So thrilled to welcome blanche home. For those of you i have not had a chance to say hello to come i am the president of Hunter College and its an incredible institution which of course the institute is a part and it couldnt be more fitting that we are here tonight to celebrate this book and its author and subject in this house. [applause] we are gathered here at home and when our roosevelt shares with her husband, and i think it is fair to say her motherinlaw also for 25 years. From the front steps we enter today, franklin and eleanor departed to washington in 1933 to assume the glorious burden and the unparalleled challenges of economic oppression and the global war. While the book we are debuting tonight covers the war years and decades after when Eleanor Roosevelt became not just the first lady of the land of the first lady of the world i think it is fair to say that her activism, her sense of justice and belief in womens rights in the quest for civil rights for all commitments tha
Does the executive director i am thrilled to continue to be involved with this amazing institution. That is why i am here. I want to take a minute to introduce you to heather. [applause] i want to take her for inviting me to this introduction tonight. I have the pleasure of introducing the conversation of an important new book, World Without mind by then the other they and our oldest son teeeighteen. [applause] also to the manticore part during tonight i lot of people are here from the mantic from the atlantic. There are a bunch of people and we are thankful your cosponsors tonight. The atlantic is a longstanding partner to bring journalism to life through conversations on this stage. Tonight this is live stream don the Facebook Page so if you know, someone who did not make it but wanted to be here to tell them to watch dog mine. One more yvette, september 26, the atlantic radio in mantic podcast will be here for conversation with one of the biggest Foreign Policy challenges of our tim
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The 620 summit has drawn to a close in germany, with donald trump claiming victories on trade and Climate Change. In a joint statement the other 19 World Leaders, the other 19 World Leaders did acknowledge americas isolated commitment to coal, did acknowledge americas isolated commitment to coal and some trade tariffs. But they all renewed their pledges to the paris Climate Change agreement, and to promoting free trade. 0ur diplomatic correspondent, James Robbins reports from hamburg. The First 620 Summit for donald trump was never going to be easy for the others, dealing with an american president who is deeply sceptical of an International System based on shared rules. America first means he prefers individual in the chair, 6ermanys chancellor Angela Merkel found him especially difficult and she accused the us of making talks of trade and protectionism very tough. Today she deplored once again President Trump s decision to withdraw america from the paris climate accord. She blamed hi