Good evening. Im not sure the microphone is on, can you hear me . You can . Great. My name is Vanessa Beasley and im the dean of them at Vanderbilt University. Tonight its my Great Fortune to welcome you to this panel, the wonderful discussion that will have about the presidency of Richard Nixon. Im also happy to invite you to a conversation which will have on that same theme and question. Before we get started, in earnest though, it is fitting that we take a moment to remember the space that were in and who founded it. Tonight we are gathered in the First Amendment center in Vanderbilt University which was founded by. [inaudible] you may not remember him or be aware ofs legacy but he served as 43 years as an awardwinning journalist for the tennessean. As retirement he was editor, publisher and ceo. In 1982, he became the founding editorial director of usa today. He served in that position for a decade. He left journalism in the early 60s to serve in the Us Justice Department as Admini
Good evening. Im not sure the microphone is on, can you hear me . You can . Great. My name is Vanessa Beasley and im the dean of them at Vanderbilt University. Tonight its my Great Fortune to welcome you to this panel, the wonderful discussion that will have about the presidency of Richard Nixon. Im also happy to invite you to a conversation which will have on that same theme and question. Before we get started, in earnest though, it is fitting that we take a moment to remember the space that were in and who founded it. Tonight we are gathered in the First Amendment center in Vanderbilt University which was founded by. [inaudible] you may not remember him or be aware ofs legacy but he served as 43 years as an awardwinning journalist for the tennessean. As retirement he was editor, publisher and ceo. In 1982, he became the founding editorial director of usa today. He served in that position for a decade. He left journalism in the early 60s to serve in the Us Justice Department as Admini
And i want to thank you for coming tonight. Im a librarian at mid Manhattan Library. Im happy to present john mcwhorter. Were lucky here at mid Manhattan Library because john has come more than once. He has been very kind aboutthat this is his third visit. Tonight he will speak about his most recent book, talking back, talking black. Truth of about americas lingua franca. He is a associate professor of Columbia University where he teaches linguistics, American History and africanamerican studies. He is columnist for Time Magazine and regular contributor to the atlantic and the wall street journal and the Washington Post and he is the author of 16 books and tonight he is going to be speaking about his most recent book talking back, talking black. Without further adieu, john mcwhorter, please. [applause] thanks, phyllis. Folks. Thanks for coming here tonight. What i want to talk to you about is not too long the last book i published which was talking back, talking black. It had a very co
Week. In shrewsbury, the level of the river severn is continuing to rise, albeit slowly overnight. Sandbags are in place, as our road closures. We expect at the peak of the levels this afternoon. May be a respite from relentless rain over the next couple of days, a mixture of sunshine and showers but we could have more heavy rain on the way back, lifting those with the levels further. Ill have more details further. 18 in a row liverpool equal Manchester Citys league record. It was a nervy win over a resilient west ham, thanks in part to some questionable goalkeeping. Its tuesday february the 25th. Our top story the disgraced Film Producer Harvey Weinstein has been taken to hospital after his conviction for rape and Sexual Assault. The 67 year old should have spent the night in new yorks notorious Rikers Island jail, but he complained of chest pains and was taken to a specialist unit for treating prisoners. This report, from our north america correspondent peter bowes, contains flash ph
Saint, was killed yesterday in an apparent incident of road rage stemming from a traffic accident. He was 34 years old. Police identifying the suspect as this man, 28yearold Cardale Hayes charged with seconddegree murder. The price of mailing a letter is going down. Starting today stamps will drop from 49 cents to 47. A 2 cent charge helping the Postal Service make up for losses has now expired. It is the first time stamp prices have been lowered in nearly 100 years. The Postal Service saying it is still in bad financial shape. Im arthel neville. Back to editorial journal. Welcome to the editorial journal report. Im paul gigot. After bruising losses, donald trump and Hillary Clinton are hoping to regain their momentum. Campaigning this week in the state they both call home. Here with a look at whats at stake for both of them in new yorks april 19 primary and beyond is wall street journal columnist, assistant editorial page editor, james freeman, and columnist mary ogrady. Dan, Hillary