Clear and crisp start to the morning all over again. This view of senator tower is not looking too bright, but i think its just the shading of the shot because it is actually quite sunny out there right now we do have some haze overhead and thats a cold for it of the High Pressure ridge thats in place thats kind of keeping a lot of those pollutants we put up as we drive around right here in the bay area seal notice that haze today but abundant sunshine with that 30s 40s and even a few 50s on the map this morning berkeley right at 50 degrees oakland europe, 42 well 30s for livermore dublin conquered as well as all across the north bay fairfield our coldest of spots at 31 and petaluma nevado and santa rosa beach, a 34 to kick off this morning. So of course get that jacket ready to go as youre venturing outside you want to stay cozy out there this friday morning. Then this afternoon, yeah we got the sunshine and of course the 60s back to you. It is friday, so were hoping for friday light
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Monuments. This is in washington d. C. And they hosted the event and provided the video. I am pleased to introduce todays discussion, during the last several years, how we remember and memorialize the civil war has been a topic in the United States and we have seen a renewed interest in these conversations in the recent weeks. At this site of Political Violence and national memory, we see our work as looking not only to the actions of the past but also how the passed informs to these circumstances throughout the country and the world, people raise questions about the purposes of the leaders who supported or profited from slavery, whether in richmond, boston, or birmingham, monuments and statues have become a flashpoint for the black lives matter movement. Since 2015, ford has held an annual Summer Institute set in stone, memory, monument, and myths that has explored questions of remembrance and memorialization. Each year, we find the spring has brought new and urgent crises that requir
A little bit of housekeeping before we start , please silence your cell phone we appreciate it. Please remember to step up to the microphone. Before asking your question so we can enjoy the conversation and ensure this will beon recorde recorded. To buy copies of the book at the Cash Register up front. We will be doing a signing so if youre like to have a signed lineup next to the podium and please keep your chairs where they are we will have another event after this one. The reason we are all here it pleased to introduce stephen to all ofl you. A historian biographer and writer appearing in many publications including the atlantic and New York Times and washington post. In 2011 he received a guggenheim fellowship also the author of 17 books including cold warriors the codebreakers this afternoon he will talk about his new book Oliver Wendell holmes. He tells the story of one of the mosthe influential and one of the Supreme Court justices is in history and a definitive biography from t
First candidate was going to tell us why we should elect him. Former great senator from the state of delaware, former Vice President joe biden. [applause]. Mr. Biden ok. Welcome. Mr. Biden thank you. It is good to be home. Vice president biden, we are in a room full of teamsters and i want you to tell all of them here and all of them watching, why they should vote for you. But no malarkey. [laughter] first of all i should thank you. The only reason im sitting here is a 1972, i was losing in the polls the sunday before the election. The newspaper went on strike. Ct the printers, you guys put in a gigantic insert in the sunday paper to go out on the republican party. Wouldnt cross the picket line, and i won by 3100 votes. [cheers and applause] you guys dont like secondary picket, youre wrong. We, the reason is, look, i am as my grandfather say, labor from belt buckle the shoe soul. I understood very basic notion. Wall street didnt build the United States of america. The middle class buil