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Readers. [applause] good evening and welcome to the strand rare book room, my name is nancy beth lied and for a little bit of history the store was founded by my grandfather benjamin bass in 1927 and then my dad who passed away, fred bass, it was a part of new yorks famous book row which ran along Fourth Avenue one block away from astro place to union square and there were 48 used bookstores that all kind of competed with one another. All the stores have shattered except for the strand. I want t...

Joining her to discuss the problem with everything is judith shes a critic and journalist and the author of the sabbath world glimpses of a different order of time. Former the editor of lynn walt franco Deputy Editor of new York Magazine and science editor of the new republic shes written for the New York Times book review among numerous others. Thank you to our friends at cspan for joining us to film us conversation for book tv. Without further ado, please join me in welcoming meghan and judas....

Public speaker who has given talks on four continents. He is also advised governments both domestically and abroad and even served in president obamas education policy team. Lastly, david kirp is a contributor to the New York Times and awardwinning author of 17 books including improbable scholars, kids first, and the sandbox investment. The College Dropout scandal, the authors latest work, exposes several Shocking Facts about the Higher Education system today. Almost 40 of students leave univers...

Its an epistolary work. Its a letter, a series of letters to my sons of course its also a letter to the larger world. Both about the reality of the terror and anxiety and worry that comes along with being a parent of black children and particularly black boys in the United States at this moment but its also filled with my desire for them to lead a life of beauty and joy. And excellence and self regard. Much of which i think one defined the lessons for an extraordinary definition we have to draw ...

Its an epistolary work. Its a letter, a series of letters to my sons of course its also a letter to the larger world. Both about the reality of the terror and anxiety and worry that comes along with being a parent of black children and particularly black boys in the United States at this moment but its also filled with my desire for them to lead a life of beauty and joy. And excellence and self regard. Much of which i think one defined the lessons for an extraordinary definition we have to draw ...

Strikes at the heart of our democratic values. If we truly believe that all americans deserve equal to men in the eyes of the law. Must ensure that our legal decisions made by judges who backgrounds and perspectives that represent the experiences of all americans. Study after study has shown that Diverse Groups solve problems in a more thoughtful and innovative way and arrived at more efficient and effective decisions. And solutions. So it comes as no surprise that diversity among our federal ju...

Schools. Hes also the author of a new book, a good what i might add, thats called the land of flickering lights. We will talk about the book. It unfolds the baxter, some of the hyper partisan conflicts in congress today, calling washington out on its dysfunction. Senator bennet said he hes rug for president to restore integrity into the government. Were excited to have her with us. Please welcome senator michael bennet. Thank you. [applause] well, we will talk about the book and obviously want t...

Couple of quick notes before we get started. Please take those moment to silence your cell phone. You can take pictures and you can post them on social media just do it silently. We have cspan2 its us here tonight and you dont want to be the first to have your phone ringing on national television. When we get to the q a portion of the event i will pass around a microphone. If you have a question, please raise your hand and wait for me to enter the microphone than speak into it. If you have not y...

Cannot take anything for granted. Rose how special is around here, when you think about the championship and all of the great players. Will still have seven curry and dream on green. What a crazy day of a free agency. Lawyers teams that will open at three centers this year will look a lot different than the one the closeout oracle this month. The biggest name not coming back is indeed, kevin durant who announced on his Instagram Page that he is leaving golden state to sign a max deal with the br...

No big snow falls ahead. If you got excited for snow, we could see a few flurries. Its 34 degrees right now. Gaithersburg, 36 in quantico. 36 in the district. 34 leesburg. 34 in clinton. Heres the planner for the day. Well see more sunshine later on. We do stay dry. Temperatures in the 40s. We have a lot more cold coming later this week. Well look at that coming up. Lets look at the roads right now. Good morning, melissa. Good morning, sheena. Northbound 270 after 121, clarksburg, traffic gettin...