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Than a political side show. Could they go away altogether . The latest on donald trump calling for the gop to pull the Plug On Future Debates as he questions whether any of his opponents should even be Vice President. And is the shutdown a sure thing . President biden insists it isnt, but his hopes hinge on House Republicans, in his words, doing their job. And theyve got now less than three days to do it. So what happens next . Lots to talk about, but were going to start in washington where one small group perhaps ten conservative republican lawmakers are refusing to support any Stopgap Measur...

I think up until well, really, up to the year 1600 when we didnt have any particular tools to investigate the natural world, our five senses were the primary means by which we obtained all information about the universe, and not even knowing that our five senses had limits. If its everything you know you think its everything the universe is trying to give you, but in fact its not. And so around 1600 with the invention of the microscope in one direction and then the telescope in the other direction, each invented wind a decade of one another, all of a sudden pieces of the universe become availa...

And i want to thank you for coming tonight. Im a librarian at mid Manhattan Library. Im happy to present john mcwhorter. Were lucky here at mid Manhattan Library because john has come more than once. He has been very kind aboutthat this is his third visit. Tonight he will speak about his most recent book, talking back, talking black. Truth of about americas lingua franca. He is a associate professor of Columbia University where he teaches linguistics, American History and africanamerican studies. He is columnist for Time Magazine and regular contributor to the atlantic and the wall street jour...

[applause] ms. Albright thank you. Good afternoon and welcome. I am truly delighted to be here with all of you and to celebrate Public Service and the legacy of harry truman. As someone who believes passionately in the importance of americas global leadership, i have a natural love and affinity for harry truman. But my affection for him is rooted in something more basic. He was my First American president. My family and i arrived in america november 11, 1948. A week after he narrowly beat dewey in 1948. All of this was some time ago. In fact, i tell my students now that i went to college about...

Univision to report our cover story on hispanic americans and this election. After which we have other pursuits in mind. Sarah Jessica Parker once personified single womans search for love in the city. But in her new tv role shes a married suburban woman whose love has faded. . In her new series divorce on hbo parker plays a suburban working mom whose marriage is foundering. Start to go off the tracks. Perhaps when you grew the mustache. Pauley in real life shes been married nearly 20 years. What does happily married actually mean . The things that annoy me dont matter. Pauley ahead this morni...