Queen elizabeth as a child, i never imagined that one day a man would walk on the moon. Yet this year we marked the 50th anniversary of the famous apollo 11 mission. Still looking very good. Here go. The eagle has landed. Queen elizabeth as those historic pictures were beamed back to earth, millions of us sat transfixed to our Television Screens as we watched Neil Armstrong taking a small step for man and a giant leap for mankind and indeed for womankind. Its a reminder for us all the giant leaps often start with small steps. This year we marked another important anniversary, dday. On the 6th of june, 1944, some 156,000 british, canadian, and American Forces landed in northern france. It was the largest ever seaborne invasion an was delayed due to bad weather. I will remember the look of concern on my fathers face. He knew the secret dday plans ut could of course share that burden with no one. For the 75th anniversary of that decisive battle, in a true spirit of reconciliation, those w
Kristen the iop is honored to welcome speechwriters behind the words that have inspired us. Terry edmonds served as assistant to the president and director of speechwriting for president bill clinton, overseeing production of domestic policy speeches. Over a career spanning 40 years he has written for nasa administrator Charles Bowden as well as top executives at ibm, columbia university, time warner, the list goes on. He is a graduate from Morgan State University and is adjunct professor at hofstra university. Our next panelist, sarah , sarah hurwitz, served in the white house from 20092017, first as a speechwriter for president obama before becoming had speechwriter for first Lady Michelle obama. Previously she served as chief speechwriter for Hillary Clinton during her 2008 president ial campaign. She is a graduate of Harvard College and harvard law school, and has an upcoming book about judaism coming out in september. And John Mcconnell served more than 10 years in the white house
Them for you so theres an advance announcement for that. Some of you may remember andy was here three years ago and it was august so we are conservative and 30 so i guess weve always had to do that the same way and due to extreme planning on andy and my part, including double lot i am so thrilled to announce that this year tonight is the World Premiere of andyafter the release of his book which happened today. Sometimes that just works out. Those of you who work here three years ago may recall andy spoke about blind shake and some of those passings so hes the center of attention for that. He was at the center of attention with the Mueller Probe and the book of collusion which you will hear about in a few minutes and has some thoughts on the epstein case and if theres time in your questions he can talk about that as well because hes always the center of attention so thank you so much for coming and ladies and gentlemen, mister andy mccarthy. [applause] thank you so much erica, thank you
Christ, and rejoice in his love for every person. We give thanks for the millions of americans who come together to care for others with compassion and bring the warmth and bliss of this holy season to our families, friends, neighbors, and those in need. Loved onesther with this holiday, americans across this land are grateful for all of the men and women in uniform who keep us safe. Our military, police, and everyone in law enforcement. Prayer for special those military servicemembers stationed far from home, and we renew our hope for peace among world. And joy to the on behalf of the entire trump family, we wish everyone a joyous and merry christmas, and a very happy new year. Coming up tonight on cspan, a discussion about the history of journalism and fake news. From florida law school, a look at president ial misconduct. Later, darty dr. Marty mak ary on efforts to fix the u. S. Health care system. Next, a discussion about the history of journalism and fake news, with remarks by jo
Also a surgeon and author of several books. His latest is the price we pay what broke American Health care and how to fix it. If you had to pick a Tipping Point for health care in america and where you saw the first break, where would that be . Guest really, if you had to identify the issues that are driving our affordability crisis, that nobody is talking about, that we need to talk about, it is number one, pricing failures, number two, the middleman industry, and number three, inappropriate medical care. Collectively, there is broad consensus in america about addressing these issues. But unfortunately, our discussion has been sidetracked into this false choice we have into whether or not you are pro or con health care. Sidetrackede choice we have into whether or not you are pro or con health care. I have yet to meet somebody who thinks that any industry has gone from nontransparent pricing to transparent pricing and then said this is a bad idea, lets go back to hiding prices. People