If you can keep it. This is just over one hour. Good evening. Welcome to the theater here at the National Archives. I am the archivist of the United States. I am pleased you could join us for tonights program. Whether you are here in the theater or joining us via facebook or youtube. A special welcome to our cspan audience this evening. Tomorrow is Constitution Day. In 1787ating that day with the delegates of the Constitutional Convention signed the document establishing a new government for the United States of america. At the National Archives we have celebrated Constitution Day since 1956. Four years after installing the original parchment document in its place of honor in the rotunda. Over the decades we have celebrated the constitution in many ways. Tomorrow we host one of my favorite events naturalization ceremony for new citizens. Always a moving experience to witness people from all parts of the world stand in front of the parchment signed by our founders. 232 years ago and swe
Establishing a new government for the United States of america. We have celebrated Constitution Day since 1950 6, 4 years after installing the original parchment document in its place of honor in the rotunda. We have celebrated the constitution in many ways. Tomorrow, we host one of my favorite events, a naturalization ceremony for new citizens of the United States. It is always a moving experience to witness this experience with people from all parts of the world, who stand in front of the constitution and swear to support and defend it. Invitelp guest speakers to help us reflect upon the constitution and its meaning in the present day. We are especially honored to have with us this evening the sitting justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, associate Justice Neil Gorsuch has recently brought together his reflections on the constitution and its separation of powers into one volume, a republic, if you can keep it. We are pleased to welcome him here to the home of the origina
Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by you can do the things youh like to do witwireless plan designed for you. With talk, text and data. Consumer cellular. Learn more at consumercellular. Tv and with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Uf woo it is the eve of impeachment. The United States house of representatives convenesco tomorrow tider the case against President Trump. But first, lawmakers spent long hours working out the rules for those proceedings. Once again, congressionalt correspondsa desjardins begins our coverage. Desjardins in a small room on the capitols third floor today, the last step before impeachment goes to the house floor. Unfortunate we have to be here today. Desjardins the House Rules Committee will decide the tprocess for the impeachm debate expected tomorrow. And it began with a first in igt
Tomorrow is Constitution Day commemorating the day when delegates of the Constitutional Convention signed a document establishing the new government for the United States of america. We have celebrated Constitution Day since 1956 at the archives, 4 years after installing the original document in the place of honor in the rotunda. Over the decades, we have celebrated the constitution in many ways. Tomorrow we host one of our favorite events, a ceremony for new citizens of the u. S. It is always a moving experience to watch people from all parts of the world stand in front of the apartment signed by our and swear50 years ago to support and uphold the constitution. Today, we are especially honored to have with us the sitting justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, associate Justice Neil Gorsuch has recently brought together his reflections on the constitution and the separation of powers into one volume, a republic if you can keep it. Himre pleased to welcome here to the home o
After 2 years in just 5 months. To one of its best sellers. Pope francis takes a major step towards dealing with cases of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church. Secrecy. Experts say the mixed martial arts has a lot of groups in germany to recruit new members. To the program. A global summit started in geneva aimed at finding better ways to support the worlds growing number of refugees the 1st Global Refugee Forum brings together politicians Business Leaders and refugees the u. N. Says war and persecution have forced 20 6000000. 00 people around the world to flee their homelands almost half come from just 3 countries syria afghanistan and south sudan. The 4th is the number of Palestinian Refugees which was the single largest refugee population before the syrian conflict most refugees living countries bordering their own and some spend their whole lives in camps like mohammad from somalia who lives in kenya. Mohammad. Has come to pray at his fathers grave hidden away in one of the biggest