Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Xq institute. Lincoln financial committed to helping you take charge of your financial future. The ford foundation. Working with visionaries on the frontlines of social change worldwide. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and friends of the newshour. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff president elect donald trump today renewed his efforts to discredit reports that russia has compromising information on him. On twitter, he said its all totally madeup facts by sleazebag political operatives. And, he said, they were probably released by intelligence agencies. And there were new questions about contacts between Michael Flynn, mr. Trumps Incoming National security adviser, and russias ambassador to the u. S. We will delve into tha
Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Xq institute. Lincoln financial committed to helping you take charge of your financial future. The ford foundation. Working with visionaries on the frontlines of social change worldwide. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and friends of the newshour. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff president elect donald trump today renewed his efforts to discredit reports that russia has compromising information on him. On twitter, he said its all totally madeup facts by sleazebag political operatives. And, he said, they were probably released by intelligence agencies. And there were new questions about contacts between Michael Flynn, mr. Trumps Incoming National security adviser, and russias ambassador to the u. S. We will delve into tha
Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Xq institute. Lincoln financial committed to helping you take charge of your financial future. The ford foundation. Working with visionaries on the frontlines of social change worldwide. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and friends of the newshour. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff president elect donald trump today renewed his efforts to discredit reports that russia has compromising information on him. On twitter, he said its all totally madeup facts by sleazebag political operatives. And, he said, they were probably released by intelligence agencies. And there were new questions about contacts between Michael Flynn, mr. Trumps Incoming National security adviser, and russias ambassador to the u. S. We will delve into tha
Good evening, everyone. It is so nice to see you all here in this great greenberg lounge of the new york law school. Im the director of the nyu center for the study of transformative lives, and over the past six years weve sponsored courses and Public Programs on people who have deeply affected our world for the good. Individuals like frederick douglass, margaret fuller, georgia okeefe, Martin Luther king jr. , pope francis and many others always studied in context. Not all american president s are transformative. [laughter] but some have been. As members of Tonights Panel know well. My own interest is focused on lincoln and his times. It is my belief that students who spend an entire semester studying a person like lincoln or douglass or king or elizabeth candidacy stanton cady stanton, will never forget them. The centers chief ally over the years has been the biography seminar at nyu. Founded in the 1970s by eileen ward, the nyu professor and acclaimed author. For decades this group
Your calls will senator bernie sanders, dana perino and former Florida Governor and senator, bob graham. Thats a look at author programs book tv is covering this week. Look for them to air in the near future on book tv on cspan2. Now a president ial history by eye byagographers and authors. This recorded prior to the president ial election on november 8. Host beginning, everyone. It is so nice see you all here in this great greenburg lounge of the new york law school. Im the director of the nyu center for the today of transformative lives, and over the past six years we have sponsored courses and Public Programs on people who have deeply affected our world for the good. Individuals like frederick douglass, margaret fuller, george okeefe, mart are Martin Luther king, jr. , pope francis, and many others always studied in context. Not all american president s are transformative. But some have been. As members of Tonights Panel know well. My own interest as focused on lincoln and his times