Good evening. I am claire and on behalf of Harvard Bookstore thank you for joining us sport event with Maryanne Wolf whos here to discuss her new book, reader, come home the reading brain in a Digital World. I would like to tell you about our summer events. Fiction fridays and for the rest of august in stored new fiction pervert purchases are 15 off every friday for members of our frequent Buyer Program and next line they we welcome jack e davis in his new book. Wednesday the 15th, roy scranton is in conversation with andrew to discuss scrantons new book. Both of these events begin at 7 00 p. M. And are here at the bookstore. Labor day is around the corner. We are thrilled to welcome authors like john kerry, deborah harkness, Walter Mosley and many others. You more about these in our Upcoming Events on a website harvard. Com. events or on the sale of flyers. After todays talks we will have time for questions. Cspan is here taping. As a request we ask that stand up and speak loudly so t
Watergate, and also if you early years of american conservative movement. This brings us to the 1970s and he topic is deindustrialization. Picking up our electric 1970 but we will take this all the way through the 1980s. Developments that i talk about erent sudden, they unfolded very slowly. And i will explain why. To do that i want you to reflect to question that im going give you. Handsse your lands yet because i want you to think about. The American Dream. How do you define that . Then i want you to think about grandparents generation, your parents generation, and generation. Want you to think about the standard of living enjoyed by your generations and family. Can somebody give me a definition of the American Dream . Carla carla. , like, successful and getting married and having kids to provide for your family. Yes, that is the american a lot of people. How how else do people think of the American Dream . For an immigrant family my were both immigrants and my us they value educatio
Its a great white. Eight to ten feet long, 1200 to 1500 pounds. This is a video thats been causing a stir this weekend. A frenzy. Reporter it was shot by a tourist at Alcatraz Island, a great white shark feeding on a sea lion. The first that i know of in the San Francisco bay. Reporter hes in shark group, and they educate people about sharks. They have tracked them into the bay before, but never a sighting so far in. Never an encounter with a human. We have seen them. Its shocking to see one next to the alcatraz dock next to a boat full of tourists. Reporter they made the rounds where many are training for a swim race this weekend. They will be jumping in about the spot where this video was shot. It was scary to see a big pool of blood in the water. Something you think about out there. Reporter the race stretches from Alcatraz Island to San Francisco park. Most swimmers say there are plenty of other things they have to worry about that are more likely than an encounter with a shark. Im
A plane forcing to land, a fire on the plane. The latest as we come on the air in the west. And eye of the storm. A powerful waterspout coming on shore. Lifting a tractor trailer from the ground. Shredding the postal truck. Sending packages flying through the air. I have never been to hell, but i thought i was in hell. The driver lucky to be alive. Speaking out for the first time only on gma. And good morning, america. Happy monday. Joe biden had fun over the weekend. Enjoying all that attention back home in delaware with his family. As he ponders that decision on whether or not to run for president. You see the podium. The dig democratic podium tomorrow night. They have an extra podium waiting for him just in case. Hes not going to decide by tomorrow. Will he or wont he . A lot of anticipation. Hillary clinton and many others anxious to find out what biden will decide. It would shake up the race. Cecilia vega starts us out with that this morning. Reporter hey, robin. Good morning. The
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