Welcome. Thank you very much. [applause] i spent a lot of time growing up in jersey. My father had a little mens underwear were close to on the Lower East Side and use jobber and his customers were all in new jersey. I would come with him on springfield avenue. We would go to patterson and went to all these come after the second world war, all the army and navy stores. I really got to know new jersey, and my first wife was from her and her classmate in high school was barney frank black got to meet when he was like 16. I wish he would be a politician. So im here to talk about something that happened to me that could happen to you and could happen to your sons. It could happen to your nephews. It could happen to your husbands. I i was on top of the world. I was 76. 76. I had just retired from harvard after teaching there for 50 years without a single complaint of any kind ever leveled against me. I had among the highest ratings as a teacher for many years. I meant toward thousands of st
Reading University Press and University Pressth week. Im cow, one of the managers here and i think i speak for all of us at book called was a University Press, especially our friends at columbia University Press, nyu press and fordham University Press take up a large part of what we do here for the past 20 years. They are heavily featured in a dense programming, our displays are often at in a weekly annual bestseller list though it shows our Customer Base loves them as well. A couple of housekeeping before i move over to our lovely panel. We have a lot of books for sale here we do not have register up here so if youre free to take a bunch, give insight to make sure to pay for them on the way out. Well be here for years to come during this event. You may have noticed the cameras. Cameras. Cspan is here so we get to the q a portion, if you have a question make sure you wait for the mic to get to you so that you can hit the question as well as see. I will turn it over to our panel. Great.
Back and forth between democrats and the president. If you are a democrat, 202 7488000. Republicans, 202 7488001. Ndependents, 202 7488002 we have aligned set aside for those of you who live in baltimore. 2027488003. You can join us on social media, twitter cspanwj or on facebook, facebook. Com cspan. The president watching a segment on fox and friends, prompting these tweets from the president and those have been getting a lot of reaction on cable news, social media. The president saying the following host that from the president on his twitter handle, prompting this editorial this morning from the Baltimore Sun. Better to have a few rats then to be one. The Baltimore Sun writing the following host tell us what you think. Our phone lines are open at 202 7488000, our line for democrats. For 202 7488001 republicans. We also have a line for those living in baltimore, 202 7488003. We will begin with richard, joining us from the bronx in new york on the democrats line. Good morning. Good m
Nonfiction books, is mark mansons advice on leading a happier life. Most authors have appeared on booktv and you can watch themmening onat booktv. Org. Booktv went to capitol hill to ask a representative what was on his reading list. A lot of things. First a lot of papers i have to read, various reports, some classified, others, so theres the ongoing work as chairman of the readiness subcommittee which has 290 billion of taxpayer money spent. That keeps me busy. However, theres all the other things i want to read. A lot of history. Right now im working through the disagreement between the handsburgs and otto moan empire, and a great book called enemy at at the gate which sirs around the siege of vienna. You warrant to understand turkey can by understand the history over the Ottoman Empire and the relationship between that and the western europe. Also i look to go back the roman history. I have a book called the death of caesar which deals with that period of time. The intriguees. Not q
Alternates. Il call roll. Director forbes. Here. Director baptiste. Present. Why director lipkin. Why present. Director syed. Present. Director tumlin. Present. Chair gee. Here. Directors we have quorum. Am item 3 is communications. Wield like to note process for the public to comment. Members of the public may comment on the meeting during Public Comment period in person or remotely. The call in line as a courtesy and may be disrupted due to technical difficulties. In person comment will be taken first. Remote comment after. The public call in line is on the agenda and dialing strukdzs should be scrolling at the bottom of the screen on sfgovtv. Are there communications. Next item. Item 4 is board of directors now and old business im not aware of any. Next item. Directors. Item 5 is the executive directors report. Executive directo van de water is here were excited bring in items to you that we have been planning on for over 2 years now. And these will advance the third and final leg o