Average guy with 30,000 in debt. My first house cost less than that. I am very old now and then these things or in a situation when we were talking to bob excuse me, not bob. Your first name, david. David, by the way he is even older than i am. I want to know what he is eating for lunch so i can have the same thing. David is retired and in good shape. He has a son who needs physical assistance with prescriptions and medical costs. It makes a difference. A grown son who still needs help. You take away a couple thousand dollars out of your pocket next year, it matters. It is about 270 a month. That is real money. Look, the thing that the folks around this table represent every one of these people are hardworking people. What impressed me most about them was they are even more worried about people who are poor, more worried about people who are out there struggling to put 1 foot in front of the other. We focused on wha tthe tax increase would mean to them. But it would also mean a great d
[applause] and could even a and figure for being here. Also for inviting me to be in a conversation with you tonight. Also i want to share publicly what i was an honor graduate of harvard 80 years old taking a survey course in africanamerican literature, he was absent and the replacement was Farah Griffin that year and this was incredibly wonderful because that your farah was at the institute so was stephanie it as an 18 yearold who was over the moon about steadying i was so thrilled and inspired all the time with your work with Young Scholars. The day that farah came to speak to our class we were reading my Favorite Book and it was amazing because i realized she was giving guidance of the firstever wrist shot literature by a black woman. So just one of those moments if that should be marked with my gratitude as you continue to inspire. Guest date you so much. Host if you dont know , an extraordinary young talented writer who many years later without knowing where students from that cl
Inspired all the time either work of these young scholars. A day that farah came to speak to our class, the work were studying was pain, which is already one of my favorite books. It was so moving because i realized while she was giving us this wonderful guidance, the first time id been taught literature by a black person, besides my mother who was of course my first instruction in reading and writing but its one of those moments that if you like should be marked and i want to extend my gratitude for that, and you continue to inspire me. Thank you so much. Thats the great joys of teaching, you dont know who is sitting out there in terms of this extraordinarily talented young writer who i would read it many years later without knowing that she was one of the students in the class. So its really lovely to think it also for being here tonight. I wanted to ask farah to share with us the introduction of harlem nocturne. Is really a beautiful way she brings these women onto the page pics i w
Assessment from the white house, arguing that the u. S. Is at risk now from disaster coming from disruptive weather. What is your take . Is Climate Change happening now . You can also send us a tweet, http twitter. Com cspanwj, or join the conversation on facebook. Com cspan, and you can. Mail us, journal cspan. Org a little bit about the 840 page report. This is on their website. Assessmental climate summarizes the impact of Climate Change on the United States now and in the future. A team of over 300 experts, guided by host the website is very interactive. If youre interested, go there and play around with it. Call, email, send us your thoughts as to whether you think Climate Change is happening now and what should be done about it. There is a Washington Post piece courtesy of the museum newseu m. Herea look at this map that they have. Mapping Climate Change, observed and projected effects of Climate Change across the United States according to this latest National Climate assessment
Way to stay out of federal court as individual 1, where he may very well end up being a charged defendant in the first week of the biden presidency, in that Michael Cohen case. I mean, that case alone, weve spent all of this time covering all of these other investigations by the president , including like live stuff right now where we dont know the status of the investigation, like this turnberry british open. Pick a week, theres a new scandal and potential investigation of the president with real consequences. But even if you focus on that one alone, he is individual 1. And the statute of limitations is okay on that one. And the prosecutors have already laid it out in open court, his role in the crime. So yeah, that kind of feels like some days that kind of feels like thats the story. Yeah, it really is. And Michael Cohen is going to be reminding us of that big time in september, i guess. Yeah, i would guess. Yes, sir. Thanks, lawrence. Thanks, rachel. Imagine the fortunes that are go