Well, i have to start by thanking the library of congress and i want to thank jamie and helene and the angels. Readers, for allowing me to be with someone who has elevated libraries to such an extent. [applause] let me just say there have been patron saints of the library at the carnegie and thingslike that but you are now number one. I finally smacked down andrew carnegie. Like that. Greats how does itfeel to be the patron saint of libraries . When i started this book i couldnt have anticipatedthat part of it. I was drawn in to the story because i really wanted to understand what happened in 1986 that this epic fire that closed the la library for seven years but more importantly, i wanted to understand why icared about it so much. Ive often said if someone had said to me city hall burn down i would have thought thats too bad and i assume they willrebuild it , but hearing that the library had burned felt like this the, profoundly personal loss. And i thought, why do we feel such a conn
Came unglued as he was shown surveillance kitty a video of him killing nia wilson. He gestured with both hands at the tv screen and shouted, i dont know what that is. As the da repeatedly asked him to look at the video, he became angry, saying, back off. The judge ordered the deputies to remove 29. He yelled, they cannot force me to say this if i am leaving. The supporters of the victim say that he is being selective in how he answers questions. He continues to answer questions, until the whole courtroom can see that he is about to get caught up with what he is doing. Then he acts like hes crazy. Reporter also on the stand was his aunt, saying that he and his mother were paranoid, hearing voices. On crossexamination, she said she never mentioned aliens or a fake skin. Those are two things that John Lee Cowell has mentioned on the stand. The last defense was a psychologist thing that John Lee Cowell was psychotic. He did acknowledge to the da that 29s actions from coming up to nia wilso
Why this book and why now . Guest i started this but i guess it was 2017 and i had just taken a job as columnist for the Financial Times where my mandate was to figure out the biggest business and economic stories and cover theinthe cover than am which is another mandate. I saw amazing numbers in terms of transitions in the financial sector. The figure looking at how 80 of corporate wealth was being held at 10 and those are the firms that were the richest in personal data and intellectual property. The biggest of those firms facebook, apple, amazon a little bit. Big and Digital Advertising they have mostly shunned advertising with the devices and technology. You mentioned it isnt an ad driven company but on a whole different basis besides the fact we think of them as being tech do they have one thing in common . Guest it is an interesting point you make because right now they are trying to separate each other as regulators what they do have in common is the Network Effect that i talked
In 2018, a group of female Venture Capitalists banded together to found all raise with the goal to change the face of those investing in Tech Startups and the people who build them. It is the industry thats changing the world faster than any other, yet it is also one of the most dominated by men. Joining me today on bloomberg , aileen lee, founder of Cowboy Ventures, kirsten green Founding Partner of forerunner ventures, and maha ibrahim, general partner at ataan ventures, all partners all raise. Emily in april of 2018, you all were on the cover of forbes magazine. This is space normally reserved for men, normally reserved for male billionaires, and this is the first time, as i understand it, that a group of women was on the cover. When you saw this, how did it make you feel . We were all in awe. This was the culmination of months of work, and frankly, at this point, in decades in the background conversations, and wondering whether or not our industry was finally going to be as diverse
[applause] in World History like december 7 because of what it meant for the world we live in today in so many ways. We are very fortunate to be honored with a Wonderful Program with a new book that has just come out. Your support makes these programs possible. Its because of members and trustees like you that we can da ohese programs. And last year the Program Manager we put on 58 programs here at the library, which is very impressive. It really is a way for us to get back to the community because we feel so strongly. We love this area and we are honoring his wishes. So today as a journalist and at georgetown, hes written a number of interesting books. The book about don larsens world series, anybody render that . And he then wrote a novel about john f. Kennedy fiction and Nonfiction Book about the combination who essentially built cbs and of course his rise to power and one of the most fascinating media moguls. Another book on blue brandeis allows him to bring a fresh perspective cal