President of the United States of america. We are showing the progress that we have made in this country. Like many of you, i know the promise of america. My grandmother came here when she was seven years old as an immigrant from mexico. Just two generations later, one of her grandsons is serving in they United States congress and the other is running for president of the United States. [indiscernible] fighting for the victims of police brutality. Fighting for those who have been let down. Watching that image it is heartbreaking. It should also piss us all off. My plan also includes getting rid of section 1325, to go back to the way we used to treat this, when somebody comes across the border, not to criminalize desperation. This president is caging kids at the border and effectively letting isis prisoners run free. After he murdered nine people worshiping at bible study without hurting him, then do not tell me that Michael Brown and ayanna jones. What about eric garner . And macdonald
Historian and others at the Texas Tribune festival in austin. [applause] thank you. Welcome. And i feel like i probably dont need to introduce my fellow panelists here, because Everybody Knows who they are. But on my left we have texas land commissioner george p. Bush who is here speaking on behalf of the bush brand. [applause] susan page is the Washington Bureau chief for usa today and author of the recent and currently, i guess, still bestselling biography of barbara bush called the matriarch. And michael beschloss, one of the wonderful president ial authors who has written so many things, so many books. I will be asking you about some of the stuff i found in my old wellworn copy of character and michael beschloss, one of the wonderful president ial authors who has written so many things, so many books. I will be asking you about some of the stuff i found in my old wellworn copy of character above all. The first thing id like to ask all of you, we lost barbara bush and george bush ju
The politicians are still on the hill for late votes, so we will do things a little differently. National holiday, so some of our competitors are still at work, the politicians are still on the hill for late votes, so we will do things a little differently. We will have the journalists compete for their champion, and when the politicians arrive they will battle it out, and the winner of each round will go headtohead to find out who is the champion. So, lets get started. Competing for the press team this year is our defending fromion, Alexandra Petri the washington post. [applause] im still smarting because she beat me last year. John donnelly of cq roll call, a long time press club member. Hey, john. [applause] f npr, myheslow o former colleague. [applause] tillman of buzzfeed. [applause] we have a buzzfeed crowd here. [laughter] cheating, she brought a second competitor. [laughter] gangitano from the hill. [applause] from theawsey washington post. There you are. [applause] eric geller
Just said, we have also seen a slowdown in u. S. Growth this year and a slump in manufacturing, a decline in business investment. From your perch, what is your outlook for the u. S. Economy in the coming year . Well, the u. S. Is in a good place. And people in this room have contributed to that. What we lave is the longest in history, expansion, lowest in the last 50 years unemployment. What we value particularly is to see that wages are going up in the u. S. And wages of lowpaid workers are outpacing wage growth on average. That is driven by productivity gains, very important to recognize, but you are right that there are issues. Manufacturing and agriculture, they are on the softer side of the economy. What we see is consumption and services being the drivers of that good growth. We see in the United States, like everywhere, prolonged periods of low Interest Rates leading to what . More leverage. Households,in the corporates. Do you see this as a vulnerability Going Forward . We see
[indistinct conversations] good afternoon, everybody. Good afternoon and welcome. Here at the unh Franklin Pierce school of law. My name is john and i direct the Rudman Center. The Rudman Center provides curricular, experiential, and Financial Support for law students interested in Public Interest careers. It also serves as the face of the university here in concord by presenting public programming we are happy to be able to partner with the aclu of New Hampshire with an ongoing series of Civil Liberties and the presidency. We are happy to welcome to the law school senator cory booker from the state of new jersey. [applause] senator booker has been a senator since 2013. Before that, he was the mayor of newark, new jersey, from 2006 to 2013. Prior to that, he served on the council in new york. He is a rhodes scholar. He is a graduate of Stanford University and yale law school. Moderating todays event will be genie from the aclu of New Hampshire. Neither the aclu New Hampshire nor the Ru