Representativeelect brian mast, representing the 18th district. What were you doing before you when this house seat . Rep. Elect. Mast counterterrorism and a political career and a little bit of time with the Israeli Military. What was your work in counterterrorism . Rep. Elect. Mast explosive specialist. I worked with the National Nuclear Security Administration on issues of nonproliferation and nonterrorism and the federal bureau of firearms on homemade explosives and postblast and analysis. Continuing my expertise is a bomb technician which is how i spent my crew in the military, as a bomb technician. How did you start your career . Rep. Elect. Mast you get a little bit of taste of explosives as an engineer. I had a propensity for it so i decided i wanted to advance and ultimately became a bomb technician. For me, in entailed i was a technician at our highest level of special operations, a little bit different than the movies people see where you use a bomb suit or robots. I was the
Just broken and dysfunctional and not solving the problems that were facing our country. I have three young kids, i have a 5yearold, 3yearold and 2yearold, and i wanted to make sure they grew up in a safe, strong and free america. I have some experience serving with president bush and being here, and i thought that experience would bode well for my district. And i have a passion for Public Service. The combination of all those things, the timing seem to be right. I prayed about it, and it seemed like i needed to do my part in service to my country, and i am honored i get to have the opportunity. What were you doing before you won this house seat . Rep. Arrington i was president of Health Care Innovation company. The company owns a Health System that i did not run. I was starting and growing a telemedicine company. One of the ways we were using telemedicine was to bring Specialty Care in the Population Center where i am from to Rural Communities through partnerships with community hospi
Who are optimistic, 202 7488000. If you are pessimistic, 202 and if you have mixed thoughts about 2017, 202 7488002. I hope 2017 is a terrific year for all of you. With some breaking news from istanbul, turkey as the death toll continues to mount. The current death toll at 39, including at least 15 foreigners killed in an attack in a nightclub and desk in istanbul, turkey. A gun man opened fire at about 1 30 local time as revelers were marking the new year. Another 69 people were being treated in the hospital or are said to be , four are said to be in critical condition. Have imposedrities a media blackout on coverage of the attack, citing security and public order concerns. Some media reports speaking of wyatt more than one attacker, and some witnesses claimed the attackers were speaking arabic but there is no confirmation. A developing story, the situation in turkey were the death toll stands at 39. On the front page of the New York Times as times square, with more than a Million Peo
Sometimes i think of other things, going to south korea or china to help others. I should be fine while im in college. Think when im in my 50s or 60s, then i know what my dream is. Time i am in my 50s i dont have to worry about human rights issues in the world, but also in north korea. Dontat reason, i hope i have to think about this difficult and challenging the professoralso and other experts, i hope by the , i will be at a high school or College Level setting teachi i would love to and i think i would be happy talking to students. How about your goals for the future . While we are adjusting in American Culture and the layers of learning, and set of changing our dreams and goals every day, i found out i work at the dental office as a certified assistant and every day, i see our doctors performing surgeries and i feel very happy when i see patients come back and show their appreciation to our doctors. I also think about in north korea, we dont have a lot of medical treatments and dent
Well have a full replay of opening day. Coming up next, q a with author ronald schafer. Then at 7 00 world is live with your phone calls and a look at todays headlines. 6 announcer this week on q a, former wall street journal reporter and columnist ronald shafer. Mr. Shafer discusses his book, the Carnival Campaign how the rollicking 1840 campaign of tippecanoe and tyler too changed president ial elections forever. Brian ronald shafer, why did you write a book called the Carnival Campaign . Ronald for two reasons. I live in williamsburg, virginia, right next door to where William Henry harrison and john tyler were born. They ran the first modern president ial campaign with rallies and president ial speeches. Brian what do you mean by modern . Ronald before this when you campaign for president , you did not give speeches or have rallies. You just sat at home and wrote letters to people who wrote you about the issues. In this election for the first time, they had huge rallies. Harrison b