and first of two days of commemerations in europe to mark the 80 years anniversary of the normandy landings. good evening, a day is a long time in politics. this morning the front pages brough some brief respite to the conservatives. snap polls suggesting that it was rishi sunak who had come out on top in the first leadership debate of the campaign. the prime minister had referred several times in that debate to a so called independent assessment of labour s spending plans, which the tories suggest will mean every working family paying £2000 more in taxes. the prime minister said that was a figure that had been signed off by civil servants at the treasury. the only problem is it hadn t. the bbc has obtained a letter from the most senior civil servant in the treasury, the permanent secretary, james bowler who wrote to labour making clear the civil service had not been as involved as the conservativesclaimed. as you would expect, labour is furious. here s our political editor
as frank gardner reports. war planes from another time. memories from 80 years ago. today, a chance to honor those men and women who took part in d day, the operation that helped end the second world war. service chiefs, prime ministers past and present, the royalfamily and of course, the veterans. roy haywood was 19 on that day, a trooper in the sherwood rangers. i landed in on the evening of d day, and three weeks later i was so badly damaged that they had to amputate both my legs below the knee. i returned home eventually, and i have to say that i always considered myself one of the lucky ones that survived because so many of us didn t. this was the largest ever amphibious invasion in human history, over150,000 british, us, canadian and french troops landing on normandy s beaches under withering fire from german defenses. let us once again commit ourselves always to remember, cherish and honor those who served that day and to live up to the freedom they died for. honoring
Corporation projects the u. K. Is likely to be economically worse off. This study explores the effect brexit will have on the u. S. Economy, politics. This is live here in washington d. C. On cspan 3. Ill introduce our expert panel. We will turn this over to michelle for some comment and then ask them to weigh in. Charlie reese, Vice President at rand. He is former ambassador to greece. In iraq he served as coordinator from 2007 to 2008. Fran is a distinguished fellow at the atlantic council. Until january 2017 she served as Vice President for special initiatives at the council. Howard is senior economist at the Rand Corporation and profess so er at the rand school. He has written on so many varied studies im hard pressed to find something he has not written on. Michelle is our nonrand oeexpe. She is professor at American University school of international as much as and door d coordinates their international program. Thank you very much. Robin didnt introduce herself but show is just
In favor of brexit. That was like a tectonic shift and it was a major change with consequences that were both farreaching and unclear. Brexit changes everything, but how . So businesses, institutions and policymakers have been looking at this ever sense and rands study that we are talking about today looks at some possible outcomes and what they mean or our Economic Policy and for our operation so im excited to see many friends of the Wilson Center here today and that rand. Im going to introduce our panel and my idea is that we will hear from charlie about the bulkof this study. Turn this over to then michelle for some comments and then have fran and howard way in. Who are these people, you may ask . Charlie reese, Vice President international at rand, former Us Ambassador degrees and with a distinguished state Department Career including hosting the secretary for europe. Mister council for Economic Affairs in london and the European Union. In iraq he served as coordinator for economic
Including postings in europe, and from 2007 to 2008. At the rand corporation, Robin Quinville is a distinguished fellow at the council and the senior advisor, and served as Vice President for European Union and special edition at the council. Howard howard shatz is the director of rand, initiated research, and the party Rand Graduate School specialized in economics and national security. And so many varied studies im hardpressed to find something he had. Michelle egan is our nonrand expert, one of our own at the Wilson Center, fellow in global europe program, professor at American University school of International Service and coordinates european and russian studies program. With that, you are waiting, i will turn it over to charlie. Thank you very much. Robin didnt introduce herself but i will mention she is just back from top political jobs at the us embassy in london and in berlin, and knows quite a bit about this herself and hope she will intervene in the discussion period. I woul