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Hello, my name is kai bird, from cuny, City University of new york. And were from the foundation to do events like this to promote the arts and crafts of biographies. And weve been a sponsor of the National Book festival for some yea years. Were here on a session off the 20th anniversary of the National Book festival and the theme this year is american ingenuity. Were going to be talking tonight with two notable public intellectuals. Harold holzer is one of the leading lincoln scholars. Currentl...

Hello. My name is kai bird. And executive director of the leon leavy center for biography at City University of new york, and we are sponsored by the Leavy Foundation when we do events like this to promote the arts and crafts a biography among other things. We had been a sponsor of the National Book festival for some years, and were here on a session with of the 20th anniversary i chose of the National Book festival and the theme this year is american ingenuity. We are going to be talking tonigh...

Hello, my name is kai bird, im the executive director of the leon leavy centers for biography at cuny, university of new york. We are sponsored by Sheldon Whitehouse and the abto promote the arts and crafts and biography among other things. We been a sponsor of the National Book festival for some years. We are here on a session with the 20th anniversary actually of the National Book festival, the theme this year is american ingenuity. We are going to be talking tonight with two notable publican ...

Minutes. News 4 midday starts now. A mess on metro, theyre still cleaning up the red line. Right now two track problems, one at medical tr and one at woodley park. Metro says one of the problems involved a power cable, the other one an arcing insulator. The problem started around 6 00 this morning. Crews are working to get it all fixed, but the delays have people running 45 minutes late even now. And as that problem is going on metro being called on the carpet again, this time on capitol hill. W...

Tomorrow on q a, former defense secretary and cia director robert gates discusses his book a passion for leadership. Lessons on change and reform from 50 years of public service. The program airs at 7 00 p. M. Eastern this week on q a, Boston College Law School Professor mary sarah builder discusses madisons hand which takes a critical look at the notes James Madison wrote during and after the convention of 1787. Mary sarah builder, you have a book out called madisons hand revising the Constitut...

The book argues that the notes werent written in their entirety that summer. But madisons the most important account of that summer. Brian where did you get this idea . Mary i thought i would write a narrative, a story of what it has been like from his perspective and as i investigate the notes and read them, i realize there were a lot of mysteries and things werent quite as i expected them to be and as i spent a lot of time with the notes and wonderful access at the library of congress and it b...

Only framer who we know of who took complete notes that summer. The book, the notes werent written in their entirety that summer. But madison is the most important account of that summer. Brian where did you get this idea . Mary i wrote a narrative, a story of what it has been like from his perspective and as i investigate the notes and read them, i realize there were a lot of mysteries and things werent quite as i expected them to be and as i spent a lot of time with the notes and wonderful acc...

The Carnegie Endowment for peace in paris for more. Then, disaster capitalism making a killing out of catastrophe. For three years, ive investigated what happened after the spotlight fades from disasters developing countries. What comes when the money and goodwill ends . It is like a political ngo and these people are employees. They are getting paid often it creates atmosphere reliance on foreign money. Amy well speak with journalist Antony Loewenstein. Then juan Felipe Herrera, the first latin...

Amy the Nobel Peace Prize goes to a coalition of four organizations, including a labor and Employers Union which had themselves been at odds. Well speak with sarah chayes of the Carnegie Endowment for peace in paris for more. Then, disaster capitalism making a killing out of catastrophe. For three years, ive investigated what happened after the spotlight fades from disasters developing countries. What comes when the money and goodwill ends . It is like a political ngo and these people are employ...

Amy the Nobel Peace Prize goes to a coalition of four organizations, including a labor and Employers Union which had themselves been at odds. Well speak with sarah chayes of the Carnegie Endowment for peace in paris for more. Then, disaster capitalism making a killing out of catastrophe. For three years, ive investigated what happened after the spotlight fades from disasters developing countries. What comes when the money and goodwill ends . It is like a political ngo and these people are employ...