Policy put in place 30 or 40 years ago are having an adverse effect today. You will hear from him next on book tv. [cheering and applause] thank you. Thank you everybody for coming out. Want to think politics and prose and busboys poets for hosting this event. Obviously there are too many people here who i love and have known for a long time to shout out everybody individually but i do want to shout out a couple of families and i want to shut out my pbs family. [applause] thank you. You taught me how to be a lawyer and i want to shout out to my maia angela family, you all taught me how to fight for children. And i want to give a shout to my sick family. [cheering and applause] i am wearing my button tonight and i am right now thinking of you all and im thinking of my dad and i know that he is here with us so i want to Start Talking about why i wrote this book. The first reason for writing this book is that i dont know if you all are like this or have friends like this but im the kind o
All of that in just a minute. Demonstrations, marches and step up civic participation are what many see as a Silver Lining to an election that tested our belief in america and at times lets be honest, humanity. But what are the best way to maximize citizen power in the trump air era. Ear rick has been an advocate. His latest text is called youre more powerful than you think, a citizens guide to making change happen. Great to have you on the program. Great to be back. Are we more powerful than we think in the present moment of crisis and catastrophe. Especially. Why especially . This is a moment where people stop taking things for granted. People might have been drifting along thinking things are fine or thinking that the game was so rigged and the system is so broken theres no point in getting involved. People are awake now and theyre realizing that standing on the sideline is insufficient. You have to figure out how to get on the field and what to do when youre on the field. And i thi
All of that in just a minute. Demonstrations, marches and step up civic participation are what many see as a Silver Lining to an election that tested our belief in america and at times lets be honest, humanity. But what are the best way to maximize citizen power in the trump air era. Ear rick has been an advocate. His latest text is called youre more powerful than you think, a citizens guide to making change happen. Great to have you on the program. Great to be back. Are we more powerful than we think in the present moment of crisis and catastrophe. Especially. Why especially . This is a moment where people stop taking things for granted. People might have been drifting along thinking things are fine or thinking that the game was so rigged and the system is so broken theres no point in getting involved. People are awake now and theyre realizing that standing on the sideline is insufficient. You have to figure out how to get on the field and what to do when youre on the field. And i thi
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Singapore. This is bbc world news. Its newsday. Hello, it is midnight here in london, 7am In Singapore and also of course the midnight in the city of Manchester Police are responding to what they say is a serious incident ata what they say is a serious incident at a Concert Venue. In the last few minutes, they have reported a number of fatalities. This happened at the manchester and arena at the end of a performance by american singer Ariana Grande. There were reports of loud bang. Police say they are investigating. They may have been explosions. It is not entirely clear what those banks were from eyewitnesses have said earlier they we re eyewitnesses have said earlier they were a number of casualties. The building is above a railway station. Train services have been suspended. Lets recap what we know because there are so many things at this stage which are unequivocal stop however, in the last few minutes, Manchester Police have confirmed that there are a number of fatalities. We are