And im a citizen of the world that certainly because of my own biography. Well, i fled from breslau during the bombardment cleaning. I grew up in a small town and libraries were how i got to know the world did north africa as a schoolboy. I was 17 or 18 and we drove folks are going to ban through all the north african countries. I was always drawn to Foreign Countries because i had this curiosity about how other people live, i think and work. And it was always worth it. Yes, im a citizen of the world, and this is the story of the found the story of the final year in the korea of a man. He has shaped the geminid Cultural Landscape of the last decades as with his incredible ability to grasp the right man. Lets, hes been head of the German National library, the driving force behind the lens Famous Museum island, and president of germanys cultural powerhouse the go to institute. That his last 12 months dont go as planned. A final official trip to the african continent. After a long flight,
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National book festival Live Saturday september 26 on booktv. And welcome to another summer evening with booktv is binge watch series. Tonight were focusing on books written by former first ladies. The first first lady to venture into publishing was nellie tapp who recalled her time in the white house in her 1914 memoir, recollections in four years. Since then another for slaves have published memoirs. We will focus tonight on five women with serve in a position in the last few years. First up, Rosalynn Carter, she served as first lady from 19771981 and shes the author of five books. In 1984 for bestselling memoir, first lady from planes, was released. Her subsequent books have focused on caregiving and Mental Health care. A subject chess champion throughout her life. From 2010, here is Rosalynn Carter talking about her book within our reach. [applause] thank you very much. Thank you. Im really pleased to be a tonight and really pleased to see so many people in interested in my book. Iv
Reporter its not just isolated to the four officers under investigation. Was this is a culture of racism that is baked into the structure of the San Jose Police department. Reporter he says is time to clean house from top to bottom. Truck fire every officer, dismantle the department and invite the community to have a larger conversation of what Public Safety for all means. I think without overhaul there is not going to be a change. True the president of the naacp incident, valley says this has eroded any trust in the Police Department. Voice decertification needs to happen because they will take a lateral or transfer. Reporter they say the city should also reexamine the criminal cases that involve the affected officers. With these Police Officers are just racist inside her head. They have vocalized their racism online explicitly. Without shame and even engaged in threat of violence. The mayor says he wont dismantle the Police Department. Hes pushing for reforms that will make it easier
The coronavirus crisis, flocking to parks on a beautiful spring day with the weather looking good again today. Shoppers across the south, meanwhile, heading to the malls from georgia to texas. But in other places frustration and anger as pockets of protesters fight the restrictions imposed in their states. Here is the latest this morning. Seven more states will begin to partially reopen for business. They are arizona, florida, indiana, minnesota, missouri, nebraska and new hampshire. All roads into and out of the city of gallop, new mexico, have been blocked as the governor says the coronavirus is, quote, running amuck there. Meanwhile, there are now 1. 1 million cases of coronavirus in the United States, and more than 66,000 deaths so far. Much more on those starts of the story in a moment. Plus, with scientists now focusing on more than a dozen possible vaccines, we will talk to the man who helped to develop a vaccine for another deadly virus about how soon we might see one now. Late