Reagan nominated Sandra Day Oconnor to be the first woman to serve on the u. S. Supreme court. Next on American History tv, a discussion with author evan thomas and one of Justice Oconnors sons on the qualification ands characteristics that led to her appointment. Good afternoon. For those ive not had a chance to meet, my name is john. I have the honor of being executive director of the Ronald Reagan president ial foundation and institute. Thank you all for coming out this afternoon. If you would, in honor of our men and women in uniform who defend our freedom around the world, please stand and join me for the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for chwhicht stands, one nation, under god, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. Please be seated. In the fall of 1988, when president Ronald Reagan broke ground at the site of his future president ial library, im not sure that he could have imagined that
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america. And to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. Please be seated. In the fall of 1988, when president Ronald Reagan broke ground at the site of his future president ial library, im not sure that he could have imagined that his foundation, the one bearing his name, would one day also be operating a robust institute in washington, d. C. , one just steps from the white house he would soon leave behind for his beloved home and ranch in the west. However, i do know nah todays celebration honoring Justice Sandra day oconnor is exactly the type of gathering in his name that he envisioned. History intrinsically links president reagan and Justice Oconnor and it is an honor and a privilege for the Reagan Foundation and institute to host this forum. Before we begin our celebration, id like to express our gratitude to our friends in the room who still carry the
Significantly in this statement here, in unanimous decision, the fed will maintain the target rate of near zero, between zero and quarter of a point until the fed is certain, it says that the economy has weathered this storm. Now the fed also approved establishment after primary credit rate of. 25 . The basic credit rate it lends to banks going back and forth no mention other Credit Facilities being related or created for this. Of the almost 5 trillion in stimulus. The Federal Reserve has yet to go forward. I talked with treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin and he said [inaudible] cheryl weve just lost edward. I want to give you a recap. Well look at the dow right now. Stocks are actually maintaining their position right now. The dow is up 570. All of the headlines were seeing cross from the Federal Reserve right now, again just to recap here, near zero, unanimous decision. It was 100 from the fed a unanimous decision and they are pledging aggressive action as the economic distress worsens
Director. S is the executive but first, from april of these words bye president bill clinton. His first comments about the bombing. The bombing in Oklahoma Cityr was an attack onen innocent children and defenseless citizens. As ait was an act of cowardice d it was evil. The United States will not tolerate it. I will not allow the people of this country to be intimidated by evil cowards. Which met with our team,m, we assembled to deal with this bombing, and i have determined to take the following steps to ensure theis s strongest respone to this cri situation. First, i have deployed a Crisis Management team under the leadership of the fbi working with the department of justice, the bureau of alcohol, tobacco, andary firearms, military and local authorities. We are sending the finest to solve these murders. Laresecond, i have declared an emergency in Oklahoma City and at my direction, the director of the federal emergency is now on agency,y, his way there to make sure we do everything we
Welcome everybody. Im Susan Eisenhower and its a terrific pleasure to be here today to have conversation with dr. Lynne cheney and karl rove. This is a real honor for me, and a real treat to be able to have kind of an intimate conversation about the executive power in the United States to actually wield power alongside of the president of the United States, and also to talk about what its like to be behind the scenes. Let me just say very quickly if i cough, im not sick. Im having a little you came back from wuhan with that cough. Are you feeling all right . Are you a little warm . Lin, do you want to change . I think the two women ought to be here. I had to clean out somebodys fireplace flue the other day and inhaled some fire smoke. In any case dont be alarmed if i find myself coughing. Let me just say that its really a thrill to talk to again, and as like some experiences as a child with what its like to be in the company of people who wield enormous power, to observe both the press