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, please. President mrs. Nixo
A this video just into our newsroom. You can see there police in riot gear. They have converged on campus. Dozens of officers. Thousands of people. The lapd issuing a citywide tactical alert amid those propalestinian protests and counter protests. This is a tense situation which stems from the brawls that actually broke out last night between two different groups of protesters, fights firecracker and different chemical spray. During that confrontation. And now we fast forward to tonight, 24 hours later. This is a live look from our nbc chopper, which is in westwood. You can see all those people that have been camped out for several days. They were told by the Police Officers there in various Law Enforcement that they must clear the area. A lot of officers are standing guard around that encampment. So will they move in forcefully . Those officers or stand down . A lot of people are anxious to see what will happen next. Nbcs pete serratos is at uc berkeley, where a similar encampment has
Right now at 11 00. Were following breaking news at ucl. A this video just into our newsroom. You can see there police in riot gear. They have converged on campus. Dozens of officers. Thousands of people. The lapd issuing a citywide tactical alert amid those propalestinian protests and counter protests. This is a tense situation which stems from the brawls that actually broke out last night between two different groups of protesters, fights firecracker and different chemical spray. During that confrontation. And now we fast forward to tonight, 24 hours later. This is a live look from our nbc chopper, which is in westwood. You can see all those people that have been camped out for several days. They were told by the Police Officers there in various Law Enforcement that they must clear the area. A lot of officers are standing guard around that encampment. So will they move in forcefully . Those officers or stand down . A lot of people are anxious to see what will happen next. Nbcs pete s
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