Good evening everybody. Thank you very much for your patience, im Bradley Graham the coowner of politics and prose along with my alyssa and on behalf of everyone here at lister auditorium, welcome. Thank you. So much for coming. We pmp have been partnering eith gw for a number of years now, sponsoring these author talks, and we are really grateful to have access to such a spacious and convenient facility here in the center of washington. We are also grateful for the support from all of you. We know you have choices on where to buy books these days and we would like to thank you for choosing to shop with the local independent bookstore. [applause] its especially exciting to be hosting ronan farrow here thise evening. He is here course to talk about his new book catch and kill. It has been two years since ronan wrote in the new yorker and jodi is riding in the new york times. Its been two years since they publish their separate exposes about Sexual Assault and harassment allegations agai
Newest exhibition, rosa parks in her own words. It is my honor to welcome members of congress, including members of the congressional black caucus, members of the rosa parks family who have come to washington for this special celebration. Can we give them a hand . [applause] and photographer donna, whose photo of miss parks is prominently displayed in a vital part of the exhibition. And all the leaders and staff of the different cultural institutions across washington including secretary of the smithsonian dr. Lonnie bunch [applause] and the archivist of the united states, mr. David very off. And our library guests and staff, and our viewers online, this is being livestreamed right now. And i have to tell you, we are radiating with joy and pride tonight because it is our pleasure to open this beautiful and compelling new exhibition about one of our countrys most beloved civil rights icons, rosa parks. The collection resonates strongly with me. After i was sworn in as the 14th librarian
About the price of the cartels have at the border. The horrifying and appalling impact that has two innocent people on both sides of the border. One of the things that i think was really important to illuminate in chapter one of the book, of what i call the caravan cartel, is that the drug cartels couldnt do it alone. I think what is shocking to people has brought that you have explicit criminal conspirators out there that are making these billions of dollars in profits and endangering lives and really, wreaking violence and have a on innocent families and children. Let the fact that you have minted benevolent charities and religious organizations that may think that there doing good deeds and of course we all know about the kind of roads that good intentions take. The religious organizations on both sides of the border that are doing service and enabling the drug cartels to make as much cash as they do. We have seen the illegal aliens caravans come across from Central America assignme
Will come back to the auditorium. Both those president here and watching at home. I am again senior fellow, burried pleased to welcome you to the second panelist of the 2019 Institute Surveillance conference. This continues the theme, focusing on oversight. With respect to two controversial programs. Surveillance on section seven oh two of Foreign Policy and a provision of section 215 that provides for a burried large scale automated collection of phone records. Both of these programs have had some serious complaints. That come to live over the past year. And so we thought it useful to examine how those arose, what the nature of the problems of the discovery is and how the Intelligence Community is responding to them and whether the response is adequate. So the discussion will be headed up by prizewinning port reporter, Charlie Savage. His book power wars is probably the best portrait of nast National Security policy making. In a president ial ministration. I will pass you on to Charli
Including a number of u. S. Prima Court Justices who have enriched our community with. Provoking we are fortunate to have welcomed several outstanding judges including a number of u. S. Approval for justice who have enriched our community with thoughtprovoking speeches. Valueeavors to guard the and architecture of liberty, equality, and solidarity found in the constitution. It is done so against the excesses of majority rule, partisanship, or president ial overreach. The Supreme Court, however, is of nine individual human beings. Each with her or his individual perspective on the balances struck in the constitution, guidepostsprecise on decision making. This year is stephen lecturer is the honorable elana kagan, associate justice of the United States of court. [applause] notably, Justice Kagan replaced Justice Stevens on the Supreme Court after the late justice announced his president barack obama appointed her to the court. Justice kagan served as the first female solicitor general of