Good evening. Im andrew, the director of the Scowcroft Institute of International Affairs at the bush school of government here e at texas a and m. University. I would like to welcome our special event this evening with kim ghattas who is going to speak of the recent book, black wave saudi arabia, iran and the fortyyear rivalry that unleashed collective memory in the middle east. I have to say i spent the weekend reading it. I didnt quite get through but i couldnt put it down it was so interesting. If you havent read it after this evening you can get the book if you havent already but i would urge you to read it to be at its fascinating and very wellwritten and very well researched. There was a narrative thats very troubling. I would like to announce that our event with ambassador dennis ross is another expert in the middle east is unable to come to college station. Hcollege station. He had a family emergency and so kim ghattas is an awardwinning journalist and writer covered the middl
Weekend. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo gave an update on the confirmed coronavirus cases and deaths. The Governor Also Announced Public Schools in the state would be closed for another two weeks until april 15. Good morning everyone. Let me introduce who we have with us today. To my far right we have the president of Empire College who i worked with for many years and has been helpful here on this mission. Our commissioner of health to my left is the general Patrick Murphy who will say more in a moment and to his left is general shields. Thank you for being here today for this is an amazing a compliment transformative in just one week this center looks entirely different and this was a place that is literally going to save lives. Let me go through some facts if i can on a daily update of where we are and then i want to make some comments to all the women and men who are assembled and did such a great job on this facility. The increase in the number of cases continues. We still see tha
For new york city. Good morning everyone. Let me introduce who we have with us today. From my far right we have jim watches who is the president of empire college. We worked with him for many years and hes been helpful on this mission our commissioner of health, doctor howard zucker, to my left is general Patrick Murphy, obviously more about him in a moment and to his left is general raymond shield. Thank you for being here today. This is an amazing compliment. Its transformative in just one week. The job center looks entirely different. This is a place thats literally going tosave lives. Go through some facts , if i can. On a daily update of where we are and then i want to make some comments to all the women and men who are assembled and did such a great job on this facility. The increase in the number of cases continues. We still see thattrajectory going up. Those are the dates frommarch 3 to march 20. Strategy, plan of action, along, step one flatten the curve comments that you incr
Special event this evening with kim ghattas who is going to speak of the recent book, black wave saudi arabia, iran and the fortyyear rivalry that unleashed collective memory in the middle east. I have to say i spent the weekend reading it. I didnt quite get through but i couldnt put it down it was so interesting. If you havent read it after this evening you can get the book if you havent already but i would urge you to read it to be at its fascinating and very wellwritten and very well researched. There was a narrative thats very troubling. I would like to announce that our event with ambassador dennis ross is another expert in the middle east is unable to come to college station. Hcollege station. He had a family emergency and so kim ghattas is an awardwinning journalist and writer covered the middle east for 20 years for bbc and the financial times. She reported from iraq, saudi arabia, syria, and covered the war between israel and hezbollah earning an emmy for International News co
Get the book if you havent already but i would urge you to read it. Its absolutely faceting, very well written, very relevant research. Theres a narrative flow to it and its very troubling i have to say but thats the purpose of the book i think. I would like to announce unfortunately that our event in two days with ambassador dennis ross whos another expert in the middle east is unable to come to college station. He had a family emergency, so his lecture wednesday evening will be postponed until later. Kim ghattas is an Emmy Awardwinning journalist and writer who cover the middle east for 20 years for bbc and the Financial Times picture reported from iraq, saudi arabia, syria, lebanon,n, and she covered the r between israel and hezbollah earning an emmy for International News coverage. Shes also reported on the state department and on american politics regularly traveling with secretaries of state including condoleezza rice, Hillary Clinton and john kerry. She has been published in atl