[inaudible conversations] good evening everyone. So excited to see a full house i want to give a few housekeeping items we are more than happy to take photos from your seats but please turn off the flash and put all of the cell phones on silent that would be wonderful please post on social medias we can see your stuff and repost it possibly i and the Events Manager at politics and prose thank you for coming out on a friday night for tonights event tonight is a joint union and we are all pleased to be in conversation with david brooks i want to tell you of other Exciting Events so on seph with Malcolm Gladwell that is part of a live recording and on septembe september 12th we have Samantha Power with james comey and on september 24 for the year the year of the monkey we hope to see you this month secretary mattis is a native who has served more than four decades as marine infantry officer. Following two years as secretary of defense returned to the northwestan and is a distinguished fel
[applause] welcome, michael. How many people here have been here all day . [applause] very impressive. How many people came just to hear michael . Okay. My wife is here. Im sure she did. [laughter] one of the countrys most distinguished most respected and most admired president ial historians and let me tell you a little bit about the background before we talk about presidency and latest book president s of war, highly recommend and we will go through that, michael is native of chicago area, he went to williams where he came under the influence of a famous historian and subsequently went to Harvard Business school, after Harvard Business school he did not go to private equity which he should have done, higher calling. David it did it the right way, he was inclined to history, 30year hes historian for nbc and youve probably seen him many times on television. Why did you decide to go and become historian if you went to Harvard Business school . I wanted to be a historian, no joke, since
Reporter it is a fantastic friday morning with everyone indeed working for the weekend. The city by the bay looking sharp for late july and no fog to be found and we are warming up here in this historic popular Downtown Sunnyvale. It is alive and well, home to plenty of restaurants, momand pop shops and the Farmers Market. We packed up and back out here for another zip trip. I am alongside Gasia Mikaelian and mike mibach. The big city that has the small town feeling. Reporter decades ago sunnyvale was fruit orchards but now multimillion dollar homes with Big Tech Companies not only influenced the bay area but the world. Lets introduce you to the starting lineup. We have Sal Castaneda ugut the hour. We have Frank Mallicoat with us i think he has first when it comes to trivia but i think theres one resident that knelt every question. We have claudia, the Hometown Hero and you will hear from Bryan Boitano and his connection to sunnyvale. We are here at south murphy avenue and many people
[ bird caws ] im jamie colby, heading toward the garden state parkway. Im meeting a couple of jersey boys who had an old painting in the basement. Could it really be a rembrandt . Think youre heard a stranger inheritance story . Forget about it im ned landau. Neither i, nor my brothers, roger, and steven, had any idea that our mother had left us something so valuable. Neither did the auction guy up the highway. But people around the world were watching. Hi. How are you guys . Im jamie. Hi, jamie. E to new jersey. Thanks for coming out on such a rainy day. Ned, steven, and roger landau grew up here in north jersey, just outside of new york city. Two parents, three boys, on a street where theres lots of other kids. Our father had a small chemical company. They made coatings and industrial finishes. Three boys cant be easy for your mom. What was she like . She was an expert yoga professional, and this was well before yoga was a thing. My mother was almost like a flower child. Lyla landau
Him before and i know youre going to enjoy his company and hes going to be in conversation with jess mchugh author of americannon. Shes a writer and researcher whose work has appeared across a variety of national and International Publications including the New York Times the wall street journal the washington posts and many many others. Shes reported stories from four continents on a range of cultural and historical topics from presentday. Liverpool punks to the history of 1960s activists in greenwich village, and i have spent some time with both of our guests in the green room and just now early in a techron, and i know youre going to enjoy their company, so im welcoming now to the screen jess mchugh. Hi, jess. Hi, so happy to be here. And i will tell our listeners too. That what time is it where you both are one oclock in the morning. That is correct. Were doubly glad to have you here and i cant wait to hear what you have to say. So peter, will you let me know when its time to come