all of my 12 years here and i'm also deeply grateful to the rest of the leadership at the school, mary watsonand also to a particularly to pam and brandon fisher who done a tremendous job of organizing this event, and the director of the graduate writing program at the school we will be in conversation later. i also want to issue a few personal and professional thing is to the key will send my wonderful editor, britney the wonderful publicist, audrey, the wonderful assistant act cannot as well as my husband, family, friends and colleagues who've turned out to make a completely full house which absolutely flatters me. to let you know what we are going to be giving this evening, the plan is for me to read for just about 15 minutes and then i look forward to speaking with you and with movies about the book and great lakes. the book covers lafayette's and tie your life from 1757 to 1834. so, quite a long period of time. lafayette lived a very tumultuous and exciting life and for that reason, the book really focuses primarily on the two large offices of his life that really a fine him. this was th

i of course want to thank the new school and mary watson, the "nation" magazine, and the nation institute and peter rothberg for incredible work bringing this night together. michael primo, and incredible activist who i first met at occupy wall street, he inspired me so much and we are so blessed to be working with him on this project of figuring out how this book and the film that goes with it can really be a tool for movements. michael primo is an incredible bridge and he built this night bringing together an amazing panel of activists and artists and thinkers to make this not a regular book launch. this is not just couldn't be me talking at you putting forward a theory about how climate change can spark a transracial movement and we're going to have a panel where you will hear from some of the finest thinkers and leaders who are already doing it. and i'm very excited to be sharing the stage with them. my editor is here, robert bender. i don't know where you are, bob, thank you so much for all of your dedication to this project. and i want to thank everybody at simon & schuster, especia

i'm deeply grateful to the rest of the leadership at the new school, david van zandt, mary watson, and also today particularly to pa pam toles and brandon visher that been a tremendous job of organizing this event, and luis jaramillo, the director of the graduate writing program at the new school with whom we will be in conversation later. i wanted to take a moment to issue a few personal and professional thanks to the q. wilson, my wonderful editor, britney, the wonderful publicist. i agree silverman the wonderful assistant to the q. wilson. as well as my family, husband and friends and colleagues who have all turned out tonight to make a completely full house which absolutely flatters me. to let you know we we are going to be doing this evening, the plan is for me to read for just about 15 minutes and then i look forward to speaking with you about the book at greater length. the book covers lafayette's entire life from 1757 height team -- 1757-1854. lafayette lived a very tumultuous and exciting life. for that reason the book really focuses primarily on two large episodes of his life

stewart watson is with st. mary'st regard to their insurance coverage and ability to play. >> reporter: and that unfortunately is the problem because st. mary's was out of the network of hospitals covered by her insurer, blue cross/blue shield. she received bills of more than $300,000. blue cross agreed to pay what it would have had st. mary's been in its network, but that meant rothbauer was on the hook for close to $150,000 that wasn't covered. st. mary's swallowed almost 90% of their services but that still left about $40,000 to be paid separately to their doctors. wisconsin state law says a person needing emergency care must be taken to the nearest hospital. what's frustrating about this case is that an in-network hospital was only three blocks away and that rothbaurer's bill there would have been only $1,500. she hopes the hospital and company can do more. >> i kind of wish they would lock themselves in a room and go figure it out together hash it out. >> reporter: meg gaines is a health care advocate. >> what i