Discipline like the arts and sciences, the way ben franklin did, the way ada lovelace did and Albert Einstein. We talk about innovations so often, its almost drained of its meaning, and ive always liked to write about real people who are in a situation whether it whether it be after world war ii when you have to create a whole new world order like the world bank and the Marshall Plan or steve jobs who says okay we are now in a digital revolution and have to make it personal. These are people who are able to think different and outofthebox. So i want to try to explore the creative mind and how it works. Host one of the themes in all of your her books seems to be the connection to spirituality. Everybody had written about the leaves believes whatever they did was part of something larger than themselves. I remember sitting with steve jobs at the end of his life and i asked him why did you do what you do, what was the meaning and he said life is like a river. You get to pick things out of
To protect them because people rely on them for drinking water. Woodruff and its friday, mark shields and david brooks are here, to analyze the weeks news. Those are some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Lincoln financial committed to helping you take charge of your life and become youre own chief life officer. Supporting social entrepreneurs and their solutions to the worlds most pressing problems skollfoundation. Org. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff more thunderstorms meant even more flooding in Central Texas today, as the death toll from storms over the last week rose to 27. Torrential downpours dumped as much as seven inches of rain in the dallasfort worth a
To protect them because people rely on them for drinking water. Woodruff and its friday, mark shields and david brooks are here, to analyze the weeks news. Those are some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Lincoln financial committed to helping you take charge of your life and become youre own chief life officer. Supporting social entrepreneurs and their solutions to the worlds most pressing problems skollfoundation. Org. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff more thunderstorms meant even more flooding in Central Texas today, as the death toll from storms over the last week rose to 27. Torrential downpours dumped as much as seven inches of rain in the dallasfort worth a
Leveling out in the mid40s. If you leave early in the morning, depending where you live, you could run into rain for the a. M. Rush. Coming up, ill show you a closer look at the timing on that. If we stay mild going into the weekend, straight ahead. Back to breaking news from the philadelphia eagles. Quarterback nick foles has been traded. This is just one of what is expected to be several key player moves made by the team. Comcast sportsnets john clark is watching the developments. March madness is in full effect. Chip kellys stunning moves continue. Trading foles toth st. Louis rams for sam bradford and birds will get a draft pick. All of this. Could it be leading up to chip kelly trying to trade for Marcus Mariotta. Sam bradford has missed 25 of the last 32 games over the last two years including all of last season up. See it right here. He tore his acl in each of the last two seasons. Nick foles will be going to st. Louis. They like him. He was 144 as the eagles starting quarterbac
This is about an hour. [applause] good evening. Thank you for for the wonderful introduction. I have join facebook to see the picture of your dog. Aifl little bad. Its so nice to be here. Thank you for coming. Its such a treat. First of all, to be in philadelphia, franklins hometown to talk about james who visited here and didnt love it as much as she loved boston. To be here in a Public Library and celebrate the space and all it stand for. Thank you to the library. [applause] i am because i want to tell you the story of her life. We dont have that much time to do it. She lead a rich and fascinating life. Im going to try to give you a whirlwind tour of it. I have props. Thats how i teach. Sit back and listen to this tale i hope is unknown to you. In 1771 ben franklin sent his sister, jane, a pair of spectacles. She sent her 13 pairs with lenseses of every science from one to 13. And he sent to two intrux instructions conducting her own eye exam. You know, when youre at the optometrist