Justice, the Holocaust Museum l. A. , the forward, and the pico union project. As it is thanksgiving eve, just a word on that topic. On october 3, 1863, at the height of a bloody war dividing our country, Abraham Lincoln issued a thanksgiving proclamation which officially established thanksgiving as a national holiday. He proclaimed that though the nation was at war with itself, there were still blessings for which both sides could experts gratitude. He also proclaimed despite the painful and divided times, all americans should be concerned about those suffering as a result of civil strife. He set for the last thursday of november as thanksgiving. He asked everyone to pray to heal the wounds of the nation, and restore it to the full enjoyment of peace, tranquility, and union. President elect biden spoke today to the American People, he similarly acknowledged the countrys deep divide, and he also urged unity. A statement that harkens back to lincolns thanksgiving day proclamation, presi
Working on president kennedy that mrs. Kennedy walked into the operating room in the emergency area and took out a piece of his skull and offered it to the doctors and said, would this be of any help . Of course by then it was too late. Lets interrupt just a moment here. Yeah. Because julian parallels what you are saying with where he was and what was happening in the limousine as well. Can you overlap what sid was talking about . Then we will go back into Parkland Hospital. My memories are similar to sids. I was in the same White House Press bus. I was up in the front of it. When we heard the shots we had to decide what to do with the bus. I talked with to driver with another assistant press secretary who was on the bus with us. We decided the only thing to did was to go to we had thousands of people out there wait forth the president and they didnt know what happened. We might have to point out something about when this happened of course no one on the bus had any concept what had oc
Political benefits. He also frequently attended comedies at fords theater and he was known for telling jokes, for his witty stories and selfdeprecation. The ability for a leader or politician to laugh at oneself and at politics more broadly is a hallmark of our democracy. In humor we not only have a to callvalve but a way attention to ideological differences while still maintaining the balance of democratic discourse. Today in these polarized times and as we head toward a president ial election we bring together a panel known for their ability to laugh about the business of leadership and politics. I am pleased to welcome our distinguished guest today. Log before Stephen Colbert and jon stewart mark russell dared to joke and sing about the often absurd political process. Though he actually knew little about politics when he first began performing russells ability to find humor in anything made him an immediate hit. His career spanned from a piano is mark0 years working russell comedy s
Mr. Larry kudlow, and his coauthor, brian domitrovic, the associate professor and chair of the department of history of the sam houston state university. And the two of them worked on the book together, and they will be talking about it together. And were so thrilled and so honored to have you both here. Thank you for coming. And i should mention also, larry lives across the street and he is a regular customer here at the corner bookstore and has been for years. That makes it so much so special, and so personal. So, please join me in welcoming larry and brian. Thank you. [applause] larry kudlow thank you very much. Appreciate it. Are we on both mics . We welcome cspan, by the way. Thank you for covering this, appreciate it very much. So, yeah, its true im larry kudlow and im a local. When penguin and random house started organizing this thing which one . That works . This one doesnt sound great but well do what we can. Penguin and random house said, a while back when we got this thing
We are thrilled tonight to welcome back the distinguished george will, who will be in conversation with the awardwinning broadcaster i am sorry, i am sure you have won many awards, i cannot be sure which ones. I welcome you on behalf of our leadership, caroline kelly, david layer, the Leadership Team of jews united for democracy of justice, and Community Advocates inc. , the creators of this series. Thank you to our many wonderful sponsors. Temple isaiah, Stephen Weiss temple, leo beth temple, israel Hollywood Jewish center for justice, the Holocaust Museum l. A. , the forward, and the pico union project. As it is thanksgiving eve, just a word on that topic. On october 3, 1863, at the height of a bloody war dividing our country, Abraham Lincoln issued a thanksgiving proclamation which officially established thanksgiving as a national holiday. He proclaimed that though the nation was at war with itself, there were still blessings for which both sides could experts gratitude. He also pro