In your inboxes for some information about those events coming to you shortly. In the interim im so pleased to welcome my guest Douglas Murray to our event. This afternoon. Douglas is a journalist and im sure many of you if not all have read his work and the pages of the wall street journal, the National Review for a force in the spectator where he is an associate editor douglas is also an author most recently of the 2019 book the madness of crowds. And he was with us in person at the manhattan institute. I think in early 2018 and that was just after the publication of this book, that strange death of europe. Now, douglas is a Formidable Political critic and while he is an observer of all things uk and i think us, im not sure that he knew that the subject of both his most recent book and this one were coming to play so much during this particular moment in time but they have area and its for that reason and many others that it is my pleasure to welcome you to bless to our event this af
As we commemorate the profound and lasting expression of political convicted and took shape in this room exactly 106 years ago today. [applause]. As you saw in the video a moment ago, there is an important place in the fabric of our city. Sitting here tonight, youre not only occupying a seat on this day in 1860, new yorkers the send it to a statesman from illinois. The liver to speak would not only alter the course of the his life, but would impact the future of our nation. Since that day, scores of individuals have field your seats. Eager to explore the issues that define who we are as a country. And tonight, you have a seat to another perspective on americas next chapter. Inspired by the man who ultimately united the country after the most divided. In this history. Laura and preserve the Great American experiment. Abraham lincoln, later viewed that his speech is a turning point in his eventual election to the white house. Here he made an impassioned argument against the expansion of
Violence. Broadcasting live from our studios in moscow recapping weeks top stories with our Weekly Program this is our Team International russias overhauled constitution came into effect on saturday following a previous weeklong vote they have the majority of the public endorsed of the changes with over 3 quarters in favor from a turnout of around 68 percent taylor kept tabs on the final day of polling for us. Now this really was a vote of the fos time people were in mosques and gloves the time they were using disposable pens wilson threw temperatures counts fencing online for some as for the voting process itself while that was a situation where security footage allegedly quote a woman stuffing the ballots now but counting in that area of moscow has been suspended pending an investigation otherwise the central Editorial Commission says that it found no irregularities that was so many amendments on the table 147. 00 in total that its difficult to decide what it was that ultimately secu
Great hall occupies an important place in the fabric of our city. Sitting here tonight, you are not only occupying a seat where, on this day in 1860, new yorkers listened to a thenlittleknown statesman from illinois deliver a speech that would not only alter the course of his life but would impact the future of our nation. Since that day scores of individuals have filled your seats, eager to discuss the issues that define who we are as a country. Tonight, you have a seat to another perspective on americas next chapter, inspired by the man who would reunite the country after the most divided period of its history and preserve the Great American experience. Abraham lincoln later viewed his Cooper Union Speech as the turning point to his eventual election to the white house and he made an impassioned argument against in slavery in the United States in treating his audience to have faith that right makes might. His words did more than make a president. The moral clarity of his imperative h
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