Children. This is one hour and 45 minutes. [applause] thank you. Good afternoon, everyone, and come piercede 26th distinguished lecture series. This was established with a generous gift from the family, many of who are here today, as well as at t. The lecture is presented by Clinton Foundation and Clinton School of public service. Please, give the family a big hand. Will you stand up so we can recognize you . I insist. Dean, come on, stand up. Theyre right here in the front. [applause] like to say ao very special word of thanks to our sponsors, who are here and they made this celebration possible, so thank you to our sponsors. [applause] begin what i anticipate will be a lively conversation, i would like to thank all of you for joining us. Oday as you can imagine with this giant group, it would be nearly impossible to recognize all of our distinguished guests individually. Groups of to ask people to please raise your hand when called. You ready . Or former a current elected official, p
I am proud to say to all of you here and United States this is the next Vice President of the United States of america, senator al gore from tennessee. [applause] people are hearing bill clintons message, they are deciding to help change this country and get our country moving forward. [cheering] bill clinton wants to put people first. They are responding to the message of putting people first. We will make the government work for the average families. It is time to put the American People first to invest and grow this economy. People tell him things they dont tell anybody else. This is not unusual. Part of it is, they recognized somebody who has had honest struggles in his own life. When somebody says something to him, he does not brush them off. He does not look beyond them. He listens to them. He will listen, and he will care. He will try to help. It is time for a change. It is time for someone smart enough to do, Strong Enough to lead. The comeback kid. A new voice for a new americ
It is not too late to enter. To chooseing students a provision of the u. S. Constitution and create a video demonstrating why it is important to you. Our competition is open to all middle school and high school students, grades six through 12. 100,000 in cash prizes will be awarded. Of 5,000 will go to the student or team with the best overall entry. For more information, go to our website, studentcam. Org. Next, former resident bill clinton and former first lady 25thry clinton mark the anniversary of when he was elected. Mrs. Clinton also talked about her new book and losing 32016 president ial election. This is about an hour and 40 minutes. Please give a big hand. Will you stand up so we can recognize you . James, stand out. They are right here in the front. [applause] i would also like to say a the special thanks to sponsors for a long this 25th anniversary to take place. Thank you, sponsors. [applause] before we begin what will be a lively conversation, i would like to thank you fo
Next. Big science of big money and big impact on our special report. Tonight missouri is under a state of emergency, governor jay nixon has activated the National Guard. He says hes worried about the possibility of what he calls expanded unrest after a grand jury hands down a decision in the Michael Brown case, that decision is expected soon. Jonathan martin . Ferguson. Jonathan, whats the reaction there tonight . Reporter well, good evening, john. This decision by the governor to issue the state of emergency has certainly fueled a lot of speculation that the grand jury i decision could be imminent and concerns fears about how bad the violence could be. In a phone call a few moment ago the governors its part of a con tip jensie plan to make sure Law Enforcement are prepared the st. Louis counts and i City Police Departments were working with the Highway Patrol and the National Guard are prepared for the worst, even though we dont know what day the grand jury will announce their decisio
He received a b. A. In government from dartmouth. That was followed by degrees in government from georgetown university. We were ten years as a newspaper journalist before becoming a professor, and has lectured widely on the news media, presidency and elections before u. S. And international audiences. A prolific scholar, he has written seven books including, president ial communication of character, nightly news nightmare, spinner and chief, and his most recent, late night with trump, political humor and the american presidency. Theres also the author and coauthor of dozens of scarlet early articles. U. S. Public opinion and virginia politics. His political commentary has appeared in a wide range of Media Outlets including the new york times, Washington Post, pbs, unusual, politico, cspan and bbc world. His current professor of Political Science and International Affairs and instead of leadership in the media studies at the university of mary washington. He is also taught courses of P