several decades after the commodore died cornelius vanderbilt the extraordinary wealth of that family had largely dissipated so we didn't really have that descendent who is considered one of the richest americans anymore. i'm enjoying now but is it talks about how temporal wealth was and the important of american longevity and good economic policies. pulitzer prize-winning author alice walker presents a collection of personal and political essays letters and poems. ms. walker opines on a range of topics from health care to the obama presidency for about 45 minutes. >> i am very happy to see all of you. it's a wonderful evening to be in the city, which i know of unfortunately through so many of your disasters, but i was thinking, looking at the fountains, there is a little one you have for the children and a bigger one for the adults and i was thinking about water flows in peace of the history that is so fitted for me of the bombing of the people of the imprisonment of my media, that history is not the whole story and it's very good to remember that and to see that we make our way ever