1844, when he ran against james k. Polk. Tonight, we are on location at ashland henry clays home in lexington, kentucky. For the next 90 minutes, we will explore the life and legacy of this man, unsuccessful in his long quest for the white house, yet having an outsized influence on American History. We are in henry clays parlor. Let me introduce you to jim klotter, 25 years now as kentucky state historian. Thanks for being with us. Glad to be here. Why henry clay . Why is he relevant to americans living in our time . I think a couple of counts. First of all, his famous counts, famous comment, i would rather be right than be president , still speaks to us. Its a clarion call to people across whatever were doing. Whether were in politics or Something Else, to do the right things. He also said, you know, that in a sense, that the politicians need to remember the country and sacrifice for the country. I think that is still something we need to remember, as well. The man known as the great
Cspan created by americas cabletelevision companies as a Public Service and brought to you today by your television provider. Host this week join is on the communicators this representative bob latta, the Top Republican on the communications and Technology Subcommittee and our guest reporter is sam sabin of Morning Consult. Congressman latta joining us from bowling green, ohio, there are then several proposals put out to expand world broadband especially in this time of covid. Which ones are you supporting and which ones do you think would benefit your largely rural district . Guest thanks so much for having me on. Its really important we do talking about world broadband. Ive been engaged in this for years and one of the cofounders of the probroadband caucus and with groups that a meeting all the time because this is not a republican or democrat raided the issue. This affects everyone in the rural areas. Its important for us to get this out as soon as we can especially during this covi
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Gov. Christie happy to be with you. You are one of the few people that the president listens to on the outside on political matters and i love this article that you were at a come to jesus meeting at the president s golf club with President Trump. How did that go and did the president decide to make any changes with his campaign . Gov. Christie i have taken the position that the consultations that i have with the president are between me and the president. I will say this, the president is really focused on the next 95 days, focused on trying to make sure he lays out the vision of where he wants the next four years to be and i had time to spend with him and discuss things from where i sit and for me to help him and articulate the issues he wants to articulate and that is what the campaign will need to do. What is he doing right and what is he doing wrong . I think for the most part, in the last week or two, i think his focus on the coronavirus has been good. I think his focus on encour
Having me on. It is really important that we are talking about Rural Broadband. Ive been engaged in this for years. I am one of the cofounders of the Rural Broadband caucus and we also have groups that are meeting all the time. This is not a republican or democrat or independent issue, this affects everyone out in the rural areas. And it is important for us to get this out as soon as we can because, especially during this covid19, we have really seen the effects in what can be done when we have the broadband out in our rural areas. Everything from telehealth ive talked to so many doctors that said it has been a savior out there for people to have telehealth, but then again, if you dont have the access and you have a problem so that is one of the first things ive heard right off the bat ive heard from people on the telehealth side. We also hear on the educational side, here in the state of ohio, they started closing the schools and they decided, well, we will have the kids do it remotel