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welcome back. a story about a conversation you had recently we can t wait to hear it. the thing is that, you know, i don t want to tar all police officers with the same brush or anything, but there is a segment of human beings that when they get a little power, they want to, you know, show it off. once i was driving here in washington and somebody cut me off. i had to hit the brake, i almost hit them. i really just gave my horn. well, seconds later all of a sudden a siren goes off on this car that cut me mead over and it was police. they would not tell me what i ve done. clearly he was just angry that, you know, i had been objected to the way he drove and i had no idea it was a police officer. this guy kept me sitting on a street for half an hour. there s certain people that they like the feeling of power. he didn t stop you because of your race. no, exact lea. yes, there s big racial element about power. but if kimberly had been stopped she would assume, in ....
tough place. i rode the high road and got knocked back down into the valley but the best thing about being in the valley is you learn when you get back up how you can do things better so it can change. i don t see it right now. i don t see it with mitch mcconnell. i don t see it with nancy pelosi. i do see hope in paul ryan. i don t know what to expect of schumer who will probably be the senate democratic leader . he s smarter than reed. he s every bit as partisan as harry reid. there s one difference, he s transactional. he can do business . they don t say itthat way in new york city but they understand . so there is hope out there but it begins with the white house. i ve got to get a different mro coming out of that place. watch this and other programs online at booktv.org. with the upcoming presidential elections, book tv in our companion network have teamed up. we will have some time today for questions and i ve been asked to remind you that those who query our ....
kicked it. an old lady walked up and called law enforcement because she said there was a strange package just how casually we still are not aware of how endangered our lives are. then you take that and all of a sudden there s another police shooting ing charlotte, north carolina, and oklahoma almost at the same time. charlotte erupted. it was literally - - . i not believe my eyes. you know, i bring the terrorists in because listen, there are people who hate who we are, who look for opportunities to find a way to bring about further destruction on american soil. if you notice in charlotte the first day was peaceful, but on opportunest criminals who could care less about the situation, they want an opportunity to vandalized, they want an opportunity to loot. we saw it in l.a. riots. e people are not even part of the community. what if these terrorists decide that this is an opportunity for us to go in and do what we have been trying to do for a long time. so i asked in th ....
carolina, and oklahoma almost at the same time. charlotte erupted. it was literally - - . i was in monaco and i could not believe my eyes. you know, i bring the terrorists in because listen, there are people who hate who for opportunities to find a way to bring about further destruction on american soil. if you notice in charlotte the first day was peaceful, but on the second day what i call opportunest criminals who could care less about the situation, they want an opportunity to vandalized, they want an opportunity to loot. we saw it in l.a. during the what if these terrorists decide that this is an opportunity for us to go in and do what we have been trying to do for a long time. so i asked in this conversation today, what is happening to urban areas. what is happening to our country and. what is happening with the law enforcement. these are all - - it s a complex webb of questions that you re asking and it shows just how complex it not just the problem but what ....
it is my pleasure to welcome everyone here to the first of an exciting series of interviews conducted by smithsonian and philanthropist extraordinaire david rubenstein. [applause] we are kicking off this series with a fascinating conversation with one of the most accomplished people on the world stage, secretary madeleine albright. [applause] begin vanr place to in this great american? the smithsonian has always been uniquely american. culture and history, exploring artistic expression and scientific innovation. today, we are an institution of 19 museums, a national zoo, with collections totaling 156 million objects. america isstory of so expensive that we continually work to include more chapters. that necessitates telling a more complex and more diverse story that better reflects who we are as a people. just across the street, the new national museum of african american history and culture is set to open. the personal stories of its be uplifting, heartbreaking, joyous ....