, the National Constitution Center Hosted a discussion on how the bill of rights applies to todays debates on freedom of speech, the right to privacy and other issues. Speakers include the constitution center, also, the American Enterprise institute, and also the Aspen Institute. Welcome to the greatest assembly of the defenders of freedom ever. We have peter goettler, arthur brooks, Walter Isaacson, neera tanden, and Anthony Romero of the aclu. A big round of applause. [applause] jeffrey the National Constitution center is indeed a convening space of the greatest thinkers on freedom and called its usual liberties. It is impossible to imagine more distinguished, engaged of a group than the one you have today. I will plunge in. We have on the side of the stage a beautiful document. There are many documents here at the National Constitution center. I hope you are able to see the gallery as he came in the copy of the bill of rights and the declaration of independence. This is a very speci
Cu cu culmination his his hard work. That is true. You dont advance your cause by claiming personal credit. Let me give you another example of how a president s legacy can be totally different from what we think at the time. Harry truman to be bipartisan here, take a democrat, went out of office with the lowest poll ratings in history till that time. 2530 years later we had vietnam, watergate, and we looked back at truman and saw the real deal an authentic leader who got all of the big things right and the Little Things wrong. We forget the hawaiian sports shirts and stuff. That became endearing. Harry truman once said i wonder how far moses had gotten if he stopped to take a poll in the middle of the desert. Truman became a model of a divisive leader who took big decisions, who took responsibility, and by and large history has been much kinder to him than historians were at the time. In terms of obama, we said he wanted to be a transformitiative president but we will not know for 1015
Seats for the departure of the official party. Next, a discussion on Court Cases Involving religious liberty. And then a conversation with mike bezos. And a chance to see a ceremony to mark the 50th anniversary of the vietnam war. On the next washington journal defends one Technology Editor Patrick Tucker will discuss Cyber Threats and u. S. Technological vulnerabilities. The president and ceo of the National Alliance for public Charter Schools from the alliance from education discuss rewriting the no child left behind law. And Michael Reagan talks about the greek debt crisis instability, and how the impact american investors. The selfie vote, how the Political Parties are in vine for the increasingly influential voting block. Political advertising became heavily focused on ads. Technology has changed so that now if you walk into a room, not just of 20 euros but of 60 euros, what are they looking at . Their phones. For folks who want to reach the next generation, region to the future t
A discussion on court case with religious liberties and a conversation with cuban immigrant. After that, some of this years commencement speeches beginning with megan smith at the Graduation Ceremony at m. I. T. On the next washington journal Defense Technology editor will discuss Cyber Threats a u. S. Technological vulnerabilities. Nina release reese and Philip Lovell review congressional efforts to rewrite no child left behind law. Bloomberg editor and columnist Michael Reagan talks about the greek debt crisis, instability and Chinese Markets and how it impacts american investigators. You can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. Washington journal live at 7 00 a. M. On cspan. Conservative pollster and author of the selfie vote on dutch rents and technologies, the millennial generation and how the Political Parties are vying for the crucial voting block. Take a look at where peoples eyeballs are going. It used to be the television and political advertising was heavily focuse
The suffering still continues. Now that i know it is not a civil matter anymore, it is a human matter. Alton is no longer here, but his voice will still be heard through us. We love alton and we do not want this to end. Remember his name. Family ofis the alton sterling who was killed by police in 2016, calling for louisianas states attorney general to bring criminal killersagainst his after the Trump Justice Department declined to bring federal charges against them. We will also go to france where voters head to the polls sunday to pick between former investment banker Emmanuel Macron and farright politician Marine Le Pen. And him repress or Carol Anderson and emory professor Carol Anderson. Part of what happens when africanamericans advance, when they gain access to the citizenship rights, you see a out of policies emanate congress, out of the white house to knock back those advancements. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace