Church dispensation for six royal marriages. Court yearcourt years installedn Supreme Court and royal beheadings, if only for sport. He craved the occasional royal procession and gasp, the eventual royal succession. He gets his way and lets the public have something to say. If we let him all have his favorite things, the divine right of kings. Hello everyone and welcome to the Virtual Program at the Commonwealth Club of california. Im a senior partner emeritus at mckinsey and company and a member of the Commonwealth Club board of directors. Today i will be moderating the program. We would like to thank our members, donors and supporters for making this and all of our other programs available. We are grateful for your support and hope others will follow their examples to support the club, particularly during these uncertain times. Today im particularly pleased to be joined by john lithgow, an awardwinning actor and author of a new book, trumpty dumped wanted a crown. He is known for his
Possiblement for those joining us on the live stream or by phone you can submit your questions by emailing events events mei. Edu and theres 500 of you so theres a lot of interest in saudi arabia. Ill open this question to potential of our panelists and that is, has mbs continued to get away with murder . We are at yet another anniversary of the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, theres been new and interesting reporting on how he was being tracked before his death and so im just going to open it up with that question. Lets start with ladies first, susanne and then ben. Thank you for the insight and its great pleasure. Mbs is in he middle of a storm right now. He is one who is considered as the responsible and who provided the who ordered the killing. So, did he get away with it . Actually depends very much on how he keeps how he plays his cards. Right now he is making more and more enemies and if you have so many enemies inside the family and kingdome and dont have support outside o
Ocasiocortez, and we will hear from the wife of the former Vice President and the Presumptive Democratic nominee. We are joined from wilmington, delaware. Presumptive democratic nominee. First, your take away, what is the story from this evening . Guest the story from tonights evening his former first Lady Michelle obamas closing speech. That really stole the night and that is what is going to be, that will lead the conversation heading into day to. It set a high bar that all the other major speeches that happen throughout the week, including that of joe biden himself, will be compared to Michelle Obamas speech. She did not make these kind of low blow personal attacks against President Trump. She was very clinical in her analysis of him and his job as president thus far. She even used a line from the president himself, in his interview with axios on hbo, when he dismissed the number of deaths, the human toll caused by the coronavirus pandemic, he told my colleague, quote, it is what it
2027488922 for others. We want to hear from you and you can call we will take the calls in just a minute. We want to replay what john kasich had to stay. Americas at a crossroads. A choice we make as individuals and a nation about which path we want to take when we come to challenging times. America is at that crossroads today. The stakes in this election are greater then any in modern times. Many of us have been deeply concerned about the current path we have been following for the past four years. Tois a path that has led division, dysfunction, irresponsibility, and growing vitriol between our citizens. Pathnuing to follow that will have terrible consequences for americas soul because we are being taken down the wrong road by a president who has pitted one against the other. He is unlike all of our best leaders before him who worked to unite us, to bridge our differences and lead us to a united america. Joe biden is a man for our times , times that call for all of us to take off our
Patients the u. S. Bought up most of the worlds supply from disappear but now europe is looking into making its own. Involves me prepares to mark 25 years since revenue as a place to rest another 8 victims of europes worst massacre since world war 2. Im sara kelly welcome to the program theres been a 3rd night of protest in serbia against the governments handling of the corona virus pandemic thats despite an official ban on gatherings of more than 10 people of the protests started earlier this week after the government proposed a 2nd lockdown due to a sharp spike in covert 1000 cases which some blame on the serbian presence president s decision to hold elections. Large protests defy the new ban on gatherings in belgrade but they remained largely peaceful thank the preceding 2 nights when rioters attacked the Parliament Building these are scenes the serbian government hopes have subsided now president alexander called the protesters hooligans while addressing the nation during an offici