Pete King's Thoughts & Whereabouts: 11/10 - 11/16
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
2:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. - tape Capital Tonight with Elizabeth Benjamin from Hofstra University. (Watch here)
Thursday, November 11th
9:15 a.m. - 9:25 a.m. - live interview with Bill Hemmer (Fox News) on 9/11 trials from Village Video in West Babylon. (Watch here)
10:30 a.m. - 11:10 a.m. - Veterans Day commemoration at Wantagh American Legion. Very good turnout.
1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. - tour construction site at World Trade Center. Terrific progress in recent months.
6:03 p.m. - 6:08 p.m. - phone interview from home with Fox5 on 9/11 trials.
Friday, November 12th
7:30 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. - Rosemary and I have dinner at Friars Club with NY broadcast legend Marvin Scott and wife Lorri. Marvin is celebrating his 5oth anniversary as broadcast journalist - - the last 30 at WPIX-TV.
Saturday, November 13th
1:30 p.m. - 1:40 p.m. - live interview with Jamie Colby, Fox News, on 9/11 trials (from Village Video in West Babylon).
4:45 p.m. - 4:50 p.m. - tape phone interview from home with Fox5 on 9/11 trials.
5:15 p.m. - 5:20 p.m. - tape interview with WCBS radio on 9/11 trials.
6:45 p.m. - 6:55 p.m. - tape interview with WCBS-TV for 11pm news on 9/11 trials.
Sunday, November 14th
8:00 a.m. - 8:30 p.m. - to Bellmore Kickboxing, training with Chris Cardona.
9:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. - Fox & Friends interview on 9/11 trials from Village Video.
Monday, November 15th
9:30 a.m. - 10:50 a.m. - Delta Shuttle to Washington, DC
2:30 p.m. - 2:50 p.m. - meet with Homeland Committee staff in 311 Cannon to discuss agenda for 2011.
4:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. - meet with building trades union reps in 311 Cannon.
5:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. - meet in 339 Cannon with former British Ambassador to U.S., Christopher Meyer. Discuss old times. Ambassador Meyer was in Washington during Irish peace process and the start of the Iraq War (1997-2003).
7:05 p.m. - 7:40 p.m. - stop by JINSA Scoop Jackson dinner at Ronald Reagan Building. Sen. Jon Kyl was the honoree. JINSA is an outstanding organization.
8:00 p.m. - 10:40 p..m. - attend farewell dinner for Sen. Chris Dodd at Irish Embassy. V.P. Biden was among those there. Very pleasant bi-partisan evening.
Tuesday, November 16th
8:00 a.m. - 8:50 a.m. - classified briefing by FBI, Homeland Security, TSA and NCTC on Yemen cargo incident.
9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. - GOP Conference meeting in HC-5 of Capitol. Great speech by John Boehner.
10:25 a.m. - 10:40 a.m. - meet with new Majority Leader Eric Cantor. Discuss next year's agenda.
11:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. - interview in 339 Cannon with Reid Pillifant of NY Observer on 2011 agenda.
Noon - 12:20 p.m. - meet in 311 Cannon with Painters Union rep.
12:45 p.m. - 1:05 p.m. - meet in 339 Cannon with AIPAC regarding Israeli-Palestinian talks.
2:30 p.m. - 3:50 p.m. - 9/11 healthcare news conference in Senate. Many firefighters thanks plus Mayor Bloomberg.
4:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. - routine votes on House floor.