Is a tree into his next on booktv is a professor of law and Political Science at Yale University takes a look at the way geography impact in the way state constitutions have been shaped. [inaudible conversations] [applause] ladies and gentlemen welcome to the National Constitution center. I am president of this wonderful institution which has one or two of you may be aware is the only institution in America Charter by corporis to disseminate information about the u. S. Constitution on a nonpartisan basis. Beautiful. You can all sing along to our Glorious Mission statement and weve now encapsulated this to say that this is the only place in america in these polarized times are people of different perspectives can come together to learn about celebrate and debate the greatest vision of human freedom up or invest it, the u. S. Constitution. [applause] as you know those of you who have been here before, if they are an incredibly great excitement in constitutional heaven that you are in for
Im kicking off the biggest travel adventure in globe trekker history. Weve traveled to every corner of the world, but for the first time, weve planned a single epic journey that takes us from one end of the u. S. To the other, and then we keep going, all across the globe till we get to the other side. This is round the world, episode one, and my leg of the journey is a road trip through americas heartland. This is route 66 and beyond. The first leg of our roundthe world journey starts in north america, heading from east to west, all across the United States. From the historic riverport of lynchburg, virginia, i take a scenic drive south along the Blue Ridge Parkway to North Carolina, then turn west to tennessee and the famed cities of nashville and memphis. Driving north through arkansas and the choctaw nation, i pick up the historic route 66 in oklahoma and start a road trip that takes me west via oklahoma city, albuquerque, new mexico, and finally, to the edge of a 50,000yearold Mete
Dana perino in this is the daily briefing. The president said he will be joined later today by representatives from the cdc and others. The white house looking to compeers over the virus that the number of cases around the world continues to increase. Also, they are looking to clear up the mixing from the administration. The president saying things were under control in the states. Shortly after federal Health Officials say americans can get ready for the virus to spread in communities across the country. But today, the white house and since everyone is on the same page and the president s task force as they are ready. There is a danger that this will turn into a true pandemic. And if it does, we will have to deal with it. Although things are under control now, we need to be prepared for the eventuality that we will have cases here that may turn into community spread. We have preparedness plan. We need to dusted off and get ready to implement at. Dana the latest numbers to more than 2,
You can go to a restaurant. This as a reminder of what is an economic tragedy. 2. 4 more million americans say now they do not have a job. The nineweek total, more than 38 million shoved to the unemployment roles by this virus. Testing is still a backtowork challenge. Experts define the work as unorganized and in need of National Coordination and riddled with mistakes that gave us a picture of just how difficult it is for the country to reopen. One puts a number on the weight to tell americans to stay home. It cost 6,000 lives. Thats the number that columbian researchers say would not have died if social distance measures had been put in place just a week earlier. Two weeks earlier, 80 of all u. S. Deaths could have been avoided, those researchers say. Whether the president and governors and mayors should have acted sooner is one of the debates across america. The president says, quote, we have prevailed. The urgent need now, he says, is to reopen quickly to save american businesses. B
Last night. I dont think i want to know about your personal life. With us on set, weve got veteran columnist and msnbc contributor a legend. Managing editor of Bloomberg Politics Mark Halperin. And in nashville, tennessee, Pulitzer Prize winner jon meacham. Less than four weeks and friction within the Republican Party, if you could call it that, what would you call it . Wedges . Its at a new high. Wedgeies. What . Would you call it friction in the Republican Party . No. I would call it a massive food fight. Everybody is doing whats in everybodys best interest. This is in trumps best interest. Maybe everyone ought to have gone with their gut in the beginning and had spines. Would have helped, right . The thing is were going to show this in a second. Everyone is sitting there saying why dont paul ryan completely distance himself from donald trump. The fact is waffling works. Good morning, mika. So good to see you. The fact is that donald trump is actually a lot more popular in the Republ