Cspan [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions Copyright National able satellite corp. 2016] captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption contents and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org good afternoon. My name is william pelfrey, and my book is Billy Welford and General Motors the story of two unique man at a Legendary Company and remarkable time of american history. Before we start this afternoon, i want to emphasize that i especially honored to be talking about my book care of the Renaissance Center General Motors headquarters especially in light of the headlines that everyone is reading across the country today. When i started this book more than two years ago, i had no idea that the timing would be such that it is. Before i begin my but also like to thank a few people that made this event possible. Cspan and book tv, of course, but also
Bookstore here in the Renaissance Center, adrienne hecky, i dream coming into the rest of the team at amicom books. Christine durham, the manager here of the Renaissance Center, and finally come ed snider and John Mcdonald of General Motors Corporate Communications who facilitate of all of the audio and visual set up. As background i but also like to give just a brief summary of my own riding writing credentials. I started writing as a soldier infantryman with a Rifle Company and a heavy order platoon in vietnam. When i came back to the world i wrote the first vietnam lawful posted by a and infantrymen which was nominated for the National Book award and the National Endowment for the arts fellowship. From there, i began writing about vietnam and south asia for the New York Times, the Atlantic Monthly and the new republic. From there somehow ended up in the Foreign Service and was at the embassy is in pakistan and venezuela come and then did another vietnam novel called Hamburger Hill i
Im david crabtree. The experts may declare an International Health emergency as early as next week. The mosquito born illness can cause birth defects and seobcialover the virus but in have been airing for months over 4,000 babies in brazil have been born resulting in abnormally small heads that can cause brain damage and long term developmental problems. These babies have brain damage to insert this generation into society is going to be very complicated. The World Health Organization says the virus is spreading with three to four million cases in the next 12 months. This virus has been on the move for some time so a lot of people have been exposed in those areas but it will up to 1. 5 million brazilians have been infected but symptoms are mild to none for most people. The serious risk is in pregnant women. Theres no treatment and no immunity either. Its been around for decades but arrived here last year spreading in the u. S. All of them brought from abroad. People who are pregnant ma
Soft story buildings cannot be built anymore. We found since then about 15 percent of our total pop ulation live in these buildsings subject to the had ordinance so this is a huge safety concern for the city of San Francisco and the update im about to give shows good numbers so excited where that is going. Again, after 1989 the Building Inspection Commission put together the plan for seismic safety. It involved 100 member thofz community and several Small Businesses and looked at earthquakes in a holistic sense so what does it mean for the community in San Francisco . 17 general policy San Francisco should be doing to look at earthquake safety. From then city administrator ed lee put together a safety Implementation Plan which i oversee today. One of the biggest issues is deal wg the soft story buildingsm. The ordinance looks at type 5 or wood frame. [inaudible] buildsings built before 1978 and 2 or more stories over a soft story. This was a data crunch and didvent a existing list of t
Darkness. Schools are letting students out early. This is a live picture of the area seen by our affiliate news helicopter. The problem was apparently caused by a major cable failure. Officials at dte edison are working on the problem and the power is slowly coming back on. Detroits mayor will give an update later this afternoon. General motors, one of the only big three auto makers located in downtown detroit says there has been no impact at the Renaissance Center headquarters. Now to Courtney Reagan with breaking news on amazon ceo jeff bezos. Amazon ceo rarely speaks out not at Quarterly Earnings calls and conferences except for today. He just wrapped up at the websites ignition conference expecting topics as drones and websites to what he is like as a dad. Here is what he had to say after the last disappointing report. You have been a shareholder for a long, long time. Happy, rode it up in the bubble. Very much believer in the long term, investment cycle and big bets. Even i last q