Is betty ferdinand magnificent disrupter. She came to the school at the university and our moderator is the author of seven books, three historical novels and for biographies and a play that focusesyt praised for combining rich storytelling and literary with deep research to provide, to bring alive in 19th century chicago and the disco era manhattan. Her books have been translated into several languages and she has been a judge for prominent literary contests. As a journalists shes written for many publications including the New York Times, the wall street journal, the chicago tribune, the los angeles times, theit smithsonian and te town and country. Rachels book will be available for purchase outside the black curtains once again and we will have a signing right behind us. So i will turn the rest of the program over to you. Thank you. Can everybody hear me . Thank you for coming. Betty ferdinand and as you probably know is a monumental figure in the history of feminism. Her bestsellin
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The speaker pro tempore on this on this vote the yeas are 351, the nays are 4. 2 3 being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. The Unfinished Business is the vote on the motion from the gentleman from texas, mr. Ratcliffe, to suspend the rules and pass h. R. 5389. The clerk will report the title of the bill. The clerk a bill to encourage engagement between the department of Homeland Security and Technology Innovators and for other purposes. The speaker pro tempore the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill. Members will record their votes by electronic device. This is a fiveminute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u. S. House of repr
Breaking news overnight in North Carolina, a scene of riot gear over yet another policeinvolved shooting. Hundreds gathered in charlotte in a tense standoff with police that began with chanting, but ultimately ended in a clash with several protesters and officers injured. Police dispersed the crowd with tear gas after demonstrators threw obj a cruisers. It took place near the scene where officers were searching for a suspect with an outstanding warrant when they saw a man now identified as Keith Lamont Scott getting out of his car with a gun. At this point all we know is there are in the complex parking lot this subject gets out with a weapon. They engage him and one of the fired his weapon because of that. His family, however, is telling a different story that he was reading a book in his car waiting for his some at a bus stop. Open facebook live, scotts reported daughter streamed video from the scene of the shooting. She is convinced her father was shot because of his race. They repo