Back to our breaking news. We just finished listening to a live News Conference from pga be updating the situation as pertains to the power cut offs already, hundreds of thousands of customers in the bay area are without power now and other areas are coming on line later tonight. It had been scheduled for 8 oclock it may stay at 8 oclock. Theyre reassessing now it could be between 8. 10 the should also course are designed to reduce the risk wildfires. Amid these dry and windy condition of his dna. Just said that is going to shut off power in portions of 34 counties. Throughout the entire state due to the severe drive wind event its expected to create up. High fire danger. The estimate the shot off will affect some 800,000 customers across northern and Central California and in the bay area to estimated to to affect some 274,000 customers, those will be late delayed as we mentioned until 08 00pm possibly later the studies included berkeley oakland, lafayette raga san Leandro Alameda cou
Welcome you to this beautiful campus for such an important conversation on government oversight and accountability in conjunction with the launch of our new student publication. Oversight projects. Org. This project is yet another example of this telework of our student leaders in creating a go to source about the work of federal oversight, accountability and ethics watchdogs. We could not be more proud of our students, the effort and enthusiasm here at Washington College of law. And our Law School Community is especially grateful that the launch of this project is made possible and is elevated with a cadre of leading experts who will sha theirhtn oversight and accountability with us today. So my warm welcome to all of you again. Please join me in welcoming the organizer of todays event, professor fernando look order, the faculty director of the Washington College of law, law and government program. Thank you, fernando. [applause] thank you very much, dean nelson. Welcome everyone. Im
On this weeks show moment by moment whats happening in the gulf threatens Global Economic shock and possibly war well update the situation in iran and about the controversial arms sale of a saudi arabia and fort trump in poland holland cook in washington this is the big picture on our to america. The United States department of justice is asking the United Kingdom to extradite wiki leaks founder Julian Assange in april assad was arrested at the Ecuadorian Embassy in london where he had been holed up nearly so. 7 years formal hearings are underway in london as we tape this weeks show on friday afternoon eastern time whats the latest lets ask chris hedges veteran correspondent host of on contact here on our t. V. And author of a stack of books including america the farewell tour chris joins us from london so there may be a slight delay when he and i talk chris welcome to the big picture assignats recently mystic Court Session apparently due to Health Issues and it was just a video appear
Take your seats. So its an honor to meet you. From washington d. C. Its the white house chorus. Its dinner with special appearances by Kelly Odonnell. Eugene karen travers, the Property Brothers, the president of the United States. And tonight is headliner roy wood jr. But first from los angeles, a very special message from arnold schwarzenegger. Hello, everybody its fantastic to speak to all of you here for the White House Correspondents. Wow, what an event. Look at this. No, i didnt. Here to roast anybody or do make jokes or anything like that. I just simply wanted to say thank you. Thank you. Thank you to of you got to few today because our country would not be the shining beacon of freedom that welcome people like me without the free press. Lets be honest about that and. Tonights event, of course, sends a powerful message. You dont see politicians schmoozing and drinking with the press in beijing or in moscow and places like that . No, not at all. Here we are having a good time. No
could easily win a national election. he had left the 1960 election which he lost narrowly to john f. kennedy with bitterness. and a sense the election had been stolen from him. this allowed the demon that is he always had within him to play during elections. it is about lust for power and absence of morality. it was all about holding on to power. no one can find out about this. whatever it takes. when the president does it it means that it is not illegal. i told the american people i did not trade hostages for arms. there will not be an abuse of power in this office. he develops weapons of mass destruction. we are in trouble. i just want to find 11,780 votes. and that s really when you reach a tipping point in a democracy. that s how dictators come to power. within hours of the arrests at the watergate, the nixon white house started covering up. i was the desk officer of the cover-up. i get the information and gather it and i share it and they were maki