And probably even pasadena. [laughing] thank you. My pleasure. Thank you everyone for joining us for the savings event. My name is kim sutton and and a host of tonight event. Before we begin i want to encourage you all to check out our lineup of upcoming Virtual Events by visiting powells. Com. When affirming Upcoming Events were looking for to is Tiffany Cross in conversation with about her new book say it lighter, black voters, white narratives and saving our democracy. Thats next friday the 18th. As a plea for member to follow us on twitter, facebook and instagram. Tonight we honor to welcome Leonard Mlodinow and rob paulsen. Leonard received his phd in theoretical physics from university of california at berkeley come wasnt alexander fellow at the Max Planck Institute and was on the faculty of telephone institute of technology. His previous books include bestsellers the grand design, and a briefer history of time both with Stephen Hawking can subliminal which was a winner of the li
Coming up tonight. Senator and republican president ial candidate marco rubio on his book money american dreams. At 7 30, Jessica Jackley cofounder of a microlend are looks at the impact of entrepreneurs living in poor countries. At 8 30 eastern thomas cleanston, former secretary of state for east asian and Pacific Affairs weighs in on the issues pertain to the issue of chinas rise and military economy. And then at 10 00 eastern, ralph nader discusses his book return to sender on the unansweres letters to george w. Bush and barack obama and at 11 Eastern Panel discussion on new orleans after hurricane katrina. Youre watching booktv on cspan. Were at the university of southern california, interviewing professors who are also authors and were pleased to be joined by jody agi vallejo. Professor, what do you teach here . I teach classes in sociology and immigration Race Ethnicity we look at how todays immigrants and their children are incorporating into American Society use we invited you
I want to echo the Ranking Member for her comment. We want the best care for our parents and theyve earned it. Im hearing an opportunity in the next 2030 years to affect the debt. Like some of you, i have a personal experience to this. I do have a mother and [laughs] shes 89. Shes very tech savvy, this aging in place is a new phase for her. My wifes mother is younger and has been diagnosed with alzheimers. Im very excited about what you are doing with the va. You have a Perfect Laboratory to answer some of these questions that youre hearing typically about cost, acceptability. Sometimes in denial about need. Secondly, you have a medical staff that might be less than receptive potentially to some of these new technologies or not. Maybe its a perfect lab to develop these. I would like to get your experience about cost, general experience and medical staff that you deal with. We have an example of a device that would be in place in veterans home. Im not going to turn it on. This monitors
They will turn to journalists to recount what so many indoor it and what none of us can forget. Amid the devastating numbers more than 1800 lives lost. And more than 1 million americans displaced, a million homes destroyed across five states. 150 billion in economic damage. Amid all of those numbers, americans will also look for answers. How much progress have we made in the years since katrina particularly in new orleans which was the hardest hit community and what are we doing to continue supporting the housing and overall recovery in the affected communities . Today is about providing answers but its also about more than that. We are also reaffirming their commitment to the people of the gulf to continue working with them and for them until the job of recovery is complete. You see, as long as there are people who want to come home and communities that need to be rebuilt, our job is not done. Thats the true meaning of commemoration. Not to simply mark a day on our calendars but to en
Saturday live coverage of president ial candidates at the iowa state fair continues. We will hear from Chris Christie at noon and bobby jindel and then on sunday Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker holds a meeting. And then we are live at the Minneapolis Book testival. On sunday morning at 10, author and columnist chairs her critical thoughts on the relationship with millennials. And helping improve relationships between the public after the king assassination and the riots. In his book, bibliotech john palfrey talks about some of the challenges libraries face. He is head of school at the Phillips Academy in massachusetts and the Founding Member of the digital Public Library. He talked at the free library in philadelphia earlier this year. Good evening, everyone. I would like to remind you no flash photography is presented during the event. Following the event a book signing will take place in the lobby and dont forget most of the author events are offered as podcast at freelibrary. Org. I