I have the honor of being executive director of the Ronald Reagan president ial foundation and institute. Thank you for coming out. Honor of our in men and women in uniform who defend our freedom around the world, please stand and join me for the pledge of allegiance. [in unison] 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. John thank you, please be seated. John thank you, please be seated. 1988 whenl of president Ronald Reagan broke ground at the sight of his future president ial library, im not sure he could have imagined that his foundation would one day also be operating a robust institute in washington dc, one just steps from the white house he would soon leave behind for his beloved homeland ranch in the west. , i do know that todays celebration honoring Justice Sandra day oconnor is exactly the type of gathering in his name that he envisioned. Intrinsic
Admire and he is here this morning to talk about his new book and a new biography of mohammed ali. I understand this is his only third stop. For he speaks ive been asked to mention a few things. First, the book possible,a of course, is pretty but if you would like to contribute to the cause you can do that at the headquarters for the book possible outside ort online and also i reminded after his remarks he will be heading over to the signing tent which is next to the tent out on the main plaza so you can have him sign your bookrn over there. Jonathans regard is one of the top writers of narrative nonfiction which is my favorite style. Its a fantastic author and bestselling book including two that i have read on lou gehrig and Jackie Robinson. Jonathan is written for the New York Times, theac new yorker, esquire in the Washington Post today he is a contributing writer for the wall street journal. His biography of commonality is the most anticipated book of the fall is you have checked o
With the help of our spectrum Cable Partners well explore the citys history and literary community, beginning with author pat oneill on the history of irish immigrants and how they helped build kansas city in what it is today. One of my Favorite Places in the whole cold is browns market run by john and john mcclain and cary brown. And they start the business in the late 1880s. Irish style. The oldest continual Retail Operation in west of the mississippi, maybe in the whole world. But browns is kind of our community center. One of those great Little Corner Neighborhood Grocery stores where people are extended credit in the neighborhood, people came here for generations, and its now kind of the same thing. People come here just to gossip and compare notes notes and head kids. So, its a much like a small town Crossroads Store in ireland. The title of the book, from the bottom up, its in the sense that in kansas city, were along the rivers, and the Missouri River in the kansas river and it
Not only as a woman by the mother of five healthcare is one of the top issues to deal with but what we have seen is obamacare collapsing to talk about how healthcare in america is the perfect person to talk about that today with another issue is opioids that has been impacting families across the country communities with so Many Americans dying every year through an overdose so we will talk how President Trump and his team is committed to the crisis i am honored to introduce the panelist here and they are just incredibly talented. And with the Opioid Crisis. Kellyanne needs no introduction serving as counsel to the president the first Woman Campaign manager to win a president ial campaign. [applause] next to her is the administrator over two decades guided healthcare policy to create the nations first consumer directed Medicaid Program to be sworn in as a 15th administrator with Medicare Medicaid services. And then to take ownership of the healthcare. Thanks for joining us. So first we