Reagan nominated Sandra Day Oconnor to be the first woman to serve on the u. S. Supreme court. Next on American History tv, a discussion with author evan thomas and one of Justice Oconnors sons on the qualification ands characteristics that led to her appointment. Good afternoon. For those ive not had a chance to meet, my name is john. I have the honor of being executive director of the Ronald Reagan president ial foundation and institute. Thank you all for coming out this afternoon. If you would, in honor of our men and women in uniform who defend our freedom around the world, please stand and join me for the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for chwhicht stands, one nation, under god, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. Please be seated. In the fall of 1988, when president Ronald Reagan broke ground at the site of his future president ial library, im not sure that he could have imagined that
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. Thank you. Please be seated. In the fall of 1988, when president Ronald Reagan broke ground at the site of his future president ial library, im not sure that he could have imagined that his foundation, the one bearing his name, would one day also be operating a robust institute in washington, d. C. , one just steps from the white house he would soon leave behind for his beloved home and ranch in the west. However, i do know nah todays celebration honoring Justice Sandra day oconnor is exactly the type of gathering in his name that he envisioned. History intrinsically links president reagan and Justice Oconnor and it is an honor and a privilege for the Reagan Foundation and institute to host this forum. Before we begin our celebration, id like to express our gratitude to our friends in the room who still carry the
Condition. Reporter the twins are extremely critical being treated here. They tell us in this case, there was no barrier around the hot tub where the twins were found. Meanwhile, firefighters are reminding people how to keep children safe around water. Twin toddlers rushed to the hospital after nearly drowning. Police say the twoyearold, twoyearold, a boy and a girl, got into the backyard bathtub. We believe the away for just a few seconds and thats when the toddlers were able to go into the hot tub. Reporter both parents were at home at the time and called 911 when they found their toddlers in the water. Paramedics performed cpr until they got to the hospital. What happened is the mother of the children was taking the child for a walk. Reporter any water 18 inches or more and 8 feet wide must have a barrier. They contained water just needs to be 18 inches deep and outdoors to require a barrier. The thing is, these kind of situations happen. Reporter firefighters reminding people its n
No questions . [inaudible question] is there a question here . [applause] there was a question. My question is what is the best story you did . The best story i didnt print, i think all the good ones are in there, i got to tell you. Good question. Anyone else . I have to start dying my hair after all this was over. It was really fun to be in kansas. Earlier today we talked about preserving the voices of elders and that was important and i was so happy i got to do that. It is up part of what you grew up with. Really an honor. [applause] booktv is on facebook. Like us to interact with booktv guests and viewers. Watch videos and get uptodate information on events, facebook. Com booktv. 48 hours of nonfiction authors and books continues on cspan2. Walter echohawk talks about the u. S. Governments adoption of the un declaration of the rights of Indigenous Peoples and discusses what needs to be done to implement it and create a more just society for native americans. This is about an hour an
So this is a panel where we going to spend some time each of our is going to spend about five or 10 minutes introducing a particular president ial transition and highlight a few of the big takeaway interesting points, Lessons Learned. And so well go im going to im going to we wont go in program order. Were actually going to go and in Chronological Order of the elections that theyre going to be highlighting and then do that. About 50 minutes or so. And then open it up for discussion and conversation and questions. So so let me im going to go forth and im going to introduce everyone at the top. And then we will they will go in turn. So im going to introduce folks in the in the order in which they are going to speak. So first, we are going to have lindsey stravinsky, who is a senior fellow at center for president ial history at Southern Methodist methodist university. She is a historian of the presidency, political culture and the government, especially the president s cabinet. Her first