Hello. Everybody. Excuse me. Hello, everybody. I hope you enjoyed your lunch. Were going to start. Good afternoon and welcome. Im sarah snyder, the Program Director at the liam Simon Foundation and im absolutely delighted to introduce todays speaker kay hymowitz. Shortly i will sit in rapt attention along with all of you as she discusses her later book the new brooklyn, what it means to bring the city back but let me briefly tell you how ive come to know and admire kay. The william Simon Foundation started supporting k 13 years ago and i know that i speak on behalf of of the nations president kim pearson and my colleague man true doubt and all those who couldnt join us today in saying that putting k as the william t Simon Foundation fellow institute is one of the proudest successes that we make each year. A quick overview of kays prolific work. She writes extensively on childhood, family issues, poverty and cultural changes in america and has authored five very successful books. Shes w
Coming up this weekend. Tonight at 8 00 p. M. Eastern John Hopkins University professors jennifer and discuss their book, what washington its wrong looks how unelected government officials regard the american public. The correlation between the policies which is much stronger. We think there probably should be a stronger correlation between what the progress he is doing and what the public thinks the progress he should be doing. With like to find ways to make that relationship stronger. For many years, i have been annoyed at the various surveys undertaken that seem to be designed to show that ordinary americans dont know anything about government. Sunday night at 10 00 p. M. Eastern april ryan the white house correspondents examines race and Police Shootings in america from the perspective of africanamerican mothers in her latest book, at moms knee. Mother send race in black and white. This book focuses on women because we are the first influencer. For the first teacher. If you look at
[inaudible conversations] hello. Everybody. Excuse me. Hello, everybody. I hope you enjoyed your lunch. Were going to start. Good afternoon and welcome. Im sarah some snyder, the program ticketyear the william e. Simon foundation and absolutely delighted to introduce todays speaker, kay hymowitz. Shortly i will sit in attention with you as she discusses her latest book, the new brooklyn. What it takes to bring a city back. Foundation started supporting kay 13 years ago and i know that i speak on behalf of the foundations president , jim peerson, and my colleague, janice, and all those who couldnt join us today, in saying that supporting kay as the william e. Simon fellow the Manhattan Institute continue to be one of the proudest invests we make each year. A quick overview. She writes on childhood, family issues, poverty, and cultural changes in america, and has authored five very successful books. She has written for the New York Times, the washington post, the wall street journal, new
This car rolls over, bursts into flames, a driver trapped inside. Good samaritans rush in. Please, hurry the dramatic moment they formed a human chain to pull him free. And good morning, america. A lot to get to this monday morning. Three weeks and a day before the votes are counted. Weekend, that was his word. Lashing out at the forces he says are rigging this election. Trump calling alec baldwins impression on snl a hit job. There he is imitating trump and clinton at the last debate. Were going to have a lot more on that. We begin with the breaking news. Thousands of iraqi troops trying to take the key city of mosul abcs Alex Marquardt is on the front lines. Alex, whats happening right now . Reporter good morning, weve been watching this battle for mosul play out in the valley with the forces up here in the hills and the Coalition Jets above, pummeling those isis militants below on the first day of this battle that will determine the future of isis. The battle for mosul beginning. An
This car rolls over, bursts into flames, a driver trapped inside. Good samaritans rush in. Please, hurry the dramatic moment they formed a human chain to pull him free. And good morning, america. A lot to get to this monday morning. Three weeks and a day before the votes are counted. Donald trump unshackled all weekend, that was his word. Lashing out at the forces he says are rigging this election. Even saturday night live. Trump calling alec baldwins impression on snl a hit job. There he is imitating trump and clinton at the last debate. They had a lot of fun with that, and well have a lot more on that in just a minute. We begin with the breaking news. Thousands of iraqi troops trying to take the key city of mosul and deal a crippling blow to the group. Abcs Alex Marquardt is on the front lines. Alex, whats happening right now . Reporter good morning, weve been watching this battle for mosul play out in the valley with the forces up here in the hills and the Coalition Jets above, pumm