[cheering] [cheering] oh my gosh. wow, you need no introduction but how is the house doing tonight. [cheering] i am so excited to be here. i am excited. she cannot outdo me in excitement. this is a woman who wants to fly in space. [cheering] thank you. my name is amanda when and i am foremost an activist, i m a rape survivor and i am so thrilled to be here and ms. gloria i would not be wearing them today without you. [cheering] this is a woman who used her experience to help others and achieve legislation that has helped us. [cheering] i did not expect this in return. it s women helping women. [cheering] a little housekeeping i m so glad to welcome you all to the book club and book discussion series. for this evening performance this basis providing real-time caption for hearing impaired audience members and individual smartphones and tablets those of you using cart, please turn off the sound on your mobile device and for all others please turn off all electronic
i would like to offer a couple of quick thoughts on why we are doing this and why this is so important. some of you may have read a book written identities. i thought he had a pretty good and useful introduction where he offers a global perspective on the origins of identity politics. and he says 20th-century politics has been organized on a left-right spectrum defined by economic issues. the left wanting more equality and the right wanting more freedom. that spectrum appears to be giving way in many respects to one identified by identity. less focused on broad economic equality and now on the wide variety of groups perceived as being marginalized. the right is redefining itself as patriots perceived to protect national identity and an identity that is often specifically identified with race, religion. while this remains important, fukuyama h says there are motives of political resentment. leaders have mobilized followers around the perception that the groups dignity has b
celebrate and bring in 2015. six surf and sydney australia. awaiting for running the bay area dance for joining us on this year s eve morning. and then for also tracking the windy conditions, is calling it yesterday not so bad this morning still plenty breezy for some spots in here and look at the chilly wind forecasts : we are talking about very breezy conditions and higher elevation. and erica temperatures right now. drop to just above freezing conquered 33 degrees right now 41 out the door and san jose for a ruling was read out areas were dealing with when chilled a sourcing some readings the upper 20s right now that includes walnut creek at this hour. when advisory affect all o clock this afternoon we did see people in the us $6 per hour again the wind is really starting to diminish but we re still talking about down trees and power lines a completely art was just yet and regards to this windstorm. later on some light approach would be on about celebrating new year s ev
since fighting and not this will force in vallejo what dauntless today. catherine: distancing causing concern for parents and students to say vallejo s schools are not safe and good evening welcome kron 4 is taking those concerns to school board officials demanding answers and only on fourth night students to say this is affecting their education and parris joins us from vallejo really a huge distraction reporter: he has been going here in taking these safety concerns to the principle of vallejo he even went to school board with these concerns and says nothing is being done today he said his family fed up so he grabbed his cameras started rolling then call us. reporter: screen shot in a plethora of punching video shows on all-out melee on the campus of vallejo high-school friday afternoon. white teacher in her first thing she said stew is here rosetta and you were protecting heat that publicity since involved in this fight to keep his distance and started rolling on hi
good afternoon. g welcome to our afternoon keynote here. i m a director of politics weekly and with me is the author of a new book, how free speech saved democracy. i ve known chris forprobably better than 30 years . currently he s executive ec director of the national publishing and censorship and before that he had a long stint overseeing american booksellers foundation of free expression and so chris, i thought we would begin their. with some of your earlier background and your interest in this whole free speech movement and how that will keep us free. i ve been doing this for over 40 years now and i got involved in the early 80s when i was looking for a job after i left graduate school and i found an ad in the new york times when they used to have classified ads and it was for a coordinator for a first amendment trade association. i had no idea what that was. but it sounded like me. that sounded like a great opportunity. i was very interested in the issue. at one poin