Obrien all that and more, major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by bnsf railway. And with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Obrien the crisis in houston deepens by the day, as Tropical Storm harvey lurks just offshore. More than 3,500 people have been rescued, and officials have confirmed four deaths, but expect more. One town east of houston has already gotten nearly 52 inches of rain, a record for the u. S. Mainland. As much as 30 of harris county, which covers some 1,700 miles and is home to houston, is now under water, and more and more is washing into the city itselfg p. J. Tobia begins our coverage. Reporter images of a region pushed to the brink. Torrents poured through parts o downtown houston, as a pair of aging dams overflowed. Rescue crews had worked through the night, with flood victims crowding onto dum
Good monday morning. Welcome to squawk alley. Jon fortt, sara eisen and myself at post nine. The markets up 63. Joining us today, re code executive editor cara swisher. First we want to get to phil lebeau for more on this ceo shakeup over at ford. Phil, good morning once again. Thank you very much. We will be talking with bill ford jr. , or actually bill ford, the executive chairman of the Ford Motor Company, coming to us from the companys headquarters discussing this decision in terms of dropping mark fields as ceo. Hes being replaced by jim hackette. Jim hackette, formerly the ceo of steelcase, board member at ford for a number of years and then took over the Smart Mobility business about a year, maybe a year and two months ago, and he now will be at the headquarters and we heard from him just within the last hour, saying look, we need to move faster, we need to make our decisions more unified as a company and as part of that, we are going to be talking with bill ford about what happ
Washington correspondent of the star ledger and a past president of the club. Columnist george will once said that the late senator Daniel Patrick moynihan of new york wrote more books than most senators had read. Todays guest, former House Speaker newt gingrich, has written even more books than senator moynihan. But remember, there are four times more house members than there are senators. Speaker ing given is gingrich is here to talk about his latest book, understanding trump. Well speak for about 20 minutes and then take audience. If you have not previously purchased a book, please do so now. Proceeds benefit the National Press Club Journalism institute that does journalism trading and helps the club. Before we begin, please turn off or silence your cell phones. Id first like to acknowledge the members of the Headliners Team responsible for organizing the event x. If youre in the audience, please stand and be recognized. Betsy fisher martin. Lisa matthews, lori russo. Heather weaver
Books than senator moynihan. Speaker in greenwich is here to talk about his latest book understanding trump. He will speak for 20 minutes and take questions from the audience. If you have not previously purchased the book do so now. Benefit the National Press Club Journalism institute. The nonprofit arm, journalism training, turn off or silence your cell phone. The Headliners Team responsible for organizing the event and please stand to be recognized. Lisa matthews, larry russo, heather weaver, frank and tricia staff liaison lindy underwood. Thank you all. [applause] i first met speaker in greenwich 40 years ago at a town hall meeting he was holding outside atlanta and asked if mario cuomo would play in his staff if he ran for president. Cuomo never did run, but speaker gingrich did in 2012 and the republican president ial nomination, spent a week for you in florida while you were running. In the interim this professor of history began leading successful effort to end 40 years in the d
Transition to president. [inaudible conversations] [applause] good morning and welcome to the National Press club. I am Jonathan Salant washington correspondent and a past president of mccloskey. Daniel Patrick Moynihan of new york wrote more books than most candidates had read. Todays guest former House Speaker Newt Gingrich has written even more books than senator moynihan but remember there are more house members then there are senators. Speaker gingrich is to talk about his latest book sublight. He will speak for 20 minutes and then take questions from the audience before he signs the book. Proceeds from todays event benefit the National Press Club Journalism institute the clubs nonprofit journalism training. Before we begin please turn off for silence your cell phones. I would like to acknowledge the members that they headline team responsible for organizing the event and if you are in audience please stand be recognized. Lisa matthews, roy rousseau beale pierced frank masson no a