We are proud your supporting democracy and you are doing social media. Democracy, media and the public sphere. Ryan is in the process of building a map to tell how long polling lines are. Bringing in the democracy, media, and the public sphere. We need those apps. My husband is in line now at 870 waite wait a 70minute where he is. Both of you get a has. A hat. They each get a hat that says cspan 2020 on the front. On the back, unfiltered. [laughter] you each get a hat. You get something. That is right. And then, very handy, always needed, a pen. [applause] thank you, both, for your work promoting democracy, media, and the public sphere, which is why we are all here today, right . Today we are going to talk about political advertising in campaigns. This is from chapter 13 in our book. There is much to discuss. Something that came to mind for me is something told to bob woodward and Carl Bernstein by deep throat. Follow the . Money. Yes, follow the money. Campaign advertising and politic
Hello everyone and welcome to todays ritual commonwealth program. My name is don lemon and ill be your moderator for today. Im excited to do this but i have a few things before we announce our beautiful wonderful sunny hostin. As the club continues tohost Virtual Events they are grateful for your virtual support and their members and donors so we hope youll consider making a donation. You can do it online or text donate. 415 329 4231. And you can text the word donate to thatnumber. We also like to think of barnyard osha foundation for supporting todays good lit events. It is my pleasure right now, my just overwhelming, deep , deeply i cant even tell you how much i love this woman but its my pleasure to welcome my very dear friend sunny hostin, awardwinning legal journalist and the coast of the view. I worked with sunny many years and we talked about so much, were like sisters and brothers and we fight butits all love. Her new book is called, here it is, i am these truths. Its an memoir
Following the break, day one of the confirmation hearings of Amy Coney Barrett continued. Sworn and and delivered her statement outlining her judicial philosophy and thought writing opinions and dissents. The remaining senators, including Vice President money also delivered remarks. This is just under two hours. Vice president ial candidate Kamala Harris also issued remarks. These are not normal times. 215,000 people and counting have died of this disease. Many businesses have closed their doors forever, shattering dreams and livelihoods. The white house has become a covid19 hotspot, driven by the president s ongoing denial of how serious this pandemic is. In even contracting the virus and being hospitalized seems to have shaken him back to reality. In normal times, the senate would be focusing on passing legislation to help the millions of americans suffering during this pandemic, but these are not normal times. Senate republicans are rushing to put a nominee onto the decidingourt to
When we think of this period as demonstrations in the street, that was really important here, was that leading u. S. Senators were citing with the anti war faction. And the amendment to end the war, was appealing to the public. And doing that at the very cruel and rational, thoughtful way. And that was a very important moment for the Anti War Movement. And it wasnt just in the streets, it was in the senate as well. You hadnt seen this before, whats your impressions, your first reactions . Just a tone of this thing . Its a very serious peace. These are very earnest man, who are both republican and democrat, moderates and liberal. People who have come to the conclusion, that the United States should not be siding in this war. That the tragedy has mounted so much for the years, that they have to intervene to stop. And they are trying to use the legislative branch, to bring the ward to one and. In a sense, creating a bit of a constitutional clash, with the president of the United States. I
These are very earnest men who are both republicans and democrats, moderates and liberal. People who have come to the conclusion that the United States should not be fighting in this war. A tragedy has mounted so much over the years that they have to stop. They are trying to use the legislative branch to bring the war to an end. In a sense, creating a bit of a constitutional clash with the president of the United States. Its very moving piece. Those are all very prominent senators. I knew several of them and work with them. They looked much younger in these pictures but they are really earnest about what they are saying. They were very convincing to the Television Audience that watch them. They had to fight to get the Television Program in the first place and so they made the most of it. Article one, section eight of the constitution reads as follows, the Congress Shall have power to raise and support armies but no appropriation of money to that use shelby for a longer term than two ye