We will try to tell as many of his stories as we remember. [laughter] we have some questions for these two, and then we will take any questions you have. If theres anything we hope you take away from this session, being a president ial speechwriter is exactly like you think it would be on the west wing. [laughter] im just kidding, it is much cooler. [laughter] i will start with questions about the relationship between ideas and speeding. Sometimes what starts as an idea and incident in a speech, sometimes the process starts before you have the idea. Im curious him up what i am curious, how does an idea become a speech . Sarah in a weird way, speechwriters are not coming up with the ideas, there are much smarter people in the building developing those ideas. But in a way i think the ideas, they dont get crystallized until they are litigated on the page. A lot of speechwriting is a process job where you are managing the various points of different policy staff that all have different int
Welcome to matter of fact. How separate are church and state . Thats the question the new political docuseries the family tries to answer. The family is a conservative Christian Group that for decades used its proximity to power to influence policy. It hosts small bipartisan prayer groups and has put on the National Prayer breakfast since 1953. The family also is known as the fello fellowship and remains secretive by design. Journalist jeff sharlet author of two books about the organization, the family and c street, served as one of the series executive producers. He also lived with the group at its headquarters in arlington, virginia, just outside of d. C. In my 20s i stumbled my way in and what i found was a secretive Christian Organization called the family that had been hiding in plain sight for 80 years. There were congressmen, senators, World Leaders soledad jeff sharlet, its so nice to have you, thanks for joining us. Jeff hi, soledad, thanks for having me. Soledad you bet. Give
Sarah and john. Jeff, who worked for president clinton, was supposed to be here, had a conflict that kept him in in d. C. We will try to tell as many of his stories as we remember. [laughter] kyle my hope is to use half the time to talk about questions i have for these two, then we will spend the other half taking questions you have. If theres anything we hope you take away from this session, being a president ial speechwriter is exactly like you think it would be on the west wing. [laughter] kyle im just kidding, it is so since like veep. This is the president ial ideas festival come i will start off with a question for these two about the relationship between the ideas and speeches. Sometimes what starts as an idea ends up in a speech. Sometimes, the process starts before you get the idea. I am curious, how does an idea become a speech . In a weird way, speechwriters are not coming up with the ideas. People in theter building who are developing those ideas. In a way, i think these id
[applause] [laughter] come on over. Thats ok. Any late arrivers get a hug. [laughter] sorry for the delay, but we are glad you are here on this Beautiful Day in nashua, New Hampshire. Bill and i have the great pleasure of having senator Amy Klobuchar here today. Because we are running a little late, i will suggest that perhaps you look at her website, which contains an extraordinary number of policies, and the most important part of them is that she can deliver on them. I want to tell you a couple of things about why i am supporting senator klobuchar. I am a child of immigrants. My parents came to this country literally with nothing after world war ii and i have been the beneficiary of the ideals, the aspirations, the hopes and dreams of most americans, and i want that to be for every american. I am the product yes. [applause] yes, i would clap for that too. I am the product of a Public School education from a midwestern state. [applause] illinois. Public education is the great equaliz
Shipenburgs university of pennsylvania. Hes an awardwinning author, coauthor or editor of 27 civil war books and more than 40 related articles. He is the Vice President of the center for civil war photographer. Hes been a licensed battlefield guide for 25 years. Hes appeared on numerous productions shown on the bbc, cspan, the pennsylvania public time as d works full chief historian or the American Battlefield trusts. Without any further introduction, i now present to you my friend, gary gear. [applause] leave your book here . Gary yeah, sure, i might need it. Hello, everybody. This isnt easy during the whole civil war in such a sort period of time. Well see if it takes 56 minutes or whatever. Im already wasting time for good luck for those of you who like to take notes. The seeds of the civil war are started in the constitution and there amp. Then you have north and south starting to look at each other differently. Southerners look to the north and although they speak the same languag