My name is karen. Thank you for joining us here at the center on National Security. We are delighted to be bringing you this afternoons conversation. With me today is awardwinning author, journalist, documentary maker. His new book is the spymasters how the cia director shaped the future and we are going to talk about this book today but first i want to say welcome and thank you for joining us. Its a pleasure to be here thanks for having me. So this is a wonderful read. When i started it i was like this is going to be too much information i wont be able to take it in but its fantastic. Its based on your own knowledge and research over 70 interviews and among those the directors of the cia except for the current ones and its not so much about the cia directors of their relationshitherelationship to te and the president would you agree with that . Thanks for the kind words about the book because what i try to do may be above all else is humanize these directors. I was lucky because as a
Us today. The session is entitled the house that madigan built. The recordha brent of illinois velvet hammer and conversation with joan. Raise the book will be available for sale and signing at the book sales and signing tent and on your map is marked as an end. As a Chicago Tribune Investigative Reporter who has covered indicted ex speaker of the house Michael Madigan for four decades. Also covered two governors i went to prison and a state senator who went to the white house. Lives with his wife peggy in ad inlincoln park. Moderated joe esposito hosts chicagos only progressive radio talk show every afternoon wc pca m820. Heartland signal. Com. Numerous awards and nbc today show. She considers herself a government geek. Thanks much for joining us today. Please lets give them a warm welcome and look forward to sharing more q a to follow as well as a book signing. Lets welcome them. Hi, thanks for coming. Thanks for getting up early and coming. I work afternoons this is still early for
This hearing is just under three hours. [background noises] with the committee will come to order. You declare recesses of the committee at any time. Opening statements but before my Opening Statement id like to also request unanimous consent to submit chairman lucas Opening Statement for the record might not recognize myself for five minutes for an Opening Statement. I like to welcome everyone to this mornings hearing science and technology the Environmental Protection agency. I am pleased to welcome epa administrator Michael Regan for the very first time in front of the Science Committee. In fact this was the first time any epa administrators testified since 2019 so we certainly have a lot here to discuss. So thank you for coming. While ir appreciate you joining us today have to say her testimony was sent to the committee unacceptably late. Work are witnesses to share the written testimony no less than 48 hours ahead of our hearing. This is not an arbitrary deadline for our members t
Production of houses and the rise of automobiles helped create an alternative to urban living. His class is about an hour. So today we are talking about the suburbs. How many of you grew up in the suburbs . Okay. Almost all of you. And what kind of a. J. Adjectives would you use to describe the suburbs. I cant hear you . Proud. Proud. Okay. Perhaps an unusual choice. Nicolas. I would say its lying being from nowhere. Like being from nowhere. Good. Other descriptions . Characterization . Safe. Safe. Good. As lexi points out. Cassidy . Utopia. A utopia. Emily . Family oriented. Family oriented. Nicolas were you going to Say Something . No. Drew . I loved it. Okay. Good. I mean some people, utopia. Maybe this is a different generation. I thought people were going to say lame, and boring, which is why i picked this very lame typeface. And i thought wed start with an image of contemporary suburbia, which is this is an engagement shoot, a young couple who have taken to the suburban street fo
Record quarter. Well hear about alphabet. The Parent Company of google. Well tell you why they changed their name. Selfdriving cars and new phone to compete with apple. A lot of competition between these go companies. The numbers you need to know out any moment now. Melissa back to the markets, the dow ending the day down 26 points driven lower by shares of boeing and caterpillar. Ashley webster standing by at the new york stock exchange. Ashley, everybody waiting for the big event. Two of biggest names to report in few minutes. Giants. Were waiting with bated breath, amazon and google. Those stocks as you can see heading into the bell both moving down half a percent but it is all about the latest results. Well find out any second. Meanwhile, wanted to show, talking of tech, how about twitter . The latest report shows they beat on earnings and revenue. Everything is great, right . Not so much. They are cutting 9 of their global workforce. Theyre shutting down their video app vine which