Country. With us today we have mel martinez from j. P. Morgan chase. We have wes moore from the robin hood foundation. Jean case from the Case Foundation. And Jeffrey Rosen from the National Constitution center. Thank you all for being here today. Let me kick off the conversation with a question for the group. Lets follow up a bit on the conversation we were just having. Lets talk a little bit about trust among americans and our institution of th democracy domestically. How serious is this challenge right now and what do you see in terms of the challenges we face here domestically . Senator martinez . Mr. Martinez thank you. Im inspired from this morning and i hope we can add to it. I believe there is great skepticism in our country and i think we underestimate the impact on the power of what happened during the financial crises. I think that was a moment in time when a lot of people began to doubt the promise of america. And the conversation began to be had that many of people are hav
American day. His remarks spoke to the people in the audience who are just been sworn in as naturalized United States citizens. Said, we have gathered here to affirm of faith. A faith and a common purpose a common devotion. Some of us have chosen america as the land of our adoption. The rest of us have come from those who have done the same. What was the object that nerved us or those that went before us. Saw to liberty, freedom from oppression, freedom from want, freedom to be ourselves. Behind me, just across Columbus Circle a central park. 73 years later, we are here to affirm that common faith that learned hand proclaimed. Today well begin a conversation about how to strengthen our democracy at home. And help foster a new consensus that spreads freedom abroad. Over the past century, the world has witnessed the transformative power of freedom around the world. In 1900 there were no true democracies. My mother was born before women had the right to vote. And only until the Voting Rig
The 2016 election. This begins with brief remarks from former first lady laura bush. [applause] thank you all. Thanks, everyone. Thank you, can. Good morning everyone. Elcome in 1944, a federal judge and philosopher, judge learned hand, delivered his speech in central park to over one Million People on i am an american day. His speech reached people who had just been sworn in as nationalized United States citizens. He said, we have gathered here to affirm a faith. A faith in a common purpose. A common conviction. A common devotion. Some of us have chosen america as the land of our adoption. The rest of us have come from those who did the same. Just across the street is central park. Today we would begin a conversation about how to foster a new consensus that spreads freedom abroad. Over the past century, the world has witnessed a transformative power of freedom around the world. In 1900, there were no true democracies. My mother was born before women have the right to vote. Only until
Panelists for being here. But when we started to think about this really broad topic at the Bush Institute, one of the things we knew as we talked to our Advisory Council and president and mrs. Push, we cant just talk about the international component. We need to look at the challenges in our own country areassert. This panel were all chosen not because they are smart thirst on this issue but because they are working on something to address this issue in our country. Mel marchday, we have Case Foundation and jeffrey rosen. Let me kick off the conversation with a question for the group, lets follow up on the conversation we were having, lets having trust about americans in our institutions of democracy. How serious is this challenge right now and what do you see in terms of the challenges we face here domestically . Senator martinez. Im inspired by what has been transpired. I believe it is great sweptism in our country and we underestimate of what happened during the financial crisis an
Independents and all others, 202 7488002. We welcome your comments on facebook. We look for your tweets as well. We are cspanwj. The case about this conversation, the organization, pew research center, has been tracking it for over 20 years. Looking at ideological views of parties and the differences between the parties. Ideological views often ideological consistent views parallel partisanship. Looking at the differences between the median democrat and the median republican views. 2004, the year george w. Bush was reelected, the difference not that far apart. It grew a little bit. 10 years later in 2014, nearing the end up Barack Obamas administration, this is the difference. Now, 2017. The most recent survey done by the pew research center. A graphic look at the divide between democrats, the left and right in the United States. We would like to hear your thoughts. 202 7488001 for republicans. Democrats, 202 7488000. All others, 202 7488002. Get your calls momentarily. I wanted to sho