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york city. he's contributed data that has been very, very important for scientists who are working on projects today. and that actually is how i became interested in randel in the first place. there's the book, there's randel. later in life. the book came out of an article that i was doing on an exhibit that was here at the museum of the city of new york in 2009. eric johnson of the conservation society had moved to knight from california. he'd been browsing, and he'd happened to cross this book, manhattan and maps, which is an extraordinary collection of of new york city's history in maps that paul cohen and robert augustine did. and he was looking through it, and he fell upon this page. many of you are familiar with story, but i just want to explain a little bit because of the connection to randel. he fell upon the british headquarters map, and it was done during the occupation. and eric sanderson is an ecologist, became just struck by the fact that there was so much topographical detail, and
york city. he's contributed data that has been very, very important for scientists who are working on projects today. and that actually is how i became interested in randel in the first place. there's the book, there's randel. later in life. the book came out of an article that i was doing on an exhibit that was here at the museum of the city of new york in 2009. eric johnson of the conservation society had moved to knight from california. he'd been browsing, and he'd happened to cross this...
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that is essentially the end of randall's time of new york city. this is huge crash deadline his wife helped 10 and painted some of them members of frenzy to get them in on time he gets a little bit of debt extension then fennecs stage of his career over several decades ago go through this quickly if anyone has questions, please ask that he worked on the delaware canal he worked on the erie canal and got into a terrific froude -- feud with benjamin wright and published a pamphlet originally published 1821 criticizing the plan for the eastern third of the canal. actually the commissioners paid randel to issue the pamphlet. it was also political move as well. but if you read it you get the sense he is passionate about precision if they just follow the map and just measured correctly they would need truce that the plan of benjamin wright was not the best. he seems difficult for that reason because it is so exacting that there is something lovely about reading his deep-seated true beliefs of people got things right and rarely measured about carefully t
that is essentially the end of randall's time of new york city. this is huge crash deadline his wife helped 10 and painted some of them members of frenzy to get them in on time he gets a little bit of debt extension then fennecs stage of his career over several decades ago go through this quickly if anyone has questions, please ask that he worked on the delaware canal he worked on the erie canal and got into a terrific froude -- feud with benjamin wright and published a pamphlet originally...
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in new york city it's 3 out of 100,000. new york city has saved more lives many traffic than were lost since september 11th than were lost on september 11th. and, in fact, if our entire country were to share new york city's accident rate, we would save 24,000 lives a year. there's a big difference between urban living and suburban or rural living in terms of that aspect of our lives. and, again, in the short term we can build -- in the long term, we can build places to be safer n. the short term we can decide to live in more urban environments. a wonderful study, you know, dick jackson famously asked the question in what sort of city are you most likely to wake -- most likely the to die in a pool of blood. that's how he puts it to his audiences. [laughter] and they compared murder by strangers, crime, to car crashes and added the two together and looked at portland, vancouver and seattle. you were 15% safer in the grittiest inner city that the leafy, wealthy suburbs. and we move to the suburbs for the safety of our children
in new york city it's 3 out of 100,000. new york city has saved more lives many traffic than were lost since september 11th than were lost on september 11th. and, in fact, if our entire country were to share new york city's accident rate, we would save 24,000 lives a year. there's a big difference between urban living and suburban or rural living in terms of that aspect of our lives. and, again, in the short term we can build -- in the long term, we can build places to be safer n. the short...
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after this period with the roads and canals he did come back to new york city and that is what i am going to talk a little bit about now. he came back to promote his idea as an elevated railroad. he wanted -- and i think this also speaks to what kind of person he was. he didn't just see the plan of the city. he saw a movement in the city and thought about how people were going to get around and how the island was going to develop. he was one of many people that came up with the plan for an elevated railroad and there are some wonderful distinction in the newspapers he gets into a few of some other designers referring to them as sort of stealing all of his ideas. but in fact they had taken a lot of his ideas. he had great support from a bunch of scientific organizations but ultimately his model was presented at the new york crystal palace in 1853, and a sample of it is detected here not accepted and he lost many years advocating and he lost an enormous amount of money because he had a working model that was hugely intricate and made in philadelphia. the reason i know how it was made is the
after this period with the roads and canals he did come back to new york city and that is what i am going to talk a little bit about now. he came back to promote his idea as an elevated railroad. he wanted -- and i think this also speaks to what kind of person he was. he didn't just see the plan of the city. he saw a movement in the city and thought about how people were going to get around and how the island was going to develop. he was one of many people that came up with the plan for an...
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an expose of the publishing business in new york city. [laughter] and instead of showing disappointment he said that's a terrific idea. i have a great tight for you. i don't think there are any great titles left. i said one, your book an expose on the publishing business in new york city would be called "my last book." [laughter] and he meant it. [laughter] okay. [laughter] [applause] questionings. open mic. go ahead. >> i want to ask you something that is alluding to the comment on al gore. you know that you have been studying the white house for forty years. you know people have their own perspective. they want to be saying things.. if you're the president you have to listen to all the people. over your forty years, how did the presidents react? which ones really did a good job listening and making decisions? >> that's a great question. in journalism, the great art, it's hard is to really listen. and the key to getting people to talk is take them as seriously as they take themselves. that's one common feature. most people in government,
an expose of the publishing business in new york city. [laughter] and instead of showing disappointment he said that's a terrific idea. i have a great tight for you. i don't think there are any great titles left. i said one, your book an expose on the publishing business in new york city would be called "my last book." [laughter] and he meant it. [laughter] okay. [laughter] [applause] questionings. open mic. go ahead. >> i want to ask you something that is alluding to the...
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why don't we redeploy the new york intel squad to global cities one by one? one to singapore, one to frankfurt, one to hong kong, one to rio, send them to the places where we are likely to get valuable information. let them coordinate and cooperate with the intel unit in other cities around the world. let do city to city security intelligence gathering. for the last seven or eighth or nine years that's what new york city has been doing. i can't say i'm not a security expert that's the reason we haven't suffered another serious attack. i'm sure that's what it has to do with it. i've heard, i've interviewed people that say new york's intelligence is among the best in the united states. i don't think it's a coincidence that intelligence comes from city to city intelligence cooperation. there's no area i can imagine where cooperation among cities directly cannot enhance the solution of problems among politicians and mayors who are compelled to solve their problems if they're going to stay in office. do you can't away with the crap that goes on in washington today
why don't we redeploy the new york intel squad to global cities one by one? one to singapore, one to frankfurt, one to hong kong, one to rio, send them to the places where we are likely to get valuable information. let them coordinate and cooperate with the intel unit in other cities around the world. let do city to city security intelligence gathering. for the last seven or eighth or nine years that's what new york city has been doing. i can't say i'm not a security expert that's the reason we...
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we have to share the high-profile trials because we set in new york city. the life in new york city is a very dynamic type of judgeship because were really pretty much where the action side. i think terrorist cases. you name it, we've had it. >> heavy separate professionally from personal life. i guess this is a consuming position. >> is certified to believe i have been integrated by it. i'm a musician. i wrote this at the tender age of 78. the reason why did i decide to believe they need more transparency about what we're all about here at the public doesn't have a lot of awareness or understanding. the whole trick is to bridge that gap and a federal court judge right about that will be an entertaining book that at the same time people learn an awful lot about were all about, how you become a federal court judge. they're such a need for that. >> he sat on the bunch for a long time now. tell us what are your biggest cases. >> i've had a lot of them. they're all in the book. did peter gotti trial which was a major case. i was one of the profound race rights
we have to share the high-profile trials because we set in new york city. the life in new york city is a very dynamic type of judgeship because were really pretty much where the action side. i think terrorist cases. you name it, we've had it. >> heavy separate professionally from personal life. i guess this is a consuming position. >> is certified to believe i have been integrated by it. i'm a musician. i wrote this at the tender age of 78. the reason why did i decide to believe...
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he emigrated in 1846 with his mother arriving in new york city. he was not a great student. he arrived precise at the moment that he would become a letter, except that he was expected to perform -- his mother enrolled him in school, he went to school. on the first school. on first aid and globally global it directed him into life after the that was a spanking line. so he went home at lunch and said i'm never going back to school. although she did the other schools forum, german speaking schools, it. made one catholic school, it didn't fit. i 13 he was basically on the streets every day. the result of which was at 15 he gave up entirely on education of doctors way into a job with the illustrated press, frank buckley. this is a drawing of himself doing that. into the always they like to draw himself a short and messy and not terribly defined. so he worked for frank leslie and then more meaningfully and much longer for harper's weekly. oath of which were dueling banjos so to speak of illustrated newspapers. he primarily moved to harper's weekly because frank leslie didn't like
he emigrated in 1846 with his mother arriving in new york city. he was not a great student. he arrived precise at the moment that he would become a letter, except that he was expected to perform -- his mother enrolled him in school, he went to school. on the first school. on first aid and globally global it directed him into life after the that was a spanking line. so he went home at lunch and said i'm never going back to school. although she did the other schools forum, german speaking...
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at stake new york city for example. most of you probably know this 80 keep up with the news, but the city recently locked $300 million in state and federal aid, because -- lost. because the union basically refused to implement a rigorous teacher evaluation system. what you were saying before. everybody has to be evaluated. everybody has to be held accountable. this is the way the world. but the fact of the union refused to do this, and mike bloomberg to i think very rightfully stood his ground and said no. because what the union wanted was for the evaluation period, model to just be a place for two years and then it would sunset after two years. two years what happened to be the market, an effective teacher would be removed within we revert back to the old system and the mayor said no, what's the point? now, where is the public outcry? where are the people that are, you know, picking out the industry the same, you cannot deny our kids $300 million because you refuse to be held accountable and have a reasonable evaluatio
at stake new york city for example. most of you probably know this 80 keep up with the news, but the city recently locked $300 million in state and federal aid, because -- lost. because the union basically refused to implement a rigorous teacher evaluation system. what you were saying before. everybody has to be evaluated. everybody has to be held accountable. this is the way the world. but the fact of the union refused to do this, and mike bloomberg to i think very rightfully stood his ground...
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were to share new york city's accident rate always a 24,000 lives a year. it's a big difference between urban living in suburban or rural living in terms of that aspect of our lives. in the short-term -- a long-term rebuild to be safer. we can decide to live our urban environments. a wonderful study. jackson famously asked of the environment. most likely to die in a pool of blood? that site that features audiences. compared murdered by strangers, crime to car crashes and not at the two together in portland, vancouver and seattle. all 15 places were safe in the inner-city than the wealthy suburbs because the combination of those two. finally, asthma. 14 americans die every day from asset. it's three times the rate of the 90s entirely due to automotive exhaust. 90%. pollution is that what used to be. the sickest places are those which are the most part append a period in phoenix you got four months out of the here that healthy people are not supposed to live houses because of the amount of driving going on. what's the solution? city. finally, the most interes
were to share new york city's accident rate always a 24,000 lives a year. it's a big difference between urban living in suburban or rural living in terms of that aspect of our lives. in the short-term -- a long-term rebuild to be safer. we can decide to live our urban environments. a wonderful study. jackson famously asked of the environment. most likely to die in a pool of blood? that site that features audiences. compared murdered by strangers, crime to car crashes and not at the two together...
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he spends the night in and around new york city to search to find a gun. i have no idea how, but he comes back in the morning, and what is incredible is this is a man that he goes before congress and says it was a dangerous congress, but it's a man with $300 in the pocket and couldn't buy a gun. how dangerous could he have been? guns are not hard to get in the united states. he was unable to. yet, this is a man that the fbi director portrays as a dangerous terrorist that their counterterrorism operation was able to foil. >> did you see evidence of the approach leaking from counterterrorism or from specifically going after alleged muslims, islamist terrorists to other communities? >> yeah, you see this significantly in, you know, more so among left wing actists, there's a group charged with trying to bomb a bridge over a river in ohio. this was a group of so-called an ark kisses, no capacity on their own for a crime, but an informant provided everything needed to move forward a -- in a bombing plot. there was a similar case in chicago in the last nato summi
he spends the night in and around new york city to search to find a gun. i have no idea how, but he comes back in the morning, and what is incredible is this is a man that he goes before congress and says it was a dangerous congress, but it's a man with $300 in the pocket and couldn't buy a gun. how dangerous could he have been? guns are not hard to get in the united states. he was unable to. yet, this is a man that the fbi director portrays as a dangerous terrorist that their counterterrorism...
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take right here in new york city. doesn't matter where you send your kid to school, doesn't matter whether at it is, you hae to make the decision you think is in the best interests of your kids. you can't let politics or guilt or anything else make you send your kid to one school or another. but there is something you can do to help the situation. let's take new york city for example most of you probably know this but the city recently lost $300 million in state and federal aid because the union basically refused to implement a rigorous teacher evaluation system. everybody has to be evaluated. everybody has to be held accountable. it's the way of the world. but the union refused to do this, and mike bloomberg, who i think very rightfully, stood his ground and said, no. because what the union wanted was for the evaluation model to just be in place for two years and then sunset after two years, two years, which happened to be the market an ineffective teacher would be removed and then we re vert back to the sold system.
take right here in new york city. doesn't matter where you send your kid to school, doesn't matter whether at it is, you hae to make the decision you think is in the best interests of your kids. you can't let politics or guilt or anything else make you send your kid to one school or another. but there is something you can do to help the situation. let's take new york city for example most of you probably know this but the city recently lost $300 million in state and federal aid because the...
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materialized in new york city which called itself occupy and wall street. it highlighted a concern that some americans had for something that has been true of our collective existence from the very beginning. that is that we have a great interest in fondness for the rich. that is true. we are also an intensely and deeply space people in terms of our ideals and by democracy here i am referring to what tocqueville described as equality of condition, and he found a higher level of equality of condition in america than anyplace she had any knowledge john oberst. he also discovered that indeed americans like money. thinking about it and talking about it how did you take these to to things that logically are in conflict with one another if you are going to treasurer ecology how do you simultaneously treasure the rich? is there a paradox if keith will broadly speaking it is a small book that i wrote and along comes. some americans have decided that we are in a place now where it is not possible to reconcile for wealth with a love of democracy and equality that in
materialized in new york city which called itself occupy and wall street. it highlighted a concern that some americans had for something that has been true of our collective existence from the very beginning. that is that we have a great interest in fondness for the rich. that is true. we are also an intensely and deeply space people in terms of our ideals and by democracy here i am referring to what tocqueville described as equality of condition, and he found a higher level of equality of...
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in 1846 with his mother arriving in new york city. he was not a great student because he arrived precisely at the moment that you would become literate, except that he was expected to perform a human language he did not speak. his mother enrolled him in an english speaking school. a little boy directed into line and returned at that was was a staking line and he went home at lunch does not i'm never going back to school. although she did find other schools for him, german-speaking schools, it didn't fit. by 1 13 is basic on the street every day, the result of which that at 15 he gave up entirely on his education and talked his way into a job with the illustrated press. this is his drawing of himself doing the. and you can see that always he liked to draw himself as short and messy and not terribly defined. so he worked first for frank leslie, and then more meaningfully and much longer for harper's weekly. those of which were dueling banjo's so to speak. and he primarily moved to harper's because frank leslie didn't like to pay his emp
in 1846 with his mother arriving in new york city. he was not a great student because he arrived precisely at the moment that you would become literate, except that he was expected to perform a human language he did not speak. his mother enrolled him in an english speaking school. a little boy directed into line and returned at that was was a staking line and he went home at lunch does not i'm never going back to school. although she did find other schools for him, german-speaking schools, it...
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he returned to new york city in the 1970s and became a successful cinematographer, still is. and often filmed with social content. one of the first films he worked on was harlem county, u.s.a.. elliott when'd to harvard and after four years of elizabeth irwin, more like-minded than the associates which he did and they would go on to become the core of the neo conservatives which in the 80s release 4 of fight against a lot of the advancements counterculture of the 60s had made an in the student occupation of harvard in the spring of 1969 and a year after columbia, they formed the committee to keep harvard open and to this day elliot talk about at as the high point of his university career. it is important to know he stayed a democrat until he worked for reagan's election and got into the administration and rose quickly, then he became a republican and in the administration he became embroiled in the iran-contra scandal. angela attended brandeis, an east coast school that didn't help her feelings of alienation and she joined the communist party usa and first rose to national pr
he returned to new york city in the 1970s and became a successful cinematographer, still is. and often filmed with social content. one of the first films he worked on was harlem county, u.s.a.. elliott when'd to harvard and after four years of elizabeth irwin, more like-minded than the associates which he did and they would go on to become the core of the neo conservatives which in the 80s release 4 of fight against a lot of the advancements counterculture of the 60s had made an in the student...
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he returned to new york city in the 1970's and became a successful cinematographer and still lives often with films with social content. one of the first was harlan county usa. elliott went to harvard and after four years of elisabeth irwin he thought he could find more like-minded associates, which he did and they would go on to become the core of the neoconservative switch in the 80's would fight against a lot of the advancement of the counterculture also have made. in the student occupation of harvard which was in the spring of 1969 a year after columbia, those friends formed the committee to keep harvard open and to the snake eliot talks about that about the high point of the university career. it's important that he stay at democrat until he worked for ronald reagan's election when he got to the administration then he became a republican. and in the administration he became embroiled in the contra scandal. the attended brandeis and another east coast mostly white school which didn't help the feelings of alienation. she joined the communist party usa and rose to national prominence w
he returned to new york city in the 1970's and became a successful cinematographer and still lives often with films with social content. one of the first was harlan county usa. elliott went to harvard and after four years of elisabeth irwin he thought he could find more like-minded associates, which he did and they would go on to become the core of the neoconservative switch in the 80's would fight against a lot of the advancement of the counterculture also have made. in the student occupation...
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new york city, in the year 2000, had 16.7 million people. so you divide that by 106,800 which consecutive gives you the blue column. that was easy, my score for the year 2000, because the answers were there for me nene economist world and figures. go back to very back into the past. how about the year 1900? in that year some debate among historians but most agree london was the biggest city in the world. london had about 6.6 million people roughly in the year 1900. divide that again by 106,800, and in 1900, the western core scored 61.8 points. biggest city in the east in 1900 is tokyo again, 1.75 million people. divide by 106,800 people. tokyo scores 16.37 points, which is what you see in the red column on the left. so i just keep doing this. 1800, 1700, 1600, so on. the nature of the evidence changes, the margin of error fluctuate getting into archeological material. so we get down to settlements of 1,000 people which scored .01 points, and i stopped point. what you get for the one trait of social organization, you get this graph with dates
new york city, in the year 2000, had 16.7 million people. so you divide that by 106,800 which consecutive gives you the blue column. that was easy, my score for the year 2000, because the answers were there for me nene economist world and figures. go back to very back into the past. how about the year 1900? in that year some debate among historians but most agree london was the biggest city in the world. london had about 6.6 million people roughly in the year 1900. divide that again by 106,800,...
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in new york city, then you at least part of a controlled regulation of guns in the city. and the five boroughs of new york was by name. that company could not so its guns here. the problem with this attack on the clock was that it was factually incorrect. most airport screening machines for x-ray machines, not magnetometers. split large dense piece of plastic shaped like a gun, looks like a gun on the screening machine if anyone bothers to look at it. moreover, the slide if you imagine a pistol with a large rectangular piece on top with solid steel in any case. and by weight, the clock was mostly metal. so the whole attack which is completely missing the. i interviewed gun control advocates who were involved in ms. and they conceded to me, we just screwed up. but it is a terrible mistake from their point of view because by making the clock victorious, improved its image in the eyes of people who liked guns and made it a favorite overnight at the nra, which otherwise might have been skeptical of an import challenging smith & wesson. in new york, this issue came to head in
in new york city, then you at least part of a controlled regulation of guns in the city. and the five boroughs of new york was by name. that company could not so its guns here. the problem with this attack on the clock was that it was factually incorrect. most airport screening machines for x-ray machines, not magnetometers. split large dense piece of plastic shaped like a gun, looks like a gun on the screening machine if anyone bothers to look at it. moreover, the slide if you imagine a pistol...
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tony kushner, of course, lives in new york city, the recipient of of two pulitzer prizes -- or a pulitzer prize, two tony awards, an emmy, the critics' choice for best adapted screenplay and, of course, he's up for an oscar in just nine days. and, frankly, it should win, at least here in the abraham lincoln book shop it certainly should because it made a different statement than anyone else has in all of these years on lincoln on film. and made the biggest difference, i think, than other films that in their own genre, i don't think, have the same impact as this one does. he's the or author of "wonder bar" coed kitted wrestling with sue on. his plays include angels in america, home body kabul and caroline or change. his screenplays include angels in america for mike nichols in munich for steven spielberg and, of course, today's book is the screenplay for the "lincoln" movie. and there's a forward by doris kearns goodwin. 164 pages, $15.95 for the paperback, and you can order while we're live or a little later on as well we'll have signed copy cans for you. as well we have harold holzer, an
tony kushner, of course, lives in new york city, the recipient of of two pulitzer prizes -- or a pulitzer prize, two tony awards, an emmy, the critics' choice for best adapted screenplay and, of course, he's up for an oscar in just nine days. and, frankly, it should win, at least here in the abraham lincoln book shop it certainly should because it made a different statement than anyone else has in all of these years on lincoln on film. and made the biggest difference, i think, than other films...
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in 1846 with his mother, writing in new york city. he was not a great student because he arrived precisely at the moment that he would become literate. except that he was expected to perform and speak a language that he did not speak. he went to school on the first day and the little boy directed them to a line and that turned out that that was a spanking line. [laughter] it didn't stick. by age 13, he was basically on the street every day. the results of which that he gave up entirely and talked his way into a job with an impresario of the illustrated press. and you can see that he was short and not terribly defined in terms of his physique. so he worked for us for franklin read and then for harper's weekly. both of which were dueling banjo is. he primarily did not like to pay his employees. which was awkward. he had an enduring place in history. in his time come he was the most famous cartoonist in the united states and he produced not just cartoons, but illustrations and drawings for harper's weekly until the 1880s. the illustratio
in 1846 with his mother, writing in new york city. he was not a great student because he arrived precisely at the moment that he would become literate. except that he was expected to perform and speak a language that he did not speak. he went to school on the first day and the little boy directed them to a line and that turned out that that was a spanking line. [laughter] it didn't stick. by age 13, he was basically on the street every day. the results of which that he gave up entirely and...
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not that i came away from new york city to enjoy a chorus line of presidential assassins, but mostly because of the virtue of the man who brought one of them back to life. i was there to visit chester woods, it once belonged to the artist responsible for the abraham lincoln sculpture in the lincoln memorial. a nonsedating four-hour bus ride from port authority to see the room where some chesler came up with the marble statue, for some reason none of my friends wanted to come wife. because i had to stay overnight, and this being new england, the only place to stay was a bed and breakfast. it was a lovely old country mansion operated by amiable people that said that i am not a bed and breakfast person. i understand why other people would want to stay in them, they are pretty impersonal and queens and that is a polite way of saying no tv. they are romantic, and example every object large enough for a flower printed on it will have a flower printed on it. [laughter] every conceivable flat surface is covered in knickknacks. except for the one that a woman longs for come a remote control.
not that i came away from new york city to enjoy a chorus line of presidential assassins, but mostly because of the virtue of the man who brought one of them back to life. i was there to visit chester woods, it once belonged to the artist responsible for the abraham lincoln sculpture in the lincoln memorial. a nonsedating four-hour bus ride from port authority to see the room where some chesler came up with the marble statue, for some reason none of my friends wanted to come wife. because i had...
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he returned to new york city in the 1970s and became a successful cinematographer, still is, and often with films with social content. one of his first films that he worked on was harlan county, usa. elliot went to harvard, and after four years of elizabeth irwin, i think he thought he'd find more like-minded associates, can which -- which he did. and they would go on to become the core of, um, the neoconservatives which would in the '80s really sort of fight against a lot of the advancements that the counterculture of the '60s had made. and in the student occupation of harvard which was in the spring of 1969, a year after columbia, those friends formed a committee to keep harvard open. and to this day elliot talks about that as the high point of his university career. in the, but it's important to know that, you know, he stayed a democrat until he, um, worked for reagan's election. and then when he got into the administration and rose very quickly, then he became a republican. and in the administration he became embroiled in the iran contra scandal. angela attended brandeis, another e
he returned to new york city in the 1970s and became a successful cinematographer, still is, and often with films with social content. one of his first films that he worked on was harlan county, usa. elliot went to harvard, and after four years of elizabeth irwin, i think he thought he'd find more like-minded associates, can which -- which he did. and they would go on to become the core of, um, the neoconservatives which would in the '80s really sort of fight against a lot of the advancements...
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one of the things they did in new york city especially and sometimes new york state is the form a commission to investigate the police because by their nature they have so much power over us that they become corrupt. it's the nature of them and they do a lot of bad things. and there's never as far as i know in their recent history than any investigation of the police department in massachusetts with the fbi. and in fact as far as i know, there's never been an investigation and the fbi national the which is another big problem. so they get into a place where they are doing so many bad things and they get away with it and it becomes normal. and it's criminal, but they are doing it and its normal. so, why isn't there any push? or the devotees blue-ribbon commissions to investigate police heroes. >> the scale is so much different. there are 22,000 police officers but you raise a very good question. i am convinced from 30 years of investigation if your work directs boston it has to be on the table. that's probably too sweeping and i'm sure that there are exceptions. if you don't take in those sco
one of the things they did in new york city especially and sometimes new york state is the form a commission to investigate the police because by their nature they have so much power over us that they become corrupt. it's the nature of them and they do a lot of bad things. and there's never as far as i know in their recent history than any investigation of the police department in massachusetts with the fbi. and in fact as far as i know, there's never been an investigation and the fbi national...
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. >> i am from new york city. hi. i'm wondering if your book impacted abc, you know, the people that are in charge there, and you had to leave because you are leaning a certain way against the war? >> i don't understand the question. >> well, you did have a point of view in writing this book, and obviously it was against war, greed. and i wondered if that it anything to do with your leaving abc and going to cnn? >> okay. i would respectfully disagree with a couple of assertions embedded in that question. [laughter] the first one is that the book is antiwar. it's not antiwar. it is pro-truth about war. i'm not saying that we shouldn't have been in afghanistan and even saying that we shouldn't have been in eastern afghanist afghanistan. in kamdesh. i'm saying if you're going to send troops there we need to make sure that they have everything they need so they can fight this war. that's what i'm saying. [applause] i did write it in such a way so that, because i don't offer many opinions in the book, that people can draw
. >> i am from new york city. hi. i'm wondering if your book impacted abc, you know, the people that are in charge there, and you had to leave because you are leaning a certain way against the war? >> i don't understand the question. >> well, you did have a point of view in writing this book, and obviously it was against war, greed. and i wondered if that it anything to do with your leaving abc and going to cnn? >> okay. i would respectfully disagree with a couple of...
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york state like we have in new york city. public financing of elections to limit the influence of real estate and wall street in elections. and that's actually something that we can directly get involved in as citizens of new york state, to help lead the way in the country to limit what juan was talking about, money in elections. >> let me make one observation here. let me put a couple things together. when that hedge fund guy came after me, it was an interesting thing because it reflected something that i hadn't thought about before which is how could they be so touchy? what are they worried about? hey, if i just made a billion dollars on a deal and i didn't get prosecuted, why would i care what a two bit blogger says about me? i mean, you know, i'm not exactly in "the new york times" every week. what i realized was what they're worried about is a popular uproar against them. they're worried that something like occupy wall street's going to happen. because this happened before occupy wall street, when i wrote the article. th
york state like we have in new york city. public financing of elections to limit the influence of real estate and wall street in elections. and that's actually something that we can directly get involved in as citizens of new york state, to help lead the way in the country to limit what juan was talking about, money in elections. >> let me make one observation here. let me put a couple things together. when that hedge fund guy came after me, it was an interesting thing because it...
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i live in new york city. he's here in washington. that's where the organization is, and i tried to get, talk quite frequently, but he's the man that's built this organization so no misunderstandings about that. i also wanted to recognize ambassador from the philippines. we worked together for many years. he ran one of our biggest companies in the philippines, and i'm delighted that he's been recognized to be the ambassador to the united states, and now in writing this book, there was -- there were hundreds of thousands of people at aig who worked with me for years, and i believe that their story had to be told, how did we get from when we went public, we went public, at $300 million of market central. when i left at the end of march 2005, it was $180 billion. we had great growth, and that was accomplished by many, many people, and their story had to be told, many left aig, and i'll get into that in a moment. aig was an outgrowth of the star companies. this is a small collection of insurance company. the founder put it together. i joi
i live in new york city. he's here in washington. that's where the organization is, and i tried to get, talk quite frequently, but he's the man that's built this organization so no misunderstandings about that. i also wanted to recognize ambassador from the philippines. we worked together for many years. he ran one of our biggest companies in the philippines, and i'm delighted that he's been recognized to be the ambassador to the united states, and now in writing this book, there was -- there...
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geithner was the head of the new york fed. city was right in new york, right in his backyard. city noel was going on? did he just find that out later? how did you find out? supposed to have to examine as they're all the time. where were they? and so it's a lot of people who take the sec, the investment bank's. they have leverage with capital. why would you let that happen. they had six months between restaurants and what happened afterwards. what to the ever do? to blame industry, like the others and the other side of responsibilities. >> we have another question. >> will this carries parts is the fact that it took five years. what we do about that? this will be subject to political pressure. >> of course they have. look what happened within run. the awning firm went out of business. one of the biggest investors in the country. so the least to get out of there. >> what to do but it? >> we have to bring the pendulum back to center and not go wild. you were focused and obviously have the largest what advice would you give it to smaller companies. are you concerned about these de
geithner was the head of the new york fed. city was right in new york, right in his backyard. city noel was going on? did he just find that out later? how did you find out? supposed to have to examine as they're all the time. where were they? and so it's a lot of people who take the sec, the investment bank's. they have leverage with capital. why would you let that happen. they had six months between restaurants and what happened afterwards. what to the ever do? to blame industry, like the...
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york city. even though it's run by blacks, primarily the same. that's what the societies about in the u.s.a. there is no difference. later during a conversation with ron williams he noted there was that one person who is screaming i want more iced tea. it was like going into an italian restaurant in an all-white suburb and people were sitting there and having fun with no crazy at all. he posted a transcript of the most disturbing find highlighted, sparking coverage in the press, the new york daily news, cnn and the tampa bay times. i wrote noting how the sound of an awful backhanded compliment he walked into the door is expecting a scene from a bad rap video. o'reilly blamed matters of a metal part of a show where he talked about his grandmother's racism come out she'd never a black person and her attitude was translated as irrational hostility and indeed the full audio gear from some statement to some insulting saying i think black americans are starting to think more and more for themselves. t
york city. even though it's run by blacks, primarily the same. that's what the societies about in the u.s.a. there is no difference. later during a conversation with ron williams he noted there was that one person who is screaming i want more iced tea. it was like going into an italian restaurant in an all-white suburb and people were sitting there and having fun with no crazy at all. he posted a transcript of the most disturbing find highlighted, sparking coverage in the press, the new york...
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energy to take the red eye to insurgence -- new york city and come down to washington and have things like the world affairs council. but anyway, we have to staggering energy consumption level. ... and on you go back into past. it's difficult to do, but the interesting thing is that you cooperate that, it's not that difficult within certain limits of margin of error. these guys were captured about 4500 per day. if they captured mutants even ecological record of the things were doing. have the energy was three, the other half. the most difficult part is documenting energy capture across the intervening 15,000 years. six points in 2000 a.d., fairly confidently. it's just as the 50,000 years in between that's a bit of a headache. i've gotten about the mess good-natured, the serious debate calculates things in a very different way. we actually end up in another similar plays on which gives me confidence of what it done is not a total fantasy. but it is difficult to do because the nature of the evidence changes, choosing the doctor time archaeological evidence. it is doable and is a seclud
energy to take the red eye to insurgence -- new york city and come down to washington and have things like the world affairs council. but anyway, we have to staggering energy consumption level. ... and on you go back into past. it's difficult to do, but the interesting thing is that you cooperate that, it's not that difficult within certain limits of margin of error. these guys were captured about 4500 per day. if they captured mutants even ecological record of the things were doing. have the...
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[laughter] and, you know, 1970s new york city. and then my daughter, we were watching the obama/hillary presidential election, and she was tiny, she was, like, 5, and she said -- i said, you know, she was a big obama supporter, and i said, you know, wouldn't it be cool if there was a woman president? and she looked at me really disdainfully, and she said, mom, of course there's been a woman president. [laughter] and it was, like, amazing that within that short time we went from only ugly women became lawyers to of course there's been a woman president in a 5-year-old girl. so that said, it's very hard for those of us who grew up in a world in which our feminine class, you know, books that are causing people to talk today have names like "the richer sex" or "the end of men." we live in a world where more women than men get college educations, women are for the first time in the majority in the workplace, in managerial positions, so it's very hard for us to look back into that other time. and i was -- you know, even though we abstra
[laughter] and, you know, 1970s new york city. and then my daughter, we were watching the obama/hillary presidential election, and she was tiny, she was, like, 5, and she said -- i said, you know, she was a big obama supporter, and i said, you know, wouldn't it be cool if there was a woman president? and she looked at me really disdainfully, and she said, mom, of course there's been a woman president. [laughter] and it was, like, amazing that within that short time we went from only ugly women...
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york city. and then my daughter, we were watching the obama hillary presidential election. she was tiny. she's like five. she said -- yamada, a big obama supporter. you know, when the people live there was a woman president? ish elected me and said, mom, of course there's been a woman president. how was the in that short time. on the of the loan became lawyers to of course there has been a bomb in president. barry hard. a world in which are feminists class, the richer sex or the end of man. we live in a world in which more women than men did college educations for the first time the majority in the workplace in which women are in the majority in managerial positions. it is hard for us to look back. in nablus, you know, even really abstractly understanding that things were different, we don't know -- we cannot really see and feel it exactly. i introduced. when she was in college she had not a single woman professor. i was shocked. i was astonished. i know that life is like that, it was kind of as
york city. and then my daughter, we were watching the obama hillary presidential election. she was tiny. she's like five. she said -- yamada, a big obama supporter. you know, when the people live there was a woman president? ish elected me and said, mom, of course there's been a woman president. how was the in that short time. on the of the loan became lawyers to of course there has been a bomb in president. barry hard. a world in which are feminists class, the richer sex or the end of man. we...
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in new york city new york city history out of 100,000. new york city has saved more lives in traffic than were lost on september 11 that lost on september 11. if our entire country were to share new york city's accident rate, we would say 24,000 lives a year. a big difference between urban living in suburban or rural living in terms of that aspect of our lives. again on the short-term -- we can just decide to live in more urban environments. a wonderful study, jackson famously asked the question, and was circuit city are you most likely to die in a pool of blood. that's how we put it to his audiences. they compared murdered by strangers, crime to car crashes and added the two together. and all three places you your 15% safer in the inner city than in the wealthy suburbs because the combination of those two. we moved to the suburbs for safety of our children. finally, who talked about asthma? were 10 americans die every day. that doesn't sound like a huge amount. is three times the rate of the 90s and is entirely due to automotive exhaust.
in new york city new york city history out of 100,000. new york city has saved more lives in traffic than were lost on september 11 that lost on september 11. if our entire country were to share new york city's accident rate, we would say 24,000 lives a year. a big difference between urban living in suburban or rural living in terms of that aspect of our lives. again on the short-term -- we can just decide to live in more urban environments. a wonderful study, jackson famously asked the...
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york city some ominous with progressive politics. this is about half an hour. [applause] thank you. i'm going to start by saying what i
york city some ominous with progressive politics. this is about half an hour. [applause] thank you. i'm going to start by saying what i
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york city and there they have a director of analytics so you might want to look at that model and what is done is a fellow created a small little team to access the service providers to automate your cities so one of the problems the city faces is overcrowded buildings tenements for example. imagine you stop than 10 times are 100 times and those buildings are a huge risk of fires. when those buildings catch on fire the likelihood of the firemen to be injured or to perish is extremely high. so what he is done is he has said we don't know which buildings at the outset are the ones that are at the most risk for fire ,-com,-com ma the worst offenders are the ones that are a problem. we get 56,000 complaints a year to our helpline but we only have 200 inspectors. how can data help is? you build a model and predict the model that looks at ambulance visits, police visits whether there has been a financial lean on the property of and whether there has been utilities cut. whether the exterior has been worked on. all of it's in the model so now when an inspector goes they issue a vacate order to
york city and there they have a director of analytics so you might want to look at that model and what is done is a fellow created a small little team to access the service providers to automate your cities so one of the problems the city faces is overcrowded buildings tenements for example. imagine you stop than 10 times are 100 times and those buildings are a huge risk of fires. when those buildings catch on fire the likelihood of the firemen to be injured or to perish is extremely high. so...
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pat garrett wrote this book in response to a lot of other books being printed in new york city and the east coast that exaggerated the kid and almost made the kid the hero. pat garrett was then being seen as the guy who ambushed billy, who killed early and he wanted to set the record straight by writing this biography and how it all happened. so it becomes the first account, the only first-hand account we have of what happened that day in july 1881 in fort sumner, new mexico. others from pat's perspective. but it is what everybody else takes the facts from this this book. since this really is the first edition, first printing of an autographed or complimentary copy by the author makes it extremely rare and one that is almost unheard-of, even define now. so few of these still available, which is funny because when they were first published, maybe a thousand copies were made. but kept a small number of books that are in this rad, red calf leather binding that makes it unique because like i said, it is just surprising tatian copies that pat may dedicate to important people and dignitaries
pat garrett wrote this book in response to a lot of other books being printed in new york city and the east coast that exaggerated the kid and almost made the kid the hero. pat garrett was then being seen as the guy who ambushed billy, who killed early and he wanted to set the record straight by writing this biography and how it all happened. so it becomes the first account, the only first-hand account we have of what happened that day in july 1881 in fort sumner, new mexico. others from pat's...
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pat garret wrote the book in response to a lot of ere -- other books printed in new york city and east coast that really exaggerated the kid almost making him a hue row, and pat was seen as being the guy who ambushed billy, who killed billy, and he wanted to set the record straight by writing this biography of billy the kid and how it all happened, so it becomes the figure account, the only firsthand account we have of what happened that day in july of 1881 in fort sumpner, new mexico, and at least from pat's perspective, but it is -- it is what everybody else takes the facts from is this book. since this really is the first edition, the first printing, and an autographed or compliment ri copy by the author, makes it extremely rare and one that is unhear of an so unavailable. when they were published, a thousand copies were made, but pat kept a small number of books in this special red leather binding that makes it unique because, like i said, it is just the presentation copy that pat made he gave to important people and dignitaries that had his complimentsment the other copies were no
pat garret wrote the book in response to a lot of ere -- other books printed in new york city and east coast that really exaggerated the kid almost making him a hue row, and pat was seen as being the guy who ambushed billy, who killed billy, and he wanted to set the record straight by writing this biography of billy the kid and how it all happened, so it becomes the figure account, the only firsthand account we have of what happened that day in july of 1881 in fort sumpner, new mexico, and at...
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york city synonymous with progressive politics. this is about a half-hour. >> i'm going to start off by sayinsaying what i we say at the settings, and the reason i always say it's because the truth is the truth. and the truth is that the corner bookshop has been an incredible friend to this class over, to count how many are scum i think the first event in january 1998, so it's been 15 years, and dozens of books that come out into the world to meet the raiders and their buyers. no writer could ask for a better set of friends then everyone who was here and to curate new books coming out so carefully, and that's the case so eloquently for them. so it's wonderful as always to be back. and we have several efficient students after listening to one of the students from the class of 1999 and every book has its own story and every writer its own journey to publication. and in dina's case this book is monument to both the amazing history of the little red school house, which i will dina to tell you about, but also to her amazing persistence
york city synonymous with progressive politics. this is about a half-hour. >> i'm going to start off by sayinsaying what i we say at the settings, and the reason i always say it's because the truth is the truth. and the truth is that the corner bookshop has been an incredible friend to this class over, to count how many are scum i think the first event in january 1998, so it's been 15 years, and dozens of books that come out into the world to meet the raiders and their buyers. no writer...
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pat garrett wrote this book in response to a lot of other books being printed in new york city and on the east coast the really exaggerated the kid and thomas mann became a hero. and pat garrett was then being seen as being the guy who ambushed billy, who killed billy and he wanted to set the record straight for writing his biography of billy the kid and alan all happened. so it becomes the first account, the only first in the count we have of what happened that day in july of 1881 in fort sumner, new mexico. at least from pat's perspective. and but it is -- it is what everybody else takes the facts from. there is this book. and so this really is the first edition, the first printing, and an autograph or complementary copy by the author, it makes it extremely rare, and one that is, i think, almost unheard of, even to find now. mike said, just so few of these still available, which is funny because when they were first published may be 1,000 copies were made, but pat kept a small number of books that are in this special red calf leather binding that really makes it unique because, like
pat garrett wrote this book in response to a lot of other books being printed in new york city and on the east coast the really exaggerated the kid and thomas mann became a hero. and pat garrett was then being seen as being the guy who ambushed billy, who killed billy and he wanted to set the record straight for writing his biography of billy the kid and alan all happened. so it becomes the first account, the only first in the count we have of what happened that day in july of 1881 in fort...
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he called up the new york city harlem authority and had them send a supervisor down. he came with an accordion type file with all sorts of papers in it. he said you have the papers to determine how often you send money to spray these tree's? he ran it down and he told them back in 1952 or something like that. how many times that at this time span did they not spray the trees? they checked off that they sprayed it all the time. he looked back at my father, mr. carlos are you sure? i father said you can ask anyone in the projects. by that time you might imagine the courthouse started looking a little better to my dad. the thing that got me that really let me know that i was on the right course in life is what my father said to me once we were leaving the courtroom. my father looked at me and he told me you have done a lot of things in your life. he said now i have spanked you quite a few times. he said you never turned away from what you did and you always stood fast on what you did and he took the spankings but today i just want you to know i am one of the proudest fat
he called up the new york city harlem authority and had them send a supervisor down. he came with an accordion type file with all sorts of papers in it. he said you have the papers to determine how often you send money to spray these tree's? he ran it down and he told them back in 1952 or something like that. how many times that at this time span did they not spray the trees? they checked off that they sprayed it all the time. he looked back at my father, mr. carlos are you sure? i father said...
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, like new york or washington, dc and have sections on president obama or aney duncan, and at one i was presenting to advisers of a fellowship i had, including a writer. alex popowich, and he said he thought that was a stupid idea because people experienced in new orleans were so compelling and interesting on their own. and so i settled on the idea of structuring the book around three schools, with one person preeminent in each. miss laurie ayden and jerald lynn, all of whom i met at different times and in different ways. since writing this book was a journey for me i wanted to talk about some what i learn over the course of reporting and writing it. apart from the fact i would make a terrible teacher. the first is that i feel like the extremists and absolutists on both sides of the'm conversation over school reform and other issues dominate the debate, but their voices don't really capture the need or desire of those attending and working in the schools, and i had covered education for long enough when i started working on the book to sense this to some degree. i was really amazed by t
, like new york or washington, dc and have sections on president obama or aney duncan, and at one i was presenting to advisers of a fellowship i had, including a writer. alex popowich, and he said he thought that was a stupid idea because people experienced in new orleans were so compelling and interesting on their own. and so i settled on the idea of structuring the book around three schools, with one person preeminent in each. miss laurie ayden and jerald lynn, all of whom i met at different...
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like new york or washington d.c. and potentially have sections on president obama or arne duncan and at one point i was presenting to the adviser's fee of a fellowship i had including alex horowitz which came afterwards and he thought that was a stupid idea because people and experiences in new orleans were so compelling and interesting on their own so i settled on the idea of structuring the book around three schools with one person pre-eminence in each, lori, aiden and gerald win all of whom i met at different times in different ways. since writing this book was a journey for me i wanted to talk about what i learned over the course of reporting and writing it apart from the fact that it would make a terrible feature. the first is what do i feel extremists and absolutist on both part of the conversation form other issues dominate the debate but their voices don't really capture needs and desires of those attending and working in the schools and i covered education for long enough when i started working on the book t
like new york or washington d.c. and potentially have sections on president obama or arne duncan and at one point i was presenting to the adviser's fee of a fellowship i had including alex horowitz which came afterwards and he thought that was a stupid idea because people and experiences in new orleans were so compelling and interesting on their own so i settled on the idea of structuring the book around three schools with one person pre-eminence in each, lori, aiden and gerald win all of whom...
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if we think about the population of the ten biggest cities in the country starting with new york, l.a., chicago, houston, san diego it's in the book. anyway, take the ten biggest cities and add their entire populations of all ten. imagine all the people in those cities and that is 23 million people. that this house of fear the crisis is and again there is no precedent since we got out of the great depression. another statistic. we had the great recession that followed the wall street crash and was caused by excessive speculation on wall street. now according to the official arbiters of when the recession ends, it started in the last three months of 2007 and it officially ended by june of 2009. we've been out of a recession for three and a half years officially. one thing i recently calculated is let's look at this recession relative to all the other recessions that have taken place since the great depression. in all of the other recessions there are different experiences with the economy does bounce back. when you say the recession ends it really ends. to conceive that in the statisti
if we think about the population of the ten biggest cities in the country starting with new york, l.a., chicago, houston, san diego it's in the book. anyway, take the ten biggest cities and add their entire populations of all ten. imagine all the people in those cities and that is 23 million people. that this house of fear the crisis is and again there is no precedent since we got out of the great depression. another statistic. we had the great recession that followed the wall street crash and...
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>> guest: the innocence project, the university law school in new york has come up with a variety of cases and a variety of techniques, the leading one being dna, to support individuals to are in prison and appeal to that organization, the innocence project and say, you have to have a pretty thick skin because many people, they offer the same line, but barry and his staff go through cases in a pretty thorough fashion and, put the one that they really feel like, this guy did not do it. then they come to the rescue. >> host: had the feel of a prosecutor's? sap. >> guest: i think they have a tough job to do. i think we live in a -- with a system that is adversarial in nature. the have a prosecutor on the one hand and a defense attorney and the other. if they are both abiding by their legal, ethical code, they're both doing the best job they can in this adversarial system. some of the truth is supposed to emerge in the center of what they do. our system has flaws. probably the ideal of the world. the system that everyone looks to. so i hold no grudge against prosecutors. but i do believe
>> guest: the innocence project, the university law school in new york has come up with a variety of cases and a variety of techniques, the leading one being dna, to support individuals to are in prison and appeal to that organization, the innocence project and say, you have to have a pretty thick skin because many people, they offer the same line, but barry and his staff go through cases in a pretty thorough fashion and, put the one that they really feel like, this guy did not do it....
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country starting with new york, l.a., chicago, houston, san diego. it's in the book here but san jose is 10, odalys. anyway take the 10 biggest cities and add up their entire population of all the people in all of those cities, that's 23 million people. that is how severe the unemployment crisis is. and again there is no precedent since we got out of the great depression. so, another statistic. we had this thing we now call the great recession and the have followed the wall street crash that was caused by excessive speculation on wall street. now according to the official marketers of when recessions and, the recession started in the last three months of 2007 and it officially ended by june of 2009. that's three and a half years ago and we have been out of a recession for three and a half years, officially. now, one thing i recently calculated is, let's look at this recession relative to all the other recessions that have taken place since the great depression. now, and all the other recessions, there are different experiences that the economy does b
country starting with new york, l.a., chicago, houston, san diego. it's in the book here but san jose is 10, odalys. anyway take the 10 biggest cities and add up their entire population of all the people in all of those cities, that's 23 million people. that is how severe the unemployment crisis is. and again there is no precedent since we got out of the great depression. so, another statistic. we had this thing we now call the great recession and the have followed the wall street crash that...
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. >> once you get a new city especially and sometimes new york state, they form a commission to investigate the police, state police. because by their nature they have so much power over us that they become corrupt. it's just the nature of them and did a lot of bad things. there's never, as far as i know, in recent history been any recent investigation of the police departments in massachusetts, or the fbi. in fact, as far as i know there's never been an investigation of the fbi nationally which is another big problem. uk to a place where they're doing so many bad things and get away with it, becomes normal to end its criminal but they're doing it as normal. so what i want to say is why isn't there any, ma why isn't there some blue-ribbon commissions in massachusetts to investigate the police? are they doing it? >> the scale in new york is so much different. 22000 police officers, and -- >> more than that. >> you raise a very good question. i'm convinced, 30 years of investigative stuff, if you work allies in boston and if you work -- vice, and to work drugs in boston, got to be on the take
. >> once you get a new city especially and sometimes new york state, they form a commission to investigate the police, state police. because by their nature they have so much power over us that they become corrupt. it's just the nature of them and did a lot of bad things. there's never, as far as i know, in recent history been any recent investigation of the police departments in massachusetts, or the fbi. in fact, as far as i know there's never been an investigation of the fbi...
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i never met any rich guys from new york. really the tea party was so decentralized, it was city by city. they do not communicate with each other. there really is no sort of top-down. this was a bottom-up movement and the movement to chastise both party. and when president bush said to save the free-market, had to give up on capitalism. so we were unhappy with republicans and democrats and really felt like we needed something different. >> the right in addition to being called a tea party or constitutional conservative, i have also been called a goldwater conservative by supporters and critics and it is accurate and honor be described as such it. >> interestingly it was first published in shepherdsville kentucky, which is run outside where i went to meet the publisher and he gave me an original copy and i reread it and i've always been fascinated by it. >> when you think of conservative libertarians, is there a difference between them and where do you see yourself? >> in some ways the word conservative has said people are not
i never met any rich guys from new york. really the tea party was so decentralized, it was city by city. they do not communicate with each other. there really is no sort of top-down. this was a bottom-up movement and the movement to chastise both party. and when president bush said to save the free-market, had to give up on capitalism. so we were unhappy with republicans and democrats and really felt like we needed something different. >> the right in addition to being called a tea party...
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a.m., san francisco and oakland, chicago, new york, a real ferment, a black power ferment of people asking how do we take the gains and the successes and the power of the civil rights movement, and how do we translate that into the kind of power that can challenge poverty and ghettoization. the civil rights movement had been incredibly successful at dismantling formal segregation, but what it didn't do, is it doesn't provide an insurgent means to transform poverty, it didn't provide a way to change ghettoization, it didn't reach the full goals that the participants in the civil rights movement were really aspiring to of freedom, of power. and so what you had in the starting really in '66 it became a very big call was a question, black power. how do we build black power? there were dozens of organizations in most major cities asking this question and trying to thub it. think about it. there were a lot of different kinds of approaches. one important kind of theoretical answer to this was to say we're not just going to, you know, it's not that we just want to be part of america. america as it
a.m., san francisco and oakland, chicago, new york, a real ferment, a black power ferment of people asking how do we take the gains and the successes and the power of the civil rights movement, and how do we translate that into the kind of power that can challenge poverty and ghettoization. the civil rights movement had been incredibly successful at dismantling formal segregation, but what it didn't do, is it doesn't provide an insurgent means to transform poverty, it didn't provide a way to...
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if you wanted to call the new york when you have to tell something like 212-04-9121. one-to-one is what gets to the inward and 049 is a routing code this is the york. new york is 212, but you can dial numbers like 049121 from a regular phone. seems to have found a way by nearly (604)234-1212. well, i'm mystified. he should not be able to. maybe he cited fridge. here's how you can tell. call them up and as the to complete a call to somebody. if they really had it will be able to no problem. and i know anybody in canada. that's okay. they can go anywhere. and sometimes get calls from the test or with the phone company asking us to complete calls to places for testing purposes. just tell them you're with the test board. the confident and selfish toward enacting no you're doing and it will give you any trouble. >> okay. outright that. any idea what ms my stand for? >> well, it could be multi frequency. but the frequency? what's that? >> it's a system that upper is to make calls. and like those touchdowns used for push button filing, bissau's different. >> okay. thanks. th
if you wanted to call the new york when you have to tell something like 212-04-9121. one-to-one is what gets to the inward and 049 is a routing code this is the york. new york is 212, but you can dial numbers like 049121 from a regular phone. seems to have found a way by nearly (604)234-1212. well, i'm mystified. he should not be able to. maybe he cited fridge. here's how you can tell. call them up and as the to complete a call to somebody. if they really had it will be able to no problem. and...