History and biography is sponsored by wells fargo. God day i am a Andrea Mitchell from nsnbc and welcome is my great pleasure to welcome you to the 20th anniversary of a National Book festival present by library of congress. And we are thrilled to have today our office David Rubenstein who has produced author a new book and new book is how to lead. And it is an extraordinary combination of conversations on leadership and the qualities that make people believers especially these very special people. These unique individuals that david has assembled in his book. David rubenstein, welcome youre a lawyer. Youre former white house founder of the World Largest private equity firm youre a history buff restored Washington Monument you saved of the National Zoo Pandas brought magna carta and having saying nothing of a Television Show in bloomberg, and on pbs how do you do it all tell us about your leadership. Well, i didnt feel i was as good a leader as people i interviewed so in the book i tal
The selection and presentation of library of congress for fiction is one of my favorite responsibilities the product is this Great Institution an opportunity to honor the novelist for short story writers to interview books from the most recent novels and short story collections past prizewinners include luminaries Toni Morrison it is my distinct honor and pleasure to award the prize this year to one of our nations most gifted writers someone Time Magazine the longest largest recipient and only one of four writers in history to receive the Pulitzer Prize for fiction twice i am talking about none other than none other than colson whitehea whiteheads most recent novel, the nickel boys won this years pulitzer as did his 2016 novel the underground railroad. Colson has an extraordinary ability to write about historical events and transform them into meaningful events of today the rewriter of literary fiction whose works are best sellers a testament to his talent to communicate to everyone wh
Can you please call roll. [roll call] you have a quorum. Also here tonight we have chief Williams Scott from the San Francisco Police Department and Paul Henderson from the department of Police Accountability. Thank you. For members of the public, who would like to make comment, the number to call is 415 6550001 access code 146 270 1967. We will allow two minutes for Public Comment and as always, please mute any background noise that could interfere with us being able to hear what you are trying to say. Mute yourselves unless you are speaking or would like to be heard. Thank you. Sergeant line item 1, report to the commission discussion. Weekly crime trends. Provide an overview of San Francisco. Provide say automatic reof planned activitieunplanned even. Having an impact on Public Safety. Commission discussion and activities the chief describes will be limited to determining whether the calender for a four meetings and the sb421 Monthly Update and the collaborative updates and presenta
Mr. Chairman. My fellow americans. My fellow democrats, i proudly accept the nomination of our party. [cheers and applause] this moment, this moment is one of personal pride and gratification, yet one cannot help but reflect the deep sadness we feel over the troubles and the violence which have erupted, regrettably and tragically, in the streets of this great city and for the personal injuries which have occurred. [applause] that is neubert humphrey accepting the democratic nomination for president at chicagos Conrad Hilton hotel, or democrats have gathered for their convention in the midst of the vietnam war while thousands of protesters demonstrated outside. Hubert humphrey, longtime senator and unsuccessful candidate for president , is the focus of this weeks contenders program. We are live from minnesotas history center. The documentarian of Hubert Humphreys life just finished the documentary last year. We are standing in the center of an exhibit about 1968. To start our discussion
A dark place schools of reopened to the 639. 00 african nations. And also in our show to take the close a look at disneys newest release want to live in by stone the real life story of a very special Guerrilla Force to spend most of his life in a circus theme Shopping Mall that is until his sight but. Since. Im anthony how to welcome tens of thousands of protesters in bell aversive taken to the streets of minsk and other cities for another historic day of activism the demonstrators are demanding president Alexander Lukashenko his resignation accusing him of rigging elections 2 weeks ago. Who was ruled bellicose for some 26 years says nato is trying to split his country. In response resort of the army to mobilize sang bella verse was at risk of imminent attack. I i do fredi go away its the rallying cry of thousands of belorussia protesters in the streets of minsk this sunday and its also their biggest demand they want president oleksandr local shanker to go away to resign from office un