[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
Rising faster than inflation. But have you seen the cost of fuel . Well be discussing all that and more. Fuel . Well be discussing all that and more. You can get in that and more. You can get in touch in the usual way. Gb views. Gbnews. Com. Or why not tweet me at gb news. But first, lets get your latest news headunes. Lets get your latest News Headlines. Good afternoon. Headlines. Good afternoon. Its minute past three. Im Aaron Armstrong in the gb newsroom. A british teenager whos been missing since last weekends attacks by hamas has been confirmed dead. 13 year old yahel on the right of the picture was killed when gunmen attacked her kibbutz on the 7th of october. Yael was killed along with her mother, leanne , along with her mother, leanne, while her elder sister, noya and their father, eli, are still missing. The Prime Minister has called for the Immediate Release of hostages. Its thought a further nine britons are amongst some 200 people being held by hamas. The israeli journalist
[applause] my name is justin desmangles. I am the chair of the before Columbus Foundation. About eight years ago i proceeded in that position, our founder, ishmael reed, we are very fortunate to have with us joining the program today. There were some very big shoes to fill. Of course, i want to thank our friends at the San Francisco jazz center who had been so generous in their support of the american book awards for the last several years. Also our friend at cspan who continue to support the Historical Mission of the before Columbus Foundation and american book awards. I will say a few things about our direction that we embarked on recently. Over the past several years we have expanded our programming to include a number of partnerships in the bay area and nationally, including those with the San Francisco Public Library who i am very honored to say, one of the representatives, stuart shaw who has been instrumental facilitating the collaboration between the before Columbus Foundation
1960. Rose we continue about Foreign Policy with ian bremmer and a conversation about russia. Here is the problem is the shortterm is longer than almost any american i notice. There are a lot of Wishful Thinking that so far you put all of these standings against him, at least ten different sanctions in place against escalation for his misbehavior and miss dealings in the ukraine and his willingness to back down has been precisely zero. His Approval Ratings have stayed in the eighties, up 88 percent in october at one point and still in the mid eighties, there is a large demand in russia for someone to stand up and tell the west thats it. Rose we conclude this evening with Harry Shearer and his production nixons the one. He is the most interesting as a character person to have high office in this country at least in our lifetimes. Rose because . You know, they say that the gri a city of a personality can be detected in the number of the folds inform the cerebrum. Rose and he has the most