Good afternoon. Welcome to the Heritage Foundation, and our auditorium. We welcome those who join us on our heritage. Org web site on all of these occasions, our guests here inhouse we ask that last curtsy to check our mobile devices have been silenced or turned off, and of course for those watching online, youre welcome to send questions or comments at any time, simply email speaker heritage. Org. Hosting our guest today is Becky Norton Dunlap the Ronald Reagan distinguished fellow here at heritage. Thats conservative movement leader, she serves arizona chairman of the conservative action project and also advocates for heritages american conservation ethic and advances energy and Natural Resources policy in general. She previously served as heritages Vice President for external relations and most recently led our restore america project. Before joining heritage she served as secretary of Natural Resources for commonwealth of virginia and the cabinet of thengovernor george allen and al
We had a huge, huge temperature difference between this morning and today and the last couple of days. You have to go back 17 days, before christmas to find a day warmer than today. Just a few clouds passing by so your evening forecast looking very nice. Temperatures in the midtothe upper 40s in the next few hours. No weather related problems for you. In fact, i encourage you to get out. For the first time in several days its not bad to get out and go for a walk. Warmer temperatures bringing people out. Amy aubert in georgetown, are you finding a bigger crowd out there today . Amy amy absolutely. This feels like springtime out here. Look at the crowds. There is a ton of people out here just out and about enjoying the weather. Really taking it all in. Earlier today we caught up with people happy to take advantage of a lunch break outside. The workers tell me the freezing temperatures last week forced them to sh doors. They are hoping the increase in temperatures brings back business. To
Sackur. It is ten years since kosovo became europes newest nation. It has not been an easy decade. Relations with neighbouring serbia remain hostile, and International Recognition has been patchy. Kosovo is still struggling to get on top of endemic poverty and corruption. My guest today is kosovos Prime Minister ramush haradinaj. Can kosovo escape its troubled history . Ramush haradinaj, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. You have had ten yea rs hardtalk. Thank you. You have had ten years of kosovan independence. To the outsider it looks like a story of hopes dashed and ambitions thwarted. Is that what it feels like to you . The foundation of a state, it is there. It is ten years, if not anything else, it has been learning to be ourselves. Facing and making mistakes, learning from our mistakes. And kosovo exists in strong foundation. Do you really think so . Yes. When one looks at kosovo today, one sees that despite claims to independence, a significant nation, with russia and china, but
Holding company with that name, alphabe in an effort to shake up the way the firm is organized. And the new Holding Company will include the business that google is best known for. Search. The news which came after the close of trading sent shares higher initially in the afterhours session, as you see there. John ford is here with what this move means for the company and for shareholders who either own the stock directly or through etfs and funds. Was this reorganization in any way rumored and what does it do . Not rumored at all. Had to do a doubletake to make sure this was real. This company,indeed, called alphabet, within it will it exist google inc. And that company has a new ceo. Larry page, the former ceo of google is going to be the ceo of alphabet. The ceo of google is going to be a guy named Sundar Pichai, served as googles chief operating officer up to this point. As of q4 he will be the ceo, including under his watch will be, yes, search and pretty much all of the revenue pr
Holding company with that name, alphabe in an effort to shake up the way the firm is organized. And the new Holding Company will include the business that google is best known for. Search. The news which came after the close of trading sent shares higher initially in the afterhours session, as you see there. John ford is here with what this move means for the company and for shareholders who either own the stock directly or through etfs and funds. Was this reorganization in any way rumored and what does i do . Not rumored at all. Had to do a doubletake to make sure this was real. This company,indeed, called alphabet, within ital will it exist google inc. And that company has a new ceo. Larry page, the former ceo of google is going to be the ceo of alphabet. The ceo of google is going to be a guy named Sundar Pichai, served as googles chief operating officer up to this point. As of q4 he will be the ceo, including under his watch will be, yes, search and pretty much all of the revenue p