With us tonight is mike presidency dio of the center for arts and culture. Prior to joining fort mason he was an nonprofit sf heritage in opened up the directors efficacy of the los angeles conservancy and the National Trust for Historic Preservation. We asked mike to moderate tonights program because his preservation work in los angeles is the subject of tonights talk in here in San Francisco. Thank you for being with us mike. Mike. Welcome and theyll hand the microphone over to you. Thank you so much frances. Such a pleasure to be here tonight with my two longtime friends and colleagues Ken Bernstein and Stephen Schafer to talk about their stunning new book preserving los angeles how preserving historical cities can transform americas cities published by angel city press. Dare i say this book is a monumentalda achievement in the preservation field. Ken has devoted his career h to enhancing the heritage of los angeles and when i joined in 2006 i had big shoes to fill. Ken had just lef
The presidency, h. W. Brands looked at gerald ford in the context of the 19700s when he served as House Minority leader, Vice President and then president. Exploring the american story, watch with American History tv the saturdays on cspan2. And find a full schedule on your Program Guide or watch online anytime a cspan. Org history. Us tonight is mike buehler. He will introduce our speakers momentarily. Mike is president and ceo of Fort Mason Center for arts and and culture and a longtime Historic Preservationist. Prior to joining fort mason, he led stress historic nonprofit ss heritage. The he has worked at the los angeles conservancy and regional attorney for the National Trust for Historic Preservation. We asked mike to moderate tonights program because of his preservation work in both los angeles, the subject of tonights talk, and here in San Francisco. Thank you for being with us, mike. Welcome, and im goingin to hand the mic over to you. Thank you so much, francis. Its such a ple
Has driven millions of people from their homes. Including more than 2 million who fled across the border to turkey. The poverty has compelled many Refugee Families to send their children to work, turning their sons and daughters into bread winners. One of them is hussein omar, who fled syria last year after his neighborhood was shelled. At 10 years old, he told us he works a 12hour day, sometimes, six days a week, selling vegetables. Do you know how to read and write . Translator no, he told us. He only had one year of school before the war began. Reporter would you look to learn to read and write . Yes. Reporter but as long as syrias civil war raises the chances of hussein ever getting an education are slim. We filmed hussein with our hidden camera at work in the market. His wages of 25 a week help buy bread for this family of nine. A little boy, toiling long hours, for low pay. And a bleak future. Like so many other boys and girls still victims of a war they came here to escape. Many
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Worlds 1. 2 billion catholics arrived outside washington for a fiveday visit that will include the first papal address to congress. Pope francis didnt speak at the airport, but we talked to him shortly before he left rome. The vatican invited 60 minutes to have a word. We wanted to talk to the pope about his trip and his recently declared year of mercy, but we found the pope keeps his plans under his hat. What is your goal for america . To meet people, he told us, just to meet with them. What can the faithful expect from the year of mercy . The mercy of god is so great, it will surprise us all. Will you speak of immigration and the dispossessed in america . I shall talk about what the holy spirit will inspire me to say. As we reached out with a parting gift, we were surprised to hear the one request made by a pilgrim before his first trip to the United States. Pray for me. I need it. God bless you. The popes blessing. Conveyed on to millions of americans in week, and chip reid is cover