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good evening. we re happy you re here for this even. i ve one of the reference librarians here and we re here to listen to howard mean about his new book: 67 shots at kent state where the shooting take place, only ten miles from here. beer excited to have this program of national interest. mr. means a biographer and former editor at the washingtonian, business books include pakistan the ageneral jerry takes tis play. johnny appleseed, the man, the myth, and the american story. and also wrote the first biography on colin powell. join me in welcoming mr. mean. i also wrote 67 shots. i m going to talk about that tonight instead of 76. thank you, amanda. ammann to is also herself a very accomplished novelist, and mystery stories, won an agatha christie. everybody who was at kent state in 1970, stand up and raise your hand. okay, this is scary. this is really scary. i wanted to point out jerry back there. [applause] jerry was a great help to me in putting gettin ....
the spotlight was on the surprise winner for best picture. chris martinez has our report. reporter: the film that shined a spotlight on the victims of the catholic priest sex abuse scandal won for best picture at the 88th annual academy awards. francis, it s time to protect the children and restore the faith. the revenant won for best directing and its star leonardo dicaprio won for best actor. it was his fifth nomination but his first win. for granted. thank you very much. brie larson won for room. and mad max was most honored and walking away with six production awards. his opening monologue all of the white nominees. otherwise known as the white people choice awards. reporter: the comedian beat he got and the president of the academy echoed his sentiment. our audiences are global and rich in diversity and every facet of our industry should be as well. reporter: even here on the red carpet where oscar fashion is usually the biggest topic of discussio ....
sworn in the day before she was gunned down, and an army in her killing. and campaign 2016. new questions about donald trump and the kkk, and marco rubio rips trump below the belt. you know what they say about men with small hands? good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. good to be with you. i m anne-marie green. we begin with the oscars, where an underdog won for best picture and the politically charged atmosphere just about overshadowed the winners. host chris rock took no prisoners as he took on the uproar of the lack of diversity. for the second straight year, all of the major nominees were white. meanwhile, the newspaper was on the spotlight was on the surprise winner for best picture. chris martinez has our report. shined a spotlight on the victims of the catholic priest sex abuse scandal won for best academy awards. francis, it s time to protect the children and restore the faith. the revenant won for best l ....
men with small hands?$% good morning&from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. good to be with yoyo i m anne-marie green. we begin with the oscars, where an underdog won for best picture and the potically charged atmosphere just about t overshadowed the winners. host chris rock took no prisoners as he took on the uproar of the lack of diversity. for the second straight ye, all of the major nominees were white. meanwhile, the newspaper was on the spotlight was on the surprise winner for best picture. chris martinez has our report. reporter: the film at shined a spotlight on the victims of the c cholic priest sex abuse scandal won for best picture at the 88th annual academy awards. francis, it s time to protect the children and restore the faith. the revenant won for best leonardo dicaprio won for best actor. it was his fifth nomininion but his first win. let us not take this earth for granted. thank you very much. brie larson wo ....
francis, it s time to protect the children and restore the faith. the revenant won for best directing and its star leonardo dicaprio won for best actor. it was his fifth nomination but his first win. let us not take this earth for granted. thank you very much. brie larson won for room. and mad max was most honored and walking away with six production awards. chris rock hosted the night. his opening monologue all of the white nominees. otherwise known as the white people choice awards. reporter: the comedian beat the diversity drum every chance he got and the president of the academy echoed his sentiment. our audiences are global and rich in diversity and every facet of our industry should be as well. reporter: even here on the discussion, diversity was front and center. i m here, because to disappear and truly make it oscar so white is stupid to me reporter: the night included visits from r2d2 and lady gaga with a special presentation aimed at sexu ....