To being the leader of the world again. James and spring valley, new york. Mechanicsburg, pennsylvania. A supporter of President Trump. This is greg. Ceo of theident and center for american progress. Want to welcome you to this conversation. For we get started, i want to do a quick piece of housekeeping. Ate captioning is available. Merican progress. Org we have a tremendous conversation. Governor gavin newsom. I will get into introductions ater but i want to provides context. On the Democratic National convention, it is only fitting that we take time to discuss how we can correct course. The Trump Administrations response to the pandemic, to black lives matter, and their dangerous and reckless suppression of our democratic framework has made it abundantly clear that right now under this administration, we are on the wrong path. We are not just on the wrong path, we are heading backward. Dangerously backward. That is why this conversation is so important. We want to make sure that we a
Three keynote speakers from past conventions are considered to deliver the best speech of their political careers. Congresswoman Barbara Jordan at the 1976 Democratic Convention, three term new york governor mario cuomos address in 1984 and texas state treasurer and future governor and richards keynote speech in 1988. In 1976, congresswoman Barbara Jordan became the first black woman to give the keynote address to the dnc. She received a law degree from Boston University and was the first black woman elected to the texas senate. House,erving in the u. S. She taught political ethics at the university of texas at austin and later chaired the u. S. Commission on Immigration Reform which recommended immigration in the usb cut by 1 3. She spoke to delegates in new york city. [applause] ladies and gentlemen [applause] ladies and gentlemen [applause] ladies or arer you gentlemen. Gentlemen, in case you dont know it, may i now present our second keynote speaker, the honorable Barbara Jordan, d
Conference today on north korea. As we think about what might be coming down the road on the Korean Peninsula and the broader region, its very easy, i think, to succumb to the temptation to be pessimistic. In fact, as we sit here in washington today, it seems like theres all kinds of reason to be pessimistic. We seem to be facing on the home front a variety of challenges. Were in the midst of a wrenching president ial impeachment process. The broader country seems to have some deep cleavages societally. We have a big problem with mutual distrust in the country. When we look abroad internationally, the headlines we were reading this morning suggest we might be on the brink of a very dangerous war with iran. We last week read about the development of hype tr sonic weapons in russia and coupled with the demise of arms control and the return of great power competition, it looks like the world is getting ever more dangerous. Even American Relations with some of our longstanding allies seem
Can everyone hear me . Id like to go ahead and get started. Good morning and thank you all for coming. My name is george bebe, im the vicepresident and director of studies here at the center of the National Interest. I want to welcome you and thank you all for coming to this Conference Today on north korea. As we think about what might be coming down the road on the Korean Peninsula and the broader region, its very easy, i think, to succumb to the temptation to be pessimistic. In fact, as we sit here in washington today, it seems like theres all kinds of reasons to be pessimistic. We seem to be facing on the home front a variety of challenges. Were in the midst of a wrenching president ial impeachment process. The broader country seems to have some deep cleavages societally. We have a big problem with mutual distrust in the country. When we look abroad, internationally, the headlines were reading this morning suggest we might be on the brink of a very dangerous war with iran. We last w
So we integrated ouroo neighborhood and schools. Host how many black people were living in stamford connecticut in 1963 . Guest it was north stamford, so it was our family. There may have been two or three that lived up in that section of town and we just kind of desegregated ourselves. Host what do you remember about being one of the few africanamericans . Guest i remember in children people asking i me my race and i would be feeling shy, didnt speak at all, wouldnt ask questions or wear my glasses because i didnt want to be different in any other way and i didnt understand that was part of my experience being the only black child in fifth grade. Until fifth grade i was the only black child in the school. Host why did your mom and dad wan wants you to live their . Guest i dont think they wanted us to have that level of isolation. My father was still playing for the brooklyn dodgers and wanted to live on the land with privacy and thought it would be better for the family. Stanfords was