Good afternoon. My name is liz kennedy and im senior director of democracy and government reform. Id like to welcome you to the center for democracy progress this afternoon. Senator whitehouse has been delayed doing the nations business at a Senate Hearing so well be doing todays program with our fantastic panel and well be joined by the senator later in the program. We are at a critical moment for our democracy, which faces grave threats. A lot of attention has rightly been focused on russias involvement in Election Hacking and in dysinformation campaigns in the United States and elsewhere. C. A. P. Has addressed these issues, the weapon nation of information. Just on mopz c. A. P. Had an event for the release of our report Election Security in all 50 states, which graded each of the 50 states and the District Of Columbia on their Election Security prepared ps. Todays conversation will focus on yet another element of the kremlins influence that we are deeply concerned about and that h
Grateful that im here and we can try to work out something, maybe compromise on some solutions so that this never has to be another child, no person, in this world will to have go through something, so horrific and tragic and my thoughts and prayers get out to everyone. So thank you. President trump reiterated his call for ban on bump stocks and stronger background checks for gun buyers. He told group he will meet with state governors to discuss school safety. A sea of students took their demand for tighter gun laws directly to law makers in Florida State capitol. Group of students lobbied legislators privately while they made their voice the Capitol Building stairs. Never again, never again. Reporter students from Marjory Stoneman douglas rally led a high school outside state house in tallahassee, to change the states gun laws. We are trying to take away all of your guns, just the won being used to kill innocent children almost every year. Reporter inside capitol, students met with la
Tactics to scare off the thieves. Jackie. Reporter michelle and anne, were outside the hall of justice where a press conference just finished minutes ago. San francisco District Attorney George Gascon says that he wants to reduce the number of car breakins by 20 by the end of the year and he has a plan to do it. So he said a lot of these are organized crimes, which makes quick arrests nearly impossible because they happen so fast. To try to solve this epidemic, gascon presented a threepoint plan, first a 24 7 auto burglary web reporting system and phone tip line now in place. Next up, the d. A. s office is going to ask the San Francisco board of supervisors for 1 million to secure funding for an Auto Burglary Task force. And lastly, gascon wants to republish the register your camera program. He hopes it will reduce the number of breakins drastically. This is really a way for all of us to come together and to make sure that we end this problem this year. That its our goal and its a goal
The happy warrior, and today hes here to discuss his new book, drunks an American History. Please join me in welcoming chris finan. [applause] thank you. Its a real pleasure to be here in california. I just happened to be visiting, and i didnt really know what to how to dress when i was coming out here from new york. So im wearing tweed [laughter] so im going to take it off. I just wanted you to see that i do, in fact, have a jacket. [laughter] i, i love history, and i have for a long time. I studied history in school, in graduate school. And what had always appealed to me as a historian was strong stories. And so my first book was a biography of alfred e. Smith, the first catholic to run for president , a poor boy who became the great reforming governor of new york and then would have been a great president , but he got wiped out by herbert hoover. And i love that story. I spent 20 years writing it, and i decided when it was done, id better hurry up on the next book or id be dead. The
On behalf of our staff and Lisa Muscatine i would like to welcome you all to politics and prose. If you have not already, please silence your cell phones. And another writer by that pillar. Please hold your chairs and leaned them against something solid. Thank you im pleased to welcome you to politics and prose. As the criminal organizations [inaudible] the finest houses in the United States all with money from the empire. Systematic and narration that the criminal underworld and the intensity of the race with life on both sides of the border and the irresistible family ties. I am delighted to have joe here to tell us about this fascinating story. In addition, his work also appeared at the Washington Post please help me welcome. [applause] hello. Thank you everyone for coming. Now you can hear me. We are here to talk about the exciting and gripping and terrific new book that has everything it ever asked for. They were tidying up altogetherr if three fourths of the way through the book