Thank you very much for coming. [applause] thanks, everyone and good day. Delighted you can comthe way ths afternoon. Im delighted to be here in San Francisco and specifically to taktalk to jessie and john fremt who had so much to do with california as we know it and is so much to do with the creation of San Francisco as we know it. I got into San Francisco about 210230 this morning on a delayed for flight from los angeles, a couple hours of sleep and then woke up again because i was to be picked up by a car to do a te radio thing on the radio. The thing is that begins at the very exact time. The thing about going for San Francisco traffic at is you are not going to make your exact time. I was supposed to be 8 a. M. Specific time i would be there and im still on the road of keeping up the freeway and i dont know, 7 miles an hour, 9 miles, whatever it wa was plan looking out the side of the car and San Francisco bay is out there and the Southern Suburbs of and i am missing my deadline w
Pleasure to welcome you tonight for our program. Before we get started, just a couple of quick things. If you have electronic devices, now is a good time to turn them off. As usual in our programs, theres no photography and filming. Also, if youre wondering what all the equipment is, its cspan. So, show you an isis smile and brush your hair, and get ready in case you get a cameo. When we get to the q a part there is a microphone in the back of the room, and will let you know when theres time for that. Just lined up there to ask your questions. And a politically rest of times its always worthwhile revisiting the documents that set us apart from british rule and created the framework for our government. Tonight, our guest speaker, Kermit Roosevelt explores these documents and shares their interpretation of the meeting. Professor roosevelt teaches constitutional law at the university of Pennsylvania Law School he was born and raised in d. C. And attended harvard and yale. Before joining,
That we should not traces our values back to the founders. Instead, he argues that through failures and reinventions, weve used the constitution as a tool to create our modern core values. Smithsonian associates hosted this event. Good evening, everyone. Can you all hear me in the back . Great. My name is ruth robins and its a pleasure to welcome you all here tonight for our program. Before we get started, just a couple quick things. If you have electronic devices, nows a good time to turn them off. As usual in our programs, theres no photography and no filming. Also, if youre wondering what all the equipment is in the back of the room, its cspan, so make show your nicest smile, brush your hair, get ready, just in case you get a cameo. And when we get to the q a part, there is a microphone in the back of the room, and well let you know what its time for that and youll just line up there to ask your questions. In a politically restive time, its always worthwhile revisiting the documents
Were looking at this next 30 days is an opportunity for the entire country to really understand if we do the right things then we can flatten our curved like the curve flatten curve flatten the curve with social distancing to be clear we should still stay at home we are really convinced that mitigation is going to be doing the trick for us so when i keep pushing for High Compliance on social distancing its because High Compliance and social distancing will reduce the number but the most important thing to know is that if you are aggressive about medication you can get through to the other side. Also coming up nato is the mightiest military alliance in history it was not created to fight and put down the pathogen but it is a virus that now presents a clear and present danger. Transatlantic family house not see in and out of the service like this one before but im convinced that we will prevail to gether in unity with his soul of solidified it for each other. And to our viewers on p. B.
Distancing its because High Compliance and social distancing will reduce the numbers but the most important thing to know is that if you are aggressive about medication you can get through to the other side. Also coming up nato is the mightiest military alliance in history it was not created to fight and put down a pathogen but it is a virus that now presents a clear and present danger. To family house not c. N. N. And other service like this one before but im convinced that we will prevail to gether in unity with his soul of solidified it it for each other. To our viewers on p. B. S. In the United States and all around the world welcome we begin the day studying statistics that we would normally expect to find in history books a 1000000 people infected with a new virus. A pathogen so powerful that in just 2 weeks it shook the worlds biggest economy and he raised 10000000 jobs now this doesnt describe a plague or a crumbling dynasty this is a snapshot of our world tonight today 3 grim