Well, i have to start by thanking the library of congress and i want to thank jamie and helene and the angels. Readers, for allowing me to be with someone who has elevated libraries to such an extent. [applause] let me just say there have been patron saints of the library at the carnegie and thingslike that but you are now number one. I finally smacked down andrew carnegie. Like that. Greats how does itfeel to be the patron saint of libraries . When i started this book i couldnt have anticipatedthat part of it. I was drawn in to the story because i really wanted to understand what happened in 1986 that this epic fire that closed the la library for seven years but more importantly, i wanted to understand why icared about it so much. Ive often said if someone had said to me city hall burn down i would have thought thats too bad and i assume they willrebuild it , but hearing that the library had burned felt like this the, profoundly personal loss. And i thought, why do we feel such a conn
Readers. [applause] good evening and welcome to the strand rare book room, my name is nancy beth lied and for a little bit of history the store was founded by my grandfather benjamin bass in 1927 and then my dad who passed away, fred bass, it was a part of new yorks famous book row which ran along Fourth Avenue one block away from astro place to union square and there were 48 used bookstores that all kind of competed with one another. All the stores have shattered except for the strand. I want to thank you all, you voracious readers because we are Still Family Owned and still driving, in fact, we are doing 400 events and discussions just like the one tonight and even tonight we have four events. Its really fun. Thank you. And thank you cspan for filming this. Happiness is the best medicine, yet americans will spend 3. 4 billion on medicine and healthcare this year. So, thats largeness to send every family of four a check for 40,000 for their care. We all know that happiness is not a bi
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Senator George Mitchell was president of the club and we had 288 members. They were all the rage. And the world war ii memorial dedicated, and Major League Baseball returned to washington as though washington nationals. For 15 years and David Rubenstein is back. David as we all know is cofounder and coexecutive chairman of the karloff group and chairman of the board. And the performing arts, a Strong Institution at the council on foreign relations. And engaged in many many other philanthropic activities. The patriotic philanthropy, generous financing, great historical landmarks, including the Washington Monument, the Lincoln Memorial. The us marine corps. And monticello, and the arlington house. And purchased rare copies of historic documents like the declaration of independence, the emancipation proclamation, and magna carta to ensure they are publicly displayed at the smithsonian and national archives. At the Economic Club, the insightful revealing and entertaining interview were, at
The children of women who joined in syria but its unclear what will happen to the mothers. And scientists and. A rare cosmic event as the planet mercury passes between the earth and the sun. Mexico says its granting asylum to bolivia as former president who stepped down on sunday after a disputed reelection mexico was asked bolivias foreign minister to ensure that morale is gets out of the country safely at least 20 members of believe use executive and legislative branches are also seeking protection in mexico. I inform you that a few moments ago i received a call from president. Whereby he responded to my invitation and formally requested political asylum in our country in terms of the current legislation the Mexican Foreign minister with the prime opinion of the secretary of government minister sanchez caetera has decided to grant political asylum even to relatives for humanitarian reasons and by virtue of the emergency situation he faces in bolivia. Well u. S. President donald trump