Welcome to the Commonwealth Club, im george hammond, chair of the forum which organized todays events. Im happy to welcome back a. J. Baime who was here a year and half or so ago and his last book in this time we have him here virtually from his home and we will talk about his new book the 1948 election so we are going back 72 years for another Election Year and youll be amazed at exactly how similar it sounds in some ways and in other ways very different and one of the difference is the politicians were younger then so that is one big difference but a. J. , take it away and tell us about the overview of the book, a very good read by the way. Thank you. I want to say a couple of things first. Thank you so much for having me and the Commonwealth Club is a wonderful place to be and here we are going through painandsuffering and i know for myself im just reminding why i fell in love with reading when i was six years old because books can transform or transport you to another time and plac
Now investors, well, they like all of this, apparently, new records for stocks across the board yesterday and those high levels will be held this morning. No retreat maybe a marginal gain again. The improving vote count for tax cuts does go down well on wall street. Theres another huge black eye for uber, they were hacked. Information on 57 million customers got out, uber delayed a year before telling the world and they spent a 100,000 bucks to keep it quiet for so long, thats not good. As you can tell, we cover it all, Varney Company is about to begin. Dote, wait up. You have to stay with me, boy. You dont know where we are. Stuart well that is the latest, it is a blockbuster from pixar, its called coco and being released today, however, the chief creative officer at pixar studios john is taking a leave of absence amid Sexual Harassment allegations. Does this mean the next pixar movies will not have the creative impact . Ashley that could be the case. If its long term, the could have
Speak, a cloud comes over the sunlit arch, the wind comes off the frozen peak in the middle of march. So there we are. April on the calendar, march outside and in december in my heart. Colonel mastriano was commissioned 1986 and currently teaches military strategy at the Army War College in carlisle pennsylvania and spent the early years of his career with the second armored calgary in germany after the fall of the iron curtain, colonel mastriano deployed to iraq for Operation Desert Storm that led the main attack against the Republican Guard as a job using. Most recently he has served in nato headquarters in germany and in afghanistan served as director of International Security assistance for set the joint intelligence center. A ph. D. In history and the several masters degrees. His first book, of which he has been named winner of the 2015 called a prize is titled alvin york a new biography of the hero of the argonne and includes an important clarification of the events of that day i
Speak, a cloud comes over the sunlit arch, the wind comes off the frozen peak in the middle of march. So there we are. April on the calendar, march outside and in december in my heart. Colonel mastriano was commissioned 1986 and currently teaches military strategy at the Army War College in carlisle pennsylvania and spent the early years of his career with the second armored calgary in germany after the fall of the iron curtain, colonel mastriano deployed to iraq for Operation Desert Storm that led the main attack against the Republican Guard as a job using. Most recently he has served in nato headquarters in germany and in afghanistan served as director of International Security assistance for set the joint intelligence center. A ph. D. In history and the several masters degrees. His first book, of which he has been named winner of the 2015 called a prize is titled alvin york a new biography of the hero of the argonne and includes an important clarification of the events of that day i
Rich . Why do they always want you to pay more . Good morning, everyone, warren buffett, george soros, yes, theyre at it again. They want the estate tax to bite really hard. They want a much higher death tax and both are worth tens of billions and both have plans to avoid the tax they want to increase for everyone else. Both are obama supporters. However, gas prices down again. Were close to breaking below 3. 30 a gallon in some areas, its 2. 99. Ben is likely to keep on printing and the president likely to keep on spending. Lets ignore the runup in debt and watch the stock market rally. Thats whats happening. As Varney Company is to begin. And of course, were going to talk about this. You should know that axiron is here. The only underarm treatment for low t. Thats right, the one you apply to the underarm. Axiron is not for use in women or anyone younger than 1 axiron can transfer to others through direct contact. Women, especially those who are or who may become pregnant, and childre