[inaudible conversations] hello. Everybody. Excuse me. Hello, everybody. I hope you enjoyed your lunch. Were going to start. Good afternoon and welcome. Im sarah some snyder, the program ticketyear the william e. Simon foundation and absolutely delighted to introduce todays speaker, kay hymowitz. Shortly i will sit in attention with you as she discusses her latest book, the new brooklyn. What it takes to bring a city back. Foundation started supporting kay 13 years ago and i know that i speak on behalf of the foundations president , jim peerson, and my colleague, janice, and all those who couldnt join us today, in saying that supporting kay as the william e. Simon fellow the Manhattan Institute continue to be one of the proudest invests we make each year. A quick overview. She writes on childhood, family issues, poverty, and cultural changes in america, and has authored five very successful books. She has written for the New York Times, the washington post, the wall street journal, new
Saudi arabia amid tensions between the two nations. And renewed speculation over whether the kingdom played a role in 9 11. Who is. Who is this person . Police hope it can help them crack the case. Police arent sure if its a man or a woman. Picture perfect. Four generations of the royal family rose for a stamp to mark the queens ma90th birthday. Look who is stealing the show today, wednesday, april 20th, 2016. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and sa va t vannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Welcome to today on a wednesday morning. Were going to get to more of that cuteness a little later in the show. Politics first. Front runners, defending their home turf in the New York Primary. Heres what happened. Donald trump picked up more than 60. of the republican vote. He crushed his rivals. John kasich came in second. More than 35 points behind. Ted cruz finishing a distant third. The criticism of new york values seeming to hurt him. Tr
And a good monday morning to you. That cruise ship, the carnival triumph was supposed to return to galveston today. Its thousands of strand passengers wont get home before wednesday. We have just learned finally the toilets are working. Thank god for small favors. The ship is wait farg tug boat to arrive in the next few hours. Heres matt gutman. Reporter there are over 4200 people aboard the carnival triumph, a drift off the yucatan peninsula. Carnival called me to tell me that there was a problem. That there was a fire in the engine room. And that the fire was contained. Everything was all okay. They have no running water. They have no way to use the bathrooms. Reporter emergency generators are providing some electricity. But the ship has no propulsion. Carnival cruise lines has said no one is hurt, theres plenty of food. But has urged guests to congregate in common areas and on the decks. A tug boat has been dispatched to tow the 900foot boat back to land in case engineers cant fix t
It didnt dampen the celebration. We have all the highlights from backstage and the red carpet. And a good monday morning to you. That cruise ship, the carnival triumph was supposed to return to galveston today. Its thousands of strand passengers wont get home before wednesday. We have just learned finally the toilets are working. Thank god for small favors. The ship is wait farg tug boat to arrive in the next few hours. Heres matt gutman. Reporter there are over 4200 people aboard the carnival triumph, a drift off the yucatan peninsula. Carnival called me to tell me that there was a problem. That there was a fire in the engine room. And that the fire was contained. Everything was all okay. They have no running water. They have no way to use the bathrooms. Reporter emergency generators are providing some electricity. But the ship has no propulsion. Carnival cruise lines has said no one is hurt, theres plenty of food. But has urged guests to congregate in common areas and on the decks. A
10 00 a. M. On the east coast and 9 00 a. M. In ferguson, missouri. The new nightly curfew expired in the small midwestern city that in the past scene has been the scene of protest, violence, tension and pain. This morning, there appears to be calm. But last night was a different scene. The curfew. Declared yesterday by jay nixon in a press conference set in at midnight. From the curfew hit about 100 to 150 demonstrators hit in the street continuing to protest the shooting death of Michael Brown, the unarmed africanamerican 18yearold who was killed by a Police Officer more than a week ago. About an hour later, police in tactical riot gear moved in. Police fired tear baincluding o Person Holding a handgun. Seven people were arrested for failure to disperse. Police say one person was shot in the area last night and this morning is in the hospital in Critical Condition. The circumstances of the shooting remain unclear. Including any information about the shooter. Captain ron johnson of th