[inaudible conversation] welcome to our tent annual book festival. My name is phil. Im a gaithersburg author and reporter for the gaithersburg town carrier. Gaithersburg is a city that proudly supports the arts. Where we are pleased bring you this fabulous event, thanks to the generous support of our volunteers and sponsors. When you see them, please say thanks. If you else was. Please silence all of your devices, we hope youre following the gpf on facebook, and instagram. If you post about the festival, please use to be a hashtag. Your feedback is really valuable to us. Surveys are available here at the tent and our website. By submitting the survey you will be entered into a drawing for 100 gift card. Thats cole. Dobys book signing immediately after the presentation. Copies of theop book on self and attempt. Now quick word about buying books. This is a free event. But it does have a book festival, if you buy lots of books. The more books we sailed our event, the more publishers want
From our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Bob simon was a friend and colleague at cbs news and spent five decades as a correspondent. He wanted 27 enemies. Bob was killed in a car crash last night, he was 73. An executive producer called him a reporters reporters, driven by the natural curiosity. There is no one else like bob simon. Jeff had it right. Earlier today, we reflected on his long and esteemed career as a colleague. As a globetrotting for correspondent, bob simon was a striking figure. His assignments took him to far corners of the earth but it all began in vietnam. We are going to pick up an american. All we know is that he is at firebase andrews. Eight war he covered for much of the 1970s, he was one on one of the last american heart helicopters out of seleka out of saigon. Simon was named chief middle east correspondent for cbs in 1980 seven, reporting on conflict in the region for over 20 years. He witnessed different wars. Miracles never cease. Covered the
Rose we conclude theening with a conversation with the commissioner of the nba adam silver. I would say thats when the pivots ive made is being someone who ran the business side of the league for a long time sort of the mantra around the league right now is the game above all. Meaning that we foe all these new platforms for exhibiting our games are fantastic, hd 4k, the ability to watch games on smart februaries and tablet its. But at the end of the day unless the game is compelling, fans arent going to continue to watch it. Remembering bob simon and a conversation with adam silver. When we continue. Funding for charlie rose is provided by the following rose additional funding provided by and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and Information Services worldwide. Captioning sponsored by Rose Communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Mon was a friend and colleague at cbs news. He spent five decades as a correspondent earning every award journalism h
Rose we conclude theening with a conversation with the commissioner of the nba adam silver. I would say thats when the pivots ive made is being someone who ran the business side of the league for a long time sort of the mantra around the league right now is the game above all. Meaning that we foe all these new platforms for exhibiting our games are fantastic, hd 4k, the ability to watch games on smart februaries and tablet its. But at the end of the day unless the game is compelling, fans arent going to continue to watch it. Remembering bob simon and a conversation with adam silver. When we continue. Funding for charlie rose is provided by the following rose additional funding provided by and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and Information Services worldwide. Captioning sponsored by Rose Communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Mon was a friend and colleague at cbs news. He spent five decades as a correspondent earning every award journalism h
From his den. Guess what . You dont win ten championship by being sweet. He had a very controversial reputation with respect to his treatment of referees and riding posing players because he didnt believe in talking to his own players during games so he had to have somebody to talk to and that was often times referees. Like a lot of great achooefrs, charlie, he was very insecure. Rose i was going say that. Like a lot of people who came out of the Great Depression. Rose we close with Matthew Barney. His new film is called river of fundament. I felt like i was going to repeat the same pattern over and over again and i thought that if i could let go of a little bit of control, the kind of control that you grow used to as a filmmaker, that i could find a new perspective. And jonathan and i had been talking about taking on the form of opera in some way. Rose Beau Willimon, seth davis and matthew barn barney when we continue. Captioning sponsored by Rose Communications from our studios in ne