Good morning, this hearing is called to order. The title of this hearing is congressional oversight in the face of executive branch and media suppression, and in particular case study of the crossfire hurricane, corrupt investigation. Ill add that. The hearing is actually quite a bit broader than that. But well certainly focus on that. I became chairman of this committee in january of 2015 and will complete my sixyear term at the end of this month. We can all be proud of the more than 100 piece of legislation we worked on together as a committee that became law. The other than more than 200 bills we passed out of committee, although not signed into law, can still serve as the basis for future legislation. Our committee and subcommittees also have broad oversight jurisdiction, and responsibilities that we have not ignored. We investigated and exposed problems within the Va Health Care system, human trafficking, National Security leaks, and systemic violations of the hatch act within the
Now, is that right . David over the past 15 years, one of the most successful ceos in the world has been bob iger. He led disney to its greatest heights, increasing the market value by 400 . He did that through acquisitions of 21st century fox, lucasfilm, pixar, and Marvel Entertainment. What is he going to do next . During the time that you were the ceo, the stock market value of the company went up about 450 and the market my big regret is that i didnt back you and buy stock, but you must be very pleased with what you accomplished. Proud would probably be the right word to use. I inherited a company that was renowned and had been quite successful, but had also gone through a period of difficulty. There was a lot of work to do. To not only improve the company, but to ultimately leave the company in great hands for my successor. David you werent as successful in leaving the company. You wanted to leave a few years earlier and the board said you had to stay longer. Why were you so good
To lou and welcome to crossfire all Things Considered im Peter Lavelle at this point no one knows when the cold crisis will abate however it is undeniable that this Health Crisis has negatively impacted the economy what does it mean to return to normal is that even possible now and will the divide separating the rich from the poor can. Discuss the economy and more im joined by my guest peter early grave very. Can he is an economist at the American Institute for Economic Research in miami and we have made rezko he is seen as chief investment strategist and we also have Eric Townsend he is host of the macro voices podcast gentlemen crossed the rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i was appreciated ok lets go 1st to peter you know in looking at the very the. The broadest picture of whats going on in the economy right now i think we all have to be very honest with ourselves that the election cycle influenced people how they look at the economy how bad it is or ho
Plus reverberations are being felt after the doublewhammy from attorney general bill barr who said, no, the Justice Department has not found any widespread evidence of voter fraud, yes, he did appoint a special ounce sell to probe the origins of the trump russia investigation. Critics calling out nasdaq to force companies to include women and minorities on their boards. They say it is another example focus on identity politics taking precedent over efficient capitalism. President obama, remember him, attacks the party about defunding police. They need more than snappy slogans. That is drawing sharp criticism from his fellow democrats. Im gerry baker in for elizabeth mccdonald. The evening edit starts right now. Gerry we begin tonight on capitol hill where there is potential progress on delivering a covid relief package. Fox news Congressional Correspondent chad pergram has the details. Chad . Reporter good evening, gerry. The Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell is pushing socalled s
Want to thank the commentators and everyone for assembling this deeply honor especially to be giving the William Roger lewis in the flesh. We were on the state Department Committee suffering through a lot of bows and arrows back in the decade prior, and i got to know him well and i feel really honored to give a lecture that is in his name. This book came about and so many of you, my friends, have heard this origin story. This came about because lewis liked the review i had done and mentioned the series that helen was doing that would use my biography to teach history that would pick biographical topics or would use a representative biography to get a broader subject of history. They had just published their first volume. It was on pocahontas. And issues regarding native American History, they were looking for somebody to do something on foreign relations, he offered me the opportunity to put together the perspectives. These were supposed to be short and concise books, that was the idea