it is about 90 minutes. tonight as i said we are partnering with the hauenstein center. if you have not heard bill brands speak before, you will be delighted, and if you have been here in the past, you re in for another treat. please join me in welcoming my colleague, gleaves whitney, director of the hauenstein center to introduce our speaker. [applause] thank you very much, elaine, for that warm introduction. we really appreciate our partnership with the ford. it is always a treat. we will continue to bring you excellent programs. that stimulate the mind and heart for public service. happy washington s birthday to our c-span audience and our audience here at the ford. it s really neat to be here recognizing washington s birthday. it s always a pleasure to host bill brands. we have had him back to west michigan so many times i have lost count. he should be awarded a lifetime tenure award. i have probably personally introduced bill more than a dozen times. each time i go
biography of a fictional philosopher. very interesting book. i m actually studying it now. it is pretty heavy. i have really enjoyed it and i continue. i am also enjoying reading heirs of the founders. i m about halfway through now. it talks about three different characters. first of all, danny webster, john calhoun and henry clay. the early 80s. it is actually relevant to what we are going through today. they were all competitors, so to speak. all members of the house of representatives. talking about tariffs. something that we are doing right now as well. i found that very interesting. i have enjoyed both of these books. one that i will be reading in the future is bright future. that has to do with nuclear energy. i am serving my special committee on climate change. this will be something i m very interested in. i am trying to educate myself as much as i can on all types and have clean energy and nuclear energy as one of those. i will be reading these in the future as so
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japan was closed. oil coming off the best week since august. bond markets are closed. this morning it s the largest tech deal in history. dell agreeing to buy emc for 67 billion. you will hear what ceo s of both companies told cnbc. we will hear where things stand now with inbev and san miller. and twitter planning company-wide layoffs. a big move from newly installed ceo, jack dorsey. dell agrees to acquire emc in a cash and stock deal valued at $67 billion. transaction includes a special stock that tracks the performance of emc s stake in vmware. michael dell will lead the combined company. he talked about his future plans this morning on squawk box. we are focused on in the first 18 to 24 months, a significant reduction in the debt, which will come from certainly the cash flow of the combined companies which is quite powerful. some cost synergies, but importantly the revenue synergies here are about three times larger than the cost synergies. as we said, biggest
now, wmur news 9 daybreak. erin: hi there and good wednesday morning. thanks for joining us today. we are seeing some pretty dense fog out there and spots. kevin skarupa has a look at the forecast. kevin: we have rainfall developing during the afternoon. the could be wind that pushes and early tomorrow. some spots could see over two inches of rainfall out of this. for now, it is the patchy fog and the clouds continuing to drift in. the rainfall starts to build in from the southwest as the afternoon wears on. the heaviest is expected this evening. temperatures are near the freezing mark. we will look for highs today to get back into the upper 40 s to mid 50 s. a milder day tomorrow. afternoon. let s take a look at your wednesday morning ride through the granite state. we re joined live by 95.7 wzid s deb davidson . deb: good wednesday morning, kevin. 93 looks great. no delays from the plymouth area down to concord and then from the hooksett tolls to manchester and londond