The 4th people started to evacuate the area around the port because. There was Little Information on what caused the fire the Lebanese Army then issued a statement saying this was not a deliberate this was an accident and. Fire that oil as well as tires that were stored in a warehouse caught fire and the army as well as firefighters theyve been deployed to the scene as you can see trying to put out the flames helicopters have are also being used to try to distinguish extinguish the flames that are on their nerves this is a city that is still on their nerves the city still demanding answers theyre still having questions on what caused that massive explosion 55 weeks ago investigations are continuing. The case has been theyve been questioning Security Officials as well as politicians but still no answers still no official help to account especially since so many officials were aware of the presence of highly explosive Ammonium Nitrate at the warehouse and they did nothing about it. Thous
Pulitzer prize winning journalist chris hedges talks about his book wages of rebellion next. He discusses the causes of revolution and resistance by looking at stories of rebels throughout history and examines what it takes to be a rebel in modern times. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] hi there. Hi there. Can you guys hear me . Can you hear me in the back . Great. Im one of the owners here. Its great to see all of youd a labyrinth tonight. Welcome. Just a few practical things and then well get going. First, please turn off your cell phones if you havent done that already. Also our event season is islanding down but were planning great events for the fall so if you dont already get our email invite and would like to just leave us your email address on the back counter theres a signup sheet for that. In terms of the event tonight the logistics are i will do a very breath introduction, chris will speak and then there will be time for q a. I would just like to ask you w
With the nasdaq sitting just points away from the an alltime high, the five largest publicly traded companies today are all in the tech sector. Apple, which is worth more than 600 billion, alphabet, parent of google, microsoft, amazon and facebook valued at more than 360 billion are the companies with theiggest market capitalizations. List looks a lot different than it did just a handful of years ago. When industrial names like exxonmobil, General Electric and tech name ibm held the title of worlds most valuable. So what does this shift to Tech Companies being the most valuable publicly traded companies, and what does it suggest for the economy . Particularly since Tech Companies hire less workers . Kathryn rampell, columnist at the Washington Post joins us tonight where she focuses on economic and public policy. Nice to have you with us, kathryn. Welcome. Good to be here. Lets start with what you think this does mean for the economy. Obviously, you know, technology has been the drivin
With the nasdaq sitting just points away from the an alltime high, the five largest publicly traded companies today are all in the tech sector. Apple, which is worth more than 600 billion, alphabet, parent of google, microsoft, amazon and facebook valued at more than 360 billion are the companies with theiggest market capitalizations. List looks a lot different than it did just a handful of years ago. When industrial names like exxonmobil, General Electric and tech name ibm held the title of worlds most valuable. So what does this shift to Tech Companies being the most valuable publicly traded companies, and what does it suggest for the economy . Particularly since Tech Companies hire less workers . Kathryn rampell, columnist at the Washington Post joins us tonight where she focuses on economic and public policy. Nice to have you with us, kathryn. Welcome. Good to be here. Lets start with what you think this does mean for the economy. Obviously, you know, technology has been the drivin
Points away from the an alltime high, the five largest publicly traded companies today are all in the tech sector. Apple, which is worth more than 600 billion, alphabet, parent of google, microsoft, amazon and facebook valued at more than 360 billion are the companies with theiggest market capitalizations. List looks a lot different than it did just a handful of years ago. When industrial names like exxonmobil, General Electric and tech name ibm held the title of worlds most valuable. So what does this shift to Tech Companies being the most valuable publicly traded companies, and what does it suggest for the economy . Particularly since Tech Companies hire less workers . Kathryn rampell, columnist at the Washington Post joins us tonight where she focuses on economic and public policy. Nice to have you with us, kathryn. Welcome. Good to be here. Lets start with what you think this does mean for the economy. Obviously, you know, technology has been the driving force of Economic Growth fo