[inaudible conversations] okay. Good evening, everyone. Id like to welcome you to book court. We are here with Amy Lee Goodman this evening. Amy is an expert in Sustainable Food production and vegan cooking. She is cofounder of a company that prepares vegan plantbased food. She contributes monthly to vegan lifestyle magazine, ands she is the coauthor of rethink food 100plus doctors cant be wrong. And, most recently, the meat tie truth why our food is destroying our health and environment and who is responsible. So considering the title of the book, Greg Brockman is the perfect person to discuss her new work with her. He is the lead butcher at foragers. Hes been working there since 2011. Foragers has locations in dumbo and chelsea that focuses on providing new yorkers with produce, milk and dairy. So amys going to read a bit for us and then her and greg are going to have a discussion. Please join me in giving a warm welcome to Amy Lee Goodman. [applause] hi, everyone, thank you so much
Jobs. There are. We are hirin i am 16 getting paid more than my friends. Do ey exploit workers . Mark cuban says it is ridiculous. The minimumwage killed the first job. That is our show. Tonight. [applause] john this studio audience is filled with young people. In terms. They have become increasingly common about half of College Students do some type of internship to build a resume for about also four companies to try the workers out. For cheap. How many are paid real wages . How many is paid . Nobody . [laughter] arent you exploited . Nobody . [laughter] the Obama Labor Department says they are. Itit issued a sheet said free in turn ships internships has no immediate advantage. What . Then why would they 11 . Ssa it is better for the business the buness could be impeded. Ru kidding me . I had the the in turn like that. We parted company. [laughter] i have used them all of my career. Someday research. Summer journalist. But they say the Labor Department should punish those companies. O
See countries in the gulf in the middle east aligning with israel in a way that we have never seen before. And shouldnt we listen . Shouldnt we listen to the Prime Minister of israel thats the first target of iran, the country that the iranians said and have not renounced their commitment to quote wiping off the map . You think that maybe relations between ourselves and israel are at the lowest ebb . Do you think it is an accident when now saudis and leaders of other countries are outspoken in their derision of the United States lack of leadership in the middle east . Isnt it interesting finally that the russians for the First Time Since 1973, when anwr sadat threw them out of egypt, they are now Major Players in the middle east . Mr. Graham i think the whole middle east is going in the wrong direction at warped speed and congress has some obligation to speak up and do something about it and help the administration when we can. Number one a new round of talks where we can muster bipart
Good morning, everyone. Welcome to weekends with alex witt. Heres whats happening. New reaction from here and overseas about tkraeupblg word that president obama and the new iranian president Hassan Rowhani spoke to the phone on friday, the highest level talk between the two countries in decades. It is a serious sign. The two of us discussed our ongoing efforts to reach an agreement over Irans Nuclear program. I reiterated to president rowhani what i said in new york. While there are surely be certain object stals moving forward and success is by no means guaranteed, i believe we can reach a comprehensive solution. This phone call is a dramaist shift between the two countries. Came about thursday between secretary of state john kerry and irans Prime Minister. Rowhani broke news of that call tweeting just minutes before obama spoke with reporters. This is the biggest sign of respect that this country has gotten in 34 years from the United States s. And president rowhani has said without
When it resumes shortly, as i said, about ten minutes from now. While we wait, more on education now as the new school year is just getting underway for many School Systems around the nation. We look at challenges facing Public Schools in a discussion on this mornings washington journal. Host guest at our desk is the director of the National School Boards Association. As we dive into the topic of local School Boards and todays education debates, first, tell us about your group and its mission. Guest well, the National School Boards Association really represents our state associations of School Boards, and theyre the ones that have the membership of the local School Boards. Local School Boards are comprised typically of folks out of the community who have an in Public Education. So while theyre usually elected, some are appointed. Typically elected, most frequently not paid, so they do this as a civic duty. And because they have a concern about good Public Schools in their communities.