Discussion on a topic familiar to him, journalism. The panelists are john avhon, editorinchief of the daily beast, marisa buchanan, dave cullen, a freelance journalist, matthew far welshing writer for Rolling Stone, alex gelber, citizen nyu journalism school, lou san reid, eric bates, editor at first look, the intercept, ruby cramer, correspondent for buzzfeed, will dana, jack grey, senior producer at cnn, anderson coopers 360, and jeremy. Here to act as the emcee is ben smith who was hastings last employer and editorinchief at buzzfeed. Since joining the company in january 2012, ben has built a newsroom of over 150 appropriators and editors, led expansion of over 20 content articles and built a team across the world. He has run for the wall street journal written for the wall street journal, the los angeles times, slate, the New York Post and the new republic. Ben will join us on stage in just a moment, but first, a short audio clip from the book. Introduction. Why i write. Finish my
Join the cspan conversation, like us on facebook, follow us on twitter. Next, a discussion and debate on the history of the Second Amendment, the right to keep and bear arms with Michael Waldman, president of the Brennan Center for justice and Duke University school of law, and attorney alan gura. Its about one hour. Thank you so much ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to the National Constitution center. Its such a pleasure to see you here. I am jeffrey rosen, the president of this wonderful institution, the National Constitution center. As those of you been here before no is the only institution in america chartered by congress to disseminate information about the u. S. Constitution on a nonpartisan basis. And that means that would bring together the best thinkers and scholars and commentators from all sides of the constitutional debate that transfixed the nation and let you that people make up your own mind. Were doing this on a range of media platforms, and want you to please checkout o
Safe and secure. Reporter one coordinator for Homeland Security declared new orleans the safest city on the planet this week. The nfl hired 4,000 private security guards and crowd management personnel to work the super bowl. An annual tradition during super bowl week is now open to fans who want to have the ultimate nfl experience. The interactive event lets people test their skills at the 40yard dash and see how you measure up to the nfl great in quarterbacking. Some nfl players such as andrew luck of the colts are there for autographs and popular features getting a video of your touchdown dance. Allen, dont get no ideas. Reporter dont expect me to dance. I have no false hopes. Dennis, we have heard about the players. You have talked about the media. Have you seen 9ers fans . Reporter absolutely. In fact, today is when you could start to feel the buzz. A lot of former nfl players, jerry rice is here today, everything is starting to happen. So we are going to take you down bourbon stre
League texas did not have approval of changing voting laws. A based on the history of pervasive voting relateed discrimination the Supreme Court itself failed to recognize that we believe the state of texas should be requiring to through a preclearance process before it changes any voting packet. Michael holder wants to bail in preapproval requirements for texas. In 2011 texas was awarded four new seats in the house which required them to redraw the redeem the law. In his opinion Thomas Griffith wrote without the Voting Rights act texas would not need to be concerned with the federal judges but holder found a way to hold texas accountable. If they side with the Justice Department decision, the preapproval requirement would apply to texas for ten more years. State attorney general greg abbott announced on twitter outside of obamas elections to control our elections ill fight against cheating at the ballot box. But texas was the first battle. The first state to change sweeping voting law
Now. And from the army to center stage, its miss america. This beauty queen has something no one has seen before. How shes daring to bear in a whole, new way. And why shes not allowed to hit them with her best shot. And good morning, america. Robin on assignment this morning. Welcome back to amy robach. We are covering two, big, breaking stories right now. The fire that destroyed so much of the jersey store. You see it right there. Undoing months of rebuilding. Those images so devastating. Were going to begin with an urgent crisis in colorado. The floodwaters there are out of control. You can see, there is a man who is racing to open the floodgates. He puts his own life in danger to open them. Dramatic rescues through the day and the night. Well bring you the very latest. Such an urgent situation. A lot of information coming in right now, sam. Youre watching a woman in the water in that video. She cant keep her balance in that heavy water. And shes just trying to get out of the area. W