But before i do i want to extend on your behalf and mine a warm welcome to colin himself and to our 2 distinguishedcommentators. As you probably know, colin is a professor at the start school in policy and government at George Mason University and is also a nonresident fellow at the American Enterprise institute our neighbor next door literally. Colin has made his mark thinking deeply about american politics and this book is trademark dueck. It examines the concept of conservative nationalism, a phenomenon brought to public attention conspicuously through the rise of President Trump. In terms of both the history of ideas and how these ideas have found a manifestation in modern American History especially in the debates about americas role in the world so the book is both encompassing and granular simultaneously. And despite the gravity of the subject i can assure you its a very delightful read. I read the book over the last weekend and i commend it to your attention. So welcome colin,
For a second to link this class to what we did last time. And last time we were talking about federalism and particularly the balance of power between states and localities. Now when people talk about federalism, they usually use the term to refer to the balance of power between the federal government and states. But last time we were talking about the debates between state and local level power. And those mirrored debates at the federal level and if anything they were much more contentious because so much governing authority was located in the states and localities. And what were talking about was a system of layered authority. Where states had control over the rights of citizens and the Public Interest. But they gave local areas Broad Discretionary Authority over a wide range of matters involving the Public Interest. So basically the states then handed over all of the discretion over this broad area of the Public Interest to local areas and so these jurisdictions that operated simult
Feel like he needs no introduction to the richmond community. But i will still introduce them. He has received the National Professor of the year. He has received the National Humanities medal from president obama at the white house and served as president of the organization of american historians and won the bancroft prize for distinguished writing in American History. He has served as the founding chair of the board of the American Civil War museum. Ed hosts the future of americas past, a Television Series that visits sites of memory and meets the people who keep those memories alive. He is the executive director of the new American History, and of course we all know him from a from when we are driving around in our cars, as one of the American History guys. An online project design that has promoted the student in all of us to dive into history and see it in new and unexpected ways. He is a University Professor and president emeritus at the university of richmond. Please welcome ed
Reporter investigators in south florida trying to figure out how a car on a ferry plunged into the water, killing two women. Car went in the water just as it pulled away from the dock at Fisher Island. Reporter 63yearold emma afra and 75yearold Viviane Brahms seen here in photos were inside that car. Teams of divers searching the waters tuesday night finding the two women still inside the sunken 2019 mercedesbenz. Both were unresponsive. We got a look at the entire operation and make changes to make sure that its absolutely safe. Reporter ferry workers placed tire chocks in front of cars and urge customs to use their brakes. The ferry is extremely popular. Now the coast guard tells abc news the Fisher Island ferry was last inspected just about three weeks ago but could not give other details because of that ongoing investigation. Gio benitez, abc news, washington, d. C. Our thanks to gio there. Just tragic details. We move on to a musician suffering from a brain tumor played her violin
City county task force on opiates that was done across the u. S. We had 20 elected officials at the city and county levels, intensity officials intent county officials. The mayor of little rock, arkansas, it was a cochair on the city side and i was a cochair on the county side. Youll be hearing from one of those Panel Members today when greg speaks. But our work that was done, seems like ages ago. Well be talking about that. I want to thank those of you here in person as well as those f you that are here virtually. We know this is being broadcast live stream and a special thank you to a. R. C. For your partnership. What we do in county government is all about partnerships. We partner with each other. We partner with various agencies especially great partners like aoc, we are thankful for that. This event is the culmination of a year Long Partnership to strengthen the local response on the opiate epidemic across the 13state region. A. R. C. Is a unique federal, state and local partnersh