Cohesion. But weve always had people who have understood how to overcome those differences. And so to kind of reflect on this question about what does enable us to overcome the distinctions in any kind of free society, we are delighted today to be joined by oscar munoz. He was appointed in 2015. He is a true american success story. And well talk about that a little bit. Growing up with eight siblings in california. First member of his family to go to college. Hes had a number of rather remarkable leadership roles, worked at at t, cocacola, pepsico prior to joining united, president of the cxx corporation which moves a lot of heavy stuff around the country. But the focus of this discussion will be oscars focus on people. As i prepared for this discussion, the consistency with which the descriptions of your leadership have been kind of just anchored in both your employees and your passengers as really kind of shone through. And i think, you know, im particularly interested in a field tha
Arts, advocates, to understand the circumstances and characteristics that enable some people to overcome real differences and lead. Our imagination at the Bipartisan Policy Center is not 200 yearscountry was of cohesion. But we have always had people who understood how to overcome those differences. So to reflect on this question about what does enable us to overcome the inherent distinctions in any kind of free society, we are delighted today to be joined by oscar munoz. Oscar was appointed president and ceo of United Airlines in september 2015. He is a true american success story. Growing up with eight siblings in california, first member of his family to go to college, he has had a number of rather remarkable leadership roles with at t, cocacola, pepsi co. , prior to joining united as the president and ceo of the csx corporation, which moves a lot of heavy stuff around the country. This discussion is going to be a lot about oscars focus on people. As a prepared for this discussion,
Mr. Munoz was a guest at the Bipartisan Policy Center where he talked about his leadership style and how united views his global role. He also talks about the heart attack he suffered shortly after starting with united. This is just under one hour. Welcome, everyone to what i was just informed the 1th installment of our series on leadership. Some of you have been with us before and as youve seen from some of these sessions the meaning of leadership, but the sense that theres not enough of it is something thats wildly shared here in washington. And the ambition for this series is to call on leaders from national and local politics and business leaders, folks from the education and arts, advocates to try to understand what are the circumstances and characteristics that enable some people to overcome real differences. Its not that the history of this country was made of plastic cohesion. But weve always had people who have understood how to overcome those differences. And so to kind of re
Live from the kgotv center. It wasnt just that. Depending on where you lived you would never know what happened. From hail to wind and even a little snow. A stormy system blasted through the area this afternoon knocking down trees and causing problems. Good evening. Im eric thomas. The National Park service tweeted this picture of a 74 mile per hour wind gust before sunset. Abc7 viewer took this video of sand blowing across the parking lot in pacifica this afternoon. Winds were clocked between 30 and 50 miles an hour. Abc7 News Reporter lilian kim is live at nearby Rockaway Beach in pacifica with more on what has been a messy day. Eric the wind have been especially strong here along the coast but we saw windrelated damage just about everywhere. This large tree couldnt withstand the high winds. It came crashing down on two properties preventing the owner of this home from driving out. Luckily no one was hurt and the damage was minimal. All of a sudden we heard this boom and it came down
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