To be able to talk to so many friends. Well, im just delighted to greet you and the audience in grand rapids, michigan. Well, as our cspan audience everywhere, im Gleaves Whitney executive director of the Gerald R Ford president ial foundation. And its my honor to be your host, along with a lot of good people today, and to welcome to our 2023 edition of americas first ladies luncheon. This years event is centered around a theme first ladies pat nixon and betty ford lives of leadership, courage and, grace. Three great words to describe these remarkable women are our foundations long running first ladies series is the brainchild of the first daughter, susan ford bales, whos here with us from texas. Susan, thank you so much for your dedication after all these years. And joining susan are number of special guests. So id like you to hold your applause to the end, please. President mrs. Nixons son in law, ed cox, is with us. He joins us in lieu of his son, christopher, who was originally on
Lets started does not make covid seem like a very distant memory. This is great to be back again with all you and you know, just to be able to talk to so many friends. Well, im just delighted to greet you and the audience in grand rapids, michigan. Well, as our cspan audience everywhere, im Gleaves Whitney executive director of the Gerald R Ford president ial foundation. And its my honor to be your host, along with a lot of good people today, and to welcome to our 2023 edition of americas first ladies luncheon. This years event is centered around a theme first ladies pat nixon and betty ford lives of leadership, courage and, grace. Three great words to describe these remarkable women are our foundations long running first ladies series is the brainchild of the first daughter, susan ford bales, whos here with us from texas. Susan, thank you so much for your dedication after all these years. And joining susan are number of special guests. So id like you to hold your applause to the end,
This is the aftermath in the city of ashkalon, not far from the gaza border. This all comes some 48 hours after hamas militants launched an unprecedented attack by land, by sea, and by air, killing civilians and taking hostages overnight. Israeli air strikes pummeled hundreds of targets in the gaza strip. Israels Defense Minister has this morning ordered a, quote, complete siege, saying electricity, food, and fuel will all be cut off. The videos show the horror on the ground at a Music Festival in israel are 260 people have been found dead. This is a drone video of burned out cars at the site. A dash camera video shows a hamas Fighter Shooting his rifle and taking a hostage. This morning, a spokesman for the Israeli Military say that hamas have brought dozen of hostages and there could be terrorists hiding in israel now. They came in in hundreds. There still could be terrorists. Were slowly scanning each of the communities and were evacuating the israeli population from these locations
The tent city and surrounded the house of trade unions, encircling not only activists, but random passersby, including women and children. Caught by surprise, people hurried to take refuge in the building, not suspecting that they would find themselves in a death trap, well, they went in, went in and seemed to be trying to throw something. It may seem that the militants at that moment madness took over, but this impression is deceptive, their actions obeyed a clear plan, while in one part of the Building People died in fire, in another there was a real hunt for them. Having broken through the side doors, the fanatics destroyed everything in their path, trying to get to the activists of the kulyakovo field, guys, dont, according to official data in the trade union house. 42 people died, but few believe these numbers. One of the reasons is the conclusions of the investigation, that the victims were burned, suffocated, or fell to death. But where in this case . Did this pool of blood come
The picture is similar in arizona. By the way, most of the detainees are released as soon as they reach the police station, but those with double motivation return to their comrades. The morning after the night of massacre, propalestinian activists in california gathered press conference. Anonymous people in masks essentially delivered an ultimatum to the administration of one of the countrys leading universities. The university of california must sit down with us at the table of negotiations, violence. That we encountered last night presented the university with a simple choice either the Administration Remains on the sidelines and watches as the zionist aggressors kill us, or they sit down at the table and agree to our terms. The main condition is condemnation of the war in gaza and a total boycott of israel. Until then, access to educational buildings is only for our own people. The protesters emphasize that they are not antisemites, but antizionists, that is, not against jews, but