Welcome to book tv in depth this is especially or fiction on indepth and last month was David Ignatius who writes about the cia. This month we have Colson Whitehead is our guest his most recent book is the underground railroad. What is the appropriate response mr. Whitehead when your books are praised by the president obama and ohio oprah and the National Book award . It takes the pain away. [laughter] this book has taken off in a way that is unexpected and wonderfu wonderful. So i think my lucky stars i sleep a little better, a better mood generally, and try to enjoy it despite my best efforts. Why does it put you in a better mood . I have been writing 20 something years doing fiction 20 years. And no one particularly cares. So i have the pride of thinking i did a good job with the book and the bonus of other people to see that as well. Host your first book was about elevator repair people. How do you sell a book like that quick. Exactly. So when i send it to my agent with the concept
Heres a look at where cases stand in the bay area. There are now about 3200 confirmed cases and 86 people have died. Santa clara leads the bay area in confirmed cases with more than 1,000 and Contra Costa County with the Skilled Nursing facility outbreak is at 307 cases. Farther north, Mendocino County reports at least four confirmed cases. Lake county is unchanged. Still no positive cases. Were plotting the case numbers on to a graph so we can really get a good picture of where we stand. This trend includes data for 14 counties. The bay area and surrounding areas. As you can see, were still on an upward curve. Federal, state and local Health Departments are now recommending people wear some kind of mask for Face Covering when out in public. Cdc recommends and the Task Force Recommends wearing cloth Face Coverings in public settings where other social distancing measures are difficult to maintain. San Francisco Mayor london breed says there are two points to remember. Number one, this
Berlin well, and other cities. Be sure to visit the museum, because museums contain unique works. I love expressionists. I adore, and representatives of the russian classical painting school. I love going to our National Arts museum hmm look at the paintings and great happiness. He is what we have and shishkin and eyvazovsky and other artists. And hmm, when we were on tour in nice, i visited the museum, but i walked, because he lived there the last years of his life and there is a huge museum with his wonderful works, except for the big secret, what is in the ninth grade . I seriously thought about applying to the Art Department at the college of the art of me, and i was preparing for the exams, but, unfortunately. My school was general education, and a fringeman could do. Only having special art education, therefore, well, it didnt work out that way, and yet fate didnt let me leave opera singing, probably when i simply entered the conservatory without any problems, er, and entered the
Reporter police also say the thieves stole some illegal merchandise, including guns and drug paraphernalia. They say those items wont get returned. The four burglary suspects are currently in jail. West coast selfstorage declined to comment on the case. In san jose, scott budman, nbc bay area news. Closing a loophole to tackle car breakins, a new law is making its way through the state legislature to do just that. Under current law suspects can only be convicted if prosecutors can prove the car door was locked. This bill closes that loophole by making forcible entry, such as a broken window, enough evidence for conviction. The bill was authored by San Francisco state senator scott weiner. Its cleared its first hurdle and now moves to the Senate Appropriations committee, though similar legislation in 2018 and 2019 both failed to pass committee. A notable decision on the peninsula on a very busy road, no more Street Parking on El Camino Real in palo alto. Last night the Palo Alto City Co
You see my hand, raise your hand please if you can see my hand raise your hand. See my hand, raise your hand. There we go. That was my k through 12 persona. Terrific, we are going to get started for our afternoon session. We were founded by the Colonial Assembly in the colony of massachusetts, they passed authority to the State Government at the time of writing of the state constitution so harvard is in the massachusetts state constitution. People have come to think its a private university. Go figure how that transpired, but Public University. Pleasure to be here and we are here also as one of coauthors of the educating for american democracy road map for k through 12 education and really a lot of the colleagues, jim are here who worked on that, peter levine as well and maybe some others who participated in that project, checker finn who is currently working with us was here earlier and as i think about the issue of Civic Education in the university, for me it boils to something very