He had a lot of goals in life but those were then enhanced when he met and married mary todd. She also was very ambitious. She said she wanted to marry a man of good mind and hopes for a Bright Future and to marry a man who would be president. There was something about Abraham Lincoln that she saw the potential and encouraged it. Mary helped to basically showcase what her husband had done and how far he had calm and kind of hinted at where they were headed stating to the world that Abraham Lincoln had made it and he was ready to move on. He next, Alvaro Vargas llosa discusses his look global crossings which looks at some of the reasons people migrate to foreign lands even in situations where they might risk their own lives. Hosted by the Cato Institute in washington d. C. , this is an hour and a half. [inaudible conversations] welcome everybody to the Cato Institute. I am the director here at cato. Since the beginning of this year immigration has become a burning Public Policy issue in
Disneyland. She had heard exciting things about it but she really couldnt comprehend the magnitude of such a place. Figuratively speaking when ying ma and her family emigrated to the u. S. From china she thought she was heading to disneyland. What confronted her with a far cry from the magic kingdom. It wasnt the Foreign Language and culture that proved the most difficult. Rather it was the shocking racism isolation and disdain that she encountered in our own backyard of oakland. Ying mas stories a perfect example of what made america great. The courage to confront hardship and abuse, determination to move past it and gratitude to a country that made it possible for anyone to succeed and discover ones selfworth. I highly recommend that you read the personal account of her amazing journey in her book, chinese girl in the ghetto which she will be selling and signing tonight. Ying ma has indeed come a long way from the inner city of oakland. She received her undergraduate degree from corn
Figuratively speaking when ying ma and her family entered from china she thought she was heading to disneyland. But confronted her was a cry from the magic kingdom. It wasnt a Foreign Language and culture that was proven more difficult. Rather it was the shocking racism, isolation and disdain that she encountered in her own backyard of oakland. Her story is an example of what made america great. Courage to confront hard shot and abuse, determination to move past and gratitude to a country that made it possible for anyone to succeed and discover ones self worth. She has also written articles for the wall street journal, national tribune, los angeles times, the weekly standard, and others. Currently, ms. Ma is a Vice President of the advisory firm, and shes the policy adviser of the heartland institute, a free market think tank. It is my pleasure to introduce ying ma. [applause] thank you, all, thank you so much. Rita, thank you very much for the kind introduction. I want to say thanks t
By the way, brokered convention is when no one singular candidate has enough delegates for that nomination. So then you have these deals that are made, brokered, to select the nominee. And that meeting, that was reported in the Washington Post, spurred carson today to release this statement in part, it reads like this if this was the beginning of a plan to subvert the will of the voters and replace it with the will of the political elite, i assure you, donald trump will not be the only one leaving the party. So lets go straight to senior political rather niamalika henderson who has the scoop. Lets begin with this carson third third you know party option ticket. Explain what you know. You know, this is strong words from ben carson who is typically pretty mild mannered. But i think you see him very much trying to line himself with donald trump. Ben carson in a very odd position in this campaign right now, declining in some of those national and state polls, so here he is, in a very stron
Were just moments ago. We heard from a e defiant donald trump for the First Time Since he was forced to call sell his rally in chicago. Security escorted out several peacef protesters from the venue. There was no incidents of violence. And again, trump did not take responsibility for what his rivals have said were his violent words that helped create the atmosphere we saw play out in chicago. Heres what trump said moments ago. The democrats hate the republicans. The liberals hate the conservatives. We have got to change our thinking. If theres a group out there, just throw them the hell out. We cannot let our First Amendment rights be taken away from us, folks. We cant let it happen. We cant let it happen. We have a right to speak. And we are lawabiding people. Were people that work very hards. Were people that have built this country and made this country great. And were all together and want to get along with everybody. But when they have organized professionally staged wise guys, we