Ilbook entitled seven pillars, and the discussion, is to look more broadly and were deeply at the drivers of instability in the middle east. From yemen toem syria to iraq, d now with iran, the region more than ever seen in a permanent state of turmoil, its become a land of endless wars. Tragically, despite decades of intense and often wellmeaning american attention and the expenditure of billions of dollars, u. S. Policy has more often than not been a failure. Maybe they can get more often thanha not is too kind. Ut its been an absolute failure if one accepts the basic aim was to foster disability and a better life for the people in the region. Of course the ones ultimately responsible for for a country success or failure of people who live there. But the catastrophe of todays middle east raises questions about whether the United States should continue to be engaged in the region, and if so, how. In this regard the editors of seven pillars, Michael Rubin and Brian Katulis andha a cocon
I am one of the coowners of politics and prose. Along with my coowner and husband and our fabulous staff we welcome you to the event at our Nations Capital and on the campus of George Washington university. I mentioned our location because we are an institution named for the first president and assembled on the blocks from the nerve center of the white house and congress. So what better venue for a conversation with tonights guest speaker . Kamala harris spends her days on capitol hill and you are not alone if you think in a couple of years she could be taking up residence at the other end of pennsylvania avenue. [cheers and applause] since her election to the United States senate in 2016 she has emerged as one of the most exciting and refreshing voices of the Democratic Party a california native starting her career. I know im from the bay area as a prosecutor in the bay area and defeated a longtime incumbent to become District Attorney for San Francisco then hardfought race of attorne
Its a witch hunt. Its the late show with Stephen Colbert. Tonight, coocoo in cocoa town. Plus, stephen welcomes clive owen ambassador Samantha Power and musical guest, thomas rhett featuring jon batiste and stay human. And now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, its Stephen Colbert cheers and applause stephen come on hey i missed you stephen fantastic. Cant go wrong. Thank you thank you very much welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to the late show. Im your host, Stephen Colbert. We have moved into cheers you know why these people you know why these people are excited . They know they know what im about to say. Weve moved into an exciting new phase of impeachment because the House Judiciary Panel is set to debate articles of impeachment tonight. cheers and applause theyre doing it tonight. That thats right. Its impeachment after dark. Oooh, congressman nadler, my president ial power has been badly abused. laughter why dont you just pound that gavel, and i promise yo
Rice talking about her new book. In the meantime we are joined onset by author and Pulitzer Prize winner journalist Leonard Pitts his most recent book the last thing you surrender a historical novel but before we get into the book while we were sitting here chatting, several people stop and talked with you. What is your connection to the city of miami quick. The miami herald they have been reading me since before when i was a critic with Michael Bolton and whitney houston. [laughter] for better or worse. Do you still write for the herald quick. Yes sir. I live in maryland does that make it difficult to write about miami quick. I am more concerned with the larger american story what faces the nation emotionally and morally. The characters of your new book the last thing you surrender who are they and how did they meet quick. Is based on the uss oklahoma when george is injured and then his life is saved as the ships capsizing. You are looking at world war ii . Yes. To talk about the race
Street stocks set to open at new records once again the stock market just hit another all time in history high, meaning 401 k s and jobs everybodys getting rich and im working my off. Shares of deere sliding, ahead of the open. Issuing a profit warning for fiscal 2020 as trade tensions persist. The toys r us come back, after shuttering all the stores, the new Companies First toy store set to open in new jersey this morning as stocks look to set some new records on optimism about trade, Economic Data today is also in the mix. 3q revised up. Business investment up 1. 2 proxy for investment, that was not a good number last month making up for it now. In tune with what the market has been trying to say, which is that we had this soft patch, were pulling out of it, i think there is a real willingness by the market by investors to look through any near term kind of softness in the incoming numbers because they feel as if we kind of escaped the greatest risk i think these numbers would confir