The discussion included assessments of fdr, jfk, George H W Bush and will, as well as their russian counterparts. This is about one hour and 20 minutes. We have a great panel. Philip will chair the panel. He has written a terrific book on the end of the cold war, the principal author of 9 11 commission report, and many other books. He is right now in the middle of writing a great book on sort of decisions for war in ways that illuminate old crises and old decisions, like going to war in 1898, or wilsons decision for war in world war i. He is brilliantly reassessing these decisions, and were looking forward to his next book. At the same time, he is doing about a dozen other things that none of us can keep track of. And that we dont always know about. I amsurg to say that we need to wait for james wilson to show up. [laughter] he is probably up there somewhere having a very good nation. If we get send the search party out a very good conversation. [laughter] thise of the messages of [ind
Andrea welcome, everyone. Thank you also much for turning out. I know you are turning out for congressman adam schiff, so it is my great pleasure to introduce the congressman, who is currently serving in his ninth term representing the 20th district in california. He of course is the ranking democrat on the house Intelligence Committee. Throughout his tenure in congress, the congressman has focused on the economy, on National Security, education, safety, and health issues. Previously, he served in californias 21st district in the state legislature. He chaired the Judiciary Committee there and the select committee on juvenile justice, and the joint committee on the arts. We just learned we shared an adolescent involvement in music. He is also a former teenage musician. [laughter] andrea before serving in the legislature, the congressman served with the u. S. Attorneys office in l. A. For six years. He has six years as a federal prosecutor. He is a graduate of Stanford University and har
Crises and decisions by going to 1988, or wilsons decision for war in world war i. He is reassessing these decisions. We are all looking forward to philips next book. Time, he is doing a dozen other things none of us can keep track of. Philip, thank you. Need tosorry to say we wait for james wilson to show up. He is probably out there somewhere having a good conversation. If we canhe is send the search y out. So far it has been a great time. [laughter] it is rather intimidating sitting somebody who can refer to his book. If we had grandchildren, they could sit on it. Glad you could join us. Lets go ahead and get started. This is a panel covering the the great second crisis phase of the cold war in the early 1980s, extending to the end of the cold war. Earlyhe beginning of the 1990s and the disintegration of the soviet union. Perspective on u. S. And russian relations, we start with the perspective from the point of view of the Reagan Administration with james wilson. James . Thank you.
And hes written a terrific book on the end of the cold war the bri principal author of the 9 11 Commission Report and hes writing a book on decisions for war in ways that illuminate old crises and old decisions like going to war in 1898 or wilson going to war, reassessing these decisions so were looking forward to phillips next book. At the same time hes doing about a dozen other things none of us can keep track of and sometimes we dont know about. So phillip. Thank you. Thank you. Im sorry to say we need to wait for james wilson to show up and so hes probably out there somewhere having a good conversation. If we can send the search party out. The state department is always late to the table. [ laughter ] one of the messages of this. So far its been a great panel. [ laughter ] its rather intimidating when youre sitting next to somebody who can refer to his book. We had grandchildren here they could sit on it. [ laughter ] oh, here he is. Glad you could join us. Thank you. All right, le
Put the shoes and the jacket on your dog this morning, temperatures in the mid 40s. Its a mostly clear start, the weather system that brought us all that wacky weather yesterday has since cleared out. We are going to take a break today and that morning drive looks much better compared to yesterday morning. Were going to be in the mid 40s and sunshine throughout the day. Dont forget the sunglasses before you head out the door. We will talk about whats aheaden and our incoming storm system. Mike, you are tracking down a crash near the bay bridge. I am. Were looking toward the bay bridge. I didnt see it on either angle we have here at the toll plaza or from emeryville, but over here we saw these lanes on the left approach really start to ease up almost as if there was a traffic break. I think that crash must have been somewhere in between just outside the view of our cameras and it may have cleared because i see the lanes filling in once again. We are looking at the slower drive from the