2013 until december 10, 2014, you served as emergency manager of detroit. Kevyn yes. Brian why did you take the job . Kevyn i have been asked that a lot of times. I was a restructuring professional. Detroit is 82 africanamerican, a city that had gone through several decades of decline. It was a city that needed restructuring. I initially was a little reluctant to take the job. I thought it would be difficult and i was comfortable in my corporate attorney life, my family and i. My managing partner steve and my wife said, look, this could be a call to action. It is important. It is outside your comfort zone, but we have people making the ultimate sacrifice on behalf of their country. This is temporary. And you will still be in an Airconditioned Office in the summer and heated in the winter. Sometimes you have to give back. After some reflection, it seemed like the right thing to do. Brian you are based in washington and a graduate of michigan law school. Did that have anything to do with
And i was comfortable in my corporate attorney life, my family and i. My managing partner steve and my wife said, look, this could be a call to action. It is important. It is outside your comfort zone, but we have people making the ultimate sacrifice on behalf of their country. This is temporary. And you will still be in an Airconditioned Office in the summer and heated in the winter. Sometimes you have to give back. After some reflection, it seemed like the right thing to do. Brian you are based in washington and a graduate of michigan law school. Did that have anything to do with why they asked you . Kevyn i think it did. I was an undergraduate at the law school at university of michigan. From 1976 to 1983, i lived in michigan. The 1980s were pretty good years. The class of 1982 was rick snyder. 1983 was me. Mike duggan, we all came up in that era. Having a connection to the city and understanding what it was in its heyday, as well as having participated in other cases, the chrysler
Station employees are back at work today. Mourners turned out for a vigil to pay their respects. Weren parker and ward during an onair broadcast. What we know is that the number of people who have died incidentselated around this country dwarfs any deaths that have been through terrorism. We are willing to spend trillions of dollars to prevent terrorist activities, but we have not been willing, so far, to impose some common sense gun Safety Measures that could save some lives. Vonnie that was president obama at wpvi in philadelphia. The suspect took his own life, but not before posting video of the murders on social media. The woman who was wounded is in stable condition this morning. Chinese stocks of ended their fivethey plunge. Almost all the gains in the last 45 minutes of training. The shenzhen composite was up 3. 5 . The shanghai composite gained 5 . The Chinese Government intervened to boost the stock market. To stabilizeted before they parade on september 3, commemorating the e
Honesty and no naivete, and the way you helped conduct Foreign Policy during a period of enormous crisis in dwrunt states, constitutional crisis, people on the streets and dealing with one of the most intractable problems, i really must say it was an honor to serve with such great men, and thank you very much for sharing your perspective with all of us and putting it down for history. I think people can learn a lot from what youve done for your nation. With that, thank you very much. [ applause ] president obama visits new orleans on thursday to mark the 10th anniversary of hurricane katrina. You can watch live coverage of the president ial visit beginning at 5 00 p. M. Eastern time on cspan. President nixon appointed four justices to the Supreme Court and others who were rejected by is senate. Kevin mcmahon is the author of nixons court. Justice Antonin Scalia makes introductory remarks a this the event that took place in the Supreme Court chamber. This is 45 minutes. Good evening. My
On why they say major changes are needed. Plus u. N. Ambassador nikki haley joins us with what comes next after President Trump threatened to totally destroy north korea. But we begin this morning with todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. People are now just hunkered down and hoping this doesnt bring too much devastation with it. The tame to evacuate was yesterday. Hurricane maria roars ashore in puerto rico. Maria is a beast, okay . Its a dangerous, dangerous storm. A powerful earthquake struck mexico. People ran into the streets as buildings crumbled. Rescue crews now facing the very grim task of digging through the rubble looking for signs of life beneath those collapsed buildings. Were going to kill every man, woman, and child in north korea . That doesnt advance the ball. They cant write this off as some red neck speech or crazy man speech. This was totally thoughtful. This family be sleeping elsewhere after a sinkhole swallowed part of their home. Deep into left field, go