Lunch. We are at the portion of the program that i i know many pee are eager to hear. So please welcome to the stage the moderator for our keynote address, our truman member monique alcala. [applause] hello. Good afternoon, everyone. I am so delighted to be a today to introduce our keynote speaker Rachel Maddow and also moderate the q a portion of this conference in just a little bit. This is actually very special for me. I dont think i mentioned to her whenever we were chatting back, kind scared, but i did, i did, i moved back to austin like a couple of years ago and when was because my father was sick. Sadly, he passed away in october but but i remember him telling me a few years ago that he thought watching he stopped watching this because all the extremist rhetoric and all the attacks on our country except for rachels show. [applause] so when truman sp to do this, of course i. Im huge fan it also its incredibly extra special me just because of that. Very thankful to truman for aski
I am bradley graham, the coowner of politics and prose along with my wife. On behalf of the entire staff, thank you very much for coming. Well, survival. That is the big topic that we are here to talk about this evening as mankind looks to the future we certainly do face some very big survival challenges, and basically come down to how to provide food, clean water and energy to an evergrowing population on a planet undergoing Climate Change. Charles mann has written an engrossing book about these challenges, but not with the purpose of providing his answer on how we all should go, rather he has very engagingly and hopefully framed the debate by writing about to 20th century scientists who though not particularly well known were exceptionally influential. Charles says the two were largely responsible for creating, quote, the basic intellectual blueprint for understanding our environmental dilemma. Now, these two didnt agree. In fact, they took radically different approaches to the issue
Its thursday 1st june. Im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. This time next week, the polls will have opened across the uk for the general election. Last night, key figures from the seven main parties went head to head on the bbcs election debate. So lets bring you up to date with the latest from the Campaign Trail. This morning, the Prime Minister is attempting to move the agenda back to brexit pledging to use the Promise Of Brexit to build a stronger, fairer and even more prosperous country and calling for voters to unite behind her leadership. Meanwhile, labour is returning to its rail policy promising to save money for Rail Commuters by changing the way fare increases are calculated. The party says the move would save an average rail season Ticket Holder £319 a year by 2022. Last night key figures from the seven main parties went head to head on the bbc. Theresa may was criticised for her failure to appear at that debate. Our assistant Political Editor norman smith is i
One hour. Good evening. Picked up copies of an article from the wall street journal recently as you entered the auditorium on the impact of the Vice President ial nominee on election results. For those of you who did not pick up copies, we will have extras after the program. Tonight, we will be discussing not just the electoral process, but the evolving role of the vice presidency. We have the honor of hosting professor joel goldstein, the author of the newly released book, the white house Vice President scy. Dr. Goldstein is a highly respected scholar of the vice presidency, presidency, and constitutional law. Ishas consistent consistently sought out by Media Outlets for commentary and insight, especially during the president ial campaigns. The new article in york times, he was quoted as saying my wife says i am an exotic plant that blooms every four years. [laughter] professor goldstein is best known for his work on the vice presidency. It came out of his doctoral work, his dissertat
Prescient, as we are on the thee of finding out who parties will select for the running mates. Some of you picked up copies of an article from the wall street journal recently as you entered the auditorium on the impact of the Vice President ial nominee on election results. For those of you who did not pick up copies, we will have extras after the program. Tonight, we will be discussing not just the electoral process, but the evolving role of the vice presidency. We have the honor of hosting professor joel goldstein, the author of the newly released book, the white house vice presidency from mondale to biden. Dr. Goldstein is a highly respected scholar of the vice presidency, presidency, and constitutional law. He is consistently sought out by Media Outlets for commentary and insight, especially during the president ial campaigns. In a 2012 article in the new york times, he was quoted as saying, my wife says i am an exotic plant that blooms every four years. [laughter] professor goldst