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His new book expands everywhere from russia to london to broadway at one point, and its a pretty interesting read. I dont want to give too much away, so without further ado, please welcome peter. Thank you very much. [applause] great. So this is, this is actually a really big pleasure for me to be here at kramers books. It is, in many ways, the culmination of many years of research and efforts to put together what ive always an answer to a question that ive always wanted to ask, and that was who were the other guys and gals, who were the other people who compromised this story of oil. A lot of times we know about john d. Rockefeller, the richest man in the world when he was alive. And today of all days for the release of the soft cover of breaking rockefeller is important because i did not pick this day. But may 23rd is the 80th anniversary of rockefellers death. So 80 years ago john d. Rockefeller on this day died. Some historical symmetry there is always great for someone who likes r
Suffering from depression. The federal Aviation Authority in germany said there was a medical condition attached to lubitz file due did not specify. The clinic said he had been a patient as late as march 10. They did not provide details based on con phi detentionality. The records are sent to the governments office. On wednesday, lufthansa said he pass the checks with flying colors. German pilots undergo annual physicals but not specific psychological testing. Thats limited mostly to a questionnaire filled out by the pilot themselves. Europes Aviation Safety Agency is recommending airlines always have two people in the cockpit of a flying aircraft and lufthansa said they will offer 50,000 assistance to each victim. Rose our thanks to cbs evening news with scott pelley. We turn to Anthony Cordesman of the center for strategic and international studies, with a look at whats happening in yemen. The c. I. A. Puts the shiite population in yemen at about 35 of the population, and it has been