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[applause] thank you very much. Thank you for coming today. [applause] i want to thank the Miamidade College for hosting us here today. Im proud to be here. I said this a week ago at an event we did hear with Small Businesses. I dont know if any other institution in america that has opened the door to more American Dreams than Miamidade College has and its a true treasure for our community and dr. Predrawns leadership is a true treasure and we thank you for your service to our committee and our country. I want to spend a few minutes talking about the book. The title of the book is American Dre...

Can you guys hear me in the back . Can you hear me now . No . Yes . I will speak loudly. It is great to be in the city, lecturing on the city that he wrote about. In the very place in the city that you wrote about midtown manhattan. A couple of preliminaries before we roll into this illustrated talk. I like that better than powerpoint, as a term. Im not good at powerpoint. Its not that im a luddite, im just a technological idiot. This is not the book i originally set out to right. The original idea was to do the whole city. All five boroughs, and stretch it out from world war i to world war ii...

Lets get back to one of our top stories this morning. Kurdish forces battle sunni militants. Iraqs military situation is deteriorating. Phil mattingly joins us now. How important is a resolution in baghdad to the fight against the Islamic States and the militants . Officialshat u. S. Continue to point to as the only longterm solution. Last night, it looks to have taken a major step back in terms of political resolution. Malakitioned that the president sue for trying to extend and not malaki to be named Prime Minister. Be aware ofgoing to adding more support. It is something president obama hig...

Proud of who he was and proud to make sure he did what he could do in his own time and own ways to make a difference. And he certainly did. He was born cash shus clay. You talked about his passion for his faith. Can you share a little more about what you knew of his faith personally. I can tell you that he was a deep believer in the tenants of islam. When he decided he would become a member of the nation of islam. It was right after the death of elie gentleman muhammad. Ali credited more than anybody else bringing him into the nation of islam or into the sunni nation, i should say. He believed...