Deon willich and e. J. Presidency and is President Trump to blame. And now on to toronto. One nation after trump. Two pairs of terrific debaters and let this house assemble and get these people in their seats and we will have a terrific toronto fordowntown the debate on the crisis of american dempsey. Im your moderator and i organized these debates and our debateors over the next hour and a half. Give us a couple of moments and get this the mumpings debates on the crisis of american democracy. Back to you live momentarily. Operate better. The canadians you cant take it away. Barack obama has rebuilt the trust of the world in our willingness to work through the security council. You must not talk to anybody in the world. Call this a mafia state, it is a disaster. If i were very immense. Indiscernible] i wont let you do this show me the words. You can keep screaming it. We dont want pity but opportunity. Its an appalling slander to me to the muslim religion. I demever said the word musli
Willingness rebuilt to work through willingness to work through you must not talk to anybody in the world. Wont let you be used. L this i show me the word pretext. The program has you can keep screaming that and it doesnt change the point. We do not want sympathy. We do not want sympathy. We want opportunities. Its an appalling slander to me to the muslim religion. I never said the word muslim. Was a muslim free foam nation. It was that kind of restraint, that kind of sober minded sensible Foreign Policy that obama represents. So i guess what im telling you is sort of a closet canadian. Ote for him, for gods sake. [applause] rudyard ladies and gentlemen, peter and melanie munk. [applause] you two. I would be remiss if i did not also thank you for your torontole gift to the General Hospital and its cardiac center, a 100 million donation to cardiac clients that will save lives. [applause] we are mere moments from getting out to debaters out here on center stage. We will be tackling the r
Toronto to debate those big issues on our minds that have captured our attention would not be possible without the public spiritedness and generosity of our host tonight. Munk. And melanie bravo, youtube. [applause] bravo, you two. I would be remiss if i did not also thank you for your remarkable gift to the toronto General Hospital and its cardiac center, a 100 million donation to cardiac clients that will save lives. [applause] we are mere moments from getting out to debaters out here on center stage. We will be tackling the resolution tonight. It resolves american democracy is in its worst crisis in a generation, and one man, donald j. Trump, is to blame. Arguing his favor of the resolution is renowned editor, father of the modern day blog, and celebrated social commentator, ladies and gentlemen, Andrew Sullivan. [applause] andrews debating partner is the bestselling author and a scholar at the Brookings Institution and a must read columnist. Ladies and gentlemen, e. J. Dionne. [app
Good evening. Im not sure the microphone is on, can you hear me . You can . Great. My name is Vanessa Beasley and im the dean of them at Vanderbilt University. Tonight its my Great Fortune to welcome you to this panel, the wonderful discussion that will have about the presidency of Richard Nixon. Im also happy to invite you to a conversation which will have on that same theme and question. Before we get started, in earnest though, it is fitting that we take a moment to remember the space that were in and who founded it. Tonight we are gathered in the First Amendment center in Vanderbilt University which was founded by. [inaudible] you may not remember him or be aware ofs legacy but he served as 43 years as an awardwinning journalist for the tennessean. As retirement he was editor, publisher and ceo. In 1982, he became the founding editorial director of usa today. He served in that position for a decade. He left journalism in the early 60s to serve in the Us Justice Department as Admini
Good evening. Im not sure the microphone is on, can you hear me . You can . Great. My name is Vanessa Beasley and im the dean of them at Vanderbilt University. Tonight its my Great Fortune to welcome you to this panel, the wonderful discussion that will have about the presidency of Richard Nixon. Im also happy to invite you to a conversation which will have on that same theme and question. Before we get started, in earnest though, it is fitting that we take a moment to remember the space that were in and who founded it. Tonight we are gathered in the First Amendment center in Vanderbilt University which was founded by. [inaudible] you may not remember him or be aware ofs legacy but he served as 43 years as an awardwinning journalist for the tennessean. As retirement he was editor, publisher and ceo. In 1982, he became the founding editorial director of usa today. He served in that position for a decade. He left journalism in the early 60s to serve in the Us Justice Department as Admini