Terrific conversation with the terrific guest on an interesting topic, so thank you for your presence this morning. Y name is Eric Farnsworth i head the Washington Office of the counsel of the americas and the America Society. It is a pleasure to have the opportunity to review this book today, and to talk a little bit about the latino immigrant experience in the United States. Our guest is ray suarez, who has written a really terrific book entitled latino americans the 500year legacy that shaped a nation. Its a companion to the Ground Breaking pbs series on latino americans. In barely 250 pages, ray takes the reader through the broad sweep of Latino History in the United States, even before there was a United States, from the spanish explorers to the modern day. Its a majestic effort, in my view. Seeking to discover and highlight the history and future of the latino experience in the United States, and to put in context in order to build a broader appreciation for latino experience. It
Voters in 14 states, American Samoa and americans abroad will head to the polls in this election cycles super tuesday. Among those holding their primaries on tuesday are two of the nations biggest prizes, california and texas. [applause] paul, youve got something. We have texans in the cheap seats . They should be all the way in the front right here. Approximately onethird of all delegates are up for grabs tomorrow. This morning we have an opportunity or from some of americas most wellknown and respected political authorities who are going to help us make sense of a rapidly changing political environment. Please welcome attorney political commentator and recovering politician [applause] no stranger to the aipac states, clinton strategist, paul [applause] one of the republican parties leading ad makers, brad todd. [applause] and last but certainly not least, threetime republican president ial Campaign Communications director, alice stewart. [applause] thank you all for joining us. Befor
At ross. Yes for less. We owe it to our constituents to act. There ceo of pg e sent his own letter to the cpuc, the state regulators, saying he understands the hardship but folks should, quote, keep in mind the statistic that matters the most,er hugeincial incentive to go bigger than they need to. We want them to be surgical. Reporter state senator scott wiener also wants pg e to be more competent and accountable. Pg e is so used to getting its way. Theyre completely tone deaf here. Their ceo continues to just blanket the scale of the blackout affecting millions of people. Theyre not selfaware of how impactful in a negative way their actions far. The cpuc has called for emergency hearings that begin at 1 00 tomorrow. Joe vazquez, kpix 5. Fire watch. Ye a fire that broke n video juste newsroom. Its about 10 acres. Part of highway 29 remains closed at this hour. Some people in the area told to evacuate but those orders have now been lifted. Right now theres a high surf advisory. It does
The hearing will come to order. Director wray, appreciate you coming over. Try to get you out of here by 1 00. You have an agency to run. Well do seven minute rounds. If theres cleanup, well try to accommodate. Briefly, the oversight hearing comes at an important time. Even though theres no evidence the russians changed the tally of the 2016 election, i think they exceeded their wildest expectations in terms of interfering with the 2016 election. I think all of us are interested in what to do to make sure it doesnt happen in 2020. I am very interested in what china is doing, section 2015 authorities are about to expire. I want to hear from the director what that means to the country. We have a fisa warrant investigation coming soon, a problem with media leaks at the fbi. Having said all that, it has been a difficult time for the fbi. Lets not let a few bad actors taint a great organization. Before we start, we appreciate what you do. Without their service, this country would be a dange
This is three hours. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] come to order we appreciate you coming over director ray we will try to get out of here by 1 00 oclock you have an agency to run and if there is any cleanup we will try to accommodate. Very briefly the oversight hearing comes at an important time even though there is no evidence the russians change the tally of the 2016 election they exceeded their wildest expectations or interfere with the 2016 elections. All of us are very interested in what we can do to make sure this doesnt happen again in 2020 and after what china is doing section 2015 authorities are about to expire to hear from the director what that means to the country with a pfizer warrant investigation we that is coming also media leaks at the fbi. Having said all that it is difficult time for the fbi but lets not let a few bad actors taint a Great Organization so before we start me tell you and those that work under your charg