Before i say a prayer, i just want to say that i have seen an shot wounds in the hospital. Ive had to been be with family members, and it is such a dramatic thing. Any kind of hate is dramatic. Ask for everyone to bow their heads. God, you come to us in many forms and many voices. We know that you are sophia, wisdom. We know that you are a rock, our rock in times of desperate needs. I pray for all the people here today that serve a common purpose. I pray for all those that have lost family members to gun violence. That arer all those subjected to any kind of violence to any kind of hatred. Scripture and in other faiths and religions that span the world, the one thing that we know you are is love. We know that you accept all of us, no matter who we are. That you love each of us so dearly. You guide a speech day in our lives. , pray today for everyone here for families, for the world. , pray for our Nations Capital and the hatred we are experiencing right now as a result of this presiden
People make a difference in life when they have ripples. And when i look around this room at the deaspera, the extended family, and i see what everybodys doing, whether its back in rhode island or whether its up in baltimore or whether its all over the country, you know, the ripples are what come from graceful passion, because graceful passion is about inspiring people to then govern and lead with that graceful passion. And i think, as i was listening last week, with the privilege of being 15 feet or so away from the pope, i couldnt help but think of senator kennedy, because i know he was in that chamber as well, and he was talking, as he listened to the message of humility and dialogue that the pope was talking about, that pope could have been talking about ted kennedy, because thats what it was about. So, i hope that young people who maybe go into that filling station of cynicism, may be going and thinking, you know what, this isnt for me i think this oral history project is as impor
Any favors by trying to dress up politicians as if we are not real human beings that have made major mistakes and had major problems in our lives. Saturday evening at 7 00, a Panel Discussion on National Review founder william f. Buckley jr. s run for new york city mayor in 1965. And at 11 00 p. M. , Winston Groom discusses his latest book, the generals patton, mcarthur, marshall and the winning of world war ii. One of the first questions im usually asked when i do a tv or radio show is why did you choose these three men from the Second World War . And the answer is that they embodied, i believe, super characteristics of courage, character and patriotism. On sunday night at 8 00, author david petrusia looks back at a turning point in World History in 1932, the rise of hitler and fdr. And at 11 15 p. M. Eastern, alyssa katz discusses her book, the influence machine the u. S. Chamber of commerce and the corporate capture of american life. Theres a reason that i chose the chamber of comme
Later, congress and the 1965 heart seller immigration and nationality act. Next on American History tv, Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell gives a lecture on the rivalry between two kentucky politicians who served as governors and the senate. Senator mcconnell argues that the competition between Happy Chandler and Earle Clements led to the election of Thruston Morton. Well, thank you very much, robert. Its a real pleasure to be here today at transylvania. Want to thank president kerry and transylvania for hosting me here today. Happy to be veterans day here as well. I also want to acknowledge my good friend ben chandler. He and his family of course are descendants of one of the people im going to be talking about today. Kentucky has been extremely well served with ben as the executive director of the Kentucky Humanities Council and i want to thank him for sharing some of the anecdotes im going to use today. Finally, i want to thank chris mosher, all of whom have contributed in one