Find the best writers that we can and bring them to albany. Its like bringing the world to a particular place, and i dont think i cant think of any other organization, even some of the better known ones in major cities that that have such a rer flow of creative talent coming through and at no cost to the public. With our open door policy. So we bring the literary world to albany. So all these people whose names, faces and dates, events you see are people who have come from far and wide to read to the, to the general public here. And weve had somewhere, my most recent count now has gotten us up to at least 10 or maybe 11 Nobel Laureates across the years ranging from Toni Morrison who actually used to teach at albany to most recently a South African writer, and along the way people like the nigerian writer or the caribbean writer, derek walcott, or the irish poet, seamus haney. The names go on. But along the way, we archive all of the by video and audio all of the people who have come th
To create a title for the book to talk about alternatives to the one that you see. Then we capitalize on the notoriety of the volcker rule so why try that was rejected as too narrow someone else suggested a much more expansive than a volcker rule. [laughter] and the fellow on my left loved it. [laughter] but it was knocked out because they say the cute isnt cute so we took the title the triumph of patience because she did what he did. Researching the book i have the perverse personal and professional side he dove into the entire contents of the walkin closet including the Elementary School report card and also authorized by reviewing correspondence held in the Federal Reserve bank of new york. The fed did not like that one bit. And finally over 100 of interviews i assure you can guess. Let me turn to some substance. A story of the mansard under five president s serving under the five greatest crisis in history i will tell you about the crisis first broke crisis number one is cold. Some
Of books that you may not know about of the lines. We are pleased to be at the university of pennsylvania in philadelphia this week, and we are joined by the president of the university dementia is the coauthor of this book, the spirit of compromise, white governing demands it and campaigning undermines it. President , are we a politically compromising nation . We were created in compromise. A lot of people think of the revolutionary war, which separated us from our mother country, but if you recall, i know you werent there then, but if you recall it historically speaking our Founding Fathers crafted a compromise that created the constitution. They were as polarized as any set of americans who had been throughout our country and history. There were a pro and anti slavery and yet they compromised. So, yes, we were founded in compromise. Today compromise has become more difficult than ever before. What do you mean when you talk about the uncompromising mindset . Well, we live in an era t
Was, i suppose youd call it adventurous. But this thing ruined everything. [laughter] we go far and wide, find the best writers that we can ask and bring them to albany. Its like bringing the world the a particular place. And i dont think i cant think of any other organization, even some of the better known ones in major cities that have such a regular flow of creative talent coming through and at no cost to the public. With our open door policy. We bring the literary world to albany. So all these people whose names, faces and dates, events you see are people who have come from far and wide to read to the general public here. And weve had somewhere, my most recent count now has gotten us up to at least 10 or probably 11 Nobel Laureates across the years ranging from Toni Morrison who actually used to teach at albany to most recently a South African writer, and along the way, i dont know, people like the nigerian writer, wally, or the caribbean writer derek walcott, or the irish poet, se
Martha will be along in a bit. Its an extraordinary move the president rarely makes. Completely shutting down a u. S. Embassy and rushing the americans inside to safety. That call was made in South Vietnam at the end of the war. In somalia. Nearly two years before blackhawk down. And just hours ago, president obama did it again. Ordering the evacuation of the embassy in libya, with a dangerous and daring military operation to evacuate americans on the ground. Abcs chief Foreign Correspondent terry moran is tracking all the breaking details. Good morning, terry. Reporter good morning, jon. What an extraordinary episode this was. Another sign of the turmoil out of control across the middle east. Libya is a nation driven by rival gangs. The fighting so fierce in recent days and weeks that the decision was made to evacuate the embassy. As chaos and fighting increased, in tripoli, ambassador Deborah Jones and her staffers were spirited out of the compound. Nearly 150 people, about half of t