My name is cynthia and i want to thank you for coming tonight. Im a librarian here at midmanhattan library and im very happy to present john john mcwhorter. John has come more than once. Been very kind. That. This is his third visit. Tonight hell be speak about miss most recent book, talking back, talk black joan mcworther is an associate prefer of english and comparative literature at Columbia University where re teaches linguist sticks, western service, and american studies. A New York Times best selling author, ted speaker and a the author of 16 books, and tonight he is going to be speaking about his most recent book talking back, talking black. Without further adieu, john mcworther, please. Thank you. For coming. My last book pay talking back, talking black had a very compact thesis. I wanted to see if i could make the general public have a more positive view of the dialect that most black americans use in casual situations because the general idea is that black english is some sor
Of course they are going up. If they dont go up you are getting less or going to a different network. Rk, its expensive to sign up. This is premature, dont you ink . We know younger people tend t do things at the last minute. I dont know what laughed but that is a silly thing to laugh at. Its nothing new. We know about the younger people. Lets wait and see, lets wait and see stunning. If wre laughing at logic, why are we bothering to have a conversation. You must not have had kids. More importantly, i want to talk about the reassurance pool that people dont know is there. We have a reassurance pool so if numbers dont work out this year there is something to fall back on, so well keep any increases for the next three years down. Mike, we are laughing because yes, we know young people, and you can cry or laugh. You have your choice. I choose tolaugh but the fact is insurance is a produc people who dt directly nefifrom it wont buy it. That is the young people. Thats why they are not inter
Tonight. Shannon breen here in washington, with the rhetoric before and after saturdays cop killings. But we begin with correspondent david lee miller. Reporter good evening, john, mayor de blasio did some finger pointing of his own this afternoon, and perhaps in an unexpected direction, he pointed the finger at the media for portraying what he sees is largely peaceful demonstrations, meanwhile the mayor remains under pressure, critics say he has lost the support for much of his own police force. New york city mayor bill de blasio today visited the homes and families of officers rafael ramos and winjian lu who were killed execution style on saturday. At a news conference, he described their anguish. You can only imagine what a Family Member is going through at that moment, where their lives have suddenly been made unimaginable, that everything that they thought and believed would be a part of their lives is suddenly gone. Reporter Authorities Say the shooter was 20yearold ismaail brinl