Thank you to Bradford University for giving us this space this morning and the level of. And a lovely conversation. This university is a great plac place, going great places. Thank you very much for giving us the space this morning. And thank you to everyone in bradford. And those across yorkshire. Ive been campaigning over the past few days. What a fantastic welcome weve had and fantastic support. [applause] so many people tell me so much about the hopes they have in our manifesto, in our plans, in all of us. We intend to deliver on those hopes and on those planes. [applause] i think you for the bravery for which you spoke about your own problems and demons because i am determined that we will deal with, address and confront the issues of the Mental Health crisis facing this country so people dont face it and suffer alone. Thank you for what you said this morning. [applause] i also want to say a big thank you to all of those that contributed to our manifesto. Those in our team in the
Im happy to be here because its a great book and vanes says an awesome person. Vanessa joined us here at the Brookings Institution and then promptly produced this great book. Having been here for a short time. I think ill go through the formal intro of vanes sample vanessa. She has written two books, their, the fit called the pea party and the remaking of american conservatism. She is a woman of very Strong Congress visitations but in her convictions but in her Tea Party Book she showed an enormous capacity for a sympathetic understanding of people she profoundly disagrees with and whether we need that gift of empathy at this moment in our politics. So just to tell you how well do this. Vanessa while talk about this great book and her findings and then ill introduce an Allstar Group of respondents who will respond to vanessa and im going to start a discussion among all three and then well bring you all into the conversation. Vanessa is a fellow in the government studies program at broo
Im a senior fellow here at brookings. Im happy to be here for two basic reasons. One, this is a great book. Two, vanessa is an awesome person. I am just so happy that vanessa, about a year ago, joined us here at the Brookings Institution and promptly produced this great book, having been here for a short time. I think i will go through the formal intro of vanessa. But heres something that says a lot about her i think, which is vanessa has written two books. Coauthored the first. The first one is called, the tea party and remaking of american conservatism. Vanessa as this book shows is woman of very strong convictions but in her tea party book, her convictions are quite different from those of Tea Party Activists she showed an enormous capacity for sympathetic understanding of people she profoundly disagrees with. We need that gift of empathy at this moment in our politics. So just to tell you how were going to do this, vanessa will come and talk about this great book and her findings.
British female finalist since 1978. Aims to become. And scientists have confirmed that they have found that people who drink beer live longer but they dont know why. Coffey. Coffee. Good morning. Its tuesday, july 11th. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. A wide ranging review of the british workplace has urged the government to provide good work for all by creating more skilled, well paid jobs. The study led by a former adviser to tony blair recommends that people working in whats known as the gig economy should receive better protection and their employers should make National Insurance contributions. Theresa may, who commissioned the report, says the conservative government will always be on the side of hard workers and good employers. Labour say the review does not go far enough. The report calls for an end to the Cash In Hand Economy. Workers working in whats known as the gig economy should receive new Legal Protections and their employers should make National Insurance contributions. A
To talk about funding for various Treasury Department programs. This is long over an hour and a half. Welcome to everybody. Good morning. Senator coons, senator lankford, looking at earlier. Today with the opportunity to review the budget request of the department of the treasury and the Internal Revenue service. As we begin this important hearing, we welcome our witnesses with us today treasury secretary steven mnuchin, irs commissioner John Koskinen and the treasury ig for Tax Administration, russell george. Thank you for being here. The department of the treasury ahas an important mission. Its work is to promote Economic Growth and stability and safeguard our Financial Systems, which is critical to maintaining a Strong Economy and creating economic opportunity. Equally important is its work to combat terrorism. The proliferation of weapons of mass destruction money moneylaundering, Drug Trafficking and other National Security threats. The Internal Revenue service has significant rol