I wanted to say a few words about wesley gelb. He was most recently president emeritus here at the council and served as our president from 19932003. Over the last five decades, he was a distinguished academic, a senior official at the departments of state and defense and a pulitzer prizewinning journalist at the new york times. He worked on the editorial side as well as a journalist. , he led the institution into the postcold war era. He was there for the founding or f the Maurice Greenberg center, the launch of the independent Task Force Program amongnvigoration many other initiatives. He was generous with his time and wisdom, particularly with a great many young people in the field, including myself. He was one of the countries true wiseman one of this countrys true wisemen. I wanted to be sure to take a moment at the beginning of this evening. Annuals meeting is our series on military strategy and leadership. Features top military leaders and was made possible by a generous gift fr
address rising crime. chicago will now have another mayor who has previously called for the defunding of police. gillian: what impact will that new mayor have on the windy city s ongoing crime surge? we ll speak with raymond lopez about just what chicagoans say they are expecting. john: begin with the fox news alert, the taiwanese president meeting with kevin mccarthy in los angeles as part of a week long trip to america that has left china threatening to retaliate. those pictures coming in moments ago. hello, john roberts in washington. we live to fight another day. gillian: allegedly. see how today goes. good to be with you, john. john: it s early. gillian: gillian turner in for sandra smith. this is america reports. taiwan s increasingly close relationship with the u.s. is a major source of anxiety for beijing for years, china called it a provocative move that threatens to derail relations and undermine stability across the pacific. john: the biden administra
Good afternoon everybody and welcome. This is on the subject of u. S. China relations. Is sponsored by the brookings institution. I would like to commend the panelists for agreeing to mostss some of the pressing questions before us, and that is whether beijing and theington can avert pressure toward confrontation. The pressure of history. A ruling power in day rising power in conversation confrontation. The larger question is, what do we do about it . Requests. Ousekeeping please turn off your phones, do not turn it to vibrate because it could interrupt the sound system. Themeeting today is on record, we will talk for about 30 minutes happy or and then up here and then turn it over to questions. On the right, one of the great china specialists. Cofounder and researcher. She keeps her eye on the macroeconomics of a range of subjects. Then, the Maurice Greenberg senior fellow. National security adviser to Vice President biden with special focus on china policy. And, our distinguished vis
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Money. This is real money, and you are the most important part of the show, to tell us what is on your mind. Americas oil boom and weaker Global Demand is throwing World Oil Prices for a loop by helping to push them down. The price today is almost a 16 drop from this years peak price set in june. Theres now more energy coming online from fracing, and according to the latest data crunched, the United States is turning into the worlds Top Producers of oil products, beating out world bigwigs, saudi arabia and russia. When the price of oil starts coming down, the price of gasoline usually follows suit. There is an 11 drop from the peak price of 3. 68 a gallon set in june. Given americans love affair with the automobile, any relief is welcome news. Americans send up to 4 of our pretax income on gasoline, so lower gas prices will leave more money in peoples pockets to spend, and spending is what greases americas economic engine. Slower Economic Activity in europe and asia is also playing its