[inaudible conversations] good evening. Im at the library publicaffairs and i want to welcome you and thank you for being with us tonight and thanks to rainy day books our favorite collaborator and of course one of the nation great independent bookstores. We pride ourselves here at the library among other things on the timeliness and relevance of our signature programming, whether we are holding forums on local issues over addressing national topics. We certainly didnt intend on the particular timeliness of tonights presentation. Christopher leonard was a busy man at the end of last week, taking reporters calls, wrote a couple of pieces for the New York Times and four cnn business after the death of david. Chris spent eight years immersed in oakland. The state of the place and the title of his new book. On the extraordinary Business Empire and putins Political Network that was put together from their base some three hours in which debate over wichita. Anybody have the chance to read th
Tonight and thanks to rainy day books our favorite collaborator and of course one of the nation great independent bookstores. We pride ourselves here at the library among other things on the timeliness and relevance of our signature programming, whether we are holding forums on local issues over addressing national topics. We certainly didnt intend on the particular timeliness of tonights presentation. Christopher leonard was a busy man at the end of last week, taking reporters calls, wrote a couple of pieces for the New York Times and four cnn business after the death of david. Chris spent eight years immersed in oakland. The state of the place and the title of his new book. On the extraordinary Business Empire and putins Political Network that was put together from their base some three hours in which debate over wichita. Anybody have the chance to read the book yet . You wont understand that you will know immediately when you get into it what i am talking about. Its daunting when yo
Over foro pay half 1 billion contributing to the states Opioid Crisis. This marks the first time a drug company has been held responsible for the crisis, which has led to more than 400,000 Overdose Deaths since 1999. We will get the latest. Then to kochland the secret history of Koch Industries and Corporate Power in america. Is theland in one sense history of one corporation, and it happens to be one of the largest corporations in the industries. S, coke this company hasevenues every year that are laer than that of facebook, Goldman Sachs, nus beall combed. It touches on most every aspect of modern life from energy to the food system to Building Materials. Amy following the death of billionaire rightwing donor david koch, we look at how he and his brother charles koch transformed the American Economy and political system from funding Climate Change deniers to fighting organized labor. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report.
A prizewinner of the summer and winter games six times companies, silver was taken by the tower mining company, bronze, ufaorges. It was sports news, have a nice day. In iran today there will be elections to two government bodies at once the majlis, that is, the parliament and the council of experts. The mejlis consists of 290 members who are elected for 4 years. The council of experts consists of 88 islamic theologians who are elected for 8 years. On the eve of the vote. The issue of turnout is especially acute, as the newspapers write. Polls show that among the main desires of iranians is the need for economic progress. By according to official data, the inflation rate in iran is approaching 50 . Two big hits at a bargain price, only at a tasty point. Dear men, a holiday is coming soon. Ill tell you a secret. The first rule of the hunt, it starts at any second, the second rule of the hunt the prey goes to the one who pursues it, a new game hunting, draw every 15 minutes, the main tro
i love when you say the destruction of the semantic train right is that what you re saying? i wrote it down. that is. i love it! i love it! happy valentine s day buddy! to you to. thank you for joining us at home. happy valentine s day to you at home. it is not been a quiet one. we have lots of news this evening regarding the special counsel s investigations into both trump s efforts to overturn the 2020 election and to whether trump unlawfully retain classified documents and obstructed efforts to recover them. first of breaking news in the mar-a-lago documents investigation. it concerns trump lawyer evan corcoran who s been representing the former president in his negotiations with the justice department over classified documents found at mar-a-lago. corcoran s already can appeared before the grand jury but tonight nbc news confirms it special jackson jack smith is invoking the crime fraud exception and seeking more of corcoran s testimony. in a sealed filing before a ju