When you are connected, you are not alone. These Television Companies support cspan two as a public service. Good evening. My name is jane campbell. As president and ceo of the United States Capitol Historical Society, i have the honor of serving as the master of ceremony for this event. I want to acknowledge that several of my Board Members are here. I have to be especially nice to them. They are my bosses. John carlson, my board chair, john perry who else is here from the board . Wave your hands. Thank you very much for all that you do to keep the society going. The Capitol Historical Society was founded in 1962, chartered by congress to encourage in the most comprehensive and enlightened manner and understanding by the American People of the significance of the capital as the tangible symbol of their representative form of government. We celebrate the capitol every day. Before we get started with todays program, we want to take a moment to acknowledge the passing of my immediate pre
By congress to encourage in the most comprehensive and enlightened manner an understanding by the american of the significance of, the capitol, as the tangible symbol of their representative of government. And we celebrate the capitol every day before we get started with todays program,immediate r congressman ron harrison, who served the third president of the society000 through 2018. Rons tenure was characterized by strength in the face challenges, growth in that we serve the american people. So join me for a moment of silence. Thank you. Our full tribute to ron can be viewed on our weby a very a very special person. Among the greatest arcs of American History is the continual effort to expand who is included in the people. In the early of the republic, only land experiment. But they a document that stands to this day the ratification of the 15th amendment expanded, the franchise to africanamerican men. It still took a little work to make that real. The 19th amendment brought women in
Very good Tuesday Morning to you. 5 00. Thanks for starting your day with us. Im laura garcia. Im marcus washington. Well get a look at the commute with mike in just a bit. Vianey arana in for kari this morning. How is it looking today . Weve got something to our north that will bring a spotty chance. Spotty is the name of the game today, because based on where the satellite is showcasing the system, its pretty far north. In San Francisco its about 52 degrees, wind speeds are calm. Temperatures throughout, weve got 40s for san jose, 48 degrees, dublin 42, sonoma 51. Not too cold of a morning. This is what i was talking about. We do have a weaker low pressure system, and so far it looks like for folks who live north of the Golden Gate Bridge, youre probably going to see the most activity today. Areas south of the Golden Gate Bridge are not really going to get much. Tomorrow, even though this looks like it could pack a punch, its rather weak and a lot of it is going to remain offshore. K
We wont be live everywhere for long but now were screaming live on our Youtube Channel on facebook and also connected directly to the live stream at our local stage and we love doing these longform interviews like weve done with david marcus and earlier this week with chris c call for our book Club Interviews are doing with the rate lewis rosa about his book fiery but mostly peaceful and weve also done a couple of other book interviews. Inext week, in 10 days june 1 where going to have a very special exclusive Live Book Club interview with the great jack parr, former navy seal, now with his fifth book of this week and by the time we talked to him june 1 will be a New York Times number one bestseller in july premiere of the brandnew streaming series is series of books which will start chris pratt. The guy is bigtime and hes great and he loves his country and i just dropped j the book and hes going to be with us june 1. Heres the deal. All this stuff is live, eventually it always within
Here, i have to be especially nice to them. They are my bosses. Don carlson, my board chair, sean perry giles who else is here from the board way your hand. Thank you very much for all that you do to keep the society. The Capitol Historical Society was founded in 1962, chartered by congress to encourage in the most comprehensive and enlightened manner an understanding by the american of the significance of, the capitol, as the tangible symbol of their representative of government. And we celebrate the capitol every day before we get started with todays program, we to take a moment to the passing of my immediate predecessor, former congressman ron harrison, who served the third president of the society from 2000 through 2018. Rons tenure was characterized by strength in the face challenges, growth in that we serve the american people. So join me for a moment of silence. Thank you. Our full tribute to ron can be viewed on our web site. And i hope you take a moment to do it. He was really