Please turn off your cell phones. Now, it gives me great pleasure to introduce our speaker, especially when we think about the historical parallels that i mentioned to mr. Kiernanern earlier win we think about the word that is so offputting to so many people and its original meaning of a public place where orators might try out orations. For us that means the redwoods should be a forum where we might discuss really important special and political issues. Just two weeks ago we had the good people from newport film show a documentary on richard holebrook, a man white house values perfectly align with the intent of the redwood at it founding. So i see mr. Kiernans speeches continuing continuing in that vein, especially when we think about the rise of the public sphere, the occurrence during the 18th 18th century, that space where what we might call a political middle class began to form and push up against king and court. So, the middle class, of course, is of was of capital importance in
It is against nature. They were created differently, their nature is different, their constitution is different. I think the president of turkey has some interesting thoughts when it comes to women and he certainly doesnt think they are equal in turkish society. In the United States we have a different standard for what equality means for women that isnt that comparable to that in the middle east. What is your sense of the balance between men and women . I think he has a point in the sense that men and women are created differently, in the sense of their biology, the way they think and do things, the careers they go into, the things they are drawn to but in terms of what men and women can do, i believe that women can do the same jobs as men and that we are not created unequally when it comes to the opportunities that we can pursue, and the kind of work that we can do. How is it that someone who is 26 has already written two books . I moved to d. C. Fresh out of college, and i really go
Going on inside the media and it a good time to be in d. C. To being a journalist, be a people nd i joke with about living in washington and orking with media because i feel like you are packing so much information into a day not year. Tion a my favorite part is seeing history in the making. Host late summer your book came out assault and flattery. You get the title . Guest it was a brainstorming with it. Nd i came up after a long list of names and different title changes that the last one i came up with and that stuck. E had a couple other names before that but they were not as powerful as that. The reason it is assault and is there is a lot of assault that has happened in politics of women especially on democrat side but flattery because the definition of praise is giving false and complimentses for ones personal gain and that describes is in the book and how women are treated. It to mary dicate pavlich roby. Yes. T shes my great aunt. She was a pioneer in her right. The associate vi
Vladimir putin had his first state to state visit since the beginning of the ukraine conflict. Matteo renzi met with putin. Putin said the two agreed on ukraine. We were of one mind that the conflicting parties must strictly comply with the agreements reached in minsk on the 12th of february. I am certain that this opens the possibility for a comprehensive settlement and from watching a direct dialogue between kiev donetsk, and luhansk. Olivia the ceasefire agreement has been holding in recent days. The big banks all past their stress tests. All 31 banks have enough capital to survive a financial crisis. It is the First Time Since the stress tests were launched in 2009 that every firm has passed. Goldman sachs barely made the cut. Goldman will not be a low to match the dividends and share buybacks it rewarded investors with last year. A fraud involving apple pay. Criminals have been typing stolen credit card numbers into apple pay and trying to make purchases. Banks require users to kn
The wintry storm blamed for ten deaths is moving east and threatening Holiday Travel plans for millions of people and forced hundreds of delays and cancellations and snarlingly traffic across the country and im stephanie sy, the storms effects are being felt in dozens of states and we have Team Coverage this morning and sarah is monitoring flight delays and cancellations at chicago ohare aport and begin with diane esther brook who is checking out the roads in pennsylvania. Its a deadly storm that has already wreaked havoc in the midsection over the country. And has been going east ever since, 33 states have already seen white out conditions, icy roads and freezing temperatures but the worst is yet to come with heavy rains expected to hit the east coast later tonight into wednesday, all enough to snarl traffic and air travel, threatening the plans of millions of americans hitting the road this week for thanksgiving. Im glad im leaving today because i know the weather will be a bear. The