looked at the book for a long time and i read other books and once i read about benjamin disraeli who said when i would to read a book, i write it. , believe following in his footsteps. [laughter] i have a slightly down the same thing here. -- is that malfunctioning? >> not any more. >> so why "jerusalem" the biography"? >> many of you know, in the jewish scriptures she is always described as a woman sometimes a mistress abandoned or a beautiful princess but always a woman. that is one reason why that is the idea that i like that appeals to me. also also about the people. i wanted to create a book to confront very complicated idea is. the names are incredibly complicated. turkish names, english names , hebrew names or arabic names and so many civilizations say the book has to be readable from someone who knows nothing about the middle east lourdes jerusalem and did not read history books. mainly my mother. [laughter] that is why i designed it so it is in small sections. is a person to help make the city some way or another but those of the people to interest me and who i want to write

and then, once i read about benjamin disraeli, a hero of mine and he's in the boat. and he said what i want to read about, i rate it. and so, humbly following in his footsteps, i slightly done the same thing here. is that malfunctioning? >> no, not anymore. >> first of all, those of you -- many of you know in the scriptures in the torah and the talented, jerusalem is described as a woman, sometimes the mistress had been indicted mother's, sometimes a beautiful princess scarlet silks, but always someone in. is it that is one reason in jerusalem has a personality, an idea that i like and appeals to me. but also, i said this is about the people. and what i wanted to do was create a book that would confront very complicated ideas. after all, the names alone are incredibly complicated. there's babylonian names, turkish names, english names and so on. in so many civilizations in serious and so forth. so the book had to be readable by someone who really knew nothing about the middle east, nothing about jerusalem in history books. mainly my mother. [laughter] and so, that is

benjamin disraeli himself said of the suez canal, totally impossible. well, the critics were wrong then and they are wrong now. [applause] we will build the first phase so that it is worth the two billion dollars of state money we invest. last week the secretary of the interior met here in sacramento with those in my administration who are working to complete the delta conservation plan. together we agreed that by this summer, which have the basic elements of the project we need to build. this is something my father worked on and i worked on as well, decades ago. we know more now and are committed to the dual goals of restorative delta ecosystem and ensuring a reliable water supply. [applause] this is an enormous project. it will insure water for 25 million californians and for millions of acres of farmland as well as 100,000 acres of new habitat for spawning fish and other wildlife. to get it done will require time, political will, and countless permits from state and federal agencies. i invite your collaboration and constructive engagement. next, i wa

so benjamin disraeli and the 19th century in 1845 used a novel to attach peoples hearts and minds and bear witness to what was happening in his time. today, new media are arming tens of thousands of people around the world to bear witness to what is happening in their countries to what is happening in their time. and ultimately, bearing witness is the highest responsibility we have as journalist. bearing witness is actually the highest responsibility we have as citizens. and we have never had more and better tools and greater opportunities to bear witness at a time of multiple crises and at a time when millions of people are leaving -- living lives of extreme deprivation. so we should be grateful that we are living during these extraordinary times of transition when all of us have the opportunity to bear witness. thank you. [applause] >> i was wondering why i was chosen to put in perspective as i was told, arianna and then i realized i'd written about ben franklin, albert einstein and now steve jobs and i guess that is a perspective we just view arianna and in that pantheon. one of th