Written up to give it to you. We want to make it as rich as a pastry. So rather than speaking xm for a, which we will be later, i had written this thing for you. And it is just as obvious. Lets see if it tells me how to get to the beginning of this. Go to the beginning. Okay. At the beginning. The book is there to jolt the way you think. You get your thinking and radically differently than you ever thought before. To get you looking at things as if youve never seen him before. Realized how alien they are, and how easily they could be replaced by something radically different. So this book only gives you a little hint. And it starts because with a kindle joke. There are two little boys, eight in 10 years old. The worst little boys you have ever seen in your life, they are the children who wait until midnight when their parents are falling asleep, and they steal all the money. They steal from their money so that their parents dont know it. A light fired every structural find in a torture
Thank you so much for your efforts. Theres significant city wide efforts going on. One of the cities leading the way is the city of chicago. We are proud to be joined by chicago commissioner of Public Health. Thank you very much. Would you standup . [ applause ] one of our great partners at the federal level, assistant secretary of defense dr. Jonathan woodson. Dr. Woodson is leading an effort across the military to stop smoking and tobacco use. We can all agree that deserves some applause. Thank you dr. Woodson. [ applause ] we are pleased the local champions and statewide champions are here today. Its an example of the exciting work under way but work we need to accelerate and continue. Today, we meet at a cross roads. Over the past five decades, we are learned what it will take to end the tobacco epidemic and make the next generation tobacco free. Scientists, researchers and policymakers determined what works and the steps necessary to end the tragic epidemic. The question is, what
From our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Good evening. Eachim, philly and for charlie rose. With fewer than 1000 days left in office, president obama must govern with an Approval Rating around 40 . By comparison, at this point in their second terms, Ronald Reagan was at 68 , bill clinton doubts 62 . Obamas standing is roughly akin to george w. Bush, who stood at 39 , and congress . Well, congress is even worse. Only seven percent of americans say they have a great deal or quite a lot of confidence in the house and senate. An unpopular president , a desperately unpopular congress. What is driving the dispiriting public is content with washington . Joining me now are two income but lawmakers who are typically more vocal than many of their colleagues. From washington, senator joe manchin from West Virginia, and here in new york, represented jim cooper from trend to see from tennessee, my own congressman. Your worst day in congress is better than your best day as a senator.
From our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Good evening. I am jon meacham, filling in for charlie rose, who is on assignment. We begin the program with a conversation about politics. In particular, why a polarized washington seems incapable of action on issues ranging from immigration to entitlements. With fewer than 1000 days left in office, president obama must govern with an Approval Rating around 40 . By comparison, at this point in their second terms, Ronald Reagan was at 63 , bill clinton at 62 . Obamas current standing is roughly akin to george w. Bush, who stood at 39 , and congress . Well, congress is even worse. Only 7 of americans say they have a great deal or quite a lot of confidence in the house and senate. An unpopular president , a desperately unpopular congress. What is driving the dispiriting public discontent with washington . Joining me now are two incumbent lawmakers who are typically more candid about what is going on than many of their colleagues. F
Value the similar later of tastes. You may disagree with the republican or democrat but youre still basically american and share the same culture and you know your side is half wrong. When you hae mentality of im half wrong and hes probably half right, it will be easier to come to an agreement. But if you have an eggotisticle at tiew tude of pim 100 right and hes 100 wrong, then its hard to come to an agreement and i think weve had a failure of modesty about our own rightness and wrongness. We conclude with the marks of genius at the Morgan Library with assistant curator John Mcquillen. I think it changes as we pass through the centuries from if an a chenet roman idea of genius being a sort of guardian spirit that everyone had, every man had his genius, every woman had her juno, to something more selective. 18th century authors, alexander pope, the great romantic poets thought genius was something only a select few could ever hope to cleave and whether given by nature or god, but it wa