secretary baker. thank you for taking time and and being with us today is the the final market is very important conference. thank you damage. i'm delighted to be with you. now since you've been a leader in so many different arenas and we're going to be talking about the lawyers leader. i think a logical place to start the conversation is how do you define the word leadership secretary baker? well, you know, i think it was the great historian james mcgregor burns. who said that leadership is a commitment to values and the perseverance to fight for those values. i think that's a pretty good description of leadership. and the toughest part of that formula is the commitment to to fight for those values and getting it done, you know in washington dc even back in the days when i was there. it's easy to kill deals. it's hard to make to get deals done. hard to make deals. and the really difficult part of leadership in my view is the doing. the knowing is really important, but it's not as tough as the doing.

baker contracted covid-19.eased to report they now have covid-19 illness in the rearview mirror. today the secretary will be by in his own right is a high profile per sauna in texas and across the nation. he is a leading trial lawyer. he's known in our profession as a go to lawyer or a super lawyer. is also a historian and he has a special focused interest on the qualities of leadership in the public and private square. recently he authored a book in which he sat down with presidential historians to examine the qualities of leadership that have characterized various united states presidents. i'm also pleased to announce this is the sixth lecture in the start federalist paper lecture series. the lecture series in dowd by john emery child in honor of judge starr is intended as a vehicle i in which we can learn more about the federalist papers and the role of the federalist papers and the ratification of the united states constitution. the papers were authored from 1787 until the time of the ratification of the co

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peter baker: yeah. i think that's the cold calculation at the white house which is that basically as long as they get americans out, that america -- americans would be back at home won't care about whatever happens in afghanistan from now on. that this will fade. these pictures will be unpleasant for a few days. but basically they'll go away and americans will by the time they come back to the polls won't be voting on foreign policy because there won't be any american stake seen in afghanistan. and they have a point about that. i looked through front pages of newspapers across the country. in the last couple of days. and while this is obviously getting big play in the national media and the national networks, papers and cities like phoenix and fresno and austin, they weren't putting this on the front page anymore. so you can make the argument that's what they're making is that americans won't mind the fact that there was this chaotic messy departure. but there's also another argument. the other argument

the question is really perfect because i had lunch the other day with secretary baker and susan baker and a lot of you might remember secretary baker actually president baker's -- president bush's first white house chief of staff and considering the fact that george james baker ran george bush's campaign. i estimate about a relationship. he said ronald reagan was one of the nicest most genuine people you'd ever want to meet and he and george bush were on the campaign trail but they were about to put aside their differences. turned out they had a lot more in common than not and they had an amazing relationship for eight years. >> years a question. why did mrs. bush let her husband jump out of an airplane? >> it's a great letter in the book that president bush wrote to his five children about his first pursuit -- parachute jump and in the letter he says i haven't told barbour yet but i will be telling her after ad maker her favorite drink, and manhattan. i think she thought it was really crazy. one of the things that made their marriage work is she knew she couldn't talk him out of it.

josephine baker was — honour it this way. josephine baker was more _ honour it this way.ne baker was more french than| honour it this way. josephine i baker was more french than the french, a lot of people said and she embodied the best of what france has to offer stop she was an eccentric cultural genius was also a fierce patriot and she really, really embraced the french and they embraced the french and they embraced her in return. absolutely. but an american born in st louis were very poor family had a completely different experience in the us. absolutely. she was born incredibly poor, she said she would scrounge around often in saint lewis looking for headless dolls people had thrown out to play with and then she comes to paris in 1925 and takes the entire city by storm with her amazing dancing, her comedic school —— skills, her comedic school —— skills, herjoie de vivre and she captured the hearts of this nation and transformed herself into this amazing icon. figs nation and transformed herself into this amazing icon. $5 a into this amazing icon. as a black woman, _ i

baker: yeah. thank you, congressman pallone. yes, absolutely. you know, funding that will -- is the first step. the second step is actually to put policy and process in place that actually directs the money to the correct places to grow the ecosystem. you know, we see on the rip and replace act, for instance, that money is diverted, because of timelines, back to existing, you know, proprietary suppliers. so, you know, policies should direct the money to the companies that need to scale and grow this open ran ecosystem. mr. pallone: do you want to give us -- give it a shot at the level of funding that -- mr. baker: yes. i certainly think, you know, that -- mr. pallone: it can be an estimate. it can be an estimate. mr. baker: yeah. i think the $3 billion funding number is a good number, and, you know, that will allow companies like mavenir or altiostar to scale and greater support the markets. pallone: all right. -- mr. pallone: all right. thanks so much. and i am giving back 22 seconds, chairman do

baker. ms.aldo, i want to ask you, the shift to oran, what does that mean for barriers to entry into the wireless industry? >> well, i think what we have seen over the past 20 years in the vendor community, there has been so little venture capital money, because the barriers for entry has been so high. by standardizing the interfaces, we have already seen so many new startups have come into the marketplace. if you were an engineer and had the best, greatest idea for a radio and you could only sell your product to a handful of companies and you have a 10-year lifecycle, are you going to put all your energy into that radio or might you look somewhere else? but now all of a sudden, you can sell to carriers, private networks. your pool of customers has grown exponentially. and, again, what we have seen is the additional competition in this space is spurring innovation as well. so competition equals innovation, and it is going to bring cost down at the end of the day. >> well said. thank you. hooray.

he's the owner of carlos baker . i think they branched out a little, but the original mother ship, i think somewhere in jersey. and he's also the face of buddy v's ristorante, and he currently has to show, you know, with duff buddy versus stuff on the food network. you know, buddy, my kid when he got out of in new instead of taking one of those. well, what do they call it a bridge year before you go either high school to college, college grad school. he took a bridge year and he said he just wanted to work gigs like like larry, larry, whatever, darnell or whatever his name is. and the razor's edge, he wanted to just work a bunch regular gigs. he was a baker for awhile and i said, son, you know, he was in new york. you said it was a 1000 degrees. he was bacon bread for this restaurant down in the village. and i said, what do you get out of its son? and he said, well listen, i just wanted to learn something substantive. and i thought what could be more substantive than making bread to be the peat other humans and havin

i get a call from secretary baker, james baker in assisting, i'm coming to that big harvey event. and they said all of the presidents were coming and i hear that there's a dinner beforehand and i would like to have dinner pretty can i get into the dinner. and yet, president bush said i had a phone you. [laughter] said until secretary baker, i said of course. there's plenty of room for you and susan. so he calls me back and he said jean, cheney is coming and he would like to be that dinner. and he said everyone wants to be at this dinner. and i said did you call and invite company simple maybe because i thought would want to be there. i said fine. but you cannot invite anybody else printed there's a table is now full. and you may not call one more time and to say that anyone else is coming. so it was funny and it was a great evening and again a great example of the camaraderie in his people, and we need a woman to be part of this club. warren: that was a great evening, fantastic evening. and there is this, moderate between these men and maybe in more than one day but so far just ma

i get a call from secretary baker, james baker and he says jean, i am coming to that event, understand that presidents are coming, i hear there is a dinner before hand. i would like in on the dinner. can i get into the dinner? president bush said i had to call you. i was like like i'm going to tell secretary baker know, you can't come to dinner. of course, there's plenty of room for you and susan, they would love to see you so he called me back and said jean, cheney is coming and he would like to be at that dinner. he says everyone wants to be at this dinner and i said did you call and invite him? he said well, maybe because i thought was going to be there. i said fine, but you cannot invite anybody else because the table is now full. may not call one more time to say anyone else is coming so it was funny and a great evening and again a great example of rotary among these people and these guys and we need a woman to be a part of this club. >> that was a great evening, a fantastic evening and is, there is camaraderie between these men may be a woman one day but so far, just men who have

and susan baker.ot of you might remember secretary baker was the first white house chief of staff which was amazing, considering the fact james baker ran the campaign in 1980. but about the relationship i don't know why we started talking about it and he said ronald reagan was one of the nicest most genuine people you would ever want to meet and that he and george bush had of course entangled on the campaign trail. they figured out they had a lot more in common and had an amazing relationship for eight years. >> here is a question. why did missus bush let her husband jump out of airplanes, perfectly good planes as missus bush would say. >> about the first parachute jump, post world war ii parachute jump and at the beginning of the letter says i haven't told barb yet but i will be telling her tonight after i make her favorite drink, a manhattan. she wasn't thrilled. she thought i was a little crazy. one of the things that i think made their marriage work is she knew she couldn't talk him out of it. she

in reality, they were not philip baker and his partners were essentially making it up. they were like, ah, ah, the 2nd thing and in some ways, more damaging issue is that as they thought to recruit additional investors, new investors, which were essential because they needed to paper over the lots of money that they'd already lost. they were in their prospectuses in the documents they provided to investors to show investors how well they've been doing the relying there to when they were saying, instead of having lost 50 percent of their assets in the 1st year they were saying, look at us, we've got a long track record of very impressive return. the they were lying, not only about the returns, but they were lying about the longevity of the fund. so they were saying they had, i believe, a 14 year track record just wasn't true that they had not been trading for 14 years . trading results were falsely reported. and hence that was a fraud. you cannot do that one, penny not reported properly is wrong. the victims were everyone who invested with them, investors who lost their

i get a call from secretary baker, james baker, and he says, jean, i'm coming to that big harvey event. all the presidents are coming. i hear there's a dinner beforehand. i would like in that dinner. can i get into that dinner? and, yeah, president bush said i had to call you. and i'm, like -- [laughter] like i'm going to tell secretary baker, no, you can't come to dinner. of course. there's plenty of room for you and susan, they would want to see you. so then he calls me back and says, kane, dick cheney's coming, and he would like to be at that dinner. everyone wants to be in this dinner, and i said, did you call and invite dick cheney? and he said, well, maybe, because i thought dick would want to be there. and i said, fine, you cannot invite anybody else because the table is now full. you may not call one more time and just say that anyone else is coming. so this just sort of is funny, and it was just a great evening. and, again, it's just a great example of the camaraderie among these people and these guys and soon a woman, i hope. we need a woman to be part of this, be a part of t

i tell you, stories like this make _ baker. i tell you, stories like this make my— baker.l when they quote a former_ make my blood boil when they quote a former chief_ make my blood boil when they quote a former chief examiner as saying, "a record _ former chief examiner as saying, "a record number of top marks render the results — record number of top marks render the results as meaningless stock". do these _ the results as meaningless stock". do these people know the incredible work that— do these people know the incredible work that goes into this? the truth of the matter is the telegraph in the story— of the matter is the telegraph in the story that's here, whether yet another— the story that's here, whether yet another reform of examination grades is in the _ another reform of examination grades is in the offing and it may be several— is in the offing and it may be several years away for sure, the telegraph, — several years away for sure, the telegraph, in an editorial comment on the _ telegraph, in an editorial comment on the front— telegraph, in an editorial comment

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and susan baker, and a lot of you might remember that secretary baker was actually present reagan'sst white house chief of staff, which was amazing considering the fact that james baker ran george bush his campaign in 1980. but i'm asking secretary baker about the relationship. i don't know boy we started talking about it, and he said ronald reagan was one of the nicest most genuine people you would ever want to meet, and that he and george bush had of course tangled on the campaign trail but they were able to put aside their differences. they figured out they had a lot more in common than not, and they had an amazing relationship for eight years. >> so here's a question. why did mrs. bush in quotes let her husband jump out of airplanes? provoke a good appliances, mrs. bush would say. >> there's a great letter in the book that president bush wrote to his five children about his first parachute jump, his first post-world war ii parachute jump. in the beginning of the letter he says i have not told barbara yet but i will be telling her tonight after i make her favorite drink, a manhat

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later on about it want to run my own baker. one day i found out the baker and brought out another bakery rather than making 100 cakes and time these people making one cake at a time, one custom cake at a time but i have an artistic backer may go through in the book also. it's going to open my own bakery someday it would be at a bakery where i would use the canvas of the cake and turn it into hopefully art to help it celebrate. i came up with it almost immediately. i created with the other physical mediate sculptingfi painting those kind of things. the name came to me right away masterpiece cake shop. masterpiece and my mindset are cake shop. damage are not going to walk in that think you're going to get a loaf of bread or pie part of the masterpiece also in my mind, first part of that praise reminds me of jesus sermon on the mound that no man can serve two masters. as they come into the shop i think will my going to serve today? is a right out masterpiece i pretty much think master. i see that word and whom i going to serve? i

both newton baker and john j. pershing weren't worried about this because they believed the war was going to carry on at least until 1919 but of course the war ends in november of 1918. now you have some problems. and there have already been some problems brewing underneath the table. during the war, some people had made money hand over fist, making out like bandits. and while real wages in the united states had increased, they had not kept pace with inflation. to just give you an idea, the 1919 dollar was worth only 45 cents of the 1913 dollar. and between 1913 and 1919, the cost of living had risen by 99%. so if you were the average american worker, even though you're taking home more money, that money is buying less and less stuff. the minute that the armistice is declared, the government is calling all of its defense contractors and cancelling their war orders. as we see here, this is going to lead to a huge spike in unemployment and also a decline in wages. so this is becoming very sketchy on the home front.

baker the first black woman to receive the honor.er induction into the panthÉon will take place in november, joining other beloved french icons such as writer victor hugo and scientist marie curie. josephine baker was born in st. louis, missouri, in 1906. she rose to international stardom in the 1930's after moving to france, where she became a singer and dancer. baker went on to fight with the french resistance in world war ii and was involved in the civil rights movement here in the u.s. she died in 1975 and received french military honors at her funeral. her remains are currently buried in monaco. and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. we begin today's show in afghanistan as the uted states flies out nearly 60,000 people and counting from the kabul airport. the united nations is warning afghanistan is on the brink of a humanitarian catastrophe as the nation faces political upheaval, a worsening economic crisis, and a devastating drought. the world h

and with that let's bring in our lead off guest on this wednesday night, peter baker, veteran journalist and author who is chief white house correspondent for the new york times, the aforementioned katie benner, justice department reporter, also with the times, she broke tonight's news about the former presidents attempts to subvert the election results. also back with us tonight michael osterholm, the director of the center for infectious disease, research and policy, university of minnesota. he was also a covid adviser to the biden transition team back then. michael, indeed, because of the news tonight, i would like to begin with you. during the simpler days of our single strain, uncontrolled pandemic, we made it a habit on this broadcast of asking you what inning we were in in the fight. those were the days before vaccines. i'm tempted to ask tonight, have they added on innings in the game or do we find ourselves, perhaps, in game one of a doubleheader? >> well, i guess i would take it a slightly different direction, brian, i gave up on innings and i am now in quarters, which minute o

french bakers say the listing would safeguard artisanal bakers and artisanal baguette from global plagiaristaguettes, because french people eat a lot of industrial baguettes. 20,000 bakeries have closed since the 1970's as shoppers go to supermarkets instead, so a lot is at stake here. >> there are fears that traditionally crafted baguettes could be lost? >> it really is an art form passed down from generation to generation. it is when you can repeat and eat at home. i found this out. you can check it out. ♪ to unlock the delicious, i met the co-founder of a bakery line with shops in paris and other cities, including tokyo. thank you for having us. you would teach us to make traditional french baguette. what are the steps? >> [speaking in french] >> let's get going. >> [speaking in french] >> [speaking in french] >> ok. >> [speaking in french] >> 24 hours later, what we did gives us this. >> [speaking in french] [laughter] >> so we divided it into little ball and will make it into the baguette shape. >> [speaking in french] >> ok. >> [speaking in french] [laughter] >> it is not as easy as it

baker. they understood that she was a very important ally to have if you were trying to get ronald reagan on board. >> her biography, "the triumph of nancy reagan" tonight at 8:00 eastern on you and a. you can find all interviews were you get your podcasts. -- where you get your podcasts. >> jerome powell discussed the state of the u.s. economy. his remarks were part of the jackson hole economic policy symposium, posted by the federal reserve. hello, i am esther george, president of the federal reserve bank kansas city. each year since 1982, the kansas city fed has been honored to welcome central bankers, policymakers and others to jackson hole, wyoming for our economic always eat symposium. by hosting and -- a virtual conference last year it was our hope we could was in person this week, and that seemed a reasonable plan before local health conditions changed. i regret the inconvenience of this virtual format and i want to express my thanks to our partners at the jackson lake lodge and the

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scott did not receive the credit back then, instead it went to buck baker. but a review of the scoring determined scott had won the event by two laps. with baker finishing second. scott's grandson said scott built a bridge for diversity. today would have been his 100th birthday. >> when we come back, it's known as the grave yard of empires. our cbs news correspondent elizabeth palmer reflects on her time reporting in afghanistan. >> we end tonight with a reporter's notebook. cbs news senior foreign correspondent elizabeth palmer reflects on her time in afghanistan and america's longest war. >> when the u.s. invaded afghanistan the taliban who had been in power melted away. >> and i remember those early days of joy and relief that the tyranny was over. >> did they ever beat you? >> the old man wept, remembering the humiliation. >> women rejoined public life too. >> how many of you had jobs before 1996. >> all of us. >> all of you. >> and for the next 20 years american soldiers fought and died to keep the insurgent taliban at bay in cooperation with aha. so ih

joining me now is matt baker.e about the chip shortage and how it is impacting what you are able to produce. >> it has been the talk of the town. i would say that we are weathering that storm well. i like to describe our supply chain team has the elite athletes of the supply chain game and they are executing wonderfully. a notable analyst said yesterday in covering our results that the supply chain team deserved a metal. so we like where we are going and the outlook suggest we are bullish going forward. emily: where do you see the pc market going forward? obviously, we have seen a spike from covid. kids are going back to the office, kids are back in school. is the growth we see sustainable? are we going to see a slowdown? >> i think we will see a change in terms of attitude of pcs and household needs, how it has seeped its way into all of the business processes that we have so i don't think there is any going back. it used to be that one laptop or pc per household was sufficient, now it is multiple devices per per

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peter baker, what are you hearing from the white house tonight about the troop withdrawal?d of put in perspective how big this moment is, not just for the administration but obviously for the entire country. >> well, it is a big moment, obviously. it is a big moment in the life of a country when you lose a war, especially the longest war you have ever fought to leave the way that we have left 20 years after we first got there with great promise and hope is an ending that nobody could have obviously imagined 20 years ago. i was on the ground days after 9/11. i got there -- when i got there, the cia wasn't there yet. the american special forces aren't there yet and the taliban was there. what we learned as reporters in afghanistan in that fall of 2001 was just what a wretched, miserable country it had been under the taliban rule for so long. i don't think anybody imagined at that time that 20 years later we would be handing it back over to them. so i think it is a tough moment for everybody all around. it is tough at the white house. their calculation is that americans are gl