Of his bestseller, what it takes for this clip he recounts the aneurysm that mr. Biden suffered in 1988 following his failed run for that years democratic president ial nomination. And how it impacted his life and political career. Will you have to remember that joe biden i think was forced out of the race in september of 1987. By a series of revelations, none of which individually were kind of minor and almost laughable when you look back on them. But by the time they were digested to the great long snake of the Washington Press corps, it was an elephant of a character flaw. So biden had been drummed out. And he really did not come out speaking into the turn of the year, 1988 the early part of that year. It was february the first time he had been out, talking on a college campus. He went to the university of rochester as a matter fact. Were either . Guest out no i was not there. I was in New Hampshire with all of the good members of the pack. And joe gave his speech at the university
Working on the First Congress program. He has put together a very imaginative presentation using primary sources, letters of the time, where people wrote to one another about science, food, culture, and the back and forth that made early days in washington. We invite you to stay with us for questions and answers. Chuck will do his presentation and i will work through the questions. We have a couple of questions we may be able to do during the presentation. The majority of the questions will be at the conclusion of the presentation. Please put your questions in and i will try to work them through both at the end and as we move forward. Thank you very much for the work you have done to put this together and welcome to the platform. Chuck welcome, everyone. I am really happy to pull this off. Imaginative tell an story. So let your minds go. This is not a straightforward narrative. We will touch a lot of points. The point of departure for me came with the publication of my book. It is my b
Namesure you include your and where you are texting from. Wj. Twitter, it is cspan you can also post on our facebook page. The story is similar in a number of publications across the country with the reporting of latenight news from those cities. Tensions ease in some cities, but others see more chaos. Wall street journals washington is becoming a heavily armed fortress and criticism of President Trumps response is mounting. The star tribune is investigating on the investigation. Minnesota human rights launching an investigation into the Police Department after filing a civil rights charge related to the death of george floyd. The probe announced by the governor on tuesday will look at Minneapolis Police policies and procedures over the past 10 years to determine whether the department has engaged in discriminatory practices toward people of color. That is from the minneapolis star tribune. The online version is more updated, but just a bit more from their lead story. Protests roll on
There is a lot of equality in the senate. Most of what we do is on unanimous consent. Anyone of the hundred of us could object and throw the place into a stupor. Every senator has some real clout. The majority leader has more clout in the ability to set the agenda and be recognized first, which gives you tactical advantages. But the house always says we are like a pyramid. At the top you have the speaker. The senate is more like a level playing field, with the majority leader has a little more advantage than anyone else. A strongwilled senator can frequently get his way, simply by objecting. You study the senate. He somewhat downplays the the leaders role. You said Party Leaders are more powerful today than a have been at any time in the Senate History . We take leadership for granted. We think leaders are the most powerful and essential leaders in the United States senate. If we did not have them, the senate could not function. Two beyond this that is probably , correct given how the
Rights issues. Shes also chair of the institutes Human Trafficking advisory consults. This is vickie kennedy, an accomplished attorney and a nonprofit leaders. She advises government issues and regulatory issues. Shes the president of the board and the cofounder of the Kennedy Institute for the study of the senate and a nonpartisan and nonprofit, dazzling and a beautiful building here in boston that educates the public of the unique role of the United States senate in our democracy. Theyll be in conferring with gary hill. Those of us in massachusetts know of her public leadership and Lieutenant Governor, she was the president and a former resident fellow here at the institute. Join me welcoming Lieutenant Governor healy and mrs. Mccain and mrs. Kennedy. [ applause ] thank you. Thank you so much. Thank you for those kinds introductions. I am so excited to be able to have this conversation with both of you today. I think with the backdrop of everything that is going on with the country r