Esplanade drive nature took its course. A giant sinkhole opened up. The owner says water got inside the concrete path. Just washed away. Thats why we had big cavities. This video taken by a passerby shows erosion of the cliffs above the shoreline. That erosion has had consequences. The property next to the beach path was declared unlivable earlier this year. The building is condemned because it sits too close to the crips to the cliffs edge. The apartment buildings next to that one have already been demolished and longtime neighbors further down on esplanade since the problems wont go away. This one could be next. Directly to our side and that will be coming out and this section right here will too. The city issued a statement saying the sinkhole is the responsibility of the owner. The geotechnical experts are examining reports that new bluff erosion, the beach path, pretty owner says he wont make the path safe. What were going to do right now is plug that area. Fill it up with concret
Call the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to order. We thank our witnesses for being here, and im looking forward to your testimony. As much of the world concentrates on the isis threat and instability in the middle east, the Committee Takes this opportunity to consider efforts by the United States and other partners to counter extremism in the Subsaharan African area. Longterm development has been the norm across much of africa including here tell you what. Ben, even with large letters i cant see anymore. [laughter] including here in our committee with the recent signing of the power africa legislation, which were all very proud of and appreciate the way the administration has led on that effort also, that we hope will help bring investment to a key sector for Economic Growth and opportunity. Whereas in the middle east we have been reacting to abhorrent state and terrorist violence and the uprooting of millions of people, in africa weve had the opportunity of years of influence thro
Report on the leadership of russian president boris yelton and Vladimir Putin and nashville authored local authors to take in the city at literary sites. That is just some of what you will see this weekend on booktv. For complete Television Schedule go to booktv. Org. Booktv, 48 hours of nonfiction books and authors, television for serious readers. We kick off the weekend with a panel on the history of race in chicago. It is from last weeks printers row lit fest. [inaudible conversations] welcome to the Chicago Tribune printers row lit fest. I want to give a special thank you, the theme of this years festival is what is your story . We encourage you to share the stories you this weekend on twitter, instagram or facebook using hashtag p rl f 16. You can keep the spirit of lit fest going all year by downloading the printers row apps where you will find all the Chicago Tribune premium books contests, free and discounted ebooks for subscribers and complete printers row lit fest schedule. D
Raging boil. The left would like to pin the blame for this on what they claim as the rights and racist refusal to accept a black man its president. In. In fact what has exacerbated Race Relations in the United States is the inherent racism of the less identity politics. Spearheaded by obama himself. Progressive racism, not the right is the reason for todays heightened racial conflict. David Horowitz Horowitz needs no real introduction to this crowd. Let me focus on his new book, progressive racism which i recently wrote, needless to say i gave it two thumbs up, it is the six the most recent volume of his writings called the black book of the american book, this book collects need 50 essays over the politics of race over the last 50 years. The book concludes that the racial bias which the left demands tears at the very fabric of the social order, compromises true equality, and is and is the antithesis of the american dream. If i could quote a little bit more from it, in a free society,
Happened for instance in many families there is a lynching story. When you begin to think about what that means to have a lynching story in the family, how it shapes the way you move through this society and how it frames what you think about justice and how the system works in the society it is staggering. And so, one of the books i use was at the hands of persons unknown. That sounded like time, anyone else . Thank you so much. I appreciate this. [applause] we will have more book tv in prime time tomorrow night with authors of books about Global Health issues that begins at eight eastern with David Kessler author of capture. David horowitz latest book progressive racism argues that racism is endemic in leftist politics. He discussed his books and reasons for rejecting the politics of his youth to become a conservative. From the Four Seasons Hotel in los angeles, this is an hour. Good afternoon, everybody. When barack obama was elected ed president of the United States he was writing