Court years installed on his own Supreme Court and royal beheadings, if only for sport. He craved the occasional royal procession and gas, the eventual royal succession. Trumpty dumpty its his way, unless the public has something to say. If we let him have all of his favorite things, the divine right of kings. Hello, everyone and welcome to todays Virtual Program at the Commonwealth Club of california. My name is linda mendoza, a senior partner in there does of Mckinsey Company a member of the Commonwealth Club board of directors. Today i will be moderating the program. We would like to thank our members, donors and supporters from making this and all of the programs available. We are grateful for your support and hope others will follow their example to support the club particularly during these uncertain times. Today im particularly pleased to be joined by john lithgow, an awardwinning actor and author of a new book, Trumpty Dumpty wanted a crown verses for a despotic age. He is best
Out now that also includes all of Crystal Springs road and north fork Crystal Springs road now at last update cal fire said that the fire was at 50 acres and is spreading dangerously fast you can see a bit of video here of just how quickly that fire has then spreading this morning, those large plumes of smoke it gives you an idea also it is a pretty populated area lots of wineries and what not in that area. This is a developing story of course were going to have the latest for you as details come with this is new video that were just getting in folks have been tweeting and sending in pictures and images, this is a video we allowed to be you using from from a twitter video someone posted look at the flames just completely torching of these trees again this is in saint there are mandatory evacuations due to this wildfire which is being called called the glass incident. Again cal fire has been describing this as a fastmoving of fire the Evacuation Orders were given out around 5 oclock thi
And big hollywood celebrities are. Probably very end king in the 2nd enjoy the beautiful alps. The leader of the even if they know of and its silly is very popular destination for decades the Venice Film Festival has taken place here every year the greatest names in Motion Pictures visit the International Event this year the festival is set comments on september 2nd but with the coronavirus pandemic raging procedures have changed and the festival will be a little more modest than usual so it might look a little different compared to this photo from the past we took a trip to the lido before the festival kicks in to visit some of the most attractive and well known locations on the island. The lido diva needs is only 15 minutes by want to bust over from venice is old town the island 11 kilometers long and 1. 5 kilometers wide is located in the venetian lagoon and protects the city from the and can see this venetian district is much quieter than the city center and that is exactly what ap
History. So if you will join you for just a second and reflecting together on that. And then we could start a little belated. [silence. Alright thank you. So this is a book that began, i began writing this book in the fall of 2014. And i began writing because i was invited to st. Louis to give a talk on washington university. I felt called to talk about the murder of Michael Brown in the protests on the uprising. So i was invited to october, went there and felt that i had to go out and present what was happening because i am a missourian and i felt that was a history in which i was both one i knew very well, and one that i was implicated in. And so with the particular kind of turn of mind, that i have, i started to look at the political economy with a particular simple straightforward riddle which is how could it be that the city of ferguson that has a 26 billiondollar corporation within the city limits, 26 billion a year, emerson electric, how could that city the funding poor black mo
A source of refreshment along the way. This play mud is a region full of legends and smith this for example is one of the lucky are supposed to look like theyre Little Creatures that live underground and every now and then borrow peoples household equipment as a sign of their gratitude they give them grand and cake and exchange im excited to see oh im going to wave a live hot summer day in this phase. And will give the show a royal touch of visiting granites palace and its park near. Well head over to the us to the city of san antonio. And well show you the emails sent to us from the indian city of tire in the. Most flame visitors head straight to the water and i recommend you take some time to stroll through love and now. Even spend the night at this beautiful 19th century castle. Then its on to the dock this is when the marchers spot for the regions typical boats for more than 150 years of course taking a ride is at the very top of my list but 1st a pit stop at whats called the pickl