Applause for ann coulter. I thought i would begin with a brief anecdote about ann who ive known for many, many years. And i might not be here tonight if ann had not made a different decision careerwise than she made. When i was at the institute for justice many of you probably know that ann was a lawyer before she became the celebrity and commentator that she is today. And she applied for a position at the institute for justice. We offered her a position working as an attorney for i. J. And she turned us down. And the reason she turned us down was that washington d. C. Had adopted an antismoking ordinance and she was wondering where the heck she would be smoking her cigarettes. They would not be at her office unfortunately for her. Subsequently we hired a different lawyer and that lawyer and i organized a group of parents in southcentral los angeles to fight for school choice, to file a lawsuit arguing that the quality of education in southcentral los angeles was so appalling that it v
If ann had not made a different decision careerwise than she made. But when i was at the institute for justice, ann many of you probably know that ann was a lawyer before she became the celebrity and commentator that she is today. She applied for a position at the institute for justice and we offered her a position working as an attorney for ij. And she turned us down. The reason she turned us down was that washington, d. C. , had adopted an antismoking ordinance and she was wondering where the heck she was going to be smoking her cigarettes. And it would not be at our office, unfortunately for her. But, subsequently we hired a different lawyer, and that lawyer and i organized a group of parents in South Central los angeles to fight for school choice, to file a lawsuit arguing that the quality of education in South Central los angeles was so appalling that it violated our your state constitutions guarantee of a highquality education. And they sought a voucher remedy, essentially the op
Medea. Its great to speak with you. Im glad you enjoyed the book. It was a bit of a frenzy to write this book. I usually take about five years to write books. Thats been my average. I publish a new book about every seven years. I give myself a little break between but five full years. This book, i just i just wanted to get it out others quickly as possible. Theres a there are a couple of chapters in the book focused on what we should expect if theres a crisis in the United States, if theres an economic crisis or a major security crisis and i felt so passionately that there needed to be some political Disaster Preparedness among progressives that i just wrote it and i worked with a publisher that was really committed to getting it out quickly, too, because the Publishing Industry can be quite slow. Usually you finish the book and then it sort of creeps along the production process and these stages for another four months, and in this case everybody just worked so hard to get it out in r
Theyre going to decide what they want as a priority good afternoon. Hazard but had a nice columbus day . Take a little break. Im sure you missed me. Let me start by saying that our hearts but to the people in california for enduring the wildfires taking place now. Theyve lost their homes, precious land is heartbreaking but the loss of life is truly devastating. Last that the president spoke with the governor jerry brown and today he approved an expedited major disaster declaration for california along with Fire Management assistance grants. The administration is working closely with state and local officials to ensure that people of california [inaudible] id like to share some positives from puerto rico to the u. S. Virgin islands today. School resumes and u. S. Virgin islands this week, seven schools open today powered by generators, and 11 were scheduled to open next week. Additionally and puerto rico fema is hosting a job fair to our 1200 Puerto Ricans to up with the relief efforts
Prediction. Welcome, everyone. Im trish regan. Welcome to the intelligence report. Fires scorching through californias wine country. 13 people are dead. First we go to adam shapiro, latest on war of words between senator corker and President Trump, adam. Reporter started to heat up again this morning. It tapered off a bit. What has senator corker in the line of fire of President Trump. As you look at senator corker, remember he is going to retire. He is now speaking his mind, critical of the president. Here is what President Trump tweeted early this morning. Quote, the failing New York Times said little bob corker up by recording his conversation. Was made to sound a fool. That is what i am dealing with. New york times says that senator corker was aware the call was being reported. Miss own aides were recording the phone call as the times said, to assure accuracy. Records what this means for tax reform, senator corker has been on board. He is in favor of the budget resolution is far th