Statues were ripped from their pedestals and covered with graffiti. This was after a night of protests. Wilson walker is there. It is clear why some of those figures were targeted. Others however it is not so clear . Thats right. So where is the line between protests and destruction of public property . Thoughts on that from the mayor coming up. But two of those three statues are men who are now notorious for their existing as slaveowners. Another was famous for accepting the surrender of robert e lee. All morning and throughout the afternoon, they worked to clean up after the scene here in the music concourse. This is just the aftermath that many had to come and see for themselves. Among the empty pedestal, one that held Francis Scott key. A man who did owned slaves. And another was the founder of California Missions was also a slave owner. When i was here last week, i noticed it was still up. And i just thought it was surprising to have him so prominently in the park considering the
His new book expands everywhere from russia to london to broadway at one point, and its a pretty interesting read. I dont want to give too much away, so without further ado, please welcome peter. Thank you very much. [applause] great. So this is, this is actually a really big pleasure for me to be here at kramers books. It is, in many ways, the culmination of many years of research and efforts to put together what ive always an answer to a question that ive always wanted to ask, and that was who were the other guys and gals, who were the other people who compromised this story of oil. A lot of times we know about john d. Rockefeller, the richest man in the world when he was alive. And today of all days for the release of the soft cover of breaking rockefeller is important because i did not pick this day. But may 23rd is the 80th anniversary of rockefellers death. So 80 years ago john d. Rockefeller on this day died. Some historical symmetry there is always great for someone who likes r
On the eve of the Olympic Games from rio de janeiro, where theyre hours away from the opening ceremony. Its always very for me exciting to see the athletes from all the countries together holding their flags. Our American Team will be wearing uniforms designed by ralph lauren. These are the uniforms theyre going to be wearing on the field. As you can see, theyre terrible. Looks like an a Capella Group dress ford a fourth of july performance on a wharf somewhere. They look like villains on a cw show about vampire prep school students. Nothing instills fear in your opponent like a blazer and white capri pants. By the way, number one reason i could never be an olympic athlete. I would spill ketchup on those pants immediately. All right. Maybe thats not the number one reason but it is in the top 20 for sure. You know, there have been major electrical and plumbing issues in rio. One athlete from kenya wrote, please fix my toilet on a Bulletin Board in the Olympic Village. And you know, when
On the eve of the Olympic Games from rio de janeiro, where theyre hours away from the opening ceremony. Its always very for me exciting to see the athletes from all the countries together holding their flags. Our American Team will be wearing uniforms designed by ralph lauren. These are the uniforms theyre going to be wearing on the field. As you can see, theyre terrible. Looks like an a capella gro performance on a wharf somewhere. They look like villains on a cw show about vampire prep school students. Nothing instills fear in your opponent like a blazer and white capri pants. By the way, number one reason i could never be an olympic athlete. I would spill ketchup on those pants immediately. All right. Maybe thats not the number one reason but it is in the top 20 for sure. You know, there have been major electrical and plumbing issues in rio. One athlete from kenya wrote, please fix my toilet on a lives in kenyas complaining about your plumbing, i think thats what they refer to as a