Recording, if you could just come to the microphone by the white pillar so we can hear your questions and engage in a nice discussion, and lastly, once everything is done if you could please fold up your chairs and place them against the pillar. Our staff, as in me, would greatly appreciate that. [laughter] tonight im pleased to introduce jared cohen, the founder and ceo of jigsaw alphabet inc. As well as an adjunct senior fellow at the council on foreign relations. The New York Times best selling author with eric schmidt of the new digital age and has written the children of jihad. One of the great lessons of american politics that ive learned is tale of two brothers. One went off to sea and one became Vice President. Neither was heard from ever again. [laughter] however, in rare case the Vice President is not relegated to obscurity. Namely, when the president dies. And his newest, best New York Times best selling book, accidental president s, cohen investigates these men. Who ascende
Sarah polk was very big on diplomacy and her strong suit happened to be intelligent political discussion. She took an interest in politics, and she was her husbands partner. She grew up in a political household in tennessee. Her father was a local politician, so she grew up loving politics. She married james after he want to see in the legislature, because if she would not married him if he had been content to be a clerk. Unfortunately for James Kaye Polk, he died three months after leaving the white house, and sarah began a 42 year widowhood. Pulled place became a shrine and she would invite anyone she wanted to come for a visit to see the objects they had collected throughout their long and illustrious political career. She lived there for many years on her own and during the civil war, generals on both sides would come and visit her to pay their respects. Thats very interesting as a commentary on what a beloved status she had. She was earnest about her husbands work. She went to eve
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. san francisco man forced to become a near vigilante. searching the streets of san francisco for his stolen van. good evening, i am dan ashley. and i am kristen sze in for ama daetz. abc7 news reporter talked to the man. reporter: when the owner ban dango van rentals van. under california law, rental companies can t report a vehicle stolen under five days overdue. sharky even documented his frustration on twitter which caught the eye of san francis ff supervisor. i think there could be changes. reporter: if a stroke of sheer luck, he see the stolen van right in front of him. he says at that point, he called sfpd after being told their hands are tied, decided to take matters in his own turning on to phil moore and ended up on 17.7.7. after telling the the police are we know this is factoring into some of these break in issues and we want to be part of the solution. reporter: in franz, dion lim abc7 news. jury found the man guilty today killing two sheriff s
. san francisco man forced to become a near vigilante. searching the streets of san francisco for his stolen van. good evening, i am dan ashley. and i am kristen sze in for ama daetz. abc7 news reporter talked to the man. reporter: when the owner ban dango van rentals rented out van. under california law, rental companies can t report a vehicle stolen under five days overdue. sharky even documented his frustration on twitter which caught the eye of san supervisor. i think there could be changes. reporter: if a stroke of sheer luck, he see the stolen van right in front of him. he says at that point, he called sfpd after being told their hands are tied, decided to take matters in his own turning on to phil moore and ended up on 17. 17. 17. after telling the the police are we know this is factoring into some of these break in issues and we want to be part of the solution. reporter: in franz, dion lim abc7 news. jury found the man guilty today killing two sher