I would like to welcome dr. Jim cavanaugh, his wife esther in the front row [applause] and hugh hewitt, the president of the next and foundation, who you the Richard Nixon foundation. We have many distinguished guests from the nixon and other administrations and we are honored to have you here tonight. This year marks the 50th anniversary of Patricia Nixon becoming the first lady of the united states. Under her leadership the white house collection added over 600 paintings and furnishing elements to the white house collection, which is the most of any presidency. The significance of this will be discussed in tonights program, but its very important to us here at the white house of our mission which was inspired as most of you or all of you know by first Lady Jacqueline kennedy to be the private nonpartisan private partner to the white house for conservation, preservation, restoration of those beautiful staterooms in the white house, for the acquisition of items for the Permanent Collec
Hello. Good evening everyone. Welcome again i am the director of religious programming and like to start by asking who is here for the first time tonight whether a first or a repeat offender we have a bunch of programs to check out with a conversation with dan pfeiffer to a concert with josh ritter. Went to see the things that drive us to drink im sure reality has something for us all we are undeniably into 2020 the most t polarized election of all time the 2016 election seemed we didnt know our country or communities or who we thought we did questioning those deep rooted values and with that divisive twoparty political system tonight we are thrilled to welcome ezra klein back to make sense of it all to hear his perspective how the polarization has been growing roots for decades and why we are polarized he asserts the system is a broken but working exactly as designed and how our identities the disastrous results with the bonds of older country together the editor at large in cofounder
Afternoon. This i thought was interesting. She did it, she signed her name one letter at a time, using a different pen each time. She used 22 pens to sign her name. What is going on . Did she get an endorsement deal with bic . Its hard to argue youre not enjoying the impeachment when you turn it into a calligraphy class all of a sudden. Speaking of pelosi, she named impeachment managers including jerry nadler, adam schiff, and newly available red sox manager alex cora joined the team. They really want to win this. This is big stuff, only the third time in American History articles of impeachment have been sent to the senate, which means starting tuesday donald joanna trump will become the first former steak salesman to be tried for abuse of power and obstruction of congress. Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell insisted the trial will be fair, there will be arguments there will be evidence, and there will be a verdict, just not necessarily in that order. Most republicans Mitch Mcconn
Tonights guest was a fulltime speechwriter for president gerald ford and a consulting writer to george h. W. Bush. He served as founding president of the freedom of Expression Foundation in washington, d. C. He has won numerous awards for his research, including an award for political communication. It is with pleasure that i welcome dr. Craig smith. Ladies and gentlemen, would you please welcome dr. Craig smith. [applause] dr. Smith, it is a pleasure to see you and thank you for being here tonight. You have written for some of the most powerful people in the world. Can you tell us about your early life and how you got to be a president ial speechwriter. Dr. Smith the way i became a president ial speechwriter could only happen in america. I was an undergraduate debater where i got a lot of training in how to make cases, how to sift evidence and build arguments. I went on for a phd in communication studies, where i focused on the ancients. All of those things are incorporated in the spe
You are fake news. Its time to take on the elite, hit em with a blowtorch. There is blame on both sides, an. I have no doubt about it its probably the first time where thcountry realizes this is going to get bad. A very bitterly divided narrator americas great divide. T ionly going to get nastier. Narrator the dramatic conclusion, tonight on frontline. Frontline is made possible by contributions toour pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. C and by tporation for public broadcasting. Major support is provided by the john d. And catherine t. Itmacarthur foundation, cod to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. And by the Ford Foundation working with visionaries on the frontlines of social change worldwide. By the abrams foun,is provided committed to excellence in journalism. The park foundion, dedicated to heightening Public Awareness of critical issues. Nd the johnelen glessner family trust. Supporting trustworthy journalism that informs and inspires. Is the gsimons fo