is this microphone hunt? it is. i am with the alabama book smith on behalf of our dedicated staff and also book sellers in the entire crew in the geniuses that penguin press who publish the book the literary world has anticipated for half a century. it is my privilege and pleasure to show you a mockingbird interview. also high all to the viewers on c-span. listening to the big screen to talk about the stories each attendee has received a signed first edition of the mockingbird next door with their ticket. if you would like extra copies for friends and forgives they are available at alabama books.com. to soak up the ambiance of the early 20th century book that has been lovingly restored to its original charm. the final perk for one lucky patron to walk away tonight with the 50th anniversary edition to kill a mockingbird bookplate signed by harper lee. we have a distinguished visitor that replies to the increase for what you have written down and then the drawing for th
this is about an hour and 20 minutes. let s see if this mic is hot. it is. good evening. right on cue. i am jake reese with alabama booksmith and on behalf of our dedicated staff of awesome booksellers and this entire crew at the magnificent alabama theater and the geniuses at penguin press who have published the book the literary world has anticipated for half a century. it is my privilege and pleasure to welcome you to a mockingbird tribute. we also say a big hi y all to the viewers on c-span. the theater audience has enjoyed watching and hearing catherine check in with them on the big screen tell personal harper lee stories before the start of the main event. each attendee has received a signed first edition of the mockingbird next door with their ticket. many of you wanted extra copies for friends and for gifts. they are available at alabama booksmith.com. the folks sitting here will also soak up the ambience from this early 20th century movie palace that has been lov
question i have regards accountability. you were saying before someone in the private sector has a certain job description. they are hired to do a job. they don t do the job come under fire. if you re in the government and you don t do the job you move to another division. plus i learned in college there are games played with the budget. so you ve got a certain amount of budget and you ve only used 70% of that, you better figure out how to spend 30% next week. exact way. .. you re voting on a bill that will cost $200 million. you need to see the feasibility of the money you re spending and how it will affect your constituents. that people need to see the exact same thing. pure accountability. let it be posted for a month before you can vote, online for every citizen. that s one example of accountability or let me give you second one i think hold people accountable. they are not accountable because there in washington and you were here. i wouldn t care about gfi 3000 miles a
hands by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. the acclaimed play, a trip to bountiful began on television in 1953. last year, it was revived on broadway with an outstanding cast with cicely tyson and vanessa williams. the accolades join some 11 grammy nominations, one tony. i m out of breath. look at a scene from a trip to bountiful. it s here in los angeles. well, it s for her own good. she s crazy! why do you talk like that? you know momma you know momma isn t crazy. stop saying things like that. you better do something or she s going to go out someplace. she ll get to bountiful and die from the excitement. do you know what a thing like that can cost? do you realize she had it this morning? you told me 100 times. i m trying to tell you what you can do about it. call the police. i m not going to call the police. you re not? i think i will. i m anxious to see this with my friend blair underwood. the play was so beautiful.
in 88, you may recall that jesse did better than any other second place candidate. those persons that we got registered voted for me in 1989. it was a four-way race. the metropolitan transit authority. the most articulate and knowledgeable person i have ever encountered. the conventional wisdom was that we would not win. you have to get 40% to avoid a runoff. election, general 9/11 has not yet occurred. a margin of only 50,000. to what do you attribute that? my response was always, why do you ask? the answer, i believe, is racism. we lost by about the same margin in 1990. in the book i mentioned racism, but that is not the total reason. in 1989 if have one a lot of white folks had not voted or me. laterainly did not lose of the solely because black that did not vote for me. well insm is alive and our country and certainly new york. it is not as bad as it once was. dr. king sy that dream has not yet been realized and things are not what they need to be. but thank god would t