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None of us at slate assumed, could have guessed we will be talking about it season one and we would be planning season two. Thank you to all of you. Thank you to the slate plus. Embers who are here i dream to be here in the Watergate Hotel with all of you. We have got a great show tonight, our first live show. We have a fantastic lineup of guests. I want to introduce them without clearing my throat anymore. Elizabeth drew, to my left. [applause] leon she covered the watergate scandal as it was u...

In this complex we have notable residents such as ruth vader ginsbering, bob and elizabeth dole, plusego domingo because of its vicinity to the kennedy center, and it opened in 1967. In 1967 a famous architect decided to mixup washington, d. C. As this stately federal architecture and do something called avantegarde. And it started by making no right angles and hugging the curvature of the potomac, and it was very jetssonslike. And that started it. And with great media midcentury history is beco...

Covered the watergate scandal in the 1970s met recently to talk about the era and how it compares to todays Political Climate regarding the Russian Investigation, the news media and the publics view of government. Media, this is one hour and a half. [applause] hey, everybody. [applause] thank you for being here. Can everybody hear me . Great. We are here about a week and a half after the show ended, season one ended, and i think assumed orat slate could have guessed we would be talking about sea...

International Monetary Fund managing director Christine Lagarde was joined by Central Bank Governors and financial analysts to talk about the Global Economic outlook, this runs about an hour. I am so delighted again to be moderating the Global Economic outlook. And unusual warmup act. I am disappointed for some reason they forgot to provide the bands. And the growth is very important. And trade needs to be free, growth, jobs and the nature of the trading system are important for our discussions ...

Guest a ghost writer is an author who writes in the first person of another person. Host howd you get into that business . Guest its a long story. The short end of the story is i was an advertising guy after college and after graduate school, and i made up my mind i was going to go meet ray charles and talk him into letting me do an authorized biography of him, because i wanted to win the Pulitzer Prize and the nobel prize, and i didnt know anything about ghost writing. So i had a hard time intr...

Leaving cuba. My dad, he owned the lumber mill which he worked hard at. That is where i learned my work ethic from. Get up at 5 00 in the morning and work until 5 00 in the evening. But it was a good, comfortable life. Then all of a sudden, things changed. It was kind of topsyturvy. All of a sudden you thought was yours is no longer yours. It has been deemed to be taken over and shared with others, and that happens in all industries, all private property disappears. Then as i was even the school...

With our rulses to suspend trading because we wanted to make sure that nyse stocks wouldnt be negatively impacted. Trading on platforms other than the floor was uneffected and despite the halt nyse consolidated volume which captures trading across all platforms was heavier than normal due to the Global Market sell off. Speaking of stocks lets check on how todays session is shaping up. U. S. Equity futures looking for a bounce back after the big sell off yesterday. Dow futures implied with an ope...

Confederate flag. I strongly urge every member to stand with the citizens of all races and to remove this symbol of hatred from our National Park service. And with that i reserve the balance of my time. The chair the gentlelady reserves the balance of her time. The gentleman from california is recognized. Mr. Calvert i continue to reserve. The chair the gentleman reserves. The gentlelady from minnesota is recognized. Ms. Mccollum mr. Chair i have the right to close. So i reserve my time until i ...

This is about do unto others as youd have them do unto you, this is about turning the other cheek. This is about whether or not americas a country that believes in the value of redemption and whether each one of us should be judged for the rest of our lives for the worst act weve done on our worst day of our life. And if we dont believe that rule should apply to us, then it ought not apply in our criminal justice context. Thats why i think the opportunities are enormous and i look forward to wor...

Thats why i think the opportunities are enormous and i look forward to working with anyone else with whom i might disagree on other fronts. Well just park those issues, peter, arthur, and others, and well Work Together where we can and get some things done. But thank you very much. [applause] jeffrey this has been a superb constitutional conversation. My expectations were high and you have surpassed them. I have heard, i would not say rancor, but engaged debate and i have also heard some importa...