Next, from earlier this month at the harlem book fair, a panel on africanamerican identity. [applause] thank you very much. And im happy to be in harlem, because theres a lot of exciting things happening here at the harlem book fair and eternally grateful to Max Rodriguez for continuing the tradition. Di the my name is virginia vanessa ando many years ago i was a fashion journalist in rome, italy. I worked for a daily newspaper, and i was coming out of an afro and platform shoes. And i asked my editor, what was the uniform . What was the code of dress to be a fashion journalist covering Armani Versace and valentino . The coverage versus the town she said have expensive jewelry invested in a set of rules but also sensible shoes. Always where black. You dont no how expensive for how cheap that article of clothing is. Asas you can see and you watch television, his around in black. But today the woman on this panel are going to tackle the topic of fashioning the self the image of black. We
President ial debates on cspan. Listen live on the cspan radio app or watch any time on demand at cspan. Org. Next, law professors discuss the constitution and free speech at colleges, including examples where the First Amendment was exercised. This is an hour and a half. Good afternoon and welcome to the George Washington University Law school. Im susan karamanian, the associate dean for international and comparative legal studies. Im delighted to introduce this distinguished panel on a topic that has been front and center in the news over the past year, and that is the issue of freedom of speech on campus. The idea for this panel came last year, when developments were breaking at Yale University and the university of missouri. Coincidentally, the book of my colleague, and one of our panelists, professor Catherine Ross, was just coming out. Professor rosss book is lessons in sensorship, how schools and court subvert students First Amendment rights, and it came out in 2015, under Harva
Today. The Governors Office and the Iowa Department of Public Safety awardsheroic acts beyond normal duty. Says the firefighters received the award because of their willingness to risk their own lives to save someone else. Iowa city police are looking for a group of people who robbed a home at gunpoint overnight. Officers responded to 431 south dodge street around 1 this morning. Victims in the home say three men kicked in their front door. One of the suspects pointed a gun at one of the victims. First responders treated a woman for a head injury. Police say the door hit her in the head when they kicked it in. Anyone with information is asked to call Iowa City Police crimestoppers. This midday, people in eastern iowa are cleaning up from last nights storms. A viewer sent us these photos from west branch. Over a semi trailer near a warehouse in toww it also threw some Metal Roofing into the yard. In des moines, people found widespread damage across much of the southwest side. High winds
To 50 to 55 mph possible. As high pressur build sin behind this systems colder air works its way down from canada dropping highs on friday into the upper 30s and lower 40s. Tonight showers stor ms ending, windy low 3743 winds sw 1530 and gustythursday p cloudy, very windy high 50 low 40 friday m cloudy, stll windy high 43 low 33 saturday mostly sunny high 56 low 26 sunday mostly sunny high 58 low 36 monday chance of showers high 53 low 3 tuesday chance of showers high 49 low 42 tonight, the National Weather service confirmed that an ef1 tornado touched down near avoca. Thats a tow in Pottawattamie County in souuwest iowa. This tornados winds peaked at about 110 miles per hour, and they damaged a grain bin, along with barns and trees on farmland. There are no reports of any injuries. In astern iowa, the storms damaged several outbuildings with Farm Machinery inside of them. This is a picture from north of wyoming in jones county, courtesy of tim ott. And in iowa city, the storms scatter
Give high profile vehicles some extra room as well. The wind should continue right into friday, though the gusts probably wont be any worse than 30mp by then. O weekd still lookk great with highsswell into thh 50s bbh days. Our weather turns active again as we head into next week thanks kaj. Crews and families around iowa will be cleaning up neighborhood s after Severe Weather crossed the state. Most of eastern iowa was on tch for tornados yesterday afternoon, when the sun had already set. In des moines, people found the southwe side. High winds blew through and n seconds these massive oak trees crumbled. Strong winds shattered the glass on the second floor an Elementary School. It s base. Y heart just stopped i couldn believe how much damage happened in uch a short amount of time itss unbeliebable. Whether the damage there was the result of Straight Line winds or an actual tornado is up for debate. The nntional Weather Service will be surveying the area to make that official determina