This is a big win for johnson today. No question about it. Markeys johnson says he was ecstatic when he found out the charges would be dropped. He said this has weighed heavily on him the past several months. Now, this situation is over with. He just finished his third year at uva. 20 years old, walking into the courthouse this morning just after 9 15, alongside his attorney. This hearing lasted only about a minute or two. Dave chapman told the judge what he announced last night in a press release that he wanted to drop the charges against johnson and use the situation as an opportunity to improve relations between citizens and law enforcement. It was early in the morning of march 18 that officers were seen throwing johnson to the ground, his head bleeding. In the end, johnsons grad to have desk glad to have gone through theience as it will motivate him moving forward. For the rest of my life, i hope to work to serve minority communities and also society in shedding light on what is in
Without the president s signature. Signature. Can you explain what this is to our viewers . Spee02 i understand the president s position and i certainly had no problems with what hes doing. The iran sanctions act was passed by congress which gave the president. Youre watching on our youtube or joining us our friends from cspan two, welcome and and happy bill of rights day. Since president Franklin Roosevelt claimed it on december fifteenth, 1941, the day has served as a reminder that we should not take for granted the rights protected in this document. Our partner for tonights program on the bill of rights and the 21st century is a constitutional sources project and we thank them for their support. Before we begin tonights discussion like to tell you about two programs coming up next month. On tuesday, january 17 at noon journalist and author brett will talk about his new book, three days in january and white eisenhowers final mission which is about eisenhowers prophetic farewell addre
Good evening. Welcome. My name is ed mcmap and i want to welcome no, im kidding. Im mitchell cap lynn on. Behalf of all at the book fair i want to welcome you to the 33rd Miami Book Fair. How many of you is this your third night here . Quite a few of you. This has been a remarkable become fair and couldnt come at a better time to be honest. We had trevor noah, then we had James Carville and if you didnt see allen coming culping he was remarkable remarkable and then Jerald Geraldine books who was track and tonight we have a special guest. As many of you know it takes a village to put this book fair on, and i want to thank everybody here at this remarkable college of Miamidade College for owning their doors and sponsoring this and being the heart and soul of this become fair. So lets give them a pick rousing applause. [applause] i was going to say we also have a journalist two journalists speaking with one another. Also want to thank the remarkable coverage that all the journalist have g
Electronic devices you may have and also to not use any cameras during the course of this evening. Official photographers are entitled to take pictures. It is my pleasure to introduce justice breyer. He has had a distinguished career, starting as a law clerk to goldberg and going on to have many important positions in the department of justice and working for the Senate Judiciary committee. He was appointed to the First Circuit court of appeals and he and was thears chief judge of that court. Clinton tapped him to be a justice here and he turned out to be one of six people who, law clerk and a justice at this court. Here, he said at the far end of the bench for 11 years. It was the secondlongest time that anybody has sat as the most junior justice. More years had 11 and he has moved around on the bench. We are pleased to have him here tonight for this lecture. Justice breyer. Breyer 11 days or something. I was thinking about asking tice alito for not taking to not take the oath or 11 d