Apartment of the college of arts and sciences, it is my all my martyr. Alma mater. Handsrst book, invisible was published in 2009, she is here today to talk about your city fear city. Please welcome her. [applause] thank you sofein much for everyone for coming tonight and to the Historical Society for having me here. Here in part be because i am, myself, a native of brooklyn. I was born down the block. It was the apartment my parents are living and when i was born. It is especially special to be here, in particular tonight. , the new yorko daily news reprise the most famous headline in history. When President Trump pulled out of the climate accord saying, trump to planet dropdead. About thepeople know fiscal crisis of 1975 can be summed up in that original headline on the screen. President ford gave a speech to which the headline referred on october 29, 1975, at a lunch of National Press club in washington dc, the week before he and his advisers had been debating whether or not the pre
A, 1968, 1 of the longest and earliest battles of the vietnam war. Me because the military command was so out of touch with what was happening industries that they literally got a lot of Young Americans killed. General westmoreland denied the city had been taken. Denyntinued to the it for the entire time the battle was being fought. Small units of marines and troopers were being ordered to attack positions that were held by overwhelmingly superior enemy forces in entrenched positions. Tonight at 8 00 p. M. Eastern on cspans q a. Each week, American History tvs real america brings you archival films. On thursday, august 3, general John Throckmorton arrived at the white house to report on conditions in the city of detroit. As of 12 00 previous day, the responsibility for law and order in the city had been returned to state authorities. There had been little in americas recent past to prepare her for the nightmarish war streets inr 1967. It came out of the ghettos of new york and detroit
A, 1968, 1 of the longest and earliest battles of the vietnam war. Me because the military command was so out of touch with what was happening industries that they literally got a lot of Young Americans killed. General westmoreland denied the city had been taken. Denyntinued to the it for the entire time the battle was being fought. Small units of marines and troopers were being ordered to attack positions that were held by overwhelmingly superior enemy forces in entrenched positions. Tonight at 8 00 p. M. Eastern on cspans q a. Each week, American History tvs real america brings you archival films. On thursday, august 3, general John Throckmorton arrived at the white house to report on conditions in the city of detroit. As of 12 00 previous day, the responsibility for law and order in the city had been returned to state authorities. There had been little in americas recent past to prepare her for the nightmarish war streets inr 1967. It came out of the ghettos of new york and detroit
The Southeast Pennsylvania Transit Authority in philadelphia has it did i know. Know has it done. Metro link, theyve got it done. How were they able to do it, but other major railroads have not . Reporter in a letter to the Senate Committee on commerce, science and transportation, the mta chairman said while significant progress has been made, new yorks heavily congested Commuter Rail environment has challenges. He wrote ptc was not an off the shelf product. This is a complex technology. Reporter this is the director of Government Relations for the American Public Transportation Association and skyped with us from washington, d. C. He say high costs are among the reasons. The scale of this, especially across the country, is enormous. And we want to make sure that ptc is implemented correctly. Ultimately thats the goal. Folks just need more time. Now commuter advocates like jim hope that railroads will make the 2018 deadline. This is a technological solution. Its not easy to install. I