If i could have everyones attention, we would like to get started. My name is Brian Anderson on the editor of city journal and i want to welcome you here today on behalf of the Manhattan Institute. It is with great pleasure that i get to introduce and coauthor with the esteemed psychologist roy in the fascinating and useful new book, the power bed. The negativity affects rules as in how we can roll it and it is unsettled by the way outside the room here. John has long been one of the nations leading voices on then intersection of science and Public Policy and make no mistake however calmly reasonably expressed, is a very contrarian voice. It was johns new york time the big city which ran from the mid 90s until 2002 i think, the first may be event of his work. There he took on any number of prevailing myths about cities from the efficacy of rent control, to the roof root causes to homelessness to environmental policy and one remarkable was born from johns irritation and Rosie Odonnells
Coauthored book unmaking the presidency Donald Trumps war on the worlds most powerful office. A conversation with Jack Goldsmith. I would like to invite you to visit online, harvard. Com, so you can learn more about events in and around harvard. Our spring event season is off to a great start. Paul krugman and dan pfeiffer, we would love to see you there. We conclude the program with your questions, we are pleased to have cspan booktv, we ask anyone participating in q and a step up to the microphone. The signing line will start at this ill with copies of unmaking the presidency Donald Trumps war on the worlds most powerful office at the back of the hall. Thank you for writing books, awardwinning author series possible and into the future of the local independent bookstore and finally a quick reminder before the talk begins. I invite tonights speakers, susan hennessey, executive editor, devoted to sober and serious discussion of hard National Security choices, general counsel of the los
West butes humor me for the purposes of this event. We are really, really glad you could be here. We started here last may and we are very, very pleased to be here with our friends. Its a monday night in new york, a beautiful spring day in the late winter. And we know that even on a monday night in new york there are 10000 other places you could be. Nobody involved with puttingng this together or is in it takes for granted that you chose to be here. Thank you very much in the presence you get at the end of your efforts is in meeting with that wonderful author. And of course that is tim. We are also joined by cspan book tv they are taking good care of us. If you look at the page turners twitter or facebook page, i will postce when this is actually going to air. We are not live, which is probably a good thing. It should air sometime i would think in the early actual spring. Im going to tell you a little bit about the series, talk about the book and then bring tim out. We are going to tal
In the mic . No. Without the mic . Also no. Alexis is the deputy cto of new york city and runs a policy experiment lab, trying to get vendors to compete for who can devise the best programs to improve social welfare of the citizens of new york. An adjunct professor of tech media and communications at Columbia University and spent a couple of decade studying the issues as a doctoral student and then as a member of the staff at the u. N. Mission of the state department, and also just speaking deeply about them which is so clear from the book, which i really admire. So quick round of applause for alexis. [applause] just jump right in. This book is about what you call net states. Maybe you just want to start by taking a minute and telling us what those are and why we needed a new category. Canthank you all for coming. The pest way to straight what net states are is to talk about how i came upon the idea to right this book in the first place. So, back in 2015, there were a number of terrori
And prescription for hope. When police wouldnt help this local pharmacist decided to solve his sons murder alone but what he did next is even more nibble and may have saved hundred of lives. Well speak with the focus of a new acclaim documentary. But first we begin this morning with todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. The democratic establishment is getting nervous and going a little bit nuts. How can we stop bernie nevada voters place their bets on the democratic race. Ill tell you Elizabeth Warren can beat donald trump. This is the United States of america. So take it back. Lets go out there and win this thing and win in november. The russians interfering with our 2020 elections. Intelligence Officials Say the russians are not only trying to help President Trump they are working to help Bernie Sanders. Here we are again. Did you see it . Arent people bored . Back to work monday morning for jurors in the Harvey Weinstein trial. They are dead locked on the two most serious cha