historians. let s give him a big hand. [ applause ] i d also like to recognize and thank three extraordinary trustees board chair, pam shafler and rick reese and susan danalo with us tonight. give them a big hand as well. [ applause ] and we also want to thank our chairman s council and frederick douglas council members who are with us tonight for all their great work and support. one more hand. thank you. so the program tonight will last an hour and include a question and answer session and q and a is conducted via note cards. you should have received a note card and pencil. if not the staff are walking up and down the aisle and have cards and pencils to hand out. let them know and later on in the program we will be answering collecting the cards and answering your questions. we are thrilled to welcome randall kennedy back to the new york historical society. he s the michael r klein professor at harvard law school where he teaches courses on contracts and criminal law an
he s the author of the forthcoming book. the new york historical society hosted this hour long event. good evening. i m dale gregory. vice president for public programs and i m thrilled to welcome you to our spectacular robert h smith auditorium. tonight s program, the first amendment, the constitution on campus is part the bernard and schwartz distinguished speaker series which is the heart of the public programs. i would like to thank mr. schwartz for his support to invite so many authors and historians. let s give him a big hand. [ applause ] i d also like to recognize and thank three extraordinary trustees board chair, pam shafler and rick reese and susan danalo with us tonight. give them a big hand as well. [ applause ] and we also want to thank our chairman s council and frederick douglas council members who are with us tonight for all their great work and support. one more hand. thank you. so the program tonight will last an hour and include a question and answer
and we begin in colorado, where the head of the epa is visiting the site of a major toxic waste spill. gina mccarthy, on the site of the rivers, allen, what did mccarthy have to say about the water quality in the river behind you? well, she was here in durango and some other spots on the river, and what she said, there has been extensive testing in recent days, and they re showing that the river water is back to the same quality that it was before the spill, which was a week ago, last wednesday morning, and she also repeated what she said before, that she s heartbroken by it, and she blames, and says her own agency takes the blame for what happened up at gold king mine and what happened in the animus river and the san juan river, and the plume of sludge that throwed all the way out to lake powell. and she topped in durango for a news conference, and here s what she had to say about the spill. i just came from a briefing that dave and others provided to me on the status of
heads of organizations. this hour, we will also be speaking to one of the biggest names in private equity, jon moulton, and then later nicolas dufourcq. overall, stocks in asia seem to be dropping a touch. european stocks were mixed and bonds rising as investors focused switching back to central banks. several policymakers were cautious about raising interest rates again this year. the dollar weakening a touch, you can see. that s your business flash. let s get straight on to the bloomberg first world news. nejra: donald trump has said he will announce whether or not he will decertify the iran nuclear deal, quote, shortly. that s ahead of the deadline this sunday. trump has called the agreement a badly negotiated deal. has denied ever calling for a bigger u.s. nuclear arsenal. his comments came response to an nbc report that he had asked for a tenfold increase in u.s. nuclear capabilities. he also questioned whether the broadcast license should be taken away from nbc televisi
spells disaster. the imf puts out a sunny growth forecast. we see the sun shining, we also see clouds on the horizon. the f alamo see reveals at moc inflation expectations are low. to we not trying are trying to get the underlying rate. economists consider the conundrum of tax reports. growth will pay for part of it, not all of it. there is no reason to believe this. there are miracles, sometimes productivity growth picks up. all straight ahead on bloomberg best. hello and welcome, i m michael mckee, this is bloomberg best, your review of the most important business news and analysis from around the world. donald s agenda was going to be a big story no matter what, but monday dawned with unexpected clinical fireworks. president trump made an interesting choice over the weekend. he can afford to lose only two republican senators and he decided to pick a fight with one of those senators. he blamed bob corker for the iran deal. he wanted the secretary o