of course, who better to bring this to all of us and engage all of you than rachel martin? i don't know how this lady does it. you know, she -- her husband works for the nsc, she's with npr with the weekend edition, and has a little 1-year-old at home. she covers -- she has terrorism at home, terrorism at work -- [laughter] , you know, every day. but a remarkable journalist and personality and genuine policy maker. i'm grateful she's willing to take the time tonight to be with us. i will say, juan, i don't know how the hell you convinced her to read your book, but she should have been taking care of her little son. she descroated the time to it and going to make an interesting evening for us. would you, with your applause, welcome both rachel and juan. [applause] ..

who better to bring this to all of us today and engage all of you than rachel martin. now, i don't know how this lady doesn't, her husband works for the nsc. she is with npr with the weekend edition. and has a 1-year-old at home. so she has terrorism at home and terrorist network. [laughter] and everything. but a remarkable journalists and personality. and i'm grateful and i don't know how you had convinced her to read your book, but she should've been taking care of her little son. but she devoted the time to it and will make for very interesting evening for all of us. with your applause, please welcome both rachel and juan zarate. thank you. [applause] [applause] >> well, he was half joking, but he was serious when he called and said three or 400 pages, there is financing. [applause] and i said, sure. and i've said this that i have been pleasantly surprised at how compelling the outcome of the band. as far as the topic is concerned, it is pretty darn close. >> my wife read it. >> exactly, exactly. i am inspired and thrilled to be asked to moderate the conversation. i

of course who better to bring this to all of us and engage all of you then rachel martin. i don't know how this lady does it. her husband works in the nfc. she is with npr with the weekend edition and has a 1-year-old at home so she comes with terrorism at home and and terrorism network. [laughter] but a remarkable journalist and personality and genuine policy leader. i am grateful that she is willing to take the time tonight to be with us. i will say juan i don't know how in the hell you convinced her to read your book. she devoted the time to it and it's going to make for very interesting evening for all of us. with your applause please welcome both rachel and juan. [applause] >> dr. hammer he was half joking but it was serious when juan said i have a favor to ask. a book i've written 300 or 400 pages on financing and i said sure. i have said this to his face privately i was presently surprised at how compelling i found this book to be. it's not an easy read but as far as the topic is concerned it's pretty darned close. >> my wife read it. >> exactly so i was honored and