[instrumental music] hi everyone and welcome to the National Books festival. My name is anna lehman and im the executive director of the womens Suffrage Centennial commission. Im here today with megan twohey and gail collins. Both incredible authors and writers and journalists and i cannot wait for you to hear what they have to say. I mentioned that im the executive director of the womens Suffrage Centennial commission, the commission is a very proud sponsor of the National Books festival this year, we are the sponsor of the fearless women trail, which is featuring authors who are fearless just like gail and megan also books and stories about women throughout American History. Its just really a privilege to be here in this place today with these two women. Id like to start us off with some brief introductions for gail and megan and then we will kick it off. Megan is joining us, she is the author of she said breaking the Sexual Harassment story that helped ignite a movement. She is a Pu
Program will have three parts. I have asked that part one, it debate on the politics of impeachment, that each respondent, professor dershowitz and Professor Bob strom speak for 10 minutes each. Some he said why so short . When i was taught public speaking by a wonderful teacher who used an analogy related to oil, he used to safe you havent struck oil in 10 minutes, quit boring. Enable you tolly strike oil very quickly, then we will have a court point and pointer point and counterpoint on this issue. Judge be replacing kaczynski for part two which will be a discussion and dialogue on a number of important issues that affect us, and the last part of which will relate to rising antisemitism and the bbs of men. I will turn things over to judge kaczynski who will begin the the first asking respondent to discuss the issue and the politics of impeachment. It would like to begin . I wouldnt happy to begin. Who a liberal democrat voted for all of the people that bob worked for. My political me
We are thrilled to have them here. Tonight we have a threepart program. Part one debate, part two dialogue, and part three discussion. Because we have to learn what our differences of opinion are on a range of subjects and how we can create Common Ground so we can communicate with one another and how we are best able to reach one another in this very stratified and divided society that we live in. That is why tonights program will have three parts. I have asked that part one, a debate on the politics of impeachment, but each respondent, professor dershowitz and Professor Bob strom speak for 10 minutes each. Some he said why so short . When i was taught public speaking by a wonderful teacher who used an analogy related to he used to say if you havent struck oil in 10 minutes, quit boring. We will hopefully enable you to strike oil very quickly, then we will have a point and counterpoint on this issue. This issue that has been so divisive. And we would like to hear more about it. I will
Next, criminal defense attorney Alan Dershowitz debates democratic consultant robert shrum on the politics of impeachment, the me too movement and antisemitism. The Beverly Hills temple of the arts hosts the event. Well, tonight should be a humdinger. Im looking forward to it. To moderate, we have nothing less than a judge, judge Alex Kosinski who is seated in the center. Many of you know him, he was appointed to the United States Circuit Court for the ninth circuit on november 7th, 1985, and served as chief judge from 2007 to 2014, graduating from ucla and from ucla law school, receiving a jd in 1975. And prior to his appointment to the appellate bench judge kosinski served as chief judge of the United States claims court from 82 to 85 and special counsel to the merit systems protection board. And he retired from the bench in 2017 after 35 years of judicial service. [ applause ] judge kosinski is married to Marcy Jane Tiffany and has three children, yale, wyatt, and clayton, and three
Have all of you here. I dont need to do much of an introduction because you know our friend alan but i will tell you a secret. He was going to name the book 50 shades of alan but decided against it. He thinks only he can tell jokes. I can tell a couple of jokes. We are happy to have alan here in jersey so lets give him a jersey welcome, thank you very much. I spent a lot of time growing up in jersey. My father had mens underwear and work clothes store on the Lower East Side and his customers were all in new jersey. I would come on springfield avenue and new york and patterson and passaic and after the Second World War the armynavy store so i got to know new jersey. My first wife was from bayonne, new jersey and her classmate in high school was barney frank who i got to meet, he was 16 years old and i knew he would be a politician. I am here to talk about something that happened to me that could happen to you and it could happen to your sons, your nephews, your husbands. I was on top of