Pleasure to welcome you tonight for our program. Before we get started, just a couple of quick things. If you have electronic devices, now is a good time to turn them off. As usual in our programs, theres no photography and filming. Also, if youre wondering what all the equipment is, its cspan. So, show you an isis smile and brush your hair, and get ready in case you get a cameo. When we get to the q a part there is a microphone in the back of the room, and will let you know when theres time for that. Just lined up there to ask your questions. And a politically rest of times its always worthwhile revisiting the documents that set us apart from british rule and created the framework for our government. Tonight, our guest speaker, Kermit Roosevelt explores these documents and shares their interpretation of the meeting. Professor roosevelt teaches constitutional law at the university of Pennsylvania Law School he was born and raised in d. C. And attended harvard and yale. Before joining,
Program. Good evening everyone. Its a pleasure to welcome you for our program. If you could put away our cell phones, we would appreciate it. If you are wondering why there are bright lights in here, you are going to be on tv. Im kidding, the speaker is going to be on cspan. When we get to the q a, wait until we bring the mic to you. The speaker will repeat the question so you can hear it. Our speaker is teaching at columbia and working for David Rockefeller he joined the cia in 1980 nine and became a Political Leadership analyst on the middle east. He moved to the history staff in 1996 and was appointed chief historian of the cia in 2005. And his biography as director of Central Intelligence was recently declassified. His articles and book reviews and technical collections have appeared on studies in intelligence and intelligence in National Security and the oxford handbook of intelligent security. He has taught intelligence history at George Mason University and georgetown university
Good morning. We are going to have one more Beautiful Day for the bay area starting out for a mostly clear sky. Were heading over to willow glenn to check out our temperatures for the day. Were starting out with cool weather with some low mostly su once again going into this afternoon. As we reach into the mid50s and then look at our highs for today expect it to reach into the mid to upper 60s. Well see some lower 60s in parts of the north bay. Ill have more on this and well talk about that much expected weekend rain coming up in a few minutes. Mike, how is it looking for the Early Morning drivers . Its looking exactly as we expect. The map shows youll have green sensors all around the bay on the freeways. We did have reports of leftover work after a crash. I think in the last 90 seconds chp cleared that from our maps. Well check on that. Another issue may be going on in the north bay. Back to you. Thanks, mike. Across california there are now more than 11,000 confirmed coronavirus cas
From the revolution and that we should not trace values back to the founders. Instead he argues that through failures and reinventions weve use the constitution to create modern core values. The Smithsonian Associates hosted the event. Moderator good evening, can you hear me . Great. My name is ruth robbins and it is a pleasure to welcome you here tonight for our program. Before we get started just a couple of quick things. If you have electronic devices, now is a good time to turn them off. As usual, there is no photography and no filming. Also, if you are wondering what the equipment is in the back of so show, it is cspan your nicest smile, brush her hair, get ready in case you get a cameo. When we get to the q a part there is a microphone in the back of the room and we will let you know when it is time. You will line up there to ask your questions. Worthwhile to revisit the documents that set us apart from british rule and created the framework for our government. Our guest speaker,
I am a recovering politician, which is not a 12 step program, but i am absolutely delighted that the Wilson Center is hosting this event. I am looking for John Milton Cooper. Where is he . What are you doing in the back . For anyone who has not heard of John Milton Cooper, shame on you. He wrote an awardwinning biography of Woodrow Wilson, and he has been enormously hopeful to us over the years, appearing many times, but also helping us unpack some of the difficult issues around Woodrow Wilson. The subject of todays conversation. So, in 1978, when the Wilson Center was 10 years old, we were charged by congress with creating a Hubert Humphrey fellowship in social and political thought. Good idea. The idea was that a quote, distinguished scholar, statesman, or cultural figure uote, would deliver a lecture honoring humphreys legacy, which makes sense since he was a founding father of this place, as well as Vice President , senator, and dedicated public servant. And at times like this, whe