Includes nighthawks, doctor kings refrigerator, dreamer, facing a good thing and Middle Passage for which he won the National Book award in 25 years ago now. 1990. Wow. In 2002 he received the arthur letters award in literature from the American Academy of arts and letters. In the format tonight will beam remarks by Clifford Thompson and a conversation by doctor johnson and mr. Thompson and then we have time for your questions. Without further ado, help me welcome Clifford Thompson. [applause] thank you, thank you all for coming. And thanks to the library for hosting this, its great to appear with doctor johnson. I thought what i would do is read the first few pages of the introduction to my book what it is and then lay out the way the rest of the book is set up. Put on my old man specs so i can see. This is from the introduction. I am a black man, brooklynbased, 54 years old as i write this, for many years as i can remember there has been at the core of my being making me who i am or
Blessing. Thousands gathered at st. Peters to listen to his words. The pontiff spread his message of mercy in a world torn by war, poverty and extremism. He prayed that peace processes for syria and libya will succeed in entering the suffering of people in the countries. He praised the people that have taken in refugees. Dreams of a White Christmas has been put on hold. Were not complaining. Many people wearing coats in central park today. Nick gregory is here to tell us how long the weather will last. Nick Merry Christmas. Looks like the weather will be changing over nit night, trending to cooler weather. We did have record highs today. 64 in new york city. That tied the record set in 1982. Its 62 in the park. 50s to the north and west. Low 60s to the jersey shore. Upper 50s as you get across long island. We are watching some rain come in. As you look at fox 5 sky guardian, some showers have theyre moving across long island. A good batch of rain off to the south. That will be moving u
To see if the suspects may have been connected. Steve they take that real serious. They keep upping the penalties. Thank you, liz. More developing news. The mobster accused of planning the lufthansa heist has been acquitted acquitted. 80yearold Vincent Asaro walked out a free man after a jury found him not guilty. The heist happened in 1978 when armed thieves made off with 6 million at kennedy airport. At the time, it was the largest robbery in u. S. History. Dari police have arrested a suspect in that Fatal Shooting near penn station earlier this week. 27yearold Vincent Arcona was taken into custody after checking into a bronx hospital under a fake name. He is accused of luring three men inside of the stairwell of a subway station at west 34th and 8th avenue. Another man reportedly opened fire, killing one of the victims and injuring the other two. That shooting is said to be drugrelated. Charges against arcona are pending. Police are still looking for the other suspect. Steve a sombe
Craft and inspired others with their talent. They all have roots here in new york and they are considered masters at what they do. We are here in Lincoln Center were the top musicians of the world perform their craft and people like this violin maker where route to introduce you to make it all possible. Im a violin maker. I was doing sculpture and artwork are as long as i can remember. I thought i wanted to be i read a book about a violin maker when i was 13 and a cop my imagination. Ive been pretty much obsessed with it from that point. The violin is giving me a lifetime challenge to try to better what i do. You can see the motion. Twisting turning fluctuating. Not saying that this is actually alive but its like its alive. I have made instruments for isaac stern joshua bell yoyo ma chilling when the string quartet. Professional violinist are probably the most highly trained individuals in our society right up there with athletes. They can hear amazingly small stations that i had an ex
You hear about felix, and right away i was like, oh, my god. I cant believe it. Just out here minding his own business. Vincent walton is talking about his longtime cowalker, felix coomey accidentally killed when an undercover gunbuying operation went terribly wrong on this normallyquiet mount vernon street. He was one of the nicest guys youd ever want to meet. Very religious, very quiet, you know . Just a guy out here working hard to support himself. Police say the undercover officer met his main subject in the bronx, then they drove to mount vernon around 4 p. M. Once there another man unexpectedly jumped into the backseat of the car and pointed this gun at the officers head. The undercover cop gave the suspects cash, and as they ran away, the officer fired at the men, hitting one of them as well as mr. Coomey, an innocent bystander who lives nearby. A second suspect was arrested. A lot of police excitement. Oh, my god. It was something ive never seen before. This man lives near wher