Research and suggestions for improving the management of public lands. We take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. Next. Ton is host preparations are underway for President Trumps salute to america in washington tomorrow. One concern was the use of tanks brought in by flat head flatbed trucks and put on display during the event. You can watch that on cspan tomorrow starting at 5 00. This is the washington journal for july 3. The Inspector General released a report on overcrowded conditions of detainees along sections of the southern border. Using terms such as dangerous overcrowding and ticking time bomb. We will get your thoughts on the situation. Here is how you can call and let us know if you live in the eastern and central time zones, 2027488000. If you live in the mound and pacific time zones, 2027488001. If you are a border state resident at the southern border, 2027488002. You can post your thoughts on twitter at cspanwj and on our Facebook Page
University of Chicago Institute of politics. It is one hour 10 minutes. Honored to welcome speechwriters who 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 hurwitz, served in the white house from 200920 17, 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
Easier to say that word other than to spell it i cannot figure how to spell it but im president of the National Civil Rights Museum and i welcome you here this evening for this book talk on miss johnsons book and i hope you have had an opportunity to get it and i believe we are selling it and she will be doing a book signing. A couple of things to mention before i introduce to you who will actually introduce miss johnson, our hope here at the museum is each time you come here you learn something that we are educating and informing and hopefully encouraging you to act in some way. We dont want to tell you what to do but to encourage you. Every one of us have been asked the exact same thing of all the people that we chronicle on the National Civil Rights Museum. They never had anything different than what we have from ourselves. The differences they activate it so when you leave here this evening you will have learned something or have new information last year 2018 we commemorated their
But its also because, like Robert Kennedy, beto orourke is tough, hard working, and courageous. As attorney general, Robert Kennedy took on the mob. I remember. I was a kid. It was pretty scary stuff. As a third term congressman from texas, Robert Francis beto orourke took on the most disliked and i might add the meanest longterm senator from texas, ted cruz. [applause] who . But also, as third term congressman for texas, Robert Francis beto orourke has taken on the most dishonest, immoral trading out. Start over. Immoral i want to back up in that sentence. [laughter] it turns out that it was just a trial run when he went after ted cruz. Beto orourke decided to take on the most dishonest, immoral, and incompetent president in the history of america, donald trump. Beto is like another strong bipartisan leader. And, another robert. There are a lot of people here that may remember bob ray. I worked with him on a diversity day at my daughters middle school, and we worked pretty hard and ch
Routes, 10 stations and more than 100,000 annual riders. Rail is vital to mississippi. I have been a tireless advocate for the restoration of the gulf coast Passenger Service. It was suspended in 2005 after hurricane katerina. With funding support from dot , amtrak in the states im , pleased to report that mississippi, louisiana and alabama are likely again to have this amtrak route and that will give mississippi a third amtrak route. Restoration of the service would support growing populations centers, connect tourist destinations, bring new jobs and improve the regions quality of life. This will make a positive difference for the communities and the people of the mississippi gulf coast. This hearing provides opportunity to examine the state of Passenger Rail and consider how to support existing routes like the southwest chief and restore gulf port gulf coast service. In i introduced along with 2015, senator booker the Railroad Reform enhancement and efficiency act which reauthorized