Privilege to welcome you to this global event celebrating the release of the highly revised paperback which means if youve got the hardback, by this one too because youre going to want to know whats been changed. The addition of jamie metzls highly acclaimed and bestselling book hacking darwin. Until recently a successful book launch involved 100 people, maybe a few more some hors doeuvres. Some bad wine perhaps. But now you can eat your favorite food from your refrigerator. Your beverage of choice, so this is a lot better and yes, by the way, this is also being carried by cspan so welcome everybody from cspan. These are unprecedented times and they are unsettlingtimes but theres also some promise in these times if we get our act together. As cosponsors of this great event, this is a time when you can move things. A classic moment in history where things can be shaped for ill or for good. We at the Atlantic Council are focused on the good. We have found in our four weeks of telework th
Deeply grateful for the opportunity. After surgery, im aware of the fragility of life and its purpose. I come back today rested, ready, and thankful to all who labored while i was gone. I have come back during a week that suggests how interesting our times are, from the fbi director testifying about a president , to a Supreme Court justice confirmation, to a boat on the Republican Health care plan. Oh, to live in interesting times. I have come back thanks to medical science, and because of that i am in the best shape i have been in for many time. I thank you for your support and thank you for staying close. When we come back, we begin with the testimony of fbi director james comey and nsa director mike rogers. We talk to representatives adam schiff and peter king of the House Intelligence Committee. We begin this evening with the House Intelligence Committee first public hearing on russian interference in the president ial election. Fbi director james comey confirmed there is an Ongoin
Deeply grateful for the opportunity. After surgery, im aware of the fragility of life and its purpose. I come back today rested, ready, and thankful to all who labored while i was gone. I have come back during a week that suggests how interesting our times are, from the fbi director testifying about a president , to a Supreme Court justice confirmation, to a boat on the Republican Health care plan. Oh, to live in interesting times. I have come back thanks to medical science, and because of that i am in the best shape i have been in for many time. I thank you for your support and thank you for staying close. When we come back, we begin with the testimony of fbi director james comey and nsa director mike rogers. We talk to representatives adam schiff and peter king of the House Intelligence Committee. We begin this evening with the House Intelligence Committee first public hearing on russian interference in the president ial election. Fbi director james comey confirmed there is an Ongoin
Rose welcome to the program. We begin this evening with two members of the House Intelligence Committee, dem krad kem krat adam schiffnd republican peter king. They got a sense of why this is is such an important matter and why it deserves investigation. The breathed of the russian attack on our democracy, the fact that the fbi has an Ongoing Investigation to determine whether there was coordination between the Trump Campaign and the russians. As well as the directors, both of their willingness to establish that there is no evidence to support the president s claim that he was wiretapped by his predecessor. Any one of those things i think on a normal day would be quite a revelation but there was a lot packed in today. And i think ultimately the most important thing is it gave a good glimpse at why this is so serious. And why we ought to do Everything Possible to do a thorough investigation and conduct it in a nonpartisan way. We continue with Matthew Rosenberg of the New York Times and
Rose welcome to the program. We begin this evening with two members of the House Intelligence Committee, dem krad kem krat adam schiffnd republican peter king. They got a sense of why this is is such an important matter and why it deserves investigation. The breathed of the russian attack on our democracy, the fact that the fbi has an Ongoing Investigation to determine whether there was coordination between the Trump Campaign and the russians. As well as the directors, both of their willingness to establish that there is no evidence to support the president s claim that he was wiretapped by his predecessor. Any one of those things i think on a normal day would be quite a revelation but there was a lot packed in today. And i think ultimately the most important thing is it gave a good glimpse at why this is so serious. And why we ought to do Everything Possible to do a thorough investigation and conduct it in a nonpartisan way. We continue with Matthew Rosenberg of the New York Times and