My friend chuck for their remarks. I will have more to say to them later. On march 9th, 1967, senator howard baker junior, the newly elected senator from tennessee made his maiden address, his first speech on the floor of the senate. He spoke for too long. The republican leader of the senate who was also bakers father in law, walked to congratulate him and said howard, occasionally you might enjoy the luxury of unexpressed thought. Which is good advice for farewell address as well. Senator bakers legislative assistant, i was also a speechwriter that made an address, or at least i thought i was. He developed a bad habit of not saying what i wrote for his speech. I asked to see him, do i have a problem with our relationship . Write what you want to write and say what i want to say. I learned a couple other things about saying what i want to say. One came from alex haley, the author of roots, you heard him speak once and said may i make a suggestion . If when you begin a speech you would
You can do so by clicking on the q a icon at the bottom of the stream. The chat function will also built the active in that column youll find a link for purchasing the copy of the new book that evan has just written entitled joe biden. Evan is one of the most talented journalist of his generation. At the first part of his career overseas, will see the first of the Chicago Tribune which he joined shortly after graduated from harvard in which three years later was sent to the middle as to report to iraq and other countries. Next he went to china for the trip, the 2008 shared a Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting. That you rejoin the new yorker, stayed in china for several more years before moving to washington where he has been covering politics and foreign affairs. An excellent book about china, age of ambition when the 2014 National Book award and was a finalist for the 2015 Pulitzer Prize. This new book is adapted from occasional series of new yorker articles he has written ove
Case. 11,000 people in the hospital with covid19 for the First Time Since mid june. Meanwhile, in the u. K. , wales has imposed lockdown to try to stop the spread of the virus. Eva Morales Evo Morales this could have paved the way for him to turn return to bolivia. This is live from paris. Thank you very much. We will start with a story that continues to shock france and in many ways the best of the world. France has renewed a clampdown on muslim organizations in the wake of a beheading of a teacher in a paris suburb. They investigated the beheading of elementarys go teacher, Elementary School teacher samuel paty after he showed ptures of the prophet, mohammed in class. This time, the killer was an 18yearold refugee who traveled over 100 kilometers to carry out the atrocity. We will be getting many aspects of the story throughout. Lets start with the analysis of our first guest. He is a sociologist. Thank you for joining us. Can i start with a question . It is a difficult one to answer
Heard bill brands before, youll be delighted. If you have come in the past, as i know many of you have, youre in for another treat. So please join me in welcoming my colleague, Greaves Whitney to introduce our speaker. [ applause ] well, thank you very much, elaine, for that warm introduction and praise of the howenstein center. We really treasure our partnership with the ford. Its always a treat. We will continue to brick you excellent programs that stimulate the heart and mind. Happy washingtons birthday to our cspan audience and also to the audience here at the ford. Its really neat to be here, recognizing washingtons birthday. This is one of the reasons we wanted bill to be here on this special day. Its always a pleasure to host bill brands. Weve had him back to west michigan so many times, ive lost count. But its been enough that he should be awarded a lifetime tenure award at grant valley state university. [ laughter ] now, ive probably personally introduced you, bill, more than
Record for bringing in diverse and intellectually challenging and informed speakers. Tonights is no exception, and if you havent heard bill brands before, i think youll be delighted. If you have comments, in the past as i know many of you have, youre in for another treat. Please join me in welcoming my colleague, glees whitney, to introduce our speaker. [ applause ] well, thank you very much, elaine, for that warm introduction. We really treasure our partnership with the ford. Its always a treat. We will continue to bring you excellent programs that stimulate the mind and the heart for Public Service and love of our history. Happy washingtons birthday to our cspan audience and also to the audience here at the fort. Its really neat to be here recognizing washingtons birthday. This is one of the reasons we wanted bill to be here on this special day. Its always a pleasure to host bill brands. Weve had him back to west michigan so many times, ive lost count. But its been enough that he sho