Hour long event. Welcome all. Im Abby Livingston. Im the chair of the Texas Tribune and im delighted to welcome two of the most pivotal people in the american politics. They have the jobs that are not most well known. To my meet left i have cheri bus tos. Hello. And i have congressman tom emmer and hes the chair of the National Republican committee. It took me a while to understand the acronyms. Theyre not as well known as. N. C. Chairman or d. N. C. Chairman. But these are members of congress who have been elected by their colleagues to basically get the gavel whether that means protect it or take it. And so it is a difficult job. They manage millions of dollars. They decide who gets that money in ad spending and it can be a brutal process if your side is not doing well in the election year. I had one former chairman describe to me what its like during the house floor and tell a colleague im so sorry, i just cut off your Television Ads and youre going to lose reelection. Yall might ha
On the 2020 election and the impact of the impeachment inquiry against President Trump. The Texas Tribune hosted this hourlong event. Abby welcome all. Im Abby Livingston. Im the chair of the Texas Tribune and im delighted to welcome two of the most pivotal people in the american politics. Of the most pivotal people in the american politics. They have the jobs that are not most well known. To my meet left i have cheri bus tos. Hello. And i have congressman tom emmer and hes the chair of the National Republican committee. It took me a while to understand the acronyms. Theyre not as well known as. N. C. Chairman or d. N. C. Chairman. But these are members of congress who have been elected by their colleagues to basically get the gavel whether that means protect it or take it. And so it is a difficult job. They manage millions of dollars. They decide who gets that money in ad spending and it can be a brutal process if your side is not doing well in the election year. I had one former chai
Negative press recently with vaperelated deaths and lung injuries on the rise and teenage ecigarette use skyrocketing. Juul even brought in a new c. E. O. It has spent millions of dollars trying to get prop c passed here in San Francisco, but late tonight a statement from that new c. E. O. Says, in part, we must zriechl to work with regulators, policy makers and other stakeholders and earn the trust of the societies in which we operate. As part of that effort juul says it will stop active support of prop c. Now, prop c aimed to prevent a ban on ecigarette sales in San Francisco that goes into effect in january, but the campaign presented it as a crackdown on ecigarette sales that will protect kids. Tonight the no on c Campaign Says it will skeptical of juuls announcement because it says the campaign has been less than truthful. Weve got a lot of work to do to educate voters. This cant come off the ballot. So if its true, its a welcome sign. Hopefully it wont be as contentious a campaig
The Texas Tribune hosted this hourlong event. Welcome all. Im Abby Livingston. Im the chair of the Texas Tribune and im delighted to welcome two of the most pivotal people in the american politics. They have the jobs that are not most well known. To my meet left i have cheri bus tos. Hello. And i have congressman tom emmer and hes the chair of the National Republican committee. It took me a while to understand the acronyms. Theyre not as well known as. N. C. Chairman or d. N. C. Chairman. But these are members of congress who have been elected by their colleagues to basically get the gavel whether that means protect it or take it. And so it is a difficult job. They manage millions of dollars. They decide who gets that money in ad spending and it can be a brutal process if your side is not doing well in the election year. I had one former chairman describe to me what its like during the house floor and tell a colleague im so sorry, i just cut off your Television Ads and youre going to l
Traffic break going on, a little bit of slowing off 242. Looks like its okay once again and the slowing here at the bay bridge toll plaza, only on the left lanes, but notice, they still havent opened that last cash lane on the left side. Well track that and when it does, it will clear. Laura . Thank you very much. Breaking news that were following in hong con, these are live pictures in the past few minutes we have seen a lot of chaos involving police and protesters on the streets. This is in the wake of a large antichina rally on the day the mmunist party celebrates 70 years of rule. Here is how it looked just a few minutes ago, we could see tear gas canisters, they were flying, police in riot gear trying to disperse the crowd. We heard people calling for they wanted water, also reports of protesters in hong kong being shot in the chest by a Police Officer several hours ago. Were also hearing protesters in some cases tried to throw toxic fluid on Police Officers. Subway stations acros