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Thank you for having me. Oh, its a great pleasure to have you here. I have read how you fell in love with motorsport as a teenager. I think you went to brands hatch when you were a teenager and just loved the smells, the sights of it. Do you still have that love of motorsport today . I still enjoy watching a grand prix, but save for that, its really a thing of the past for me. The main reason for me changing direction, i dont even know how to spell retirement, was really the looming of my 70th birthday. And it was a little scrappy at the end, i have to say, primarily driven by disagreement over the value of my shares. But once. In the mclaren group, which you had done so much to create and to build. Well. I like to feel that i pretty much built it. Of course, no one individual builds anything, but, um, when i left the building on my 70th birthday, because that was very symbolic to me. Mm. It was really a full stop in a chapter of my life. I want to take you right back. I mean, it seems ....
Sir ron dennis, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you for having me. Oh, its a great pleasure to have you here. I have read how you fell in love with motorsport as a teenager. I think you went to brands hatch when you were a teenager and just loved the smells, the sights of it. Do you still have that love of motorsport today . I still enjoy watching a grand prix, but save for that, its really a thing of the past for me. The main reason for me changing direction, i dont even know how to spell retirement, was really the looming of my 70th birthday. And it was a little scrappy at the end, i have to say, primarily driven by disagreement over the value of my shares. But once. In the mclaren group, which you had done so much to create and to build. Well. I like to feel that i pretty much built it. Of course, no one individual builds anything, but, um, when i left the building on my 70th birthday, because that was very symbolic to me. Mm. It was really a full stop in a chapter of my life. I want to ....
And he did that against his advisers advice because he thought it was best to avoid any sort of conflict of interest in that role when he would be running for governor. Now he also talks about a motto that we heard before on the stand from one of his defense witnesses. He said, if you cant take money for somebody as a public official, and then vote against that persons cause, then you should not take the money. He also talked about raising money. He says he has raised 60 million over the year in his various roles. 60million for attorney general, 8 million on a pack. 20million for the Republican Governor Association and 24 million running for governor. And that his attorney asked him how many asks have you made for money and he said thousands. Implying that if he needed money, he had plenty of people he could do to. Now, earlier today, we heard from other defense witnesses and they didnt go so well for his defense. ....
Had is real life. We have live coverage of a Census Bureau shooting. News dt 4 at 11 00 starts with breaking news. Youre looking live at h street northeast still shut down at the hour after a wild Police Shootout that left a suspect critically injured. And a look at the yourself Census Office open again after a shootout this evening. It has been a chaotic night for Law Enforcement agencies. Things are just becoming clear about a Violent Crime spree. The wild day began with an armed kidnapping then spiraled from there. Police say that a man kidnapped his wife on t street northeast about 5 30 this evening. The suspect then drove to the Census Bureau building i ....
We will have more details coming up on kpix 5 news at 6 00. Now the latest on the fire that has blown up over the weekend. The mckinney fire has grown to more than 50,000 acres. Fire Officials Say there is only 1 containment. It is spreading west of the town close to the oregon border. Evacuees say they have to travel as far as portland to find some place to stay. Reporter kpix 5 spoke with fire officials about what is driving the blaze. Reporter the mckinney fire is a beast and has torched entire hillsides and turned towering trees into kindling. Burning uncontained and uncontrolled near the border with oregon. This one was driven by its fuels, terrain, and extremely fast moving winds. Reporter officially the cause of the fire is still under investigation. The u. S. Forest service says several smaller places were sparked by a Lightning Storm in the area. Whatever the cause t ....