I am the Vice President of the Constitutional Center outreach center. I want to welcome you. We are spending a lot of time marking the orient anniversary of the Voting Rights act, looking at through the lens of , the a low liuzzo. Liuzzo. Im sure you have been upstairs. Least the stories of at are 2200 people and they viola liuzzo and john lewis, who was supposed to be here tonight, but is stuck in washington. Derry may wrote a very interesting and compelling book to talk about the fbis role in the murder of viola eurozone liuzzo and other factors. Gary, thank you. [applause] mr. May thank you. Thank you to everyone body was removed for autopsy. You may recall he was a teenager who went down to mississippi to visit his uncle and cousins. Ot entirely sure what happened he may have flirted with a young 21yearold woman at the grocery store. Know till was kidnapped from his uncles home by two men in the middle of the night and tortured and murdered. His body was thrown into the tallahassee
Good evening. My name is tony green. I am the Vice President for programs and National Outreach at the National Constitution center. I want to welcome you. Today, we are spending a lot of time marking the 40th anniversary of the Voting Rights act. Were looking at it through the lens of one woman, viola liuzzo, who died in the Civil Rights Movement. Upstairs, and im sure all of you have been to the National Constitution Center Exhibit space, we have something called the American National tree, which has the stories of 100 people. And two of the people on there, at least, are heroes of the Civil Rights Movement and the battle to get to the Voting Rights act, and they are viola liuzzo and john lewis, who is supposed to be here tonight, but unfortunately is stuck in washington for votes. Gary may, who has written a very readable, interesting, and compelling book, is with us tonight to talk about the fbis role in Viola Liuzzos murder, the ku klux klan, and the other factors that led to why
Thank you for coming. Welcome to infrastructure week. We have been looking forward to this awhile. Infrastructure was a thing that all pundits after the election when we were in this fractured state after the 2016 election, will democrats and republicans be able to Work Together on anything, people said infrastructure. Why . Democrats like spending money and donald trump likes having things built, sees himself as a builder. We were supposed to get something. We havent gotten something yet, and well, policy always proves more complicated in practice than in promise. And thats the complexity of this, why we assembled the excellent panel we have today. Anybody that follows stuff about transportation infrastructure, the way cities work follows nicole. Senior fellow, contributing editor and columnist at new york post. Nick lawyer is of heritage foundation, focuses on energy, environment, regulatory issues. A Deputy Director of the thomas rowe institute for Economic Policy studies. Finally,
Specifically blamed mcconnell for his push not being successful. The truth is if the majority leader hadnt opposed us we could have insisted that iran recognizes israels right to exist and released its hostages before any sanctions are lifted. He told reporters. More now on whats in store for the senate from a capitol hill reporter. Good morning to you. Good morning. Explain this criticism and where it came from . Has this been long simmering between senator ted cruz and the Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell . Yes, to answer you briefly. Cruz is running a campaign that is essentially running against republicans in washington and trying to showcase himself as the conservative leading the charge against what he considers the washington cartel. They have been fighting over strategy ranging over the budget conference in 2013. The Government Shutdown in 2014. There was a fight over immigration at the end of last year. We have numerous tactical battles. This is the latest example of that. They
Mr. Hanna, it strikes me in your response to some of my colleagues on this side of the aisle, comments with your role about Vice President cheney and the agreement or the decision to invade iraq is it was a mistake and you apologize for that in your own way. But we should just move on from that. Is that a misrepresentation of how you view your actions . Its senate more complicated than that. Of course. And too long to explain. That, yes, if the case depended on weapons of mass destruction in iraq, that was false. And the American People didnt understand the grounds on which we were going to war to take out a guy who is a horrible dictator and a major strategic threat to american interests that the American Congress in 1998 passed a law almost unanimously saying the iraq liberation act saying weve got to doing . To get rid of this guy. Didnt say war necessarily but it says weve got a big problem with iraq, we need to doing . About it. But it was based, wouldnt you say, on the assumption