, o'connor, and they stayed. —— flannery o'connor.ply rooted. and make no apologies for it. no, they were fierce and defiant about their place, about their provincial situation, and about their vernacular language. and that was, you know... i mean i was at university for four years, but i think i learnt more from reading those provincial american writers, who just insisted on their own terms. and if people didn't like it, well, stuff it. that almost, without the blue language, which of course suffuses your latest book, that's sort of the attitude. ijust wrote down a couple of phrases that i love, they're so deeply of this book and your place. the young character, the troubled boy in the book, early on in the book he discovers his father's dead body, and he hates his father because his father's been violent and abusive, and he knows immediately, jack knows immediately that "the old turd was cactus", and that is a use of language which could only come from where you're from, and yet we all, who are not from there, i think in the course

lisa graves, john flannery and frank fliguzi.vestigation, what would be the areas and the process that you would undergo? so let's start with the first one with you, frank. you say first of all, attempt to corroborate dr. blasey ford and deborah ramirez's allegations. expand on that. >> this isn't rocket science. this is a surge of resources that the fbi is outstanding at doing, but the clock is ticking right now, and the white house knows that. but if the fbi were permitted to do what they do best, there would be hundreds of agents being deployed and in terms of corroborating all of the accusers, not just ramirez and not just ford but also ms. swetnick. and there's someone out there, a mother who wrote a letter confidentially saying that her adult daughter was assaulted at a bar while kavanaugh was an adult. all of that needs to be in the universe of accusations being fleshed out. how do you do that? a lot of interviews. a lot of reconstruction. a lot of asking people questions about photos during that time period that put kavan

bertrand who has covered this presidency for the atlantic, and john flannery at the table. john, i begin with you, before we get to the baby talk, let's begin with the prosecutor talk. what do you see as legally significant in this account? >> well, there are a couple of things that seem to me significant. the failure of the defense attorneys of the president going to mueller and saying our client is a liar and we can't have him testify and he can't take the fifth. the flip side of that meeting that's impressive to me is the statement by mueller saying i want to know his intent on the firing of comey. and that fits into everything we've heard from the beginning until now about the corrupt conduct of mr. trump trying to obstruct the investigation and the hydroheaded ways he has. >> but does it also go to a rare peek of how mueller operates that if bob mueller was convinced on facts that this was a normal firing with normal, legitimate intent, then he would be okay with it? >> i think that mueller is the kind of man, i knew him from on the hill, not from a criminal matter, bu

flannery john flannery, the new ceo he has addressed the failures of the last decade.e has been pretty outspoken about what has happened and what they are doing to rectify them that's in order. company remains in viable industries tim spoke to that. they are not making 8 tracks, vcrs, kodak film they are in viable industries. health care being one. energy being one they are in industry ifs they figure it out they should do well let's take a quick look at the chart. this is clearly a problem. i mean you see the s&p which is in little blue line -- i mean that's been a rocketship up the last ten years g.e. was following along but then took missteps and we had the divergence at a point g.e. figures it out given the things i outlined and especially the big volume on the 52-week low not only 52-week low but 9-year low day maybe we are closer and maybe the stock is worth looking at in earnings this october. melissa. >> bk has a question. >> i do have a question for you, guy. you mentioned the high-volume day, 52-week low how do you determine how high volume is high enough. >>

john flannery came and and he wanted a new team. that is what happens often.r than i expected to leave but a new guy new team. >> what are the challenges we need to know more about? >> there are so many, what don't they know? >> we need to embrace more difference. we hire people like us. it is a human trait we have to overcome. people have all kinds of excuses why they don't want to hire people who are different. women for a number of reasons most companies have a good track record of hiring woman and then they lose them as they progress in their career. we need to address that issue. we need to have programs that allow women to different ways to come back in and out of the workforce. those are happening, but it is too slow. at the end of the day, we need to make way for more women. when he did have a pipeline that takes time. take your time out there fighting the future women leaders of your company. >> you have a killer line where you challenge male venture capitalists who have said we are looking very hard for women but we are not prepared to lower our stan

robb and i had the perfect time working together at another good friend is in the audience, tim flannery. i'm republican, he's democrat. we actually like each other. i know you're part of this commission also. by respect for the bbc approach to the way they do things, just the facts, analysis and solution to our nation's key challenges is what we're looking for the intelligent agent the end we do get just the facts from a on a the bipartisan basis along with solution and we very much appreciate that. i'm here to pay tribute to two great american pastry at. reflect other legacy in contributions to our counterterrorism effort. as a fellow hoosier and colleagues in the congress, sorry that you can't be here, but you're here in the spirit i know. lee is a longtime friend and former colleague. lee has earned great respect for members of both sides of the aisle for his exceptional leadership on ladders of foreign-policy and national security. served as an example with his formative intellects, tireless work ethic and nonpartisanship. i'm not surprised to be signed up along with you for this ne