Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the governor of the great state of missouri, eric greitens. Governor greitens thank you, thank you. Thank you, all. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, Lieutenant Governor parson, speaker richardson, and the members of the missouri house, president pro tem richard, and members of the missouri senate, chief justice fischer, and judges of the supreme court, state officials, members of the cabinet, our first lady and my wife, sheena greitens. We have many honored guests here tonight. And one who is particularly special to me is my kindergarten teacher, anne richardson, who is here with us tonight. [applause] Governor Greitens i was in mrs. Richardsons kindergarten class at mckelvey elementary, home of the dragons and it was , at mckelvey elementary that i first heard the story of a boy from the town of diamond, missouri. He was born over a century ago, and he was born a slave. When he was a baby, he and his mother were kidnapped. He
The United States brought an end to world war ii by dropping an aatomic bomb. We begin this hour with the dueling and intensifying campaigns over what congress should do with the iran nuclear agreement. Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, spoke to one o of the effort critics, and he lobbied hard against it. And he disputed president obamas assertion that opponents want a warra iran. At the white house, president obama met with jewish leaders facetoface. He urged them to support the agreement and said that the dangers from iran will increase if the deal falls through. John has more on the lobbying effort. Reporter good evening from washington, where Vacation Time is looming, and in fact, the house is gone, and the senate is about to leave town. So the race is on to plant iranstyle messages in the politicians who will have to vote on this message in the fall, so they can resume innate while at the beach. The toughest critic is Benjamin Netanyahu, decreasing jewish leaders my vide
Successful businessman working together with his wife. They established a very Generous Foundation which we are the beneficiaries of, not the only, but one of the beneficiariebene. What he gave to us before he passed away was to endow a special series and bringing the best and the brightest historians to share their works and insight with. So a sincere thanks to the mason family including the mason son and to their foundation. So im very pleased to have the opportunity here to introduce our next presenter as one of the most distinguished historians and in the world on the subject of world war ii. David kennedy received his under graduate at stanford and graduate training at yale. And founding director of the bill of the American West at Stanford University where he talk ta taught for more than 40 years. It is more than we have time for today. You have information on your program so i encourage you to look at that as well. He is much admired and loved by his students, by his peers and a
Successful businessman working together with his wife. They established a very Generous Foundation which we are the beneficiaries of, not the only, but one of the beneficiariebene. What he gave to us before he passed away was to endow a special series and bringing the best and the brightest historians to share their works and insight with. So a sincere thanks to the mason family including the mason son and to their foundation. So im very pleased to have the opportunity here to introduce our next presenter as one of the most distinguished historians and in the world on the subject of world war ii. David kennedy received his under graduate at stanford and graduate training at yale. And founding director of the bill of the American West at Stanford University where he talk ta taught for more than 40 years. It is more than we have time for today. You have information on your program so i encourage you to look at that as well. He is much admired and loved by his students, by his peers and a
Successful businessman working together with his wife. They established a very Generous Foundation which we are the beneficiaries of, not the only, but one of the beneficiariebene. What he gave to us before he passed away was to endow a special series and bringing the best and the brightest historians to share their works and insight with. So a sincere thanks to the mason family including the mason son and to their foundation. So im very pleased to have the opportunity here to introduce our next presenter as one of the most distinguished historians and in the world on the subject of world war ii. David kennedy received his under graduate at stanford and graduate training at yale. And founding director of the bill of the American West at Stanford University where he talk ta taught for more than 40 years. It is more than we have time for today. You have information on your program so i encourage you to look at that as well. He is much admired and loved by his students, by his peers and a