I titled it the promise land because even though we may not get there in our lifetimes, even if we experienced hardships and disappointments along the way that i at least still have faith we can create a more perfect union, not a perfect unit union but a more perfect union. Good morning and welcome to a very special edition of Washington Post life. Im an opinion columni for the wasngton post and founding director of the race card project. For this very special conversation this mning i am ined by my dear friend elizabeth alexander, poet, schor and president of the Andrew Mellon foundation for good morning, elizabeth. Goo morning. It is wonderful to be together. It is wonderful to be together and together we bh welcome our gue for this conversation. The 44th president of the unitedtates, barack obama and i assume you recognize that guy in the mide. Good morning, sir. Hello, guys Washington Post brought out t big guns for thi one. [laughter] we are so excited to see you. We are. I am ver
Richard norton smith, why did you call your book that you wrote 35 years ago uncommon man . Well, its taken, actually, from the title of a relatively famous hoover speech about the uncommon man. Remember, Vice President henry wallace, who was the second of fdrs Vice President s, gave a famous speech in 1942, i believe, maybe43, about the century of the common man. And wallace, from a left of center perspective, was projecting, in effect, the goals and ambitions of the generation that was fighting world war ii. And it wasnt enough simply to defeat the nazis, but to create at home a true democracy. A place where the common man would finally come into his own. And hoover approached this from a different place on the political spectrum. He was, in effect, making the case for what we might call a meritocracy. But something to say, that i shouldnt paraphrase it, but, you know, when you get sick, you want an uncommonly skillful doctor. When we go to war, we want an uncommonly able general. Yo
Thank you for joining us on day two of the 2020 Republican National convention. You can find this event and the latest Convention News on our Convention Hub at thehill. Com. This program is also coming to you live on facebook and twitter. The presidency is not the only race up for grabs in november. Today, we look for the battle for control of congress and other down ballot races. We have terrific guests joining us, but before we dive in i would like to thank the American Petroleum institute for their support of the event. Along with the president ial campaign, congressional and other down ballot races have also been affected by the pandemic. What that could mean for republicans as they seek to control retain control of the senate and take back the house. Before we get underway, a few housekeeping notes you can tweet us at the hill events using thehill2020. We are live and we could experience occasional troubles with the video, usually refreshing the page will fix the problem. Now, to
Washington or that its closure citing concerns over u. S. Intellectual property would diplomats burning sensitive documents. The women and children stranded by the collapse of the socalled Islamic State many of the european citizens we hear from the french were fighting to bring his daughter and grandson out. And food for the souls of underprivileged children in the form of dance we meet a ballet teacher in nigeria is offering free lessons and some of the students hussein has changed that its. Time for welcome to the Program German prosecutors say theyve arrested the former chief executive and 2 Board Members of the payments processor why a card as part of investigations into alleged fraud marcus brown and 2 other Board Members were detained in munich investigators say theyre suspected of faking income to inflate the companys balance sheet. Went bankrupt after revealing a nearly 2000000000. 00 euro hole in its accounts last month the scandal has triggered criticism of germanys financia
In dire straits now were breaking point strong owners in south africa to protest the coronavirus lockdown restrictions devastating the industry and accuse the government of failing to provide the support they need to survive. Im phil gal welcome to the program we start in the United States where President Trump has announced a major deployment of federal forces to 2 u. S. Cities the white house says operation legend will target crime in american citizen will involve an imminent deployment of security to chicago and then to albuquerque new mexico areas. Today im announcing a surge of federal Law Enforcement in 2 American Communities plagued by Violent Crime will work every single day to restore Public Safety protect our nations children and bring violent perpetrators to justice weve been doing it and youve been seeing whats happening all around the country weve just started this process and frankly we have no choice but to get involved assert goats are our washington correspondent staff