2020th election, and more. A full schedule is available on our website. Now were going to go inside for the first conversation. This is live coverage on tv on cspan2. Good morning, everyone. I am michael cahill. It has been my pleasure and privilege to serve as dean here at Brooklyn Law School for just about three months now. Its going really well. [laughter] and, of course, i am happy to welcome all of you here and to welcome those of you watching at home on cspan. We are here, of course, as part of the 14th annual brooklyn book festival which will draw tens of thousands of people to downtown brooklyn over the course of the day, several thousand of those people will be passing through here at Brooklyn Law School where we have been a proud partner of the book festival since 2012. And that has been a wonderful and natural collaboration since the law school and the festival are committed to the free exploration and exchange of ideas in an effort to better understand our world and, ultima
Next from the 2019 Los Angeles Times festival of books a panel on science history, this is just over an hour. Oi we are going to get started here. Welcome everyone, this is the scientific look at the elements that create our world. Thank you everyone for coming especially at 430 when i know it is no nap time. I was one of the judges on Los Angeles Times science and Technology Book price. Its wonderful to get to read so many books and have a conversation with these folks here today. We will get started and its just a couple of reminders please silence your cell phones in a personal recording of sessions is not allowed. All of our lovely offers will be available for signing books over here in the other room through the doors. I will introduce the panelist and then have a conversation and then you guys can ask questions. I will start here with thomas hager, the awardwinning author on the history of science and medicine including the demons under the microscope, a courtesy professor of jou
Across the country. Skirmishes broke out between protesters and police at the university of Southern California in los angeles. At the university of texas in austin, the governor sent in State Troopers in riot gear to confront demonstrators who waved Palestinian Flags and chanted free palestine. These demonstrations have spread since the arrest last week of more than a hundred protesters at Columbia University in new york sparking debates about free speech and the right to protest. Our west coast correspondent emma vardy sent this update from the university of Southern California in los angeles. Protesters arrived here on campus around eight oclock this morning. They have stayed for much of the day. Earlier on tents put up by protesters, police asking them to take those down, that led to some scuffles and clashes between protesters and Campus Police here. One person was detained but we understand they were released pretty quickly. In the hours that followed the protest here in los ang
Not big gains are necessary to get to that record. Abigail the rally continues. Eight days are looking at gains averages. Jor a lot of optimism around tax reform. Results for the big banks, but the effect on the markets overall is a tailwind, especially with jamie dimon talking about how it will be a positive for the country Going Forward. Where there is not a lot of optimism is facebook. We have an intraday chart of facebook cover which i can pull up. It is right here. There we go. Facebook is down 4 . His worst day since the end of november after the company prioritizehanges to not brands. Family, Mark Zuckerberg says people might disband less time on the changes,ecause of the but the time will be more valuable. Investors are a little shocked by the declines. The s p 500, looking at some of the Department Storerelated rbc and jpraded morgan went overweight from neutral. Citing tax reform, brick and mortar stabilization, and other factors. This is giving a tailwind to the entire Depar