Live. And for those of us joining us in person, welcome to the historic Decatur House and the White House Historical association. And my name is dr. Colleen hogan, a Senior Vice President at the White House Historical association, and the director of the David Rubenstein center for white house history tonight, a special episode of white house history live as we launch the book mourning the president s loss and legacy in american culture. This book was published by the University Virginia press in partnership with the center for president ial history, Southern Methodist university, and the Miller Center at uva. Mourning the president s brings together and emerging scholars to examine how different generations and communities of americans have eulogized and remembered. U. S. President s. This evening, were joined by several scholars that contributed the book on stage. And we have others in the audience, including chester and brandon robinson. Thank you for joining us this evening. Dr. Ma
[applause] [applause] [applause] ladies and gentlemen, would you please remain standing if you would while we introduce our distinguished guests to the podium in order of the seating. And let me ask you to please hold your applause until all have been introduced. First, mr. George beverly. Second, mr. Cliff barrows. Next mr. Franklin graham. Former president s of the United States, the honorable george h. W. Bush, the honorable bill clinton, the honorable jimmy carter and finally, special welcome to the man that we are here to honor today, the reverend billy graham. [cheers and applause] good afternoon, everyone and welcome today to this historic event. From the book of psalms, the scripture says this is the lord doing and it is marvelous in our eyes. This is the day the lord has made, we will rejoice and be glad in it. Give thanks unto the lord for he is good. Lord, his mercy is everlasting. Mr. President s, governor, mr. Mayor, platform guests, members of our board of directors, and
Firearms would provide extra security. If you support it, you can call 202 7488000. If you oppose it, 202 7488001. And if you are a teacher, we have a special line for you. You can call 202 7488002 to give us your thoughts. You can also reach us on social media, on twitter at cspan wj and on facebook at facebook. Com cspan. Lets take a look at what President Trump said yesterday, speaking at the conservative Political Action conference about his proposal on guns. When we declare our schools to be gun free zones, it just puts our students in far more danger. Danger. [applause] welltrained, gun adept teachers and coaches and people who work in those buildings, people in the marines for 20 years he retired, the army, navy, coast guard, people who are adept with weaponry and with guns, they teach. Have 100 dont want to guards standing with rifles all over the school. You do a concealed carry permit. [applause] and this would be a major deterrent, because these people are inherently cowards
Operator. Enjoy the rest of your day. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2015] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] coming up later today a discussion on the outlook for consumers and patients in the health care market. Well hear about the plans that are available. The event is hosted by the alliance for health reform. It begins noon eastern on cspan3. The annual summer meeting of the National Governors association with the opening session with remarks from john hickenlooper, and gary herbert, device chair. That starts at 12 45 eastern. On cspan3 a briefing with the latest update on the new Horizons Mission to pluto. We will hear a discussion on the latest results from the spacecrafts flight past pluto. That breathing starts live at 2;00 eastern. And now remarks from loretta lynch. She spoke at the National Black Prosecutors Association earlier this week and was honored
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