We are proud your supporting democracy and you are doing social media. Democracy, media and the public sphere. Ryan is in the process of building a map to tell how long polling lines are. Bringing in the democracy, media, and the public sphere. We need those apps. My husband is in line now at 870 waite wait a 70minute where he is. Both of you get a has. A hat. They each get a hat that says cspan 2020 on the front. On the back, unfiltered. [laughter] you each get a hat. You get something. That is right. And then, very handy, always needed, a pen. [applause] thank you, both, for your work promoting democracy, media, and the public sphere, which is why we are all here today, right . Today we are going to talk about political advertising in campaigns. This is from chapter 13 in our book. There is much to discuss. Something that came to mind for me is something told to bob woodward and Carl Bernstein by deep throat. Follow the . Money. Yes, follow the money. Campaign advertising and politic
On this saturday. Lets bring in rosemary for a look at how our weekend is shaping up. Good morning, its a cooler day out there. Partly cloudy to start the day. The breeze is going to continue into the afternoon. Today is going to feel a lot like yesterday. Giving you a look at what you can expect, cloudy skies, breezy conditions, lower 60s at the coast, mid 60s inland. We are on another warming trend. That is coming up in just a bit. This is the day many bart riders have been waiting for. Two new stations open today wrapping up a project that was decades in the making. We are live with more on that. Reporter thats right, decades in the making. The bart stations to san jose and milpitas start today. They are part of the berryessa line, the first train leaves the station less than an hour from now. Bart operators have been training for weeks on the new line, Officials Say this will impact people in the south bay who have grueling commutes. The ride is expected to takes over an hour into
gilda hakim. a federaljudge in the united states has sentenced the founder of the far right militant oath keepers, stewart rhodes, to 18 years in prison for seditious conspiracy and other crimes related to the storming of the us capitol on january the 6th, 2021. with the latest, here s our north america correspondentjessica parker. he was convicted at the back of last year, and now we ve learned that a federaljudge has sentenced him to 18 years in prison. prosecutors had actually sought a longer sentence of 25 years, but 18 years is what he s been given. in court, we understand he was pretty defiant, saying that he was a political prisoner something that the judge really wasn t having anything of, basically suggesting he still presented a peril to the country. in terms of what happened during the course of the trial, he wasn t the only member of the oath keepers who was on trial, and we expect some further sentencing over the coming days but he is the leader of this far r
He serves as the he did his graduate work at the university of pennsylvania where he focused on the history of religion. He also holds a master of divinity agreed. His roster of publications is so long that i am not going to even try to read them all to you. Lzo. Com go to allengue and get a full accounting of not only his publications, but other salient elements of his biography. What i am going to do here is mentioned five books. I think there especially pertinent. I will read them in order. First is called Abraham Lincoln, redeemer president. Lincolns emancipation byclamation published simon schuster. It brought him his second again price. Lincoln and douglas. Published in 2008. It did not when the lincoln prize. [laughter] the next came out from Oxford University press in 2012. In the fifth title is invasion. , the last it brought a third wink and prize to alan. Is currently working on a biography of robert e lee. T will be published b he and i will talk about his work today and ab
This is an hour. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome kim sajet, the director of the Smithsonians National portrait gallery. [applause] david skorton, the secretary of the smithsonian institution. [applause] ms. Amy sherald, portrait artist. [cheers and applause] mr. Kehinde wiley, portrait artist. [cheers and applause] mrs. Michelle obama. [cheers and applause] president barack obama. [cheers and applause] ladies and gentlemen, please welcome to the podium kim sajet, the director of the smithsonian National Portrait gallery. Good morning. It is my pleasure as director to welcome you to the National Portrait gallery at the smithsonian institution. Every commissioned portrait involves four people. The first person is the sitter, a person with a largerthanlife persona, who may be curious to see how his are her likeness will be captured in perpetuity. In a spirit of building anticipation, i bid a warm welcome to president barack obama and his wife, former first lady, Michelle Obama, who w