Tonight, a ceremony honoring former secretary of state and former senator john kerry. President obama and massachusetts senators elizabeth born in Edward Markey pay tribute. Heres a preview. Senator warren think about where we are. As any who follow the news and friendly those who do not, it is deeply worrying about the dangers around the globe a Nuclear Showdown with north korea, destruction of the deal that has prevented iran from already developing a nuclear weapon, russian interference in u. S. Elections, the growing andr of china, neverending war in afghanistan, and on and on and on. People are worried from and they are right to be worried. I want to be clear about this. Stronger is a safer, place because of john kerry. [applause] watch the rest of the ceremony here on cspan eating at 9 40 p. M. Eastern beginning at 9 40 p. M. Eastern. Weekend, saturday on cspan, former president ial sunday, hows, and your zip code impacts your help. , Christopher Bedford on his book, the art of t
Learn, debate, and celebrate the greatest vision of human freedom in the history of the u. S. Constitution. You that we can engage in this meaningful work. On behalf of jeff rosen and the team at the Constitution Center, fornt to thank all of you everything that you do to bring the United States constitution to life. There are friends of the Constitution Center whos dedicated support helped make a night like tonight possible. I would like to invite them to join us on stage. Please help me welcome cynthia mcleod, superintendent. [applause] chairman. [applause] dan fitzpatrick. [applause] chairman ronan. Devos. [applause] howard schultz. [applause] dr. Amy gutman, president of the university of pennsylvania. Wanture that many of you to share tonights program on social media. When you do, it we invite you to use the Liberty Medal. Please silence your electronic devices. I will give you a moment to do so now. A few of our special guest support. Messages of please turn your attention to the
Spoke at this 90 minute event and resented senator kaine with the award. Presented senator mccain with the award. Good evening everyone and welcome to the Liberty Medal ceremony, honoring a Great American hero, u. S. Senator john mccain. Will begin atmony 7 00. In the meantime, i would like to take this opportunity to offer some thanks and shared a few special moments. Onlyspires citizen as the place where people from around the world can come together to learn, debate, and celebrate the greatest vision of human freedom in the history of the u. S. Constitution. You that we can engage in this meaningful work. On behalf of jeff rosen and the team at the Constitution Center, fornt to thank all of you everything that you do to bring the United States constitution to life. There are friends of the Constitution Center whos dedicated support helped make a night like tonight possible. I would like to invite them to join us on stage. Please help me welcome cynthia mcleod, superintendent. [appla
In. Reporter the chief says it was too late that the boys ages five and the others months old had passed away before help arrived. The likely cause. Possibly drowning. Reporter the chief says the suspect is mother is the suspect. Theyre not looking for anyone at this point. As the Investigation Continues to figure out why this tragedy happened many thoughts and prayers from this neighborhood are being sent out. It makes me so sad because theyre so many little kids that run around this neighborhood. Reporter and even some reflection by some as they watch this terrible ordeal unfold. For my community im just saying like we all have to stick together at some point. If you see someone going through something, ask thiemia their how their day is going because of things like this you never know. Reporter another live look here you can see investigators packing up all those bags of evidence. At this point no word on who the mother of these children are but again, just a fiveyearold and a month
As the National Constitution Center Awards the 2017 Liberty Medal to senator john mccain. [applause] throughout his career, senator mccain has put his the devotion to the u. S. Constitution above faction or party. He is the kind of independent citizen statesman James Madison envisioned when he stressed that the u. S. Constitution created not a direct democracy, but a representative republic. Madison and the framers of the constitution believed that direct democracies have led in greece and rome to rule by demagogues and the mob. By contrast, in a representative republic, citizens would delegate power to enlighten representatives. A chosen body of citizens whose wisdom may best discern the true interest of their country and whose patriotism and love of justice will be least likely to sacrifice it to temporary or partial considerations. Its especially meaningful that senator mccain will be awarded the Liberty Medal accompanied by the chair of the National Constitution Center Vice Preside