk to ou
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