[applause] my name is justin desmangles. I am the chair of the before Columbus Foundation. About eight years ago i proceeded in that position, our founder, ishmael reed, we are very fortunate to have with us joining the program today. There were some very big shoes to fill. Of course, i want to thank our friends at the San Francisco jazz center who had been so generous in their support of the american book awards for the last several years. Also our friend at cspan who continue to support the Historical Mission of the before Columbus Foundation and american book awards. I will say a few things about our direction that we embarked on recently. Over the past several years we have expanded our programming to include a number of partnerships in the bay area and nationally, including those with the San Francisco Public Library who i am very honored to say, one of the representatives, stuart shaw who has been instrumental facilitating the collaboration between the before Columbus Foundation
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Car with a stack of them covering a windshield you have to wonder, whats happening . Whats going on . We saw it happen in university city. A car sitting there not days, not weeks. No. Months. Good evening and thanks for joining us. Im iain page. Im lucy noland. So why tonight was that car still sitting there on a public street . Our Chris Oconnell went searching for answers life in university city. Chris . Reporter well, iain, lucy, how would you like to have a free parking spot in the city of philadelphia for the last four months . In a 20 minute loading zone no less. Well thats exactly what the owner of one car has been getting away with until we starter asking questions. With thick coat of dirt covering the windshield and six parking tickets under the wipers the silver kia parked on 30th and jfk has become somewhat of a local mystery. That car has been there since last year. I mean we talking like prior thanksgiving. Reporter although the sign says loadly for 20 minutes Wilson River
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Hhs calls the move a shortterm solution. Marijuana may be legal in half the country, but feds are keeping it on the list of the most dangerous drugs. They determined it has a high potential for abuse and no accepted medical use. The government will allow more research into the therapeutic effects. Medical or Recreational Marijuana is legal now in 25 states. Now to the olympics and coronation for two of team usas top athletes. Simone biles and Michael Phelps rolled over their competition as they grabbed more gold for the u. S. The americans widened the lead over china in the medal count. The u. S. Now up to 16 golds and 38 medals overall. Abcs jim ryan takes us through a recordsetting day and night in rio. Reporter 19yearold simone biles is the queen of womens gymnastics in rio. On the way to winning gold in the womens individual all around final she mastered the vault, the beam, and the floor. Become womens olympics champion. Teammate aly raisman captured silver. Redemption of sorts af