You today by your television provider. And i come here tonight to the alsmith dinner knowing im the underdog in these final weeks. If you know where to look, there are signs of hope, theres signs of hope, even in the most unexpected places, even in this room, full of proud manhattan democrats, i cant i cant shake that feeling that some people here are pulling for me. Im delighted to see you here tonight, hillary. I was thrilled to get this invitation. And i feel right at home here because its often been said that i share the politics of alfred e. Smith and the ears of alfred e. Newman. It is an honor to be here with al smith. I obviously never knew your great grandfather but from everything that senator mccain has told me the two of them had a great time together before prohibition. So of course i am delighted. But not surprised by the final repeal of the 18th amendment. I felt all along that when this matter was properly submitted to the rank and file of our people they would readily
American progressionism and the coming of the new deal. He argues thattal al smith lost the 1928 election, his ideals and policies paved the way for president roosevelt. Good evening, everyone. Im really delighted to be able to see all of you here tonight and welcome all of you here for our talk for this evening. Im evan dolley, and on blehalf of the program here, welcome to our history talk. At the outset for being able to hold this talk, thank you to the funding of the history fund which is supporting this event, and let me jump straight to introducing our speaker for the evening. So our speaker for this evening is dr. Robert childs. He is a graduate of tascun university. He began a phd in history which he completed at the university of maryland in 2012, and the talk hes going to be giving this evening is the result of that phd dissertation, i do believe, yes. He has, during the course of this particular research, or the research for this project, he has received a couple prestigious
Cspan3, created by americas Cable Television companies as a Public Service and brought to you today by your television provider. I come here tonight to the Al Smith Dinner knowing im the underdog in the final weeks. If you know where to look, there are signs of hope. Even in the most unexpected places, even in this room full of proud manhattan democrats, i cant i cant shake that feeling that some people here are pulling for me. [ applause ] im delighted to see you here tonight, hilary. [ laughter ] i was thrilled to get this invitation and i feel at home here because its often been said that i share the politics of alford e. Smith and the ears of alford e. Newman. Its an honor to be here with al smith. I never knew your great grandfather. From everything that senator mccain has told me [ laughter ] the two of them had a great time together before prohibition. Of course im delighted, but not surprised, by the final repeal of the 18th amendment. I felt all along that when this matter was
And our new Digital Community during unprecedented times and as always our Event Schedule appears on our website you can sign up for newsletter and browse from home we will have time for questions if you have a question at any time click on a q a button we will allow as much as time allows your purchases and financial contribution make event late tonight a possible and ensure the landmark possible thank you for tuning in to support our staff we appreciate your support now and always also technical issues may arise we will do our best to resolve them quickly and we thank you for your patience and understanding i am pleased to introduce tonight speaker professor martha jones professor of history at Johns Hopkins and the co president and her work has been recognized by the organization of american historians American Society for history and numerous scholarships including the columbia universitys center for critical analysis and Pennsylvania Law School those including the color line along
Freedom Coalition Founder ralph reed who over the next two hours will be talking your calls and comments. His books include act of faith and for god and country which was published earlier this year. Host author ralph reeding when we asked you what some of your books are, the first one you listed was the bible. Is the bible a political book . Guest i dont think of it that way. Certainly, it has instruction about Civic Affairs and politics and how we order our societies, but i for me, obviously, the bible is primarily the revelation of gods man and principles for humanity and the best huawei to know best way to know the keys to living a godly life with intimacy with him. And if you believe in the new testament, as i do, his son, jesus christ. I also think as a trained historian its one of the most important history books that youll ever read. I mean, if you want to understand the ancient world, theres no better Single Source than the bible. Its all there, the rise and fall of empires fr