Numerous articles, thought arthur of nine previous books including the end of the american era from 2002, 2010, how they become friends and no ones worlds, the rising west in the coming global turned. The fellow at the hudson institute. The wall street journal and professor of Foreign Affairs in new york. A fellow at the council and he is also doing numerous books himself including American Foreign policy and how it changed the world from 2001. Next year i hope you will have the chance to host in a live form. The art of a covenant. The United States, israel and the fate and jewish people. The 10th book, isolationism, healing itself from the world is a subject of that discussion tonight. Please welcome me in joining them. Thank you for that introduction. It is really terrific to be here. I hate to think how long ive known him now. Quite a while. I can certainly remember back in the clinton administration, doing a pbs thing together. I think it was bosniaack then. That was like 30 years
Sponsors National Art Commission and content group, and about university and in this book. This special session is entitled remake america. Have a panel authors and three books in first, we are going to read some but i will introduce the authors first and ill begin with she grewp in bosnia. After surviving cousin cleansing and the 111 days underilitary siege, she immigrated to the u. S. In 1996. Friday 71999, she earned aa in economics from Brown University and later obtained two masters degrees of doctrine from Columbia University. Currently, a profeor at Columbia University working on understanding how and why societies fall apart and wha role education plays in this countr shes published extensively on education related issues and lectured around the world adolescent audience. Hertudents feedback, nsistently praised as one of the most aspirin professors th have encountered throughout theicareers. Our second guest, stephanie, and often from staff sectors. Her books include the awardw
Critical if those blackouts do happen. Reporter exactly. The city is pointing out to the west, south and east parts of the city, thats where that power could be shutdown. And because of it, pg e is g ce here out of avaya stadium where the earthquakes play so folks can stop by and get some water, some air conditioning and power if they need to charge their phones. Take a close look. More than 38,000 homes and businesses in the densely populated south bay could be in the dark starting early wednesday. That includes entire blocks of shops, more than 60 schools in san jose alone, and this veterans housing facility. That would be a catastrophe for an institution like ourselves. Reporter theyve neverad backup generator to service the hundreds of veterans who live here. A black out would put a halt to their operation. If the internet goes down, if we lose power and internet, thats night and day. We would lose the ability to keep and store food which is the majority of which is donated. Report
Contained. It broke out about 3 15 this afternoon off American Canyon road near highway 80. People who lived nearby were asked to evacuate, but that advisory has been lifted. Ktvus andre senior is in American Canyon tonight with an update on the efforts to put out the fire. Reporter were in the parking lot of American Canyon high school where the command center has been set up here. The smell of smoke is very potent in the area, but the good news is for firefighters the winds that caused this fire to explode to hundreds of acres earlier today have since died down. Any other sunday evening this would be consideredcture perfect sunset in American Canyon, but there was no time to admire the beauty because as the lights started to sl disappear, there was an earnest effort to stop the spread of a wildfire burning nearby. Its a worry out here all the time. Reporter wayne with his dog sonny watched the firefight totally aware he lives smack in the middle of a tinderbox amid the dry brush that
See that. We smell a lot of smoke in the area. Its very potent. The wind that caused this fire to explode to hundreds of acres earlier today has since died down. On any other sunday evening this would be considered a picture perfect sunset in American Canyon, but there was no time to admire the beauty here because as the lights started to slowly disappear, there was an earnest effort to stop the spread of a wildfire burning in the hills nearby. Its like a worry out here all the time. Reporter wayne and his dog sonny watched the firefight totally aware he lives smack in the middle of a tinderbox, some of the dry brush that fuels wildfires like he can see from his driveway. It was burning bad. I was watching it come the fla were reported around 3 15 sunday afterthat often makes towards the city. Reporter as the fire grew to a few hundred acres, a major offensive was launched, two helicopters, five fixed wing aircrafts, 20 fire engines and seven water tenders brought in and a helping hand