But, by the 1980s, this place that was meant to barrier. Night would fall, and it would change. It would become a place where youd be nervous about going. Where in 1989, you must remember that the city was in a real divisive, polarized condition. This is a sort of caldron in which the central park jogger narrative emerged. Raping a young woman out on a ee jog that came at the intersection of race, class and politics in america. That wednesday night, it was easter vacation. Kids would hang out a little later. There was no school till monday. You go from hanging out with friends, thinking that youre going to go skateboarding in the park or walk around late to mayhem. We got a call of 30 to 40 males inside central park harassing people. We started to get a lot of radio runs of a group of black and hispanic teenagers, assaulting and harassing people. I would run to the park, just byhe w tng was very chaotic. We were lot of 911 calls. Theyre chasing a large group over there, about 30 to 40
Tough place. I rode the high road and got knocked back down into the valley but the best thing about being in the valley is you learn when you get back up how you can do things better so it can change. I dont see it right now. I dont see it with mitch mcconnell. I dont see it with nancy pelosi. I do see hope in paul ryan. I dont know what to expect of schumer who will probably be the Senate Democratic leader. Hes smarter than reed. Hes every bit as partisan as harry reid. Theres one difference, hes transactional. He can do business. They dont say itthat way in new york city but they understand. So there is hope out there but it begins with the white house. Ive got to get a different mro coming out of that place. Watch this and other programs online at booktv. Org. With the upcoming president ial elections, book tv in our companion network have teamed up. We will have some time today for questions and ive been asked to remind you that those who query our distinguished guest with the vid
Resources that the First Responders should be using on dealing with the disaster. If the president comes to an area, he set up a security cordon and should motorcade. Whos running the motorcade was the First Responders, the police, the fire from all those people are supposed begin with disasters and then have to do with the president the theres good reason for the president not to visit. But in flight over it appears he was callous, that he didnt care, that he was in air force one a protected and all these people were suffering below. In my book, in 1968 Lyndon Johnson is dealing with the riots and the aftermath of Martin Luther king assassination. And johnson is in marine one flying over the riot torn areas of washington, d. C. Theres a picture taken of him at that moment that looks eerily like bush flying over the katrina area. So the lesson, getting back to your question, thats less than one, but the other lesson is sometimes it makes sense or president to go to disaster area, somet
I think i just got a f from you actually. This is over. applause ken burns, welcome. Thank you. Honored to meet you, great to have you here. Its my pleasure. Congratulations on this wonderful project. Thank you very much. I should say thats its the great good fortune of growing old and Public Television that i share the authorship of this with sarah burns and david mcmahon. Sarah burns happens to be my oldest daughter. This is proud moment for a partent. We made a film together, the three of us called the central park five. It came out a few years ago, and when that was done we were plowing directly into Jackie Robinson, and so when you say that ive done it, im always aware on every film that is an unbelievable collaborative effort, but in this case the coproducers and codirectors are sarah burns and david mcmahon. Look at the generosity of that statement. [ken] actually it has the extra added virtue of being true. [evan] is this a race movie or a baseball movie . Its a good story abou
Donald trump picking indiana governor mike pence as his running mate. Very excited. Very humbled. Very grateful. Their First Official appearance together coming this morning. Hillary clinton already on the attack. And going rogue. Your sneak peek at the first star wars standalone movie. Stormtroopers facing off against brandnew characters. May the force be with us. The new theme revealed that has star wars fans buzzing. Hey, good morning, everybody. Lets get straight to the breaking news overnight. An attempted coup leading to chaos, death and instability in turkey, a key u. S. Ally. A major Strategic Partner in the fight against isis in a country where millions of americans go on vacation. And we want to show you some pictures that will give you a sense of how quickly these unfolded. This shot is from early friday evening on the main bridge in the city of istanbul lit up to honor the victims of the recent terror attack in france and then just hours later, this same bridge, look at it,