Al green talks about his continued efforts to impeach trump. Pierce looks at thee Trump Administrations attempts to restrict who can seek asylum in the u. S. You are seeing, that is the final tally from yesterdays houseboat condemning President Trump over his tweets toward four female members of congress. Between the house and republicans over the speaker using disparaging remarks over the president on the president and one member of congress abandoning his post because of partisan squabbling. Looking at the events of the last few days, some members have called for a cooling of harsh rhetoric and more civility. We will show you what took place yesterday. We want to hear from you in light of recent events, can civility in politics be restored . You can let us know by calling the phone lines. 2027488000 for democrats. 2027488001 for republicans. And 2027488002 for independents. If you want to tweet and use social media, our twitter address is cspanwj and you can post on our Facebook Page
Good evening. Did you know that president John F Kennedy was the most photographed leader of his day. This may not surprise you since he used photography strategically to share his values of america. It was also the golden age of photography in america and thats why this subjec is of interest to us at the Smithsonian International art museum. We focus on telling the stories of the American Experience, from folk art to photography as well as painting and sculptor and crafts and media arts. Our exhibition, american visionary John F Kennedys life and times which you can view on the second floor in the graphic arts gallery is a premier event, among many organized by the kennedy president ial library. Im the mary and director of the smithsonian apaircon art museum and sam is what we call ourselves for short. Youre in for a special treat this evening as weve assembled a distinguished group of historians and scholars debating the Kennedy Administration and its legacy. Many of you likely remem
We not your typical and lecturer in 2004. They quickly became one of our most popular annual event. Tonight is no exception. We will feature historic conversation between a legendary near and a visionary rocket entrepreneur. In addition to those lucky enough to have secured tickets, many more will be watching on a live webcast. Which also will be in our archives. If you want to review it sometime in the future, senator glenn cannot be with us tonight. That he sent his best regards. His accompaniments are great inspiration for all of us. Thank you to our speakers for being here. Mr. David rubenstein. Cofounder and coceo of the carlyle group. Isff a sows is bazos founder of amazon and blue origins. Generalome today, major michael collins. Who once held what some have called the best job in the world. Director of the Smithsonian International space and air museum. Welcome back. [applause] as the founding director, general collins was responsible for the design and construction of this bui
California and the Republican Party and the conservative movement. Youre fortunate in utah to have a strong base of conservativism. We do not have that in california. I was wondering, for republicans and conservatives like us, can you comment on how we might able to regain the state and bring it back to the reagan days . As to the second question, i am only two states away, so i am happy to provide you with some conservative representation in washington. It turns out that your two senators are not conservative. I dont know if you knew that. [laughter] we do occasionally agree on things. I think it leaves not only me, but also the rest of us wondering if something has gone terribly wrong when we vote on the same thing. I think it relates back to the question that we asked a minute ago. The fact we have to do a better job explaining not just what we are against, there is always a place for that, but what we are for. Just as importantly, why we are for it. We are not just about tearing do
That will be signed by the president , so that will be underway. Two, we just signed a bill on transportation. In l. A. , we have seen major rojects Going Forward. The purple line is moving west toward the ocean. We were able to secure funding that will help us move forward with that project, that is costing several billion dollars. We secured close to 800 million in federal loan moneys. Thats about 2 billion to help extend that subway line to the west. We recently secured about two thirds of a billion dollars for what is being called the regional connector line owntown. If you try to travel mass transit downtown on the trains and subways, you often have to get off one to get on another. With the regional connector, it will be a seamless trip. It will be a lot more convenient for people who want to use mass transit to get around. We got a grant commitment from the federal government for two thirds of a billion dollars and about another 200 million in loan guarantees as well. That will