Analytical adrenaline going . I certainly hope so. Seriously, of all the times weve hosted this conference over the years, this has got to be one of the more fraught election cycles in our lifetime. Certainly a roller coaster counting process and still clarifying picture of what is happening down ballot for several weeks. So we have assembled a stellar team to help us navigate a couple of key questions what happened and why . Was there an expected gap between expectations and eventual results, and if so, what was the cause of that . And how are the two parties, democrats and republicans, now going to move forward in terms their programs and policies but how they position themselves electorally over the next couple of years. With that, let me turn the microphone to my coconspirator in this endeavor, ellen tess cano. Ellen im the cofounder of the inside american politics experience. Last year and this year at nyu. 2008 following the historic election of barack obama as president. , we co
Fulton versus city of philadelphia. The honorable chief justice and associate justices of the Supreme Court of the United States. Oye, oye, oye. All persons having business honorable, the Supreme Court of the United States are admonished to get their attention for the court is now sitting. God save the United States and this honorable court. Roberts we will hear argument this morning in case number 19120 three, fulton versus city of philadelphia. Ms. Windham . Mr. Chief justice and may it please the court. The courts below made a civil error. They fail to understand where smith controls and where does not. Smith does not control where a government uses individual exemptions or makes other exceptions that undermine rules or when it changes rules to prohibit a religious practice. Philadelphia made all three errors here. The city cannot identify a neutral, generally applicable law after six attempt. Attempts. It now acknowledges its decisions are subjective and individualized. Yet the cou
Family institutions have a special affection for david nasaw. s biography of Andrew Carnegie was a lifechanging event for us. Through davids work, we came to know Andrew Carnegie, one lesson from the book stayed with me and animated my work, and that is the cockeyed optimism was not entirely misplaced. For all the madness you see in the world progress based on reason and can do spirit is indeed possible. The idea keeps me going and this occasion gives me the opportunity to say thank you. In addition to the carnegie biography davids previous books include biographies of Joseph Kennedy and William Randolph hearst. Today we turn to david nasaws supportive not one person but 1 million persons who emerged brutalized yet alive on the day, april 1945. The last million europes displaced persons from world war to cold war is an epic story the texas to the heart of europe during and after world war ii. It describes the movement of millions of people amid shifting borders and general chaos. About
Stop diplomatic uses armenia committing a war crime in azerbaijan as the border fights takes a toll on civilians from both sides. A lifeline from mali the west African Regional bloc lifts economic sanctions that were imposed following a military coup. That has tens of thousands of people flee armed groups in mozambique the government searches the International Community to help. My. But we begin with fast moving developments from kyrgyzstan the Prime Minister has resigned this comes right after the Election Commission and notes the early results of sundays vote and the speaker of the parliament has also resigned now this follows an eyes of violence where protesters stormed state buildings there accusing the government. Of rigging the election in its favor the process is freed former president was back at them bias and other senior officials who were in jail president serum by jeenbekov has insisted that he is still in control of the country. But tells stratfords joins us on the phone f
A top military official tests positive for corona virus several others are now in quarantine. Shackled and imprisoned against their will dave reports thats revealed the shocking reality for thousands of people with Mental Health conditions and confirmation that are lakes in a valley walls poisoned by knopf a child and in his 1st interview since falling ill he once again points the finger at the kremlin. We begin the news hour in kurdistan a nation on edge after the resignation of the Prime Minister and widespread protests it follows sundays disputed parliamentary poll the countrys Election Commission has an old the early results from the vote and demonstrations of storm state buildings in the. Capital bishkek they were accusing the government of rigging the election in its favor protesters freed former president account by f. And other senior officials from jail but president sued by e. M. I. Because of has insisted he is still in control of the country stratford has more now from bish