and mrs. cartermy lips are sealed. >> james tells cbs this morning he's all in for another major event. >> are you as excited about the royal wedding as we are. >> british people don't get quite as excited about anything as america does. when someone like prince harry is getting married, we go great. we should get a little tiny flag. america goes this is amazing. >> if you get to take a plus two my name is gayle king. >> i don't think i'll be there. he's going to have a hell of a bachelor party. >> had a little reputation as a bad boy. this might be his last ho raw. >> keltie, thank you. >>> everybody is talking about "this is us" last night. it was a rough one. >> was it ever. no spoilers. we're one step closer to learning how milo ventimiglia's character dies. the cast giving us this warning we're not ready. >> at least we have today. >> there's some laughs. there's some feels. he's already been gone for 20 years. there's a big piece of the puzzle regarding you know what. >> we won't give away that

mr. carter: mr. speaker, i rise today to remember the life of mr. billy lee who passed away on december 21 at the age of 85. e oldest irish public in savannah, they are iconic in savannah. hey have been voted the best karaoke. mr. lee never met a stranger and had an extremely schar memory. his kindness is remembered by all who frequented the establishment and allowed folks to use his business for charity buildingand opened his or hurricane evacuees. he said, this is what we do. we help people. and i hope people will continue to learn from the example for years to come. mr. speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from new york seek recognition? >> ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. tenney: i rise teed to recognize the 100th anniversary of the first vote cast by a woman in the state of new york. 100 years ago today, the residents of lile, new york, held a special election to decide if liquor could be se

mr. carter: ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. mr. carter: i rise to recognize the long tim editor of the "savannah morning news" who retired on january 5. he began his service writing for the former savannah evening press. his first stories included a murder trial and a man who violated by killing a chicken and leaving its remnants on city sidewalks. ey taught mr. barton lessons in journalism and propelled to be an entrusted writer. he has covered the most important topics including interviews with jim williams, and stories about political elections. mr. barton not only knows the unique character of savannah and contributed to its development over the last 39 years. his regular contributions to the savannah morning news will be missed and i thank him for his dedication of making savannah a better place to live. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> permission to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: with

mr. carter then returned home to an increasing involvement in veterans and national affairs. as a civilian worked in private sector as an attorney and business advisor and is countrily teaching as an adjunct professor of law at george town, university. today he's with us as a moderator and friend of our keynote speaker -- so while mr. carter makes his way to the stage, with it's my pleasure to introduce captain gorber are born in paris. [applause] never a bad thing to be born in paris. and in 2001, a naturalized american citizen, after which he became flow bobary joined our army in 2008 and twice employed to afghanistan it was during his second gloiment that captain tackled a suspicious local man making his way toward one of our patrols setting off the man's suicide vest. four dieded but many were spared as a result of his swift action. but captain spent three years in recovery. his book eight seconds of courage recounts early life in france truly tough army ranger training, and the courage that brought him to take the brave action that saved those many lives how can we thank

mr. carter: permsion to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. carter: i rise today to recognize the immediate benefits that the tax cuts and jobs act is already delivering for american families. on january 11, the treasury department released its withholding tables for 2018 and they work to implement the jobs act and signed into law by president trump. with the implementations of these withholding tables, 90% of wage earners will experience an increase. a married couple making $75,000 would seen a wage increase. i'm thrilled to see what closing unfair loopholes, simplifying the tax code boosts the financial stability of american families. thank you, and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. members will take their conversations off the floor, please. members to the back of the room, take your conversations off the floor. for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> permission to address the house for one minute and revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the ge

mr. carter. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from georgia is recognized for one minute. mr. carter: mr. chairman, i rise today in support of the decision to attach a six-year extension of the children's health insurance program as this is much overdue. chip, which is known as peach share for kids in georgia, has been a very successful program in covering the medical needs in our state. however, this isn't the first time we tried to extend this program that is so vital to children all across our country. we passed legislation out of the energy and commerce committee addressing long-term fix in october. we then passed it in the house in november. we funded a short-term fix in december. it's time our colleagues across the aisle quit holding children's health care hostage. now is the time to pass this and continue discussions on community health centers, graduate medical education programs and other extenders. i want to thank chairman walden, chairman burgess and my colleagues on the energy and commerce committee for their work and urge my colleagues to pass this and help our nat

mr. carter and mr washington and also against the organization itself there were over forty charges as i recall but primarily it was material support to terrorism and then tax charges all raw. please be seated a. couple of small my few living matthew live in town and can a most a shell oh i mean she was ultimately a family some of them to have it most of. matthew levitt you know who would you sell you any more trouble to been to missile unified with them or to have. a club made some of the slum a phobia when they don't need to stand. can you tell us again what is the overall purpose for hamas having a social wing. it builds greg. froot support for the organization it provides for the families of its operatives provides operatives with day jobs it provides a cover of legitimacy for their activities certainly no one is going to question the need for charity charities a good thing except that the operatives are sometimes charity by day and terrorist by not and it provides an ideal mechanism not only for raising under the cover of charity but then transferring laundering money not just for t

mr. carter. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from georgia is recognized for one minute. mr. carter: mr. chairman, i rise today in support of the decision to attach a six-year extension of the children's health insurance program as this is much overdue. chip, which is known as peach share for kids in georgia, has been a very successful program in covering the medical needs in our state. however, this isn't the first time we tried to extend this program that is so vital to children all across our country. we passed legislation out of the energy and commerce committee addressing long-term fix in october. we then passed it in the house in november. we funded a short-term fix in december. it's time our colleagues across the aisle quit holding children's health care hostage. now is the time to pass this and continue discussions on community health centers, graduate medical education programs and other extenders. i want to thank chairman walden, chairman burgess and my colleagues on the energy and commerce committee for their work and urge my colleagues to pass this and help our nat

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we talked about mrs. carter as his soul mate. i mean, he just went there. he was beyond vulnerable. it was intimate. >> how interesting. >> i think he just has a lot to say. he's at thas place in his career, getting the icon award. eight grammy award nominations. what else is there for him to do? he's a dad and he wants to talk. it was unbelievable. >> why did you want to talk to him. >> >> because i understand what he's doing in hip-hop. hip-hop up until this moment with this album has always been boastful and accusatory. i'm great, you suck. that's our politics. my party's great, your party sucks. suddenly, he comes out with an album that's all confessional. i did wrong in my marriage. my mom is a lesbian and i'm proud of that. all confessional stuff, and it's a break. i thought to myself, if we could have what he's doing in the culture come over to politics where it's okay to be honest, to be confessional, we wouldn't have half the problems we have in washington, d.c. i wanted to bring him out and have that conversation, but i had no idea how confessional it was going to get. it

mr. carter. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from georgia is recognized for one minute. mr. carter: mr. chairman, i rise today in support of the decision to attach a six-year extension of the children's health insurance program as this is much overdue. chip, which is known as peach share for kids in georgia, has been a very successful program in covering the medical needs in our state. however, this isn't the first time we tried to extend this program that is so vital to children all across our country. we passed legislation out of the energy and commerce committee addressing long-term fix in october. we then passed it in the house in november. we funded a short-term fix in december. it's time our colleagues across the aisle quit holding children's health care hostage. now is the time to pass this and continue discussions on community health centers, graduate medical education programs and other extenders. i want to thank chairman walden, chairman burgess and my colleagues on the energy and commerce committee for their work and urge my colleagues to pass this and help our nat

presidential food and i was delighted that you sometimes gave menus and picked out bits and pieces from mrs. carter -- [inaudible] camp david archives that keep track of menus. was a good place to go for -- i went to the library of congress of got quite a few books. >> after every visit weekend we would write trip report and sent to the white house. i'm sure the ten a public domain. i don't recall if the menus were in there. maybe for big events with international gas buddy don't recall if we went to that detail. but our cruise, our sailors, they worked along with sometimes the present would bring the own staff initially but you see the men and women working together and the white house chef social teaching each other how to serve the the president, what you like and dislike. that's pretty important business. [inaudible] >> the president pay-fors own food at camp david. >> even though we're in a budget like to run opera camp david because it has a mission, in the united states security world, when it president brings guests on the weekend, all the food and drink is kept separately and that's paid f

mr. carter: i recognize the winning team for the 2017 app challenge for the first district. paul gold hill, luca, joseph and ryan. over the last four months, 190 members of congress hosted the congressional app challenge in their districts where students compete to code original apps. 4,100 students submitting apps. the winning team is from richmond hill middle school and created the app wing finder which enables individuals who enjoy viewing butterflies colors.g their wing i'm proud of these students for coding and creating this app. seeing what these students can achieve through technology gives me great hope for the future of our country. thank you, mr. speaker and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: are there any further requests for one-minute speeches? under the speaker's announced policy of january 3, 2017, the gentleman from arkansas, mr. hill, is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the majority leader. mr. hill: mr. speaker, i thank you for the opportunity to address the house this afternoon . beginning in 2013, i began discussing how our economic recove

mr. carter of georgia for today, ms. yvette clarke of new york for today, mr. defazio of oregon for today. the speaker pro tempore: without objection the requests are granted. under the speaker's announced policy of january 3, 2018 -- 2017, the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. evans, is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the minority leader. mr. evans: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i'd like to say to the chairman of the congressional black caucus, i appreciate this honor and this opportunity as well as all the other members who have given me this opportunity to kick off the second session of the congressional black caucus special order hours. mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the subject of this order. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. evans: mr. speaker, i'd like to thank my colleagues, as i said earlier, for this opportunity. this is truly an opportunity for a young man who comes from the city of philadelphia and

mr. carter, for five minutes. >> think both of you for being here.this is honestly a very important subject, particularly for us in the state of georgia. we had the unfortunate incident a number of years ago with the peanuts and that is fresh in our mind. let me ask you, when you released the updated guidance yesterday on accelerating the recall process, part of it included stepping in as a company, for the fda to step in if a company had been sufficiently addressed the recall. how do you determine if they sufficiently addressed it or not. >> the guidance yesterday, we released talks about public mourning and notification, it talks about when we think a company should issue a warning and we describe how that should be done and when fda will issue public warnings as well as changes the notification this goes back to the issue we were talking about earlier in terms of the fda having to get to the right answer in terms of evaluating the issue as soon as possible. if we understand the issue, we think it's best when we have a consistent message with a com

mr. carter: mr. speaker, i rise today to remember the life of mr. stanley john kazarowski who passed away on december 23 at the age of 78. he dedicated much of his life to public service in our nation's judicial system. orblingly from new jersey, mr. kazarowski graduated from seaton hall law school before being hired as the assistant prosecutor for union county, new jersey. as assistant prosecutor, he tried his first murder trial at the age of 25. after a number of years with the prosecutor's office in new jersey, he moved with his family to georgia's first congressional district, specifically to skitaway island. here he continued his dedication to public service by serving on chat am county board of elections. he's survived by his wife, carol, of 30 years, along with a number of children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. mr. kazarowski will be missed. thank you, mr. speaker. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from kansas seek recognition? >> i seek unanimous consent to address the house for one minute a

mr. carter: i thank the gentlewoman for yielding. i rise in support of this defense appropriations bill which will provide full-year funding for the defense department so they can continue to effectively defend our country from an ever-expanding threat which exists in the world today. this bill ends uncertainty and ineffectiveness of a continuing resolution, allows the d.o.d. to plan and execute on the things they need to do today, not last year. our military needs to modernize, to face new threats they will face in this world and they can't do that with a c.r. this bill lifts sequestration caps which have, to paraphrase secretary mattis, caused more harm to our military than any enemy. lifting these caps for f.y. 2018 is essential towards improving the readiness of our force. the world is changing rapidly and so is the nature and threat of our military forces and what they e face day -- what face day and night. we deserve to give them the resources to modernize their capabilities to the best so they can face the threats. mr. speaker

host: picture there on the book president carter and mr. tson during the final year of carter's presidency. as caption of that piece book called "gatekeepers" our guest is chris whipple. myron is on the line from little rock arizona. independent caller. caller: hello. yes, sir. this is a great topic. mr. whipple, chris whipple. is that right? have you ever heard of this book, i found it in my private library here. "shadow presidents" guest: i know it very well. caller: it's similar to yours. it came out in 1979. guest: that's right. it's a very good early study of some of the presidents closest advisors. it came out well before so much of our recent history. of course it came out before ronald reagan picked james baker has his white house chief of staff. he really set the bar i think for chiefs of staff. it's a very good early book about the subject. host: anything else? caller: he lumped all the early presidents together this michael medved. it was the modern day making of the presidential cabinet or something like that. he said when george

theodore miller, tremendous to follow commissioner carter and my friend mr. bell. here on behalf of the mayor. i'll try to be as quick as possible. i want to say loud and clear we at hope fs believe in common equity methods across the common. just underscoring what commissioner carter said, we need an entity like human rights committee to make sure the city has bold policy for that it's ground in data and all data is not created equally. there's a specific type of data we need to focus on, this was underscored in commissioner carter's comments. if we go to the slide here, first, a quick word on hope sf, the first program creating vibrant mixed income communities, we represent sort of growing force of four neighborhoods across the southeast, 6,000 households essentially. this work comes out of the 7 corner street study. in terms of the data we need to focus on, i'm going to emphasize race, family and place. not all data is created equally. hope sf emerged in 2005 a 7 corner street study that indicated the vast majority of welfare, juvenile probation and child mental

mr. page, that's carter page, the president -- the person the president named as one of his national security advisors at a board meeting with the washington post, that they were relying in part on research by an investigator christopher steele that had been financed by the dnc and hillary clinton's campaign. so, i was told by an fbi source that even if that had been part of the material, it was corroborated by other corroborating intelligence and that the problem with revealing the four-page republican product by the committee is that it would reveal sources and methods. can you say whether that is among your concerns or in the kind of category of concerns that you have? >> of course, nicolle, i can't comment on whether this concerns a fisa application or not, but there is a member of the judiciary committee, my other committee, we have oversight of the courts and i can tell you that the fisa process is one where judges are appointed by democratic and republican presidents. there is intense scrutiny that is applied to any fisa affiant, a d.o.j. official going forward seeking fisa surveillanc

mr. carter: soon ar -- after it was signed into law, a number of large companies had already announced large bonuses for their employees, crediting the tax cuts and jobs act. for example, american airlines, at&t, jetblue, nationwide and southwest airlines all announced $1,000 bonuses for their hardworking employees. other companies that announced bonuses included aflac, wells fargo and suntrust, and i expect more to join this list. with an administration in congress that supports american businesses, we are not only seeing numbers of high consumer confidence and low employment, but we are watching the direct benefits that our policies are having on american families. i look forward to seeing how our tax cuts and jobs act will continue to benefit americans throughout 2018. thank you, mr. speaker. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i would ask unanimous consent for one minute . the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one min

mr. chairman. i don't have a question for you, ms. carter, but we do appreciate the arrest, appreciate all of your knowledge and crs in general think you'll do a great job and probably are not think enough by us as we try and get things together. so give yourself a big pat on the back. >> those type of comment on what keeps us going, so thank you. >> we do appreciate you. mr. robinson, , to capitalize on america's of changing economy, it's clear necessary if her section proves that the mate to her in the waterways imports. arkansas and oklahoma have been working for years to deepen the mclellan kerr arkansas river navigation system so barges and votes can carry larger votes. i think about 40% greater load. so it's very, very significant. we both understand and we appreciate his leadership but also the national significance of the 12-foot channel first what we have now, we're going to work really hard in wrda 22 to try and get that accomplished. can you explain what the 12-foot channel would be a benefit? >> will, as you said, senator boozman

mr. bell. [applause] next, we'll invite commissioner toni carter, elected commissioner from ramsey county, minnesota the podium. welcome. >> thank you. let me see if i can get my bearings a little bit. it's wonderful to be here with you. i've had the opportunity to come last night, to see the city, to feel the warmth of people. and many of whom are working together with a focus on escalating the work you are doing to make sure that san francisco is a place where all can grow and thrive. and i say that knowing that that is not easy work. i come to speak with you about the work we do in ramsey county minnesota, and see if i can figure out how the slides work. okay, thank you. great. i will come over here a little bit -- i don't have to do that. >> mr. miller will. >> so i'll tell you a little bit about where i come from. it is my hope in sharing with you some of the characteristics of my county, whose central city is st. paul, minnesota, ramsey county, and sharing with you our motivation then to not only be a diverse community, but to being a community that works for all. sharing with you that we have

mr. chairman. i don't have a question for you miss carter. we appreciate all of your knowledge and here in general. you do a great job. probably aren't thanked enough as we try and get things together so give yourself a big pat on the back. >> it keeps us going so thank you. >> we do appreciate you. >> to capitalize on america's changing economy it's clear that necessary infrastructure improvements must be made to inland waterways and ports. arkansas and oklahoma been working for years to deepen p the arkansas river navigation system so barges and boats can carry larger loads. i think about 40% greater load. it's very, very significant. also the national significance of the 12-foot channel versus what we have now and we're going to work really hard in 2018 to try to amphetamine that accomplished. can you explain why the 12-foot channel would be a benefit? not just for arkansas and oklahoma but for the country as a whole. >> let me give you an example. you know scott mcgeorge operating a rock quarry there in pine bluff. they weren't able to co

mr. trump. sara carter has been covering the story from the start. she joins us straight ahead.sketball game. then he got a huge surprise in return. that boy joins us live to tell us all about it ♪ we're the kids in america ♪ we're the kids in america ♪ everybody ♪ ♪ ainsley: an incredible act of kindness from a hero serving our country, 10-year-old wyatt was in the stands of a minnesota timber wolves game last week when he spotted a soldier that was wearing his uniform. so he went up to him and he thanked him for his service. and in return the soldier thanked him by giving wyatt a timber wolves jersey that was presented to him by the team as part of a ceremony honoring service members. wyatt joins us now with his dad ron and ainsley. thank you both for being with us. great to see you. >> thank you. ainsley: wyatt, i will start with you, why did you do this? you saw this man in uniform. you walked up to him and what did you say and why did you do it? >> well, my cousin spotted him. they have been through so much and just to say thank you. ainsley: so nice of you. dad, what did y

department in october of 2016 right before the presidential election targeting carter page, former campaign aide to then mr. trump who had been to russia that summer was based on insufficient information or actually that it used information from christopher steele of the notorious steele dossier. salacious unverified dossier. the memo makes the case nat bi relied on the information which is dubious and didn't tell the judge that steele was paid by democrats to carry out that investigation. therefore misled the judge and therefore this whole thing was improper spying on the trump campaign by fbi agent who were biassed kwens trump. the problem with that memo, we are are told, is that that's not the only thing in the fisa application. there was all kinds of different evidence about carter page, russia and its intentions that came from other sources and methods. the memo is misleading, its critics say, who have read it, and i have not. it emits other stuff. makes it seem like the steele thing was the whole thing. the catch 22 is to rebut the nunez memo you would have to discuss all of the other pieces of infor

the arrangement made with carter paige to release that testimony, with mr.gements made in advance to release that testimony, and generally speaking, the committee is not going to do that, but when there are extenuating circumstances, an agreement, or compelling reason to do it, the committee might do it. >> thank you so much for joining us. a lot of work to do in the investigation. appreciate it very much. >> yeah, thank you, wolf. >>> coming up, a sophisticated russian spy ship on course towards the united states, the east coast of the united states. how close will it get? what are the russians up to? your insurance company won't replace the full value of your totaled new car. the guy says you picked the wrong insurance plan. no, i picked the wrong insurance company. with liberty mutual new car replacement™, you won't have to worry about replacing your car because you'll get the full value back including depreciation. switch and you could save $782 on home and auto insurance. call for a free quote today. liberty stands with you™. liberty mutual insurance. >

mr. macron. said to secretary carter, the last 40 hours has been the resurrection of tpp and the president picking baton. francine: all of that overlaid with the possible specter of a currency war. that's one thing that makes everybody uneasy. there is too much euphoria out there. tom: i'm going to get emotional about our tv coverage. there is a speech here in a few hours. he will be speaking across all of our bloomberg platforms. from davos. ♪ president trump as a america first speech. the greenback has its lowest level since 2014. the u.s. economy is expected hit 3% in the fourth quarter. tammy tax cuts keep growth growing? david: i am delighted to be here with alix steel. welcome back. this is where we stack up. we are grounding out higher. we are seeing the best start to 1997.p since the euro dollar is up by .3%. that is a 2014 high. the yield is grinding higher. level for mr. dunlop. david: i can't believe that's when you graduated from high school. nicely done.

carter page. that was gathered by a former british spy as opposition research on mr. trump during the campaign. according to sources, the nunez memo says the judge who signed off wasn't told it was paid for my democrats. the push to release the classified memo ignited a fire storm from both parties. >> my concern is whether it compromises classified information. that's a serious matter. >> before releasing this, it should be carefully and thoroughly reviewed and doj the opportunity to respond. >> i think it would be appropriate the public has full view. >> the president is inclined to reveal the source. the president will listen to advisers first. >> he has the ability to object to it and say, i want to release or don't want to release it. that's a five-day review period. if that happens, we are going to have a national security review and look at this document and make a determination. >> reporter: cnn learned after focusing his fury on jeff sessions, the president has another top justice official in his cross hairs, deputy attorney general, rod rosenstein. he oversees the probe and we have le

mr. katz, check your facts. that's also to that woman on the open phones. that answers her question. i think it was done by president carter. that's all i have to say. host: anything you want to add? guest: the shutdowns were happening commonly in the carter era back in the late 70's. motivated the current structure of the shutdown. memo from the department of justice that came 1979 that said federal agencies can continue eight -- can't continue to operate like normal. previously, agencies just sort of kept going. i think that led to more shutdowns and made it hard to exley pass budgets. that made it -- hard to pass budgets and that led to a change. host: virginia, democrat good morning. go ahead. caller: what i want to say is thee is no point in playing blame game. we are past that but we need a compromise to fix it. the cruelest thing in all of this is that any veterans or anybody else having a disability hearing or something scheduled, all of that a shutdown and it adds to the backlog. this just a bigger pile for everybody to dig through, thank you. host: eldon has a question on twitter -- that depends on which state th

ainsley: sara carter a fox news contributor talks about how fishy it looks or how interesting it is that mreads the memo, the head of the fbi one day and the next day this guy is out. listen. >> fbi director christopher wray went sunday and reviewed the four-page fisa memo. the very next day, andrew mccabe was asked to resign. remember, sean, he was planning on resigning in march. that already came out in december. this time they asked him to go right away. i have been told tonight by a number of sources right now that mccabe may have asked fbi agents to actually change their 302s. those are the interviews with witnesses. so, basically, every time an fbi agent interviews a witness, to have to go back and file obstruction of justice. this is something that the inspector general is investigating. if that is the case, if this is true, and not just alleged, if this is true, mccabe will be fired. brian: wow. steve: that's the key he would be fired. he has been removed. he is still getting paid. he was going to retire in march. remember the president sent out that tweet. if it is true what sara c

mr. korda is editor-in-chief emeritus of simon & schuster. he began his career assistant editor. five decade he worked with a wide range of authors, including presidents carter, reagan, nixon, charles de gaulle, henry kissinger, david mccullough, tennessee williams, and last but not least, among the many, laurence olivier. which he could do whole program on laurence olivier. britain, churchhill, dunkirk, defeat into victory which is why we're all here tonight. before i begin, if you have a cell phone or electronic beeper, device, earns please turn it off. please join me in welcoming the wonderful. michael korda. thankk you. [applause] >> good evening. want to make sure that i am not the one whose cell phone rings. [laughter] i'm so used to speaking here when it proceeds a film, that i find myself constantly looking up at the screen expecting something is going to happen there. but, nothing t is. why dunkirk now? i'm sure you are wondering, as i dom. i saw christopher nolan's stunning film "dunkirk" at 3:00 in the afternoon on a weekday in red hook, new york, a small town between pleasant valley and expecting the theater to be empty. instead it was packed. ia