Of ilr. Youve encountered several of the Board Members when youre checking in today and making your way into this room. I want to acknowledge carol who is where . Where are you, carol . Doing a lot of heavy lifting associate with this. [applause] a couple of business items i have to address. Photographs, recordings not permitted. Weve already turned off the cell phones, okay. Some business about ilr. Were beginning our full session on monday the 15th, less than two weeks, about ten days. We have an open house scheduled for next week, the tenth, at 1 00 at the Boca Raton Community center, which is right near the city hall near palmetto. Youre the Program Brochure on your seats when you came in that shows you are full program for the eightweek session, which i think looks very exciting. And those of you who are new to ilr, theres signup sheets in there as well which you can turn in when were done. Well, to business at hand. Were privileged of course today to have with us retired Supreme
And cspan is here, so this is an historic occasion. Ilr. The chair of you encountered some of the Board Members when checking into this room. , whot to acknowledge carol is where . Where are you, carol . She is our her. [applause] best our executive director. Of businesscouple items i have to address. Photographs, recordings, not permitted. We have already turned off the cell phones. We are beginning our full , inion on monday the 15th less than two weeks but 10 days. We have an open house scheduled for next week the 10th at 1 00 at the boca raton Committee Center which is right near palmetto. Program brochure on your seats when you came in that shows you the full program for the eightweek session which i think was very exciting. Rr, there are new to il are also signup sheets which you can turn in when we are done. Some business at hand. Havee privileged today to with us retired Supreme Court Justice Stevens. [applause] he hasnt even said anything yet. [laughter] the origins of this ev
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Amy 10 weeks ago today, President Trump was sworn in as the 45th president. He faces a growing crisis today over allegations his campaign colluded with russia ahead of the 2016 election. This comes as his former National Security advisor Michael Flynn is reportedly seeking immunity from prosecution in exchange for his testimony to the fbi and congressional investigators. We will speak with Professor Robert david english, who wrote a piece for Foreign Affairs. Then u. S. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson is meeting with nato after his visit to turkey yesterday, despite concerns turkey is sliding toward a dictatorship. I am deeply honored and proud as a representative of the American People to pay my respects to the turkish nation and to this great leader. Amy finally, our immigration agents targeting a document it organizers for their political work . That is the question many are asking after three prominent immigrant rights activists in vermont were jailed by ice. We speak with two of