and carey mcwilliams and then to be joined tonight i cannot think of anybody better to be doing the honorsof the popular history books and founder and original editor from salon magazine senior editor of mother jones and a journalist and a comment on —- economist writing for the rolling stone and the guardian and t much more in the tragedies of the second american revolution so as a neighbor of ours so welcome. >> thank you. been a big fan per some time now i read with great interest his history of ramparts magazine, which played a big role in my development as a young journalist and hunter thompson did too i have to say i first read hunter thompson when i was a student at santa cruz you see santa cruz back in the early 1970s and his fear and loathing in las vegas and then later his coverage of the 1972 presidential campaign had a huge impact on me as a young journalist, so i read with great interests new book about honor. i knew hunter a little bit myself later on as editor of the san francisco. diameter i actually have the great pleasure of editing a couple columns by hunter thompson tha

he was carey mcwilliams's editor on middle ground, very successful but he had been blacklisted. arthur solicitor -- schlesinger had that charge. he and cameron struck up a correspondence which turned out to be super instructive and instructing but it was not over the top. if anyone else was on who knows something else i welcome that. >> question from stuart. what hunter consider nixon a lightweight now that we had mcdonald, can you imagine the words he would have said about the country today? >> a couple things about that. i write in the book i don't think donald trump or his supporters or the media reaction to them would have surprised hunter thompson. he had been trying to warn us about people like this for a long time and at the time he wrote that stuff in the 70s, it seems hyperbolic but hyperbole has its place and over time it seemed more prophetic than hyperbolic. all the things he wears imagining about nixon, nixon, bill mckean, biographer, he said about hunter that nixon was his muse and away. nixon brought out hunter's best to work, he hated him with white-hot intensity

so he needed new outlets and so he he wrote a query letter really importuning carrie mcwilliams at the nation and they only paid $100 for an article. they barely pay more than that now, but i mean, you know, he was trying to make a living as a freelancer. and he said i'll you know take whatever you have and carry mcwilliam said why don't you write about the motorcycle gangs because the california state attorney general had just issued a report on them as a threat to plan order. and thompson said great and you're right. he was he went straight to. one of their meetings he had he had a kind of buffer bernie jarvis who worked for it was a crime reporter for the san francisco chronicle and a the hell's angels. so he had a kind of entree and then and then he he did it was all participatory reporting. and not very many people could do that. i don't think tom wolfe could do that. i don't think john didian could do that. i mean riding with the hell's angels i think took a kind of physical courage that not very many reporters had any and hunter dined out on that for the rest of his career in a

he was carey mcwilliams editor and very successful. he had been blacklisted.arthur schlesinger junior got charged and anyway. he and cameron struck up a correspondence which turned out to be super instructive and interesting but prince jellyfish never made it over the top. if anyone else is on here that knows something else, i welcome that. >> i have a question from stuart. would hunter consider nixon as a lightweight now that you have the donald.can you imagine what hewould have said about the country today ? >> yeah. a couple things aboutthat . i write in the book i don't think donald trump or his supporters or the media reaction to that would have surprised hunter thompson. he had been trying to warn us about people like this for a long time and at the time when he wrote that in the 70s for example it seemed hyperbolic. but hyperbole has its place and over time it seemed more prophetic than hyperbolic of all the things he was imagining about nixon who of course he despised . and i think nixon still i mention bill mckeon the biographer. he said about hunter

d he said i'll take whatever you have and carry mcwilliams as well to write about the motorcycle gangse a california state attorney general just issued a report on them as a threat to law and order. and thompson said great you are right he went straight to one of their meetings. he had kind of a buffer, bernie jarvis was a crime reporter for "the san francisco chronicle" and a member of the hells angels. so we had kind of an entrÉe it was all participatory reporting. not very many, many people could do that i don't think tom wolfe could do that. don't think jon vivian could do that. writing with the hells angels took a physical courage that not very many reporters had. hunter dined out on that for the rest of his career. he got the kindat of respect sot of war correspondence because he rode with the angels. first for a couple of weeks he wrote the article for nation magazine. then he parlayed that into a book deal and it became his first bestseller. and then he rode with them for a another year. and at the end of the years when he got stumped by some of the hells angels in a dispute wh

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county sheriff's office became aware of the youtube videos 2 weeks ago, according to sergeant ryan mcwilliams, he says no legal action will be taken by his department since the major violations occurred on the highway. and that chp has jurisdiction. in this video. the youtuber shows themselves driving down highway 6 ad and conquered and just after reaching 100 miles per hour, this happens. a near collision with 2 other vehicles while weaving in and out of traffic coming. the vehicle is halfway on the shoulder. either way. i'm sure i had chp officer andrew barclay watch the videos. he explained why this kind of reckless driving is so dangerous when people are engaged in reckless driving, they start to experience tunnel vision, which is their vision, just narrows. and all they really see is what's in front and they lose perspective. >> of everything around that. taking the chance of not seeing a pedestrian another car or a motorcyclist. like this gentleman who shook his head at the youtube videos showing speeds well over 100, unfortunately, don't learned repercussions of their actions until it'

i can tell you i have enjoyed working with her, chair mcwilliams, on issues such as tv reinvestment act. we have a very different institution and it is a very collegial institution. .. it is nonpartisan and i can tell you a little bit about how i work in that institution just to give you a sense >> i'm limited on time. i know you commented on yellin and mcwilliams and i appreciate that and i understand you had a good working relationship with her but i think i would suggest and ask you to reflect on what happened and i think it is relevant. the fed is also in multimember agency it has prided itself on operating free from political interferenceitit and following s of governance forve many years, they used to describe the fdic and, unfortunately, it doesn't anymore. there are people on the left and in this administration who want the fed to become more political, to become advocates for the causes and agenda that they support. and i warned and i'm concerned that the feds dalliance with those issues totally irrelevant to the dual mandate will underline the feds credibility and threaten its

>> i can't the fdic but i can tell you i enjoyed working with yellen and chair mcwilliams on issues such as community reinvestment act. we have a very different institution and it's a very collegial institution. it is nonpartisan and i can tell you a little bit about how i work in that institution. >> i'm very limited on time so let me just, i know you commented on yellin yelena mcwilliams and i appreciate that and i do understand you have a good working relationship with her but i think i would suggest and ask you to reflect on what happened there and i think it is relevant. the fed as you know is also a multimember agency. it has prided itself on operating free from political interference and following norms of governance for many years. that is to describe the fdic and unfortunately it doesn't anymore and there are people on the left and in this administration who want the fed to become more political. to become advocates for the causes and agendas they support. and i have warned and am concerned that the fed dalliance with those issues totally irrelevant to the dual mandate will unde

county sheriff's office became aware of the youtube videos 2 weeks ago, according to sergeant ryan mcwilliamss no legal action will be taken by his department since the major violations occurred on the highway. and that chp has jurisdiction. in this video. the youtuber shows themselves driving down highway 6 ad and conquered and just after reaching 100 miles per hour, this happens. a near collision with 2 other vehicles while weaving in and out of traffic coming. the vehicle is halfway on the shoulder. either way. i'm sure i had chp officer andrew barclay watch the videos. he explained why this kind of reckless driving is so dangerous when people are engaged in reckless driving, they start to experience tunnel vision, which is their vision, just narrows. and all they really see is what's in front and they lose perspective. >> of everything around that. taking the chance of not seeing a pedestrian another car or a motorcyclist. like this gentleman who shook his head at the youtube videos showing speeds well over 100, unfortunately, don't learned repercussions of their actions until it's too la

county sheriff's office became aware of the youtube videos 2 weeks ago, according to sergeant ryan mcwilliams, he says no legal action will be taken by his department since the major violations occurred on the highway. and that chp has jurisdiction. in this video. the youtuber shows themselves driving down highway 6 ad and conquered and just after reaching 100 miles per hour, this happens. a near collision with 2 other vehicles while weaving in and out of traffic coming. the vehicle is halfway on the shoulder. either way. i'm sure i had chp officer andrew barclay watch the videos. he explained why this kind of reckless driving is so dangerous when people are engaged in reckless driving, they start to experience tunnel vision, which is their vision, just narrows. and all they really see is what's in front and they lose perspective. >> of everything around that. taking the chance of not seeing a pedestrian another car or a motorcyclist. like this gentleman who shook his head at the youtube videos showing speeds well over 100, unfortunately, don't learned repercussions of their actions until it'

county sheriff's office became aware of the youtube videos 2 weeks ago, according to sergeant ryan mcwilliams, he says no legal action will be taken by his department since the major violations occurred on the highway. and that chp has jurisdiction. in this video. the youtuber shows themselves driving down highway 6 ad and conquered and just after reaching 100 miles per hour, this happens. a near collision with 2 other vehicles while weaving in and out of traffic coming. the vehicle is halfway on the shoulder all the way on the show. i had chp officer andrew barclay watch the videos. he explained why this kind of reckless driving is so dangerous when people are engaged in reckless driving, they start to experience tunnel vision, which is their vision, just narrows. and all they really see is what's in front and they lose perspective of everything around taking the chance of not seeing a pedestrian another car or a motorcyclist. like this gentleman who shook his head at the youtube videos showing speeds well over 100, unfortunately, don't learned repercussions of their actions until it's too l

county sheriff's office became aware of the youtube videos 2 weeks ago, according to sergeant ryan mcwilliamss no legal action will be taken by his department since the major violations occurred on the highway. and that chp has jurisdiction. in this video. the youtuber shows themselves driving down highway 6 ad and conquered and just after reaching 100 miles per hour, this happens. a near collision with 2 other vehicles while weaving in and out of traffic coming. the vehicle is halfway on the shoulder. the way i'm sure i had chp officer andrew barclay watch the videos. he explained why this kind of reckless driving is so dangerous when people are engaged in reckless driving, they start to experience tunnel vision, which is their vision, just narrows. and all they really see is what's in front and they lose perspective. >> of everything around that. taking the chance of not seeing a pedestrian another car or a motorcyclist. like this gentleman who shook his head at the youtube videos showing speeds well over 100, unfortunately, don't learned repercussions of their actions until it's too late a

county sheriff's office became aware of the ipyoutube videos 2 weeks ago, according to sergeant ryan mcwilliamssince the major violations occurred on the highway. and that chp has jurisdiction. in this video. the youtuber shows themselves driving down highway 6 ad and conquered and just after reaching 100 miles per hour, this happens. a near collision with 2 other vehicles while weaving in and out of traffic coming. the vehicle is halfway on the shoulder. either way. i'm sure i had chp officer andrew barclay watch the videos. he explained why this kind of reckless driving is so dangerous when people are engaged in reckless driving, they start to experience tunnel vision, which is their vision, just narrows. and all they really see is what's in front and they lose perspective. >> of everything around that. taking the chance of not seeing a pedestrian another car or a motorcyclist. like this gentleman who shook his head at the youtube videos showing speeds well over 100, unfortunately, don't learned repercussions of their actions until it's too late and then somebody is dead it's it's a tragedy.

county sheriff's office became aware of the youtube videos 2 weeks ago, according to sergeant ryan mcwilliams says no legal action will be taken by his department since the major violations occurred on the highway. and that chp has jurisdiction. in this video. the youtuber shows themselves driving down highway 6 ad and conquered and just after reaching 100 miles per hour, this happens. a near collision with 2 other vehicles while weaving in and out of traffic coming. the vehicle is halfway on the shoulder. either way. i'm sure i had chp officer andrew barclay watch the videos. he explained why this kind of reckless driving is so dangerous when people are engaged in reckless driving, they start to experience tunnel vision, which is their vision, just narrows. and all they really see is what's in front and they lose perspective. >> of everything around that. taking the chance of not seeing a pedestrian another car or a motorcyclist. like this gentleman who shook his head at the youtube videos showing speeds well over 100, unfortunately, don't learned repercussions of their actions until it's to

county sheriff's office became aware of the youtube videos 2 weeks ago, according to sergeant ryan mcwilliamse taken by his department since the major violations occurred on the highway. and that chp has jurisdiction. in this video. the youtuber shows themselves driving down highway 6 ad and conquered and just after reaching 100 miles per hour, this happens. a near collision with 2 other vehicles while weaving in and out of traffic coming. the vehicle is halfway on the shoulder. either way. i'm sure i had chp officer andrew barclay watch the videos. he explained why this kind of reckless driving is so dangerous when people are engaged in reckless driving, they start to experience tunnel vision, which is their vision, just narrows. and all they really see is what's in front and they lose perspective. >> of everything around that. taking the chance of not seeing a pedestrian another car or a motorcyclist. like this gentleman who shook his head at the youtube videos showing speeds well over 100, unfortunately, don't learned repercussions of their actions until it's too late and then somebody is

chairman mcwilliams stated when you demanded that the i see issue relating to bank merger policies, chairman expressed a willingness to work with you, you submitted a draft of the i see found with omissions, first representations and technical inaccuracies and they drafted a version reflecting the expertise. he forced unprecedented illegitimate vote on your draft, disregarding the draft reflected expertise and knowledge of the staff. i have to say i have difficult to be living going down the rules and norms simply over a question of the wording of a merger rfi. a few months previously center for american progress began to publicly urge democrats to seize unprecedented control of the fdic's board to eliminate all obstacles democrats, radicals. the fdic's with lasting damage on independent and credibility as a financial regulatory. want to get to this expansion to disparate impact. >> may i -- >> i might run out of time -- >> you've leveled -- i don't believe any of it is in accordance -- >> i need to ask my second question. >> when it comes to process, there was long-established process for 9

i know you commented on yellin and mcwilliams and i appreciate that and i understand you had a good working relationship with her but i think i would suggest and ask you to reflect on what happened and i think it is relevant. the fed is also in multimember agency. it has prided itself on operating free from political interference and following the norms of governance for many years. that use to describe the fdic and unfortunately it doesn't anymore there are people on the left and in this administration who want the fed to become more political, to become advocates for the causes and agenda they support and i have warned and i'm concerned the feds dalliancewith those issues , totally irrelevant to the dual mandate will undermine the fed's credibility and threaten its independence and i think that's very important. let me move on to climate risk. as you know the fed consistently stated there are two categories of climate related financial risk. the first is physical risk and the second is transition risk. physical risk, that is actual severe weather events do not threaten financial stability

if you add in kerry mcwilliams, he's not counter figure, he is, but some advice from knowledgeable people, maybe there aren't enough books about san francisco. i mean, there's certainly a lot of good ones and david's written one of the west "seasons of the witch", but i think there are still some more here and i think, you know, the fact that people have responded positively to it, not just mine, but david's and others, is a sign that there are still some stories to tell. not just for us, but for broader audiences as well. . >> well, we look forward to that next book and the i think i regret the most about these virtual events, you can't go out for drinks afterward. and so, a rain check is due to you both, david, peter, thank you so much. >> a lot of familiar faces here, i don't have time to acknowledge all of them, plus a lot of new ones and thanks for coming. really final. >> weekends on c-span2 are an intellectual feast. every saturday, american history tv documents america's stories, and on sunday, book tv brings you the latest in nonfiction books and authors. funding for c-span2 come