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We are grateful you join us tonight. Happy to. Thank you very much. It has been quite a here of course, only the first of many as we learn today that there are many more court dates to come. The news continues, i want to turn things over right now to cnn prime time with wolf blitzer and laura coats. Our Special Coverage continues now on the arrest and arraignment of donald trump. Im wolf blitzer along laura coates, truly an extraordinary and unprecedented day right here in washington d. C. The former president at one point was in the custody of the very government he allegedly tried to overthrow. Just a mere step or two or three from the center of democracy with his supporters attacking on january six and a combination of a plot to overturn the election. Donald j trump arrested and arraigned for the third time in four months, on for federal charges including conspiracy to defraud the United States. Conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding and conspiracy against rights. The next He
Im david ferry archivist of the United States and its my pleasure to welcome you to todays virtual author lecture with zachary m schreg author of the fires of philadelphia which describes the events surrounding the antiimmigration riots in philadelphia in 1844. Before we begin id like to tell you about two upcoming programs. You can view on our youtube channel. On thursday, july 8th at noon amy stone will discuss the man who hated women her new book about antivice activists and us postal inspector Anthony Comstock and on thursday, july 15th at noon. Well hear from paul lettersky who in 1965 was assigned to assist the legendary fbi director jay edgar hoover. Letterskys new book the director describes his years in hoovers inner circle. We lived through periods of unrest people may be tempted to look nostalgically to the better days in the past a thoughtful closer. Look at those long gone days. However, may reveal that the conflicts of the present have deep roots in the past. Several time
thank purdue c-span who s filming this live? hi everyone. who s watching? hi, mom. and especially katherine brownell nicole emmer and leah wright gregor for this fantastic conference. i d like to also thank the three of them for inviting me for participate in this year s planning committee and for agree green to carve out a space to talk watergate and presidential scandals. my name is michael conswitz. i m a research scholar who works at the tenement library and robert f wagner lieber archives at nyu brief side note. i previously worked at the nixon library with my former boss tim. naftali and my first book they said no to nixon examine some of the stories of republicans who stood up to the 37th president within the administration. next week is the 50th anniversary of the watergate break-in. and it s been fascinating to watch. how recent books essays documentaries podcasts and films have framed the watergate saga to the american public. 46 years after the release of all the p
a lot of chapter number during the strike. all right. we re about to begin. thank you all for attending blah. welcome everyone to worse than watergate question mark reexamining the last 50 years of presidential scandals. at the beginning i d like to thank purdue c-span who s filming this live? hi everyone. who s watching? hi, mom. and especially katherine brownell nicole emmer and leah wright gregor for this fantastic conference. i d like to also thank the three of them for inviting me for participate in this year s planning committee and for agree green to carve out a space to talk watergate and presidential scandals. my name is michael conswitz. i m a research scholar who works at the tenement library and robert f wagner lieber archives at nyu brief side note. i previously worked at the nixon library with my former boss tim. naftali and my first book they said no to nixon examine some of the stories of republicans who stood up to the 37th president within the administration