You very much, and welcome to our 13th virtual signature events of our 35th season. I wanted to thank all of you for joining us, we have with this today and number of special guests that i would like to mention the investor from singapore, we also have members of economic members of detroit, we also have members of economic of new york, and we also have a number of people who are members and our members guest. Thank you all for joining us. Today were going to have a Congressional Panel that are going to have medical panel. Our congressional pana, i will talk about us number of subjects including the recent attacks on the us capital, the political environment, security measures, and the way for to national unity. The two members that we have are very honored that are joining us today Debbie Debbie dingell brooks in the 12 district of michigan and shes a democrat and tom reed representing the 23rd district of new york hes republican. And i will give them a more formal introduction in a m
You very much, and welcome to our 13th virtual signature events of our 35th season. I wanted to thank all of you for joining us, we have with this today and number of special guests that i would like to mention the investor from singapore, we also have members of economic members of detroit, we also have members of economic of new york, and we also have a number of people who are members and our members guest. Thank you all for joining us. Today were going to have a Congressional Panel that are going to have medical panel. Our congressional pana, i will talk about us number of subjects including the recent attacks on the us capital, the political environment, security measures, and the way for to national unity. The two members that we have are very honored that are joining us today Debbie Debbie dingell brooks in the 12 district of michigan and shes a democrat and tom reed representing the 23rd district of new york hes republican. And i will give them a more formal introduction in a m
School, i thought with us security and he is a fordham law great. Carol rosenberg will be talking to him about his book, she is an awardwinning Senior Reporter for the New York Times working in collaboration with the pulitzer center. She has been reporting in the u. S. , in the u. S. And at Guantanamo Bay since the day it opened on january 11, 2002. She started with the miami herald were before that she was reporting from at least and moved recently to the New York Times. She has won many awards including the robert f. Kennedy journalism award, the aba silver gavel award and she was part of the miami herald team that won the Pulitzer Prize for breaking news and 2001. Let me tell you the format. Michel and carol will talk and then i will come back on and i will post some questions that have come from the audience. Give any questions please feel free to put them in the chat or if you prefer the q a, and i will get as many as i can. Without further ado, michel, carol, take it away. Thank
And probably even pasadena. [laughing] thank you. My pleasure. Thank you everyone for joining us for the savings event. My name is kim sutton and and a host of tonight event. Before we begin i want to encourage you all to check out our lineup of upcoming Virtual Events by visiting powells. Com. When affirming Upcoming Events were looking for to is Tiffany Cross in conversation with about her new book say it lighter, black voters, white narratives and saving our democracy. Thats next friday the 18th. As a plea for member to follow us on twitter, facebook and instagram. Tonight we honor to welcome Leonard Mlodinow and rob paulsen. Leonard received his phd in theoretical physics from university of california at berkeley come wasnt alexander fellow at the Max Planck Institute and was on the faculty of telephone institute of technology. His previous books include bestsellers the grand design, and a briefer history of time both with Stephen Hawking can subliminal which was a winner of the li
And possibilities of things that could happen if theres uncertainty about the outcome. They are bob bauer a distinguished scholar at nyu school of law now on leave as a Senior Adviser to the biden president ial campaign and Benjamin Ginsberg an election attorney in the cnn commentator. I like to recognize some of our special guest today the ambassadors of singapore sweden new zealand and the european union. Id also like to recognize our sponsors our Title Sponsor bank of america of the Greater Washington d. C. Area larry, thank you very and are sponsors terry women senior partner and also its like to recognize siemens usa ceo. Thank you for your leader sponsorship. Sponsors onrporate the screen and the like to thank them as well for their support we have a few Upcoming Events as some of you know about already but let me just remind you on november the 18th at 10 00 a. M. We will have that bandwidth alex of course he who is the chairman and ceo of Johnson Johnson. As you probably know J