Country musics grand old opery. Today we are at the historic Ryman Auditorium in downtown nashville, tennessee. The nickname of the Ryman Auditorium was the Mother Church of Country Music, which definitely tells the history of both things that it is famous for. It was built by a river boat captain who was famously converted under a tent in downtown nashville in may of 1865, and after his conversion, he believed that traveling ministers should have a permanent home inside that was large enough to take the large crowds of the traveling ministers who came to town. Captain ryman built the Ryman Auditorium and it opened at first in 1892 as a tabernacle. That is the church part of the history. The music part of the history, the Country Music part deals with the grand ole opry, which came here in 1943 after being in many different homes in nashville and stayed here until 1974 when the new opry house was built. During the run of the 40s, 50s, 60s and 70s, some of the most famous people in all
I. Am very richards and welcome to the show democratic candidate joe biden has won at the u. S. President ial election after sealing a victory in the battleground state of pennsylvania of the 99 percent of votes counted in pennsylvania biden has won 49. 7 percent trump has won 49. 2 percent 20 electoral votes biden won in this state allow him to surpass that magic number 270 needed to win the election in the Electoral College according to projections by the Associated Press we also picked up 6 seats 6 votes lets say in nevada giving him a total of 290 electoral votes to republican president Donald Trumps 214. Well weve been hearing 1st responses from the biden supporters are gathered on the black lives matters plaza in washington d. C. Thousands of people there have been gathering and just blocks away from the white house in the last few days we were. Having a ball cap hit on the i believe there are right and i beg for the united way and i made it is 3 come on they are. Very very. Very
A few hours time doesnt bode well for what we might see play out of the coming months so you know we saw when President Trumpet took office that the previous president obama actually laid out a path hand over power to make sure that the president from steve that they were up to date on everything that was happening and everything was needed for them to be able to carry forth the policy that had been left behind but that actually didnt end up happening that handover it turned out that a lot of the materials that were prepared by president obamas team to hand over to President Trump werent actually accepted and carried forth and so it is hard to imagine that that will happen now that President Trump will prepare a smooth handover and transition that being said we dont know what will happen from now until january 20th which is Inauguration Day it could be the president trying change of course changes tack in that some you know they do pretty prepare a smooth handover and transition but th
It is about 90 minutes. Tonight as i said we are partnering with the Hauenstein Center. If you have not heard bill brands speak before, you will be delighted, and if you have been here in the past, youre in for another treat. Please join me in welcoming my colleague, gleaves whitney, director of the Hauenstein Center to introduce our speaker. [applause] thank you very much, elaine, for that warm introduction. We really appreciate our partnership with the ford. It is always a treat. We will continue to bring you excellent programs. That stimulate the mind and heart for public service. Happy washingtons birthday to our cspan audience and our audience here at the ford. Its really neat to be here recognizing washingtons birthday. Its always a pleasure to host bill brands. We have had him back to west michigan so many times i have lost count. He should be awarded a lifetime tenure award. I have probably personally introduced bill more than a dozen times. Each time i go back and check his bi
Heard bill brands before, youll be delighted. If you have come in the past, as i know many of you have, youre in for another treat. So please join me in welcoming my colleague, Greaves Whitney to introduce our speaker. [ applause ] well, thank you very much, elaine, for that warm introduction and praise of the howenstein center. We really treasure our partnership with the ford. Its always a treat. We will continue to brick you excellent programs that stimulate the heart and mind. Happy washingtons birthday to our cspan audience and also to the audience here at the ford. Its really neat to be here, recognizing washingtons birthday. This is one of the reasons we wanted bill to be here on this special day. Its always a pleasure to host bill brands. Weve had him back to west michigan so many times, ive lost count. But its been enough that he should be awarded a lifetime tenure award at grant valley state university. [ laughter ] now, ive probably personally introduced you, bill, more than