please welcome doctor lynne cheney and karl rove. with the moderator, susan eisenhower. [applause] this is a real honor for me. and a real treat to be able to have kind of an intimate conversation about the executive power in the united states. to actually wield power alongside the president of the united states and also to talk about what it s like to be behind the scenes. let me say very quickly. if i cough, i m not sick. you came back from wuhan with that cough. [laughter] you feeling all right? you a little warm? i had to clean up somebody s fireplace the other day and inhaled some fire smoke. in any case, don t be alarmed if i find myself coughing. let me just say it s a thrill to talk to again. as i had some experience as a child with what it s like to be in the company of people who wield enormous power. to observe both the pressures of the job along with the loneliness, you might say of power. obvious that comes with privilege but also great sacrifice. lynne,
First, our main story. Emergency services are expecting this weekend to be one of the busiest of the year as towns and city centres are packed with christmas revellers. Extra ambulance crews were brought in ahead of last night amid concerns that so called mad friday, the most popular day for works christmas parties, would see a surge of alcohol fuelled incidents. Michael cowan reports. It is one of the busiest nights of the year for our Emergency Services, so much so that londons Ambulance Service are bringing in an extra 30 crews. Were going to be incredibly busy this weekend, and we will take lots of 999 calls to patients that have suffered the effects of alcohol. That puts a massive strain on our system. It means that we will divert ambulance resources away from patients, perhaps an elderly patient on the floor with a broken hip or a baby with a broken arm, in order to attend those patients that present as immediately life threatened. The pubs are packed and the pints are poured, bu
Nick foles this is a big moment. Has taken his team to super bowl lii. Nick foles headed for a 53yard touchdown. Super bowl is something you dream about as kid but at the same time its a game. Once i step on to the grid iron im playing like playing against the patriots and thats where go back to trusting your preparation. He fires. Theyve been starving for a super bowl. Were going to minnesota. As players were going to do everything we can to deliver that. It will be unbelievable test for us. Something were excited about. Weve been underdogs for the past couple of week. Our fans feel that and were excited to have won these last two games obviously and we hope to have the entire eagles nation up in minneapolis. Eagles eagles and you know those under dog masks will be traveling to minneapolis. Our eagles insider dave spadaro joining me now. Dave, we saw the emotions after the eagles won the nfc championship game. You covered so many eagles teams. Umhmm. What makes this team special . Kri
Weekend. Greece wants the bailout talks to be done by early tomorrow at the latest. The key date to watch, folks, august 20th that is when greece has a repayment due to the ecb. And gloomy data on trait inflation. Investors show that beijing is about to roll out more stimulus. And watching oil. Prices falling for six straight weeks. Oil slightly low again. The latest lundberg survey shows gas prices down 11 cents over the past two weeks. That puts the National Average for a regular gallon of gasoline at 2. 71. Gas down 81 cents a gallon from last year. The dow and oil have gone in the exact same direction so thats why stock investors should care about oil. You know, its interesting because weve talked so much about how this is a huge tax cut for consumers. You just mentioned prices at the pumps down 11 cents at the pump over the last few weeks. You keep wondering when that payoff hits. We know what its done for highpaying jobs but its been less likely to show up in some of the weaker s
Behind seven children. And changing minds. As fall semester gets started, we look the at number one Mental Health problem on campus. New tonight, our first look at that former Fairfax County Police Officer who is now charged with murder. Yeah. Adam torrez booked into Fairfax County jail. Today the grand jury indicted him for shooting john geer two years ago when geer was unharmed. Jackie bensen is live with reaction. Jack . Reporter he will remain behind bars until his next court appearance. Former Fairfax County Police Officer adam torrez now facing charges of Second Degree murder in the august 2013 death of john geer. Torrez was among the first officers who responded to the springfield home for a domestic dispute. According to internal documents in the case, witnesses say geer was not holding a gun and had his hands up when torrez shot him. Chief gave reasons for firing torrez july 31st two weeks before the indictment was handed down by a grand jury. Specifically, it was an administr