Amy we spend the hour remembering the renault did actor, musician, composer and activist Theodore Bikel, who died tuesday at the age of 91. Theodore bikel was known for creating the role of baron von trapp in the sound of music on broadway, cofounding a folk festival with pete seeger and his role as tevye on fiddler on the roof which he played more than 2000 times. It may surprise you to learn that Theodore Bikel, a man so close that in a fight with israel and with jewish life, was also an outspoken critic of israeli policy especially a pending measure which would forcibly relocate some 40,000 bedouin from their ancestral land. When i say the very people who were told to get out in the fictional village of fiddler on the roof, the descendents of those very people are now telling others, strangers in their midst, that they must get out of their homes, seems fundamentally wrong. And a wrong cannot be allowed to stand. Inigo today, Theodore Bikel the musician, actor activist for the hour.
Amy we spend the hour remembering the renault did actor, musician, composer and activist Theodore Bikel, who died tuesday at the age of 91. Theodore bikel was known for creating the role of baron von trapp in the sound of music on broadway, cofounding a folk festival with pete seeger and his role as tevye on fiddler on the roof which he played more than 2000 times. It may surprise you to learn that Theodore Bikel, a man so close that in a fight with israel and with jewish life, was also an outspoken critic of israeli policy especially a pending measure which would forcibly relocate some 40,000 bedouin from their ancestral land. When i say the very people who were told to get out in the fictional village of fiddler on the roof, the descendents of those very people are now telling others, strangers in their midst, that they must get out of their homes, seems fundamentally wrong. And a wrong cannot be allowed to stand. Inigo today, Theodore Bikel the musician, actor activist for the hour.
[inaudible conversations] if you have a cell phone on during the next hour and if you could silence it, that would be great. I also would invite you, if you have a question to please come to this microphone right here. Were videotaping this and have cspan here. Its helpful if people can hear the questions. Lastly, you do not need to fold up your chairs at the end. We have other events. I think you have seen his book. Its terrific. We have plenty of copies itch hope you will buy it. Its up at the front if you havent not had chance to pick it up. Then lastly, for those who are missing our coffee shop and know its under rein renovation, we have a 6 00 fee cart downstairs. Have to say that for me its really a personal pleasure to by introduce a terrific author bit a friend and former colleague. We worked together at the state department under secretary Hillary Clinton elm the first time i met him, i realized this guy was a force of nature. His titling its state was Senior Advisor for innov
Protesters hoping that hit will subside. Were fired up and we cannot take it no more. Reporter that is the message that she has and her other classmates had as they walked out of class. The girl was sent home after wearing a black lives matter t shirt. It violates the school policy. Since then her daughter and others have faced racial intimidation. There were racial slurs. Reporter Cheyenne Mcneal felt the mood change last week. I get a lot of dirty looks. Reporter the tension on campus goes well beyond one student wardrobe choice and needs to be addressed by the administration. Is the way it was handled policy. They are not out here saying we do not want to go to school, we want to be treated fairly in school and be protected in school. Reporter William Pitts , 12 news. Now to the other hot headlines, up first, new information on a bicyclist killed. Thomas butler is the man that was killed. Police say that a car hit the 35yearold. Investigators think that the driver was impaired. Auth
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