Children. This is one hour and 45 minutes. [applause] thank you. Good afternoon, everyone, and come piercede 26th distinguished lecture series. This was established with a generous gift from the family, many of who are here today, as well as at t. The lecture is presented by Clinton Foundation and Clinton School of public service. Please, give the family a big hand. Will you stand up so we can recognize you . I insist. Dean, come on, stand up. Theyre right here in the front. [applause] like to say ao very special word of thanks to our sponsors, who are here and they made this celebration possible, so thank you to our sponsors. [applause] begin what i anticipate will be a lively conversation, i would like to thank all of you for joining us. Oday as you can imagine with this giant group, it would be nearly impossible to recognize all of our distinguished guests individually. Groups of to ask people to please raise your hand when called. You ready . Or former a current elected official, p
I am proud to say to all of you here and United States this is the next Vice President of the United States of america, senator al gore from tennessee. [applause] people are hearing bill clintons message, they are deciding to help change this country and get our country moving forward. [cheering] bill clinton wants to put people first. They are responding to the message of putting people first. We will make the government work for the average families. It is time to put the American People first to invest and grow this economy. People tell him things they dont tell anybody else. This is not unusual. Part of it is, they recognized somebody who has had honest struggles in his own life. When somebody says something to him, he does not brush them off. He does not look beyond them. He listens to them. He will listen, and he will care. He will try to help. It is time for a change. It is time for someone smart enough to do, Strong Enough to lead. The comeback kid. A new voice for a new americ
It is not too late to enter. To chooseing students a provision of the u. S. Constitution and create a video demonstrating why it is important to you. Our competition is open to all middle school and high school students, grades six through 12. 100,000 in cash prizes will be awarded. Of 5,000 will go to the student or team with the best overall entry. For more information, go to our website, studentcam. Org. Next, former resident bill clinton and former first lady 25thry clinton mark the anniversary of when he was elected. Mrs. Clinton also talked about her new book and losing 32016 president ial election. This is about an hour and 40 minutes. Please give a big hand. Will you stand up so we can recognize you . James, stand out. They are right here in the front. [applause] i would also like to say a the special thanks to sponsors for a long this 25th anniversary to take place. Thank you, sponsors. [applause] before we begin what will be a lively conversation, i would like to thank you fo
The parents accused of the prolonged abuse, torture and captivity of 12 of their children plead not guilty. Is this the future of travel . The train in a tube that could reach 700 miles an hour. And its already an oscar contender the british short film about the importance of sign language, starring a deaf six year old girl. And coming up on sportsday on bbc news kyle edmund is into the fourth round at the australian open. Hes now one win away from producing his best ever run at a grand slam. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. There will no government challenge to the decision to release the serial sex attackerjohn worboys. The former black cab driver was jailed in 2009 for attacking 12 women, but its suspected he assaulted and raped many more. Thejustice secretary david gauke admitted he shares the concerns of worboys victims but that it would not be appropriate to seekjudicial review of the parole boards ruling to free him. Two of his victims are mounting their own chal
Government here in the United States has shut down, in the sense that there is now not sufficient money approved to keep it running, or at least keep it running indefinitely. What that means is that starting from monday, we are going into a weekend here, certain non essential staff will get notices to stay at home. Now, depending on how long this goes on, they could see their pay docked and we could see Crucial Services begin to bare the brunt of the pain, if you like. Initially though, all essential services will remain functioning as normal and they include the white house and the pentagon, although there will be certain staff, im given to understand, who will be furloughed, as they say, but this is something which dragged on. Back in 2013, it lasted 16 days, that was the last government shut down here in the United States. And about 800,000 government workers ended up being furloughed. As far as what this means politically, well, it gives the lawmakers, particularly senate lawmakers