Good evening. I am the director of Public Programs here at the new york public library. Last week we have the great pleasure of welcoming to discuss the fate and fate of programs. A conversation we have now made. That was so regretful that he could not stayed to hear more a man he deeply admires who thought he believed is changing the world. They happen to know each other. Im thrilled to welcome the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize winner. The new economics of zero policy zero unemployment and zero carbon admissions a book that he will sign after his conversation i am also thrilled to welcome jeffrey back to the stage i believe it is his third time. Last time he spoke to the conversation. By charlie rose. And in 2007 he spoke for the first time here with Newt Gingrich. Its always a pleasure to welcome him back. I just cannot believe that in fact happened. Indeed here we are. Tonight i would like to think andrea young. They both helped so very much to make this evening happened. As usual my grati
Im recently elected president of the ewan aitken United Nations Association National capital area chapter and im just pleased and tickled frankly to see on an august day maybe because its a cool august 8 what a fantastic turnout on capitol hill on an august 8. And naturally due to the extruder line up of people who are going to be presenting a talking to you today im sure and that brings you here. Five years ago maybe even before five years ago United Nations with the cooperation and certainly of the United States and with many countries around the world began to plan for the future of world Global Development that would apply not only to the least developed countries duchesses will equally and universally to the critical states of affairs for human rights and for development in the best equipped countries including the United States. Out of that conversation came this extraordinary set of Sustainable Development goals to help lead the way for all countries voluntarily, and portly volu
Cool august day, what a fantastic turnout on capitol hill on an august day. And thats really due to the extraordinary lineup of people presenting and talking to you today, im sure, that brings you here. Five years ago, maybe even before, the United Nations with the cooperation, certainly, of the United States and with many countries around the world began to plan for the future of world Global Development that would apply not only to the least developed countries, but just as well equally and universally to the critical state of affairs for human rights and for development in the best equipped countries including the United States. And out of that conversation came this extraordinary set of Sustainable Development goals to help lead the way for all countries voluntarily. Importantly, voluntarily to collaborate on how we will achieve the outcomes of those goals as set forth for the years 20152030. So were just two years into this, and already theres significant progress to be talking ab
Schools abruptly closed. We will watch the lobby at trump tower in new york city for the next several minutes. [background sounds] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] again, we are looking like a trump tower in newark city. Authorities engaging with a couple of young protesters there today. President trump is in the belly. He is expected to leave at two p. M. Eastern. He will be visiting wall street today, and later on had back to the golf resort in new jersey. The president will sign a bill that will end a 15 year limit for veterans to use their education benefits, the bill also restoring benefits to veterans whose schools abruptly closed. Cspan where history unfolds a daily. In 1979 cspan was created as a Public Service by americas cabletelevision companies and is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. Now to remark some
Work for melaghers is all about wit and skill, the skills that she does. Just thinking about her approach to materials, the islity of ideas, and she often able to do that in such a playful way. To me, that makes all of the difference. Our work is attractive not on a caro her work is attractive not merely on a visual level but because it is work that seems to encourage you to join her in the process of inquiry she is on rather than being something confrontational or excluding or exclusive. And i think the way she is able to encourage us to make these connections, through work that is technically incredibly accomplished and visually extraordinarily beautiful and culturally, very, very rich. I find her work fascinating. Narrator Ellen Gallagher burst into the art scene and the early 1990s and caught the attention of curators and collectors alike. Anthony i immediately liked her work in every case. They were fantastic and really powerful and important, and you can see she would be a great