The Warriors Heart an app adaptation of becoming a navy seal for young adultings. This is just under an hour. [applause] thank you. [applause] thank you very much. [applause] thank you so much. [applause] thank you. Can i get a round of applause for will . [cheers and applause] fantastic, buddy, thank you very much. [applause] thank you. One of the things thats followup for me about being here tonight as gary mentioned, im from st. Louis, good to do these things in st. Louis, and i have wonderful people who shaped my life who are in the front row. My second grade teacher here with me tonight. Welcome pat. [applause] i know that if this book can have the kind of effect on just one persons life that pat and my other teachers had on me, this will be a very successful book so thank you very much for being out here tonight. I appreciate. Im going to begin the book reading right from the very beginning of the book where i asked young people to imagine themselves in the navy seal training, an
[applause] well, one of the things thats fun for me about being here tonight, as gary mentioned, i am from san louis. Its always good to do these things in san louis. I have some wonderful people who shape my life in the front row. My second grade teacher. Please help me to welcome that. [applause] and i know that if this book can have the kind of affect on just one persons life that pat and my other teachers had on me, this will be a very successful book. Thank you very much for being matter tonight. I will begin the book reading cry from the very beginning where i asked jack people to imagine themselves in the Navy Seals Training. This is out its starts. You stand in freezing water up to your chest. Every muscle in your body throbs with pain. Youre exhausted beyond anything you could ever imagine, and all around you the night air carries the curses and groans of others who are getting it out like you, trying to survive the night. Most wont. You know the statistics. Maybe one in ten w
Controlled by other nationalities or other interests. He wanted to create a school that represented the american model of education, that lived American Values and that gave people in the middle east an awareness that an American Education was something that would benefit their lives every day in tangible ways. And he succeeded. Host why is it important to tell this story, in your view . Guest because i think most middle easterners and americans, for that matter, are unaware of in this longer, deeper humanitarian dimension of americas involvement in the middle east. When we think about our involvement in the middle east, it usually centers on oil, israel and military security. And middle easterners feel likewise. They dont think about what are the longer roots of american involvement that have nothing to do with oil, israel, the deployment of combat troops to protect our interests. Host brian sand mark, his most recent book, american sheikhs. This isz3 booktv on cspan2. Up next, author
Move forward and develop the port as we see fit. Thank you very much for your time. With irish eyes [speaker not understood] i know that its going to be mel murphy that youre gonna meet green eyed city, ocean city sailing slowly toward the sun green eyed city, ocean city sailing slowly toward the irish sun its gonna be mel that you need and i know that you need it like a dream green eyed city, ocean port city green sleeves i know the commission needs mel, its gonna be so swell green sleeves that bring the irish to the Port Commission will be great applause good afternoon. My name is alex rodriguez. Im here to [speaker not understood] for mr. Mel murphy. I met him 20 some years ago when i was a driver and he mentored me to do a lot of things. And hes a gentleman, lot of integrity, and i respect him very much. Thank you. Good afternoon, supervisors. My name is [speaker not understood] lead better. Im an attorney in San Francisco and i have the privilege and the honor to speak on behalf o
Business from hong kong with my wife. Weve come here and opened a business here and went also to ireland. From the moment that i encountered mel, he was such an ambassador for this city, wishing that we connect with the city, you know, making it possible for us to get established here, which i am eternally grateful for. You know, ive got to know him over time and hes become a friend. And there is something about him that just his character, this kindness and generosity of spirit which marks him which i think is wonderful. I had the pleasure, too, of visiting one of his projects recently. And it was very interesting just to see and not only how his the people that work for him and with him how they respond to him and the closeness that he has. He knows people by their first names. And i think thats a man that is as busy as he does to know everybodys names and they talk to him as mel. I really like that. And the fondness that he has for the people that he works with. So, i think hes a ma