To welcome you. Barbara lucas, and the vice regents of George Washington mt. Vernon, also president sheila ba bair, Adam Goodhart and the board of Washington College. And the cofounders and cochairs and all the trustees of the institute. Founded in 2005, the 50,000 George Washington prize is sponsored by our three organizations and is awarded each year to the best work about the founding era. This is the first type the washington prize has ever been warded to a play. And i would add no one anywhere will be surprised that tonight it will be presented to Linmanuel Miranda for his astonishing hamilton. We will hear from lin miranda a bit later, bifirst firsbut firs recognize some of our distinguished guests. Among them, former premiere of bermuda, former u. S. Senator bill bradley, the former u. S. Ambassador to the Czech Republic and then ambassador to france, craig staple ton and his partner in diplomacy debbie stapleton. We also have the former undersecretary for domestic finance and a
The play. This is about an hour and 15 minutes. Good evening. Thank you. My name is jim basker. [ applause ] it is my pleasure and privilege to welcome you all to the 1211th presentation of the George Washington prize on behalf of the three cohosts of tonights decent. The first, regent Barbara Lucas the vice regents of George Washington mt. Vernon, also president sheila bair, Adam Goodhart and the board of Washington College. [ applause ] and the cofounders and cochairs and all the trustees of the institute. [ applause ] founded in 2005, the 50,000 George Washington prize is sponsored by our three organizations and is awarded each year to the best work about the founding era. This is the first time the washington prize has ever been warded to a play. [ applause ] and i would add no one anywhere will be surprised that tonight it will be presented to Linmanuel Miranda for his astonishing hamilton. [ applause ] we will hear from lin miranda a bit later, but first i want to recognize some
When we continue. Funding for charlie rose was provided by the following. Myee captioning sponsored by Rose Communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Rose Lance Armstrong by any measure was widely known as the king of cycling but the career of this seventime Tour De France winner has been marred in controversy, last year the u. S. Antidoping agency accused him of running the most sophisticated doping program in history, armstrong denied the allegations for over a decade, he admitted to using performanceenhancing drugs in an interview recorded with Oprah Winfrey on monday, oprah spoke to me today on cbs this morning about the interview. I would rather people make their own decisions about whether he was contrite or not, i felt he was thoughtful, i thought he was serious, i thought that he certainly had prepared himself for this moment. I would say that he met the moment, and at the end of it, two and a half literally two and a half hours, we both were prett
When we continue. Funding for charlie rose was provided by the following. Myee captioning sponsored by Rose Communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Rose Lance Armstrong by any measure was widely known as the king of cycling but the career of this seventime Tour De France winner has been marred in controversy, last year the u. S. Antidoping agency accused him of running the most sophisticated doping program in history, armstrong denied the allegations for over a decade, he admitted to using performanceenhancing drugs in an interview recorded with Oprah Winfrey on monday, oprah spoke to me today on cbs this morning about the interview. I would rather people make their own decisions about whether he was contrite or not, i felt he was thoughtful, i thought he was serious, i thought that he certainly had prepared himself for this moment. I would say that he met the moment, and at the end of it, two and a half literally two and a half hours, we both were prett
Whitakers ability to lead the attorney general is unconstitutional. They say it has denied each plaintiff the opportunity to cast a binding vote on whether to consent to defendant whitaker serving as a principal officer. Senator plumblumenthal, whiteho and hirono are all part of the committee that appoints president ial nominees and whitaker skipped that process. The lawsuit lists multiple other problems with whitaker, including his public criticisms of the russia investigation. So lets start at the white house, with our correspondent there, kaitlan collins. And kaitlan, that the doj just last week issued a defense as to why they believe that whitakers appointment is valid. Is that the same defense that the white house is using today . Reporter it is the same defense. And thats what theyre arguing. And weve seen President Trump take his own route here by saying, well, Matt Whitakers not confirmed by the senate, but neither was the special counsel, Robert Mueller, even though, of course