Good afternoon everyone im robert doar and im very glad to welcome you all to super power in peril. A conversation with David Mccormick this event is part of a ise edward and Helen Hintz Book Forum series where we bring in the authors of new and books and we are very grateful to ed and helen for their generous for this mission which makes talks like these possible. Now David Mccormick is the author along with James Cunningham of super power in peril, a battle plan to renew america, which was recently published by Center Street press. David is the former ceo of bridgewater associates, the Worlds Largest hedge fund. He served in the George W Bush administration as the of treasury for international and under secretary of commerce for industry and security. A graduate of west point. He served in the United States army and saw combat during the gulf war and he also was a candidate for, the United States senate, in last years senate race in pennsylvania. Im very proud to welcome david here t
Good afternoon everyone im robert doar and im very glad to welcome you all to super power in peril. A conversation with David Mccormick this event is part of a ise edward and Helen Hintz Book Forum series where we bring in the authors of new and books and we are very grateful to ed and helen for their generous for this mission which makes talks like these possible. Now David Mccormick is the author along with James Cunningham of super power in peril, a battle plan to renew america, which was recently published by Center Street press. David is the former ceo of bridgewater associates, the Worlds Largest hedge fund. He served in the George W Bush administration as the of treasury for international and under secretary of commerce for industry and security. A graduate of west point. He served in the United States army and saw combat during the gulf war and he also was a candidate for, the United States senate, in last years senate race in pennsylvania. Im very proud to welcome david here t
Get their gp consultation via video calls on their smartphone. Good morning. Its monday, 6th november. Im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The people who manage the queens finances have defended their investment practices after the revelation that some of her wealth has been placed in two offshore funds. It follows a huge new leak of financial documents, dubbed the Paradise Papers, revealing how the rich and powerful invest their money in tax havens around the world. My colleague ben brown has been looking into the details. It is one of the biggest leaks of off shore data in history. The documents have been obtained by the german paper sud deutsche zeitung, but shared with International Investigative journalists including the bbcs panorama. There are 13. 4 million documents in all. Theyve been called the Paradise Papers because many of the off Shore Financial centres they involve are in the caribbean. Mostly theyre from the leading offshore law firm appleby. It says the le
Surrey police are strongly criticised for returning shotguns to a man who went on to murder his partner and her daughter at a puppy farm. Almost a decade after Madeleine Mccann disappeared, detectives said they are still following a critical lead. And our green and pleasant land, but for how much longer . Warnings that Climate Change could have a dramatic impact on britains gardens. Coming up in sport on bbc news. Sunderland manager david moyes is charged by the fa after being caught on camera telling a reporter she might get a slap after a match last month. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. There were angry exchanges in the commons today in what was the last Prime Ministers questions before parliament is dissolved next week. The Prime Minister said only the conservatives could provide strong and stable leadership. Mr corbyn responded by saying the conservatives only represented the rich. Our Political Correspondent ian watson reports. Questions to the Prime Minister.
James comeys replacement would do a far betterjob. The president claims americas most senior Law Enforcement official had lost the confidence of almost everyone in washington. James comey was leading an fbi investigation into alleged links between the Trump Campaign team and russia. Heres our north america editor, jon sopel. This is a fox news alert. Fbi Directorjames Comey has been fired by the president of the united states. The term Breaking News is banded around with abandon. Last night, it was justified. Because at fbi offices the first they knew that their director had been fired was when it flashed up on their tv screens. And james comey, who was in los angeles addressing staff, knew nothing about it either until an aide handed him a note and the letter sent by President Trump was brutal. At least they left him the governmentjet to fly back to the east coast, a private citizen, a turbulent career cut short. And today the president was unrepentant. Reporter why did you fire Direc