Thank you all for joining us this evening. It is nice to see all of you and some new faces in the crowd. If this is your first time visiting we welcome you. We are the Oldest Society and the country and we are inviting people for 226 years. We are an independent nonprofit organization. We offer training for educators, and material for researchers. Looking back at how we planned this Evenings Program i can say that there has been about a year in the making. Last August Brenda lawson our head of Collection Services mentioned that papers of gerry studds was processed and ready for researchers. She also mentioned that Mark Robert Schneider, was because even he had been using this to research a book. On august 2016 he agreed to speak here so we are ready to go it has been quite some time in the making. This is often the source of our Public Programs. This is worth acknowledging that the collection of papers was donated to us by dean harris the widower of studds. We thank him for the contrib
Focusing on stories associated with our nations 37th president tonight on cspans q a. Next, a journalist and two former Clinton White house staffers discuss the impact of second terms on president ial leadership and effectiveness. The Panel Suggests that president s often change their focus to Foreign Policy welding news media is already looking ahead to the next president. This is about an hour and 20 minutes. Moderator this is a series where we look at leadership not in the abstract, but at a particular institution. We have the majority leader from the senate, senators lott and daschle. Were looking at second term president s. We have a group who have served with and encountered multiple president s we can talk about today. Let me say a few things quickly and then introduce our panel. We put together a book about the second term of the bush administration. It was called second term blues. That is not to pick on george bush so much as to say second term president s have difficulties.
Congress join us for a conversation about internet and tech issues facing the united states. Uzan is aative s democrat from washington. Oth have backgrounds how do you view your role as a member of congress when it comes to tech policy . Of how you are reminded much the industry is growing and how many new things you see for the first time and how many times people explain them to you. We are falling behind, we are doing what we can to stay up. We are constantly trying to take that behind Technology Knowledge and relate to people who have never done anything more than go to best buy. It is quite a challenge sometimes. The folks want to understand technology, but once you get you the data, you realize have a bit of a challenge. We are very lucky that not and myself, but a number of members who stay up on technology. Do you view your role as a member of congress when it comes to tech . Think it is about educating other members of congress about how Technology Works today, but also where
About donald trump is his unpredictability. We talk to californians celebrating the new president. It was a lot easier to come out as gay here in the bay area than as a Republican Trump supporter. And those who will take part in the womens march. What im really going there for is this huge kind of community hug. Thats tonight on kqed newsroom. Welcome to kqed newsroom. Im thuy vu. Tonight we bring you a special onehour program on the president ial inauguration, plus analysis what was lies ahead in the trump era for california and the nation. And welcome to our new broadcast time of 7 00 p. M. This morning in washington, d. C. , the nations 45th president , donald trump, vowed in his inaugural speech to rebuild and lead the country into a new era. An era that he said in which the American People have reassumed power. The forgotten men and women of our country will be forgotten no longer. Everyone is listening to you now. You came by the tens of millions to become part of a historic move
About donald trump is his unpredictability. We talk to californians celebrating the new president. It was a lot easier to come out as gay here in the bay area than as a Republican Trump supporter. And those who will take part in the womens march. What im really going there for is this huge kind of community hug. Thats tonight on kqed newsroom. Welcome to kqed newsroom. Im thuy vu. Tonight we bring you a special onehour program on the president ial inauguration, plus analysis what was lies ahead in the trump era for california and the nation. And welcome to our new broadcast time of 7 00 p. M. This morning in washington, d. C. , the nations 45th president , donald trump, vowed in his inaugural speech to rebuild and lead the country into a new era. An era that he said in which the American People have reassumed power. The forgotten men and women of our country will be forgotten no longer. Everyone is listening to you now. You came by the tens of millions to become part of a historic move