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Up next, Laura Auricchio recounts the life of marquis de lafayette and wil the role he played in the american and french revolutions. This is about one hour. Okay. Im tim marshall, provost of the new school and im delighted to welcome everyone here for this wonderful event to launch Laura Auricchios new book which is right here. [applause] the Marquis Lafayette reconsidered which came out this month published by this has been research over the course of seven years its a major biography that dont into the personal life of the passionate french hero of the American Revolution over several tumul...

Bill cosby, what a disappointment he was to me. All he wanted to talk about was kids, stay in school. You have a great opportunity opening up for you. Dont blow it. Really knuckle down and enjoy all the resources youve got, learn from them. I thought hes no fun. He sounds just like my grandparents. But then Flash Forward 40 years later when i am a parent myself now everybody think how much i was able to teach bill cosby on all those years. I was not expecting this as you will constantly hear some intrusive black people reject the cosby. Know, they dont. Bill cosby expresses a voice that all of...

Covert . What missouri gas best assignment, proudest assignment, you pick a word. I think the one where i felt like personally it had more of an impact. I dont mean i did it. Part of we. I think my first assignment was such an explosion of information about how foreign world operate in a highly unstable environment i finished up in a place that im not allowed to talk about. But i was working as a very senior Foreign Government and it was a great way to end my career. That i would say the most exciting was the afghan program. The most challenging was in washington when i was responsible. That i...

Rights by marching from selma to Montgomery Alabama in 1965, 50 years ago. While the film has been nominated for an oscar, to the shock of many, ava duvernay was not. She wouldve made history as the first africanamerican woman nominated for best director. We have to work without permission, especially women in this industry. Who are we asking for permission to do what we want to do . That should be eradicated. You need to set a path and start walking. Ava duvernay for the hour. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. A...

The disease now spread to arizona where thousands are heading for the super bowl this weekend. Abcs susan saulny has the details. Reporter one of the most contagious airborne viruses on earth, measles. With more than 84 cases just this month, alarm is growing that measles is spreading. I think its kind of scary because it used to be pretty eradicated. Reporter the centers for Disease Control is urging americans to get vaccinated after an outbreak that began in disneyland in december. In arizona alone as super bowl fans arriving state officials are monitoring a thousand people and nearly 200 ch...