After words has revel guest hosts interviewing top knopp fiction authors about nonfiction authors about their latest work. Mr. Edelman, its a pleasure to be with you today to discuss your new book not a crime to be poor the criminalization of poverty in america. Jibes . Thank you, congressman, ive very glad to be here. Host mr. Edleman, i hope im not embarrassing you but i know you have an 80inch birthday coming up. You dont look 80. Guest thank you for that. Host i want to let you know, happy birthday in advance. Guest thank you very much. Not until january, though. Im still a young one. Host well, youve done a lot inform your life and 80 years done a lot in your life and 80 years is a long time. Growing up as a jewish kid in minneapolis, minnesota, what was it like for you. Guest other good can stalwart, democratic farmer labor family. I grew up with Hubert Humphrey as the mayor, and my father, who was a lawyer in minneapolis, was also active politically a little bit, and so when the
Proud san franciscans the didntn franciscan dutch live in san francisco. Both ofappointed them still serve on the court today. Pretty much part of the liberal block of the court. Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who just turned 84, has now surpassed by few months. In terms of longevity. Stephen breyer had an he served in the 1980s. As the chief dutch both he Ruth Bader Ginsburg congeniality on the corporate he got along with everyone. He was able to get on famously orrin hatch on the other hand. Kennedy and orrin hatch agreed on not many things. They greet in their admiration with respect to steve breyer when he was nominated in the last days of jimmy carters administration. Domination. Anyones later who could get along with orrin hatch and ted kennedy must have been doing something right. From replace to elena cage, so we get through the introduction portion. Ok. Kagan, who is a graduate of princeton university, and Harvard Law School, was also a marshall scholar at Oxford University as was steph
Graduatean and Harvard School of architecture. We always like to ask everyone off cell phones and beepers and now lets give barry lewis a warm welcome. You. Dont need wis i that. You know me. Im all over the stage. Interesting i had people talking to me about the lecture. About theally talking whreuBrooklyn Bridge ands as brooklyn. New york would never admit it needed rooklyn but it it. Again, just in case people were series of three lectures i did the first one bout a month ago and in recouping that remember new york and Staten Island becomes a by the 1820s and 180s. In phafrpblt and 1875 one Manhattan Island. That is called growth. 1860s upper left is an print of the built up part of manhattan and new york. Those days new york city feels Manhattan Island and when river you ross the were in the independent city of brooklyn. By the time you get to the 1860s the bridge will begin in 1869. Reason it was needed by the ime you get to the late 1860s downtown new york is the Central Business
He is best known throughout new york for the series of video walking tours presented by channel 13, including the Emmy Award Nominated shows 42nd street, broadway and harlem. He lectured at numerous vienna venues, including columbia, university of pennsylvania and smithsonian and Harvard Graduate School of planning and architecture. We always like to ask everyone to turn off cell phones and electronic beepers. Now lets give barry lewis a warm welcome. Thank you. [applause] professor lewis i dont need that. You know me. Im all over the stage. Actually it is interesting there it i had people talking to me about the lecture. Im not really talking about the the Brooklyn Bridge as much as brooklyn. New york would never admit it needed brooklyn but it needed it. Again, just in case people were not here, its a series of three lectures. I did the first one about a month ago. Remember new york and Staten Island becomes a premier city by the 1820s and 180s. 1830s. 60,000 in manhattan in 1800 and
Back here this wednesday night. Now new yorks number one news. 16 people are dead after a hot air balloon crashes and catches fire. New details from the scene as the investigation gets underway. First, torrential downpours in new jersey turns streets into rivers and scrambling for safety. Good evening. The rain was widespread today. New jersey was hit the hardest. We will have more in just a moment. First the showers continuing at this hour and we might get more tomorrow. Meteorologist jeff smith has been tracking it all evening. New information hot off the presses here from the National Weather service. Flood warning now for southeastern Hunterdon County in new jersey. We are talking about the of Middlesex County, southern parts of somerset and mercer counties through 2 15 in the morning. Some of the rivers in those areas include the millstone river and Lawrence Brook rising and probably going above flood stage as we head through the night. Also, a flood advisory in effect for much of