Vegan . Dont worry, they will tell you. Ive got 19 more minutes to speak to you and im looking forward to answering your questions. I want to jump right in on the theme of my campaign, but more importantly, the theme of my life. I think that the most important theme of this country. Our founders were not perfect geniuses and they enshrined in our founding documents a lot of bigotry and hate and in the decoration of embedded they called native americans savages and women as secondclass citizens but that was not the defining character of the country that has endured in the spirit they brought to humanity. They broke with the course of human events and said we would be the first nation and oldest constitutional democracy that would not be founded because we all look alike or pray like or are descended from the same branch of the family tree but they said we would be the First Society to put values and virtues on the highest aspirational ideals of human kind. It has been a tough experiment
Evening, its very encouraging and exciting for us here at the museum to have folks come in for our events. We really appreciate it. And i know that the staff of the raven bookstore appreciates it as well. So now ill introduce tonights guest speaker. James e. Sherow is a professor in the department of history at kansas state university. He specializes in researching and teaching environmental history, kansas history, and the history of the american west. Professor sherow has written six books and numerous articles, including Railroad Empire across the heartland, rephotographing Alexander Gardners westward journey, which is a familiar resource for the staff and volunteers at the watkins. I know we have that book on our shelves and weve used it. And the grasslands of the United States. Tonight, professor sherow will discuss his latest work, and copies will be available for purchase and signing thanks to our partners at the raven bookstore right here in lawrence, kansas. So without further
Now. Steve thank you todd and carley. Its 6 00 here in new york city. Monday, may 20th, 2024, welcome to fox friends for a new week. We start with a Fox News Alert. Iranian president Ibrahim Rishi killed in a Helicopter Crash. What that means for rogue regime and for all of us in the United States. President biden heads back to d. C. After morehouse grads some of whom turned their back on him during eyebrow raising speech. You got hear. This you start a college just as george floyd was murdered. And there was a reckoning on race. You have to be 10 times better than anyone else to get a fair shot. And, stealing the show. An adorable 6yearold saves a law school graduation. Holding up a hand drawn heart. Look at that antiisrael protesters disrupted that ceremony that they said in the post children see hate. All right. Fox friends starts right now. Remember, your mornings are better with friends. Steve all right. Lets kick things off 6 01 here in new york city. Fox news alert. The presiden
Ask you to check that the various mobile devices have been silenced or turned off as we prepare to begin. For everyone inhouse there will be a slight shift in the program agenda. Our keynote will now follow our first panel, but it will also occur before the break that is scheduled before the second panel. So, opening our discussion today will be dr. Lee edwards, distinguished fellow and conservative thought here at the Heritage Foundation. Please join me in welcoming dr. Edwards. [applause] good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. And welcome to the Heritage Foundation. We thank you so much for coming out today. August is something of a slow month in washington, dc, and were so pleased that we could attract some of this Towns Limited attention to the matter of u. S. Taiwan relations. And i extend a warm welcome to our speakers, panelists, and of course, to you, members of the audience. Particularly want to offer my appreciation to the Taiwan Benevolent Association of america, and the inst
Be out and about having conversations with all of you. This is my 1228th town meeting as a member of congress and its great to be back. We tried to be do one in every county on an ongoing basis. I have a couple things i want to say and then will go to questions. This is my first visit to great bend since the death of bob. She was my longtime friend. Bob and polly were great friends and great supporters. We spent our honeymoon with bob and polly at the Republican National convention in 1984. They are great friends of my wife. We now live in manhattan and we drove to great bend for the h Birthday Party only to arrive with three cars in the parking lot and i walked in and said what happened, am i in the wrong place and they said dont you know, bob died yesterday. He missed his Birthday Party by one day. Secondly, on a topic of interes interest. Im not a veteran but i grew up with vietnam in the back of my life and solve what happened to many who served in our military as they returned hom