Scotland yard, canadian police, the fbi, that sort of thing. They have been around longer than any state Law Enforcement organization in the United States. And they have this worldwide image. That is what i am going to explore a little bit tonight. How they got this image, what this image is, but i think we all have some idea of what a texas ranger is. Maybe from tvs and movies, if nothing else. That was my first exposure to the rangers. Growing up in florida, i watched this disney show called texas john slaughter. Some of you may have seen that. The theme song was texas john slaughter, made them do what they outta, because if they didnt, they would die. The lone ranger may be the most famous cinematic and tv, radio rangers that started in 1933. Out of wxyz in detroit. The script was originally called the war on lester man hunter. But then they changed it to lone ranger. We would still be talking about it today. The rangers have been in hundreds of movies. There have been hundreds of b
I am sorry about that entrance. I wasnt doing it for theatrics but i do have a brandnew hip. [laughter] [applause] i love it. But the rest of the body hasnt caught up yet. [laughter] we go slow. Nobody is moderating us. We are just talking. We are talking about douglas and liberation . Absolutely. Let me start. To stop, i want other people to know about this. Im interested obviously in literacy. I am impressed with what i only recently discovered, which is this country is unique in the world in terms of the distribution distribution of libraries throughout the country. You cannot go in rural areas in europe or africa asia, rural areas and find libraries the way you can hear. Huge University Libraries that jump up out of nowhere in indiana or someplace. Pennsylvania, go for 100 miles and there it is. Enormous university with more books than cambridge. So its an extraordinary thing. The other thing is, something im interested in is on the one hand, the power of reading and of course, und
Steve cortes Discusses Campaign 2020 and the Republican Convention. Plus, emails, tweets, and phone calls. Washington journal is next. With gratitude for the confidence President Donald Trump has placed in me, the support of our Republican Party, and the grace of god, i humbly accept your nomination to run and serve as Vice President of the United States. From the third night of the Republican National convention, the Vice President in baltimore excepting the nomination to serve as the president s running mate. We will begin with your thoughts andhe themes of the evening the issues surrounding campaign 2020 and our first hour. You can dial in at 202 7488000 if you are supporting President Trump. If you support joe biden, call us at 202 7488001. Candidateport another or undecided, your line is 202 7488002. Us with your name, city, and state, or go to twitter and facebook to join the conversation. Pageew york times front framed last nights convention speeches. Law and orderew as a rallyi
Our email newsletter word for word office a a synopsis of the event. Sign up at cspan. Org connect. Coming up shortly, Texas Governor will give an update on the damage caused by hurricane laura and his live coverage here on cspan2. We are opening up the phoneh lines to get your top issue and campaign 2020 if youre supporting the president or joee biden. If youre undecided or thirdparty candidate. We will get to your calls in a minute but joining us on the boat is mike johnson of louisiana. You were expected to be in washington for the president s speech but youre staying there because of the hurricane. Whats the latest on the ground . You may be able to hear the heavy winds in the w background through the window here, we stayed here in the district because this is a historical event for us, is being registered, we are being told it could be the worst hurricane that ever hit our state and its pretty massive. The damage it wide spread, but god is spread grace, we dont have any fatalities
Reciprocate and the federal government is on standby to help. I am impressed the coordination and preparation has really gotten good. Randy, congressman, republican of texas, 14th district, we appreciate your time. [inaudible conversations] i want to thank everybody for gathering here today, especially want to thank senators cornyn and crews for taking the time to join us today and being part of the Aerial Overview were able to take to get a better assessment of the entire region as well as to work with us here on the ground. I want to thank the two local area congressmen, one for the two strict and congressman and adjacent district as well as lieutenant government patrick and state senator nichols and local representatives, thank them for being here. I want to thank your judge, thank you for hosting us and being with us. Its been a pleasure. Working with you through this. Thank you for being here. Of course. And mayor i think is still here, they are, thank you for being here. I want t