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My name is rebecca and im on the events team and tonight we are really excited to have [applause] [inaudible conversation] this is not his first thing he has given us to write. Casey has been writing for new yorkers and New York Times, for others for many years now. Many of you probably noticed because you are here but in all of her work she has been superhuman ability to make everybody else fascinating. Its a clear and this could not be more true for this book. In this one, casey marks to inter...

Magic and we are excited to have casey cep in celebration of dirks the last trial of harper lee. This is her first book but casey this not her first thing she has given to us write. She has been writing for the the new yorker, the new yorkw york times for many years now, and many of you probably noticed because youre but in all of work she has this super home able to make every detail fascinating and crystal clear. In this one casey works to layout two intertwine can mysteries, one in the story ...

In partnership with the library of congress, cspan brings you books that shaped america. In this program, mark twains adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Written as a sequel, the book is often called the Great American novel. In the book Huckleberry Finn he escapes down the Mississippi River. Along the way they encounter steamships. Mark twain used a number of dialects and colloquial expressions to go straight light along the mississippi, satire, hypocrisy and racism. Since the publication, Hucklebe...

In partnership with the library of congress, cs that explorespa keys literature that had a profound impact on the country. In this program mark twains adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Written as a sequel to the adventures of tom sawyer, mark twains adventures of parco perry finn is called the Great American novel. In the books, huck finn steals away from the civilizing influence of the widow douglas and his alcoholic father. Byandby he joins up with jim and they make their way down the Mississipp...

Its not going well. The union is losing. They start a draft this 1863, but you want to talk about inequality . In that draft you could buy your way out for 200. So the rich never served the union cause unless they were noble, unless they had a higher calling. For 200 you could get out of the draft, or you could present a live person. So if i brought you in and said, bruce, youre going to take my place, i wouldnt have to serve. I would have paid you to be my body. This really ticked off the irish...

Beauty from old line, wasp money, meagher is a fugitive. He writes this beautiful love letter to her where he asks her her hand for her hand in marriage, and he goes, i am here alone, i am a homeless exile, i have nobody, i have no family. Im wanted by the british empire, you know . Im nothing, but the greatest thing in my life was to find you. And if you will take me as your husband, i will share everything with you. Take my past, take my heritage, let us join our lives together its a beautiful...

Desegregation. And now ceo rosen, in turn, is enforcing the time limit. [laughter] ladies and gentlemen, like the sixth amendment right to speedy trials, the National Constitution center book fairs have to end on time. But i just have to thank, first of all, our two superb participants, harlow unger and judge wecth, for a spectacular conversation. [applause]. A tribute to the cspan audience and a vindication of my faith that when the citizens of the United States are presented with the best argu...

Its extremely unlikely in my estimation that David Gregory is going to jail. But the meet the press moderator is under investigation for wielding this particular prop during an interview with the head of the nra. So, here is a magazine for ammunition that carries 30 bullets. Now, isnt it possible that if we got rid of these, if we replaced them and said, well, you can only have a magazine that carries five bullets or ten bullets, isnt it just possible that we could reduce the carnage in a situat...

Mind if i give away the ending, which is that he concludes that by demonstrating the parallel between kennedys quest for peace and our generations quest for Sustainable Development. And that is why it is so fitting that we are hosting an here today at the world bank. In his book, professor sachs shows how president kennedys 1973 peace speech was up metal turning point in the cold war, but we should note that the time some critics dismissed it as rhetoric. But it showed that rhetoric mannered and...

Been reporting new york city mayor Michael Bloomberg has been pushing a ban on high sugar beverages that exceed 16 ounces and a judge ruled last week that the mayor overreached. Well, no matter how you feel about that, here is one instance from our friends at fox 5 new york where maybe the larger drink size is not necessarily a better choice. And that monster super big gulp is still commercially viable. laughter sorry, i apologize. Oh dont, dont i thought you were going to sorry laughter oh, wow...