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Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Xq institute. Lincoln financial committed to helping you take charge of your financial future. The ford foundation. Working with visionaries on the frontlines of social change worldwide. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and friends of the newshour. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs ...

Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Xq institute. Lincoln financial committed to helping you take charge of your financial future. The ford foundation. Working with visionaries on the frontlines of social change worldwide. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and friends of the newshour. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs ...

[inaudible conversation] good afternoon. Thank you, ladies and gentlemen forks turning out on a cold, late fall day. I can i sure you its going to be worth your time im ben desalvo, an associate professor of Political Science at city college of new york and its any pleasure to introduce our speaker, beth akers. Id like to welcome beth to Manhattan Institute where she has recently become a fellow. Prior to joinings she was a fell lee at the Brookings Institution center on children and families, a...

Host joining us now is the jonathan shea, the author of audacity. Thank you for joining us. I love the book, a fascinating look back at the Obama Presidency. I was struck by the way it begins. It begins with a chapter on what you call americas final sin. Why is that . Because when people look back on obama 100 or 200 years from now when his presidency, the first thing theyll learned that he was the first africanamerican president or the first non white male president. That was not just a histori...

President , or americas first nonwhite male president. And that was not just a historical footnote and this is not just a breakthrough, but it was something that defined in the public mind something that he had to grapple with. And i try to make an argument in the book that it wasnt just something that happened to him, but this is something he helped shape the something he helped to create a narrative of race in america that helped bring america forward. It was hardly incidental. It drove opposi...

First things first, id like to welcome beth to the Manhattan Institute where shes recently become a fellow. Prior to joining us, she was a fellow at the Brookings Institution center on children and families, and before that she was a taffe economist staff economist at the president s council of economic advisers and worked extensively on Higher Education policy. Second, id like to welcome beth back to new york. Beth received her ph. D. In math excuse me, her b. A. In math and economics from cuny...

President , or americas first nonwhite male president. And that was not just a historical footnote and this is not just a breakthrough, but it was something that defined in the public mind something that he had to grapple with. And i try to make an argument in the book that it wasnt just something that happened to him, but this is something he helped shape the something he helped to create a narrative of race in america that helped bring america forward. It was hardly incidental. It drove opposi...

First things first, id like to welcome beth to the Manhattan Institute where shes recently become a fellow. Prior to joining us, she was a fellow at the Brookings Institution center on children and families, and before that she was a taffe economist staff economist at the president s council of economic advisers and worked extensively on Higher Education policy. Second, id like to welcome beth back to new york. Beth received her ph. D. In math excuse me, her b. A. In math and economics from cuny...

Ajump in The Cost Of Living inflation hits a two and a half year peak, largely due to higher prices for fuel and food and the fall in the pound. In one of his last acts in office, President Obama commutes the Prison Sentence of chelsea manning, the former us military analyst who passed classified files to wikileaks. And well be looking at tomorrow mornings front pages, including the daily mail which has calls the Prime Ministers brexit blueprint an emphatic ultimatum to eu leaders. Much more on ...