Good evening everybody. Welcome to the American Enterprise institute. Im yuval levin, director of constitutional studies at ai and it is my great pleasure to commute to a discussion of the land of hope, the new one volume history of our country by the Great American story and Wilfrid Mcclay area is a book that comes a time when questions of who we are as a people, whether we can have a unifying rather than a divisive story and of how to tell the story of our country in a way that neither some shorts our National Greatness north white washes our national sins, are really live questions in our politics and what may be on unusual way and this book is clearly intended to speak to just that moment though there could be a better time to hear from bill about his sense of howto approach these questions. Bill mcclay is a national treasure. Pure and simple. He is first and foremost a teacher. Behold the blankenship care and history of liberty at the history of oklahoma. He has admired and bowl o
[applause] hello guys, how are you . [cheering and applause] hello, how are you . Good morning. Im the old guy appear. [laughter] so, history, as you all no, is about words and that is why you are here and the stately rhythms of the declaration of independence, the cadence of the agnstitution but its all about sounds and its about the muffled drums at lexington and concorde and the sound of the surf at omaha beach, sound of a minister at the march on washington calling on us to live up to the full meaning of our creed and its also about music and music is one of the most universal expressions. You can listen to a song with which you might disagree more continually and more profitably then you could ever listen to a speech about something with which you disagree. Absolutely. Im sure the patriots were carrying their swords and their guns and carried their pins and prose and poetry along with them to move this revolution forward and our country forward. Ou Henry David Thoreau once wrote w
Clearly into the microphone as we are recording it today. Cspan, booktv is here as well. Following the q and a will have a signing at the table. If you havent already purchased books we had plenty at the front of the store at the registers. Tonight im very excited to welcome yuval levin to politics and prose, celebrating his newest book, a time to build. From family and community to congress and the campus, how recommitting to our institutions can revise the american dream. As the nation faces increasing divisiveness fueled by partisan politics, culture wars and populace anger on both sides, levin argues rather than trying to tear down existing institutional frameworks we should be looking to them as sources of strength and support. Through a time to build he shows our Current Crisis isnt completely due to the presence of an impressive oppressive force but the absence of uniting forces and urges us to commit ourselves to renewing the vitality of institutions. Ranging from the family an
Please welcome yuval levin and john meacham. Hey guys, how are you . [applause] how are you. Good morning. Im the old guy up here. So history as you all know is about words. Thats why youre here. The stately rhythms of the declaration of independence. The cadences of the sconstitution but its also about sounds. About the muffled drama lexington cardboard and the sound of the surf at omaha beach. The sound of a minister at the march on washington calling on us to live up to the fullmeaning of our creed. Its also about music. Music is one of the most universal expressions. You can listen to a song with which you might disagree. More continually and more profitably than you could ever listen to a speech about something with which you disagree. Absolutely, its as sure as the patriots were carrying their swords and their guns, they were carrying their pins their pros and their poetry along with them to move this revolution forward. Henry David Thoreau once wrote when i hear music, i fear no
Worldwide, the confirmed cases at 260,000. That is our starting point on this sunday morning. The ap has this headline, the week america changed. How has your life changed over the last week to 10 days and what you expect moving forward . Numbers,the phone 202 7488000 in the eastern and pacific time zones. Central and mountain, 202 7488001. Medical professionals, you can call in on 202 7488002. Send us a tweet or send us a text message at 202 7488002 at 202 7488003. Be sure to tell us your first name and where you are texting from. The number of coronavirus cases continues to increase world wide in the Associated Press has a headline thought would be a good jumping off point of this sunday morning. It has been a week that has changed all of our lives directly or indirectly, one way or the other. The week that america changed, we want to hear from you and tell us how your life has changed. From the ap, there is this that from the Associated Press. Our phone lines are divided regionally