Pathbreaking for the institution on Alexander Hamilton, American Made modern america. We also want to recognize his receipt of the National Humanities medal to keep of course has written numerous books on revolutionary america including biographies on George Washington, Alexander Hamilton and James Madison. His most recent book which was released just last week is founders son a life of Abraham Lincoln and it is already getting wonderful reviews. As always i would like to ask before invite Richard Brookhiser to the stage you make sure anything that makes noise like a cell phone is off. And now please join me in welcoming Richard Brookhiser to the stage. [applause] thank you for that i am being adjusted. They didnt need this stuff in the 19th century. They also did need to tell people to be quiet because they would be. Its always a pleasure and an honor to be at the historical society. I just want to thank a few people who are in the room. My publicist from basic, kathy nelson, basic bo
Richard brookhiser come Senior Editor of National Review, recounts Abraham Lincolns affinity for the Founding Fathers. This program from the New York Historical Society Newark city is about one hour. Save we are i absolutely thrilled to welcome back Richard Brookhiserpr to the New York Historical society. Il as you know he is renowned e historian author, Senior Editor of National Review aris well as a columnist for americannationa history. Review bledsoe is a columnist for american history. Before he served as a historian and curator for our spectacular institution for Alexander Hamilton also us receiver of the George Washington Alexander Hamilton and James Madison. His most recent book which was released last week as founders son a life of Abraham Lincoln and already getting wonderful reviews. Id like to ask before i invite him to the stage anything that makes noise like a cell phone is switched off now pleased when meet to welcome Richard Brookhiser to the stage. [applause] thanks. I
During the 90s and i faced that in 2002, 2003, and we know the importance of the independence of verification. You had it in bilateral agreements, verification with russia and thats long tradition. Thats one thing. But multilateral inspections are needed in cases like iran and like iraq. And in that for that you need impartial independent Civil Servants that are not subject to any corruption, that will not go to do the work with any of the intelligence agencies that are crawling all over the place. So i would like to ask you your view about the importance of independent verification as a third of the many issues you have on your agenda. Thank you very much. [ applause ] thank you very much, dr. Blix. Listening to you, i now realize why you received the award. And thank you for not retire, multiple times. Your honor please. [ applause ] you define what a Public Servant is. So thank you for your service. And thank you for your continuing to push the government and think about the issues
Groups, several different scenarios and we control for different periods of u. S. Residency, how long do people would people have to have been here in order to qualify. So theres about 3. 6 million unauthorized immigrants who dont qualify for daca who fall into one of these parent categories and about 1. 5 million spouses who dont qualify for daca, unauthorized immigrants who are spouses of citizens or bprs. Those categories overlap so theres about 4. 2 Million People who are either a spouse or parent. The numbers go down pretty substantially when you start adding on long residency requirements. So if youre only extending the program to people who have been here 5 or 10 or 15 years. So a few quick comments about this approach. You know, here again longtime residents with u. S. Based families have important equities that are generally recognized by our immigration system so we can certainly make humanitarian and normative arguments about why people like this should have an opportunity t
History news. Up next on American History tv David Reynolds editor of lincolns selected writings. He discussed president lincolns assassination and the man who shot and killed him. Actor john wilks booth. President lincoln died on april 15th, 1865. This event was hosted be i the City University of new york. Its about an hour and a half. Tomorrow to honor the 150th anniversary of his death lincoln was shot 150 years ago tonight and then died the next morning. President obama will proclaim a day of remembrance. For now though i want to take us back in time to that fateful night on april 14th, 1865. Ill first summarize what happened and then ill discuss the cultural background of Lincoln Lincoln and his murderer John Wilkes Booth. About this time in the evening 150 years ago Abraham Lincoln and his wife Mary Todd Lincoln were preparing to go see the noted actress laura king in the comic play our american cousin which was featured at fords theater. It was wellknown that lincoln a regular t