And informative talk. [applause] good evening. Welcome to the Commonwealth Club of california where you are in the no. I am the political reporter of kcbs radio in your moderator for the program. Find is on the internet at Commonwealth Club. Org and download the apple for information and a broadcast of past programs. You can find me on twitter. It is now my pleasure to introduce George Packer a staff writer for the new yorker and author of the new block the unwinding an inner history of the new america. Born here in the bay area and raised in palo alto a child of Silicon Valley before it was called back. Served in the peace corps then became a journalist and author written for the New York Times magazine, mother jones, harpers and a staff writer at the new yorker 10 years ago. He has ridden 10 novels and the Award Winning offbroadway play cover the iraq war and about the assassins gates and reported from africa, the middle east and all over america and chosen as a guggenheim fellow in
On down to wharton, they say. We can use every hand. Reporter martin savidge, thank you very much. And thanks to you for joining us. Our breaking News Coverage continues now with ac 360. Houston. A week after Hurricane Harvey came ashore, the reminders that this is not over keep coming and theres a new one that just happened. Explosions and a massive fire at the Chemical Plant 25 miles northeast of houston. It began with flooding, followed by a power outage, and the equipment to keep explosive chemicals cool shut down. Early yesterday morning came the first fire. Late today, a large explosion, followed by the large fire that has thankfully died down again. For obvious reasons, cnns brian todd is not here but joins us with the latest. What do we know exactly about this fire . Reporter we can tell you that officials have told us for
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Taken an oath to uphold the constitution. Stop being made all the time. We dont they Say Something nice. I think they need help. I really do. The clock is ticking down towards the august recess and republicans are ready and willing to move legislation to authorize a lawsuit against president obama. Right now on the house floor, debate is set to begin on speaker John Boehners lawsuit, one that accuses the president of abusing his powers by delaying the Affordable Care acts employer mandate, a mandate that the same house gop voted to delay alongside the attempts to reappeal all or part of the healthcare law. It is expected to give the lawsuit the greenlight in the next hour. Speaking in missouri this afternoon, the president had a few choice words about republican priorities. They have announced they are going to sue me for taking executive actions. To help people. Everybody recognizes this is a political stunt but its worse than that because every vote they are taking like that means a
The queen will not allow it, a period the palace will not comment on. It was a difficult situation to try and maintain a happy face and business as usual. Early november 1992, diana and charles arrive in seoul south korea. Is that they look like two people not that they want to be in each others company, but they dont want to be in korea, either. Its clear, things must change. With regret, the prince and princess of whales have decided to separate. It was as if a weight had been lifted from them. Backstage, both of them could define pathways and do what they needed to do. The princess of whales would like to make a short statement. December 1993. When i started my public life, 12 years ago, i understood the media might be interested in what i did, but i was not aware of how overwhelming that attention would become. Diana makes a surprise announcement. At the end of this year, when ive completed my diary of official engagements, i will be reducing the extent of the public life ive led s